Category Archives: BekHobbes

Ascension of the Cybermen, and The Timeless Children Unreview

Cybermen, an Irish orphan, nukekubi, and the return of [information redacted]! Yes, the series is finishing and as the tradition started by Steven Moffat decrees, we are ending with a Cybermen finale. Which is fine with me since I find … Continue reading

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The Haunting of Villa Diodati Unreview

Come on alien planet! It must be an alien planet this time… Oh. Lake Geneva. Switzerland in 1816. Well, I am sure that this episode will be good even if it isn’t set on a post-apocalyptic planet full of impoverished … Continue reading

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Can You Hear Me Unreview

Can You Hear Me? Sorry, I can’t hear you. I have a finger in my ear. New episode, cold opening! Written by Charlene James and Chris Chibnall blah blah blah, here we go! Aleppo, 1380. And we are at a … Continue reading

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Praxeus Unreview

No one would have believed early on the third decade of the 21st century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than, for example, a stunned parsnip and yet as mortal as his own. Those … Continue reading

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Fugitive of the Judoon Unreview

First off, Judoon! Second, who is the fugitive? It is safe to sat that that this series so far has featured the return of characters and aliens whom we never thought we would see again, although we secretly wanted them … Continue reading

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Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror Unreview

First of all, despite the title, Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror takes place over one afternoon, the night, the next day, another night, and a morning. But calling this story Nikola Tesla’s Fifty-Plus Hours of Terror would have been stupid. … Continue reading

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Orphan 55 Unreview

Orphan 55. The name of a planet rather than some urchin scrounging an extra dish of gruel. Our story starts in the TARDIS where the Doctor is still feeling sad because of the destruction of Gallifrey. Again. Our Graham, however, … Continue reading

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If You, Then I

If you turn into a vampire bat, then I will turn into a clockwork cat, with cogs and springs instead of blood. If you change into a golden plum tree, then I will change into a dumb bumblebee, and I … Continue reading

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Crap Suzette: a story

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Crap Suzette. Crap Suzette was a cat that was an orphan raised by the monsters of the Underworld, and a cat that didn’t want to eat meat. She’d been living in … Continue reading

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Marco Polo Unreview

This is the one where the original TARDIS crew play hide-and-seek. Ah, or perhaps it is the one where they meet Marco Polo. Incidentally, those celebrity historicals that you all think Russell T Davies invented? Nuh-uh, this is the first. … Continue reading

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