Monthly Archive: May 2008

May 18

The Unicorn and the Wasp

In short: Nearly brilliant, but not quite. Well, that was much, much better.  In a New Who sense, Unicorn and the Wasp was back to basics, with lots of laughter and wit and fun and a liberal dash of post-modernism.  Just the sort of episode to wash the taste of The Doctor’s Daughter out of …

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May 12

The Doctor’s Daughter – a Review

In short:  A curate’s egg (if I knew what a curate’s egg was).  Or, more precisely, an interesting mess. I really liked Stephen Greenhorn’s story last year, The Lazarus Experiment.  Yeah, it had a plot so simple that you’d sort of figured out the ending within 30 seconds of the pre-teaser sequence, but I liked …

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May 08

My first ever review on As if!

I’ve joined the AS if! gang with this review of Stephen King’s Duma Key.  I even mention trucks in my bio. Read and enjoy.

May 05

iPod madness

Yesterday I bought an iPod Nano.  A cute little thing that fits comfortably into the palm of my hand.  It’s the sort of thing that I’m likely to break – which is why Jules thought it might be a good idea if ponied up for the extra warranty. Anyway, I was wondering if you nice …

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May 04

Poison Sky – a spolierific review

In short:  Barely passes muster (see what I did there?) When it comes to Doctor Who, I normally follow the consensus.  Of course, there’s the odd exception like Love and Monsters and Gridlock and Last of the Time Lords.  But in those case I’m usually defending the episode, whether it’s a battle of wits with …

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