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    Hello. I’m Doctor Who!

    In Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 ‘Gotta Light?’, David Lynch flew us into the heart of an atomic explosion and away into a strange monochrome dimension where he gave us a meditation on atomic age paranoia, the nature of pure evil, the redeeming power of pure goodness and the promise of strange and uncanny […] More

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    All I want for Christmas is Who – Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

    For a show about time travel it’s remarkable how rarely Doctor Who ever addresses the paradoxical trauma inherent in the concept of visiting one’s own future or past. Outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat, the man who coined the term ‘wibbly wobbly timey wimey’, would probably argue that, of all the writers the show has had over […] More

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    All the Madmen: Exploring The Prisoner TV series

    This article contains spoilers for the ending of The Prisoner.   I’d rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sad men roaming free. All the Madmen David Bowie  It’s a sultry sun-drenched afternoon in London. The capital is enjoying a late hot summer. Our temporal location this time is 29 September […] More

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    Who by Fire – The Origins of Doctor Who

    And who by fire, who by water, Who in the sunshine, who in the night time, Who by high ordeal, who by common trial, Who in your merry merry month of may, Who by very slow decay, And who shall I say is calling? Leonard Cohen It’s a foggy autumn night in London. To locate […] More