Derrick Sherwin: A Retrospective
❉ What is it about The Invasion that makes it a quintessential Doctor Who? Derrick Sherwin’s influence on the series cannot be underestimated, writes Michael Seely.
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Serial Thriller! ‘Creeped Out’
❉ The CBBC anthology series is one of the timeliest and bravest genre TV shows to come along in many years. Michael S. Collins tells us why.
Doctor Who – Short Trips: ‘I Am The Master’
❉ More so than any other of Big Finish’s Doctor Who range, the Short Trips have the ability to get to the heart of a character. ‘I Am The Master’ demonstrates why.
‘Doctor Who’ 11.04: ‘Arachnids In The UK’
❉ As the Doctor, Jodie Whittaker continues to surprise and entertain, writes Robert Fairclough in our latest new series review.
‘The Silver Archive: Sapphire And Steel’
❉ The first 3 volumes of Obverse Books’s new range covers the entire run of one of the oddest, creepiest, most cerebral series of them all…
Ben Wheatley’s ‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’ – UK Tour
❉ Rook Films announce Q&A UK tour for Ben Wheatley’s new film ahead of its Christmas release on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
‘Doctor Who’ 11.03: ‘Rosa’
❉ ‘The defiantly humanist, brilliantly written series I fell in love with all those years ago is well and truly back’, writes Rob Fairclough.
‘Morecambe & Wise In America’
❉ Morecambe & Wise will be the focus of a brand new documentary series hosted by Jonathan Ross this December. The series also includes the duo’s very first appearances on television in colour.
Nigel Kneale’s ‘The Road’: Toby Hadoke Interview
❉ One of the great missing masterpieces of British television, The Road is rising again at long last, in the form of a new BBC Radio 4 adaptation written by Toby Hadoke.
Return of the mac: ‘Columbo: Season 1’ on Blu-Ray
❉ 12 hours of one of the greatest detective shows ever to grace our screens and Columbo’s raincoat, cigars and battered Peugeot have never looked better.