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Doctor Who – “The Name of The Doctor”: I Hurt myself today

May 20th, 2013 | By
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The seventh season of Doctor Who came to an end on Saturday with enough wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff to make your head explode. The Doctor and Clara ventured to the one place he should never go – Trenzalore – to face an old villain and a new set of monsters known as the Whisper Men. Along the way, Clara’s secret was revealed and a new character was introduced as we all prepare for the big 50th anniversary special in November. Joel Murphy recaps the finale, looks at all of the potential time travel paradoxes and offers a theory on the identity of the new mystery character.



Doctor Who – “Nightmare in Silver”: Beware of the evil Bluetooth

May 13th, 2013 | By
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Neil Gaiman’s Doctor Who episode from last season – “The Doctor’s Wife” – was a game changer. Gaiman returned on Saturday with a new script, one that found The Doctor, Clara and her the two children under her care traveling to a rundown amusement park to battle an army of Cybermen. Was Gaiman able to capture lightning in a bottle twice? Find out in our in-depth review, which also has an embedded video of “She Said, He Said,” the online prequel to next week’s season finale, which promises to reveal Clara’s backstory and The Doctor’s real name.



Doctor Who – “The Crimson Horror”: Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?

May 6th, 2013 | By
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The Doctor and Clara attempt to visit Victorian London, but instead take a wrong turn and end up in Victorian Yorkshire, where people seem to be disappearing into a strange town called “Sweetville.” And others in the area are turning up covered in a mysterious red substance, killed by what is being dubbed “The Crimson Horror.” As The Doctor and Clara investigate, they once again team up with Madam Vastra, Jenny and Strax to take down an evil foe. We present to you now an in-depth review of Saturday’s episode, complete with a title Tommy Tutone would be proud of.



Doctor Who – “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”: Salvage of a lifetime

Apr 29th, 2013 | By
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As we all know by now, the TARDIS is a time machine that is bigger on the inside. It contains an infinite amount of rooms (and corridors), though typically we only ever see the control room. However, this week the TARDIS crash lands and its engine begins to leak, all while Clara is trapped inside. So The Doctor must recruit the salvage crew that crash landed the TARDIS to help save her. As a result, we see more of The Doctor’s ship than we ever have before – including the library, the swimming pool and the Eye of Harmony. If you dug the episode, make sure to check out our review of “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS,” which includes a theory about Clara’s mysterious doppelgangers.



Doctor Who – “Hide”: What’s in my pocket?

Apr 22nd, 2013 | By
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When is a ghost story not really a ghost story? When it’s part of an episode of Doctor Who. This week, The Doctor and Clara travel to 1974 to investigate the “Witch of the Well” inside Caliburn mansion. But it quickly becomes apparent that things are not at all what they seem. The actual explanation for the witch ends up being full of “wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey” goodness. We have a complete breakdown of “Hide,” as well as some in-depth musings on the scientific explanation of the supernatural phenomenon in the episode, in our review.



Doctor Who – “Cold War”: Hungry like the wolf

Apr 15th, 2013 | By
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While trapped aboard a Russian submarine armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons, The Doctor and Clara square off against a thawed out Ice Warrior in the aptly-named “Cold War” this week. It’s a fairly standard “Monster of the Week” episode – with no hints at Clara’s past or any implications for the season’s overarcing storyline. Joel Murphy breaks down all of the action and shares his thoughts on the standalone episode in this week’s review.



Doctor Who – “The Rings of Akhaten”: Cabbages and Kings

Apr 8th, 2013 | By
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“The Rings of Akhaten” has The Doctor and Clara showing up on a distant planet to watch the Queen of Years serenade an old god. But, of course, things quickly start going awry and the duo find themselves trying to save the Queen and all of her loyal subjects from a monster that feeds on memories. Joel Murphy takes a look at Saturday’s episode, giving his thoughts on how it worked and offering up a few interesting tidbits (including the possible significance of the day Clara’s mother died) in his in-depth recap.



Justified – “Ghosts”: What makes a good man?

Apr 3rd, 2013 | By
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With the search for Drew Thompson over (and its sequel, the search for Ellen May, also wrapped up), the season finale of Justified finds Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder both trying to protect the women they love. And in doing so, the lines are blurred as to which one of them is the good guy and which one is the villain. It’s a finale full of shootouts, grave robbing and good ol’ fashioned Southern sassing. Joel Murphy shares his thoughts on “Ghosts,” the final episode of season four in his in-depth review.



One on One with Joelle Carter

Apr 2nd, 2013 | By
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Much like Shaft, Justified‘s Boyd Crowder is a complicated man and no one understands him but his woman.As this season has progressed, Boyd and Ava’s relationship has blossomed into a really moving love story about two people looking for a better life for themselves and their future generations. Of course, they are looking to pay for that life by selling drugs and running a prostitution ring. And with just one episode left this season, that perfect life looks to be in jeopardy as their criminal exploits begin catching up to them. Playing the wonderfully complex Ava Crowder is Joelle Carter, a talented model-turned-actor who uses her own experiences growing up in Georgia to relate to Ava’s life in Harlan County, Kentucky. With the season finale of Justified airing tonight on FX, Carter took a few moments to talk to us about the joys of gardening, the sweetness of being proposed to over a box of cash and the chances Boyd and Ava live happily ever after in Clover Hill.



Doctor Who – “The Bells of Saint John”: There’s no such thing as free Wi-Fi

Apr 1st, 2013 | By
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Doctor Who returned from hiatus on Saturday to bring fans “The Bells of Saint John,” which features The Doctor’s newest companion Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Fans have seen version of Clara twice before – one that lived in Victorian England and one that lived in the future – but both of those Claras ended up dead. The Doctor tries to get to the bottom of the mystery of the “twice dead” girl by tracking down the modern-day version of Clara. But first, he’ll have to battle with a new villain – the Spoonheads – who are controlled by an old foe. Joel Murphy has an in-depth recap of this week’s episode (complete with theories on where Clara’s story is headed).