Category Archives: British tv

British scripted TV shows. Mostly Doctor Who and Sherlock. :D

There’s something to be said for Spooks’ practical and direct approach

Recently I’ve been rewatching season 2 of Alias, and I also went back to watching Spooks, and watching both shows so close together really highlights the contrasts. More

The Doctor’s farewell tour: ‘Closing Time’

One of the things I love about Doctor Who is that even when you know something is coming, it still surprises you.

Doctor Who: The God Complex

The fact that being the Doctor’s companion quite often is a curse disguised as a blessing is something that has been explored before in Doctor Who. Moffat has been toying with it all along, and I really like how it … More

Over 3 months of stuff?

Work happened. Then vacation happened. The stuff I’ve gotten into in the past 3 months, and that I’ve been playing catch up with: Community, Mad Men, The Good Wife, Downtown Abbey, The Hour. More

Doctor Who rewatch: Flesh And Stone and Vampires of Venice

The Doctor’s interaction with River during “Flesh And Stone”, and Rory’s awesomeness starts to surface in “Vampires of Venice”. More

Doctor Who rewatch: The Time of Angels

The first time I watched The Time of Angels, it was pretty late at night, into my initial first time marathon. Fourth episode, I was already having a great time on the series, and then I get the double punch of River Song and the horribly creepy Weeping Angels. More

Bit of a Doctor Who rewatch

I started watching Doctor Who a little over a year ago, but somehow I never really got around to actually writing anything about it. Today, I rewatched the first two Matt Smith episodes and figured I should fix that. More

Finished

Finished!

Have you seen you

“All I’ve got to do is pass as an ordinary human being. What could possibly go wrong?”
“Have you seen you?”

— The Doctor and Amy

From Law & Order UK: ‘Confessions’

“I’m your friend, James, but please explain to me as simply as possible what part of DO NOT INCUR THE WRATH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH did you not understand?”

—George Castle to James Steel, Law & Order UK

Oh, James. XD