Doctor Who thing of the day: this is how juicy a drama about the creation of the show could be
A peek at just how much drama was going on at the BBC in 1963…
Mark Gatiss
Doctor Who thing of the day: a BBC TV drama about the creation of Doctor Who?
Is Mark Gatiss writing a drama about the creation of Doctor Who in 1963? His nondenial denials are certainly intriguing…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Mark Gatiss in 1997, timey-whimey
Technically, this doesn’t fit my definition of a Doctor Who Thing. But it does sorta get some bonus points for playing with a timey-whimey vibe, even though it doesn’t know it. (Or does it?)
Sherlock blogging: “The Reichenbach Fall”
There are a lot of ways in which this was 90 brilliant minutes of television drama, but the first way in which it’s brilliant is the opening moments…
Sherlock blogging: “The Hounds of Baskerville”
There’s little resemblance to Arthur Conan Doyle’s story here, apart from the lashings of creepy atmosphere…
Sherlock blogging: “A Scandal in Belgravia”
My god, Sherlock Holmes is an unbelievable bastard, isn’t he? Yet I love him…
Sherlock: Series 1 (review)
The second series of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’s brilliant, brilliant Sherlock is about to start tomorrow, and so my hand is forced: I must finally write about the first series…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Wedding of River Song”
Can a thing be overly complicated and too simplistic at the same time? All that to-ing and fro-ing. All that buttoning and unbuttoning.
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Night Terrors”
I’m not at the edge of raging with frustration like I was last week, but I am deeply mystified. Where is the Doctor Who that I love?
‘Sherlock’ debuts on PBS on Sunday
Benedict Cumberbatch is the sexiest high-functioning sociopath ever, and Martin Freeman is a Watson to be reckoned with. Instead of telegrams and monographs it’s all texts and blogs, but the best way to get around this 21st-century Holmes’ London is still by cab.
