In case you missed it, Peter Capaldi has been cast as the new Doctor Who. I confess I didn’t buy the rumors – I never thought Moffatt would go through with casting an actual grown-up as The Doctor. Capaldi is 55 and while he’s easily now best known known […] Read more
“Mhysa” Game of Thrones is a great series, but there’s one awful thing about it – waiting almost ten months between seasons. Of course, that beats waiting seven years between books… It’s been a sort of tradition for GoT to go big in the 9th episode, then make the season […] Read more
“The Rains of Castamere” I’m not sure which was harder – watching this episode knowing what was coming, or watching it and being surprised. I confess I missed my guess that the Red Wedding would be the finale for this season, but it’s my own fault. The adaptation has made […] Read more
“Second Sons” I know I’ve had the odd bit of criticism for Game of Thrones over the last three seasons – as a fan of the books it would be almost a miracle not to – but more than anything, I think you have to marvel at how this series […] Read more
“The Name of the Doctor” Bring on November 23rd. It’s been an uneven season (or half-season) for Doctor Who. Let’s just be honest – it’s been a mediocre one. Only “Hide” and Neil Gaiman’s “Nightmare in Silver” were solidly above-average episodes by the standard of the Tennant/Smith era. And Clara […] Read more
“The Bear and the Maiden Fair” For the second week in a row, we got a fair amount of focus on the second-tier arcs in the TV storyline – and for the second straight week, I’m all in favor. But if I never see another scene of Theon being tortured […] Read more
“Nightmare in Silver” How you feel about “Nightmare in Silver” may depend on how you measure it. In a vacuum, I think this was an excellent if flawed episode – a vacuum removed both from any real tie-in to the season-long mystery and from comparisons to Neil Gaiman’s previous Doctor […] Read more
“The Climb” Well, that episode had a little bit of everything. Changes from the books confirmed, new changes added, torture, death and kisses in the strangest places, and a tasty little spoiler of events to come much, much later that isn’t in the books at all. And a measure of […] Read more
“The Crimson Horror” Where have you gone, Neil Gaiman? A Whoniverse turns its lonely eyes to you… Prolific Who scribe Mark Gatiss’ “The Crimson Horror” represents another decent episode in a season that’s been characterized by them. It’s pleasant enough, but there’s just something missing. This episode in particular feels […] Read more
“Kissed by Fire” Is it really possible that this season is half over? The deeper into this series we get, the more convinced I am that 10 hours is nowhere near enough time to tell the story the way it deserves to be told. But given the time constraints it’s […] Read more