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Foyle's War:An Overview
"Foyle's War" is one of the few successful British shows that the Americans never even try to remake. Okay, maybe in some dark corner in a Hollywood studio there was a few writers who may have pitched the series to some network executive only to meet with yawns. Let's face it, there had been successful World War II series on US television, but all ( Read more... ) -
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I am starting a series of reviews of favorite period dramas that I watch over the years. This entry I am going to review what I would call the "Gaskell Trilogy": "Cranford", "North and South", and "Wives and Daughters". These three BBC adaptations are based on the novels of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell who lived during the early to mid Victorian ( Read more... ) -
New Doctor
In my last entry, I did a review of the two Sally Lockhart series. Now lo and behold they cast an actor who had a significant role in the movies ( Read more... ) -
Ruby in the Smoke/Shadow in the North *Spoilers*
Masterpiece Mystery recently repeated "Ruby in the Smoke", and just this Sunday premiered "The Shadow in the North". Both movies stars Billie Piper as the intrepid Victorian accountant Sally Lockheart.
"Ruby in the Smoke" introduces Sally Lockheart as a teenage girl living with a harsh aunt she barely knows. She discovers that her late father was ( Read more... ) -
What I thought of "Stolen Earth" and Journey's End Speculation *Spoilers*
First of all I want to address some of the speculation that is going on in some quarters in "Time and Chip". A couple of R/D shippers wrote in either their own journal or "Time and Chips" that Donna may be in fact the Doctor and Rose's daughter. The sad fact is that I think they might be on to something ( Read more... ) -
Series 4 Finale Speculations "Spoilers"
The following story is only my speculation of what I want to happen at the end of Journey's End. I can't guarentee its going to happened. I don't own Doctor Who.
She looked out into the gleaming white sands of the all too familiar beach. The hated beach where her life collapse all those years ago no longer posed a threat to her. In her heart, she ( Read more... ) -
My Review of VOTD(Spoilers)
Thanks to the Writer's Strike in Hollywood, Sci-Fi Channel actually needed Doctor Who to fill in its programming. So in consequence, we get to see Series 4 (or as we Yanks call it Season 4) a little early this year. As always we get to see last year's Christmas Special first, but disappointedly I have to watch Partners in Crime next week.
Since I ( Read more... ) -
Series 4 Casting News (Spoilers!)
The Mother of mothers is back in Doctor Who. Jaqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler will once again grace the television screen as the only person who makes the Doctor's converse quake at the mere presence of her greatness. Okay he did come to begrungingly like her, but she is more of a mother-in-law in the eyes of the Doctor than a good friend.
Now Jackie ( Read more... ) -
Spoilers, spoilers or lack of (SPOILERS of course)
We all know that Series 4 is bound to be the best of the lot. With Donna, Martha, and Rose coming back, the poor Doctor doesn't know what to do. This year, there is a lot of hush, hush about this season. With Jack and Sarah Jane rumored to be in the mix, its going to be epic ( Read more... ) -
Doctor Who actors in other roles
Yesterday I have watched Mansfield Park that was recorded from Masterpiece. It was a good production though at 90 minutes it was far too short and only the basics of the novel were covered (what is with ITV anyway? They used to make some very good dramas that rivaled the BBC, but now they all look cheap while the BBC is actually better looking than ( Read more... )