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Doctor Who: The Doctor Falls Review
Warning: Potential spoilers for the episode below. In the review I wrote a week ago for World Enough And Time, I praised that episode but wondered at the end of the day if showrunner Steven Moffat would actually be able to deliver on its promise in the actual finale. There have been times in the past where finales failed to lived up to expectations after a strong build-up (Wedding Of River Song in Matt Smith's era and especially last season's Hell Bent which followed the instant classic Heaven Sent). What would Moffat do with his final finale episode given he had two versions of the Master, a companion who had been turned into a Cybermen, and a Doctor preparing to exit the series? Would he deliver or would The Doctor Falls turn into “Moffat Fails (Again)”?
By Matthew Kresal9 years ago in Futurism
Rewatching... Doctor Who: The Evil Of The Daleks - Part 7
"A Dalek questioned an order." Saturday 1 July 1967 Colour television began today on BBC2 with the Wimbledon coverage. This is the first colour television service in Europe. According to The Times we will get a number of programmes in colour throughout the week; 40 hours of programming including The Virginian and Late Night Line-Up. They have helpfully marked all the colour programmes with a "C" in their listings. On BBC1 however we still have to make do with black and white, so that's how tonight's Doctor Who was viewed. Except by me of course; I can't see it at all, apart from a number of still images. I can hear it clearly enough however, and it sounds fab.
By Nick Brown9 years ago in Futurism
Rewatching... Doctor Who: The Evil Of The Daleks - Part 6
"ALL DALEKS RETURN TO SKARO!" Saturday 24 June 1967 Things are hotting up. The story began as a sort of urban thriller starting at Gatwick and taking in warehouses, alleyways, antique shops and trendy coffee bars. Then it moved both time and location to a Victorian manor house, with servants, a wealthy philanthropist, ticking clocks, creaking wood-panelled corridors. Now in the third and final act, we get yet another location: Skaro! This has turned out to be quite an epic.
By Nick Brown9 years ago in Futurism
The Little Alien (#5)
The little alien came to earth by accident.First, she was lost but then came to learn how to blend in with human society as predators hunt her down. The people that lived around that area said that amazing and extraordinary things happened there for like, no reason, and thought that these things were done by spirits.They were a superstitious lot, the main reason why she settled around there—anything going wrong as she learned to settle was not read into much. People said, that sometimes they could see a thing glow in the woods at night. Others say they can hear music not of this world, drawing them into the depths of the woods, where no sane person would wonder. And the scent, a scent so sweet that could only be compared to million roses, but to the surprise of the tourists, who have heard the stories, no roses could be found growing there. At least, none there dared to walk further into the forest to find some for fear of disturbing the sound, until one man arrived, too curious to stay away and to drawn to the mystery to pass over it
By Storyteller IRT9 years ago in Futurism
Inside Out Space
“As we have suggested to the supreme member body of the Milky Way Galaxy Tribunation. The expedition to the third planet has been plotted out to be 80,500 pc from Ailien. We have been monitoring the planetary life forms extensively and through an exhausted analysis, we have arrived at an irreproachable understanding of the planet’s current and projected future technological projected development. We have then, and within our functional collective parameters, have ascertained that the 3rd planet has not become dominant in its ability to travel beyond the perimeter of its own inclusive solar system. Moreover, we have amassed through initial and through a continued analysis, that an Ailien expedition would be needed to assist the carbon energy units some additional assistance as to transitioning within a higher echelon of vibrational development. And in so doing, into a higher level of consciousness and overall collective vibrational velocity. All in all, as in accordance with the collective fellowship of universal covenant of abiding members of the Milky Way Consortium of Contingent Planets. We therefore, as codified within our bylaws, and through the provisions and codex of planetary interventional conventions, are therefore authorized to engage in direct exploratory contact with the third planet and its carbon based self-contained inhabitants. Furthermore, we have, in accordance with mutually agreed interstellar protocol; have incorporated surveillance monitoring probes within the perimeter of the third planet; placing them directly within the interior of its surrounding dark matter field. Therefore, it is encouraged for this mission that we accept volunteers who therefore will immediately contact the field command of the Ailien bureau of interplanetary emancipation for further instructions of mission protocol and review.”
By Stephen Fegely9 years ago in Futurism
Brutalist Stories #26
Fifteen years? Seems longer somehow. Fifteen years ago they appeared in the sky. From Zero, things hit One pretty quickly. Boom, they were just there, one minute we’re alone in the universe, well, at least some thought so anyway. Then the next minute, a couple of dozen ships are there in the sky. Floating up there, what are you supposed to do when that happens?
By Brutalist Stories9 years ago in Futurism
Review of Twin Peaks: The Return 1.8
Anyone who doubted that Twin Peaks is one bizarre science fiction horror story of a story got their answer tonight in episode 1.8: it is, with a vengeance, spun of gut-wrenching, stomach-churning, searingly mind-blowing wordless narrative the likes of which you don't often see on any television, unless you're maybe watching Donnie Darko someplace the 20th time.
By Paul Levinson9 years ago in Futurism
