Monthly Archives: September 2013

Doctor Who – “The Eye of the Scorpion”

Posted on September 30, 2013 by cobiwann

Egypt is in mourning. Pharaoh, the great God-King, is dead. The future of the Two Kingdoms of Egypt is shrouded in uncertainty as the Council of Priests debates the claim to the throne of Pharaoh’s only heir. Out in the … Continue reading →

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Long weekend

Posted on September 29, 2013 by cobiwann

It’s been a “title of this post.” Lot of work at work in order to not have work waiting for me when I return to work after my vacation next week (unless, of course, Congress doesn’t do its work and … Continue reading →

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Why audio reviews?

Posted on September 26, 2013 by cobiwann

By being a huge fan of Big Finish and the audio plays, I joke that I’m a niche fan of a niche fandom. Well, I don’t know if you can call Doctor Who a niche fandom anymore. Once you’ve hit … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who – “Project: Twilight”

Posted on September 25, 2013 by cobiwann

In the renovated docklands of South East London, on the bank of the river Thames, the doors of the Dusk are open for business. Bets are called, cards are dealt and roulette wheels spun. As fortunes are won and lost, … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who – “Bloodtide”

Posted on September 24, 2013 by cobiwann

The prehistoric Earth is dying. Thunderclouds roll across the skies, cloaking the land in darkness. The seas crash and boil as the rain turns to acid. The remnants of the Silurian race place themselves in suspended animation, deep below the … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who – “Dust Breeding”

Posted on September 23, 2013 by cobiwann

On nineteenth Century Earth artist Edvard Munch hears an infinite scream pass through nature. Centuries later his painting of that scream hangs in a gallery on the barren dust world Duchamp 331. Why is there a colony of artists on … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who – “Loups-Garoux”

Posted on September 22, 2013 by cobiwann

Germany, 1589: the townspeople of Cologne pronounce a sentence of death on a mass-murderer who has stalked the countryside in the guise of a ferocious wolf. Russia, 1812: retreating from Napoleon’s invading forces, a merchant’s daughter is rescued from bandits … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who – “The Holy Terror”

Posted on September 20, 2013 by cobiwann

The TARDIS lands in a forbidding castle in a time of religious upheaval. The old god has been overthrown, and all heretics are to be slaughtered. Obviously it isn’t the sort of thing which would happen there every day – … Continue reading →

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A different take…

Posted on September 19, 2013 by cobiwann

No review this morning – instead, check out this video a friend posted. Colin Baker, the Sixth Doctor, doing Eleven’s final speech from The Rings of Akhaten. The rotoscoping is a bit weird, but the speech itself shows that you … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who – “The Fires of Vulcan”

Posted on September 18, 2013 by cobiwann

Two thousand years ago, a volcanic eruption wiped the Roman city of Pompeii from the face of the Earth. It also buried the Doctor’s TARDIS… Arriving in Pompeii one day before the disaster, the Doctor and Mel find themselves separated … Continue reading →

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