We Don't Need Two Metaphors

A very silly, strange and lightweight episode that's a whole lot of fun A few weeks ago, Mark Gatiss delivered his best Doctor Who  episode to date ( Cold War ). The Crimson Horror , whilst not perfect, is now the owner of that accolade. Set in 19th Century Yorkshire, The Crimson Horror  is an unrestrained slice of twisted fun. Bodies are turning up in the river, except the flesh on the bodies has developed a deep red colouring. Local factory owner Mrs Gillyflower (Diana Rigg) is offering the chance of salvation from this disturbing fate, which has been dubbed the Crimson Horror by the people, in her idyllic village compound known as Sweetville; a place where only the best are welcome. Past seasons of Doctor Who  have attempted to lighten the workload of the Doctor and his companion by writing episodes which feature only one of the pair e.g. Midnight , Turn Left  or episodes which leave them out of the action for most of the running time e.g. Blink . This...

A nerd-tastic set up manages to stay the right side of plausible With any story which explores a previously unexplained aspect of a show's mythology, there's always the possibility that whatever revelation that is made will anger more than it might please. Or to put it more succinctly, the Midichlorian problem from Star Wars . The Doctor and Clara are meandering across space when they get caught by a passing salvage ship. The damaged TARDIS lands on board the salvage vessel (manned by the Van Balen brothers), and Clara is nowhere to be found.  After trapping the crew inside the TARDIS and activating a self-destruct timer, the episode is ready to explore the previously unexplored mysteries of the TARDIS. The salvage of a lifetime. (image courtesy of guardian.co.uk)

It's a case of the good, the bad and the inevitable as Broadchurch reaches an end After several weeks of speculation and anticipation, the Broadchurch killer has been revealed. The finale was a reminder of how good Broadchurch  has been in moments, but it also demonstrates how infuriating the show has been at times. Starting with the inevitable, it was no surprise that Joe Miller was revealed to be the killer. At the end of the day, it followed the route of almost every CSI episode; the killer being somebody who's in the episode, but never at the forefront. It's been done a thousand times before and, despite all of the crackpot theories circulating on the internet, was an unspectacular revelation. In the few hours leading up to the episode's broadcast, one of the show's producers had said that everyone should watch to the very end of the episode. Some people took this as a suggestion that there was a shocking twist at the end of the hour. As such, when t here...