Steven Moffat

How does “Twice Upon a Time” stand up as a swansong for Doctor Who‘s Steven Moffat?

**SPOILER WARNING!** The following contains spoilers regarding the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas Special, “Twice Upon a Time”. And with that, the sprawling, often brilliant but mostly wildly inconsistent [Steven] Moffat run on Doctor Who is over!  …Oh, right. We’re meant to be talking about the regeneration of Capaldi into Whittaker. Well, that was brilliant, clearly….

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TV Review: Sherlock “The Lying Detective” Season 4 Episode 2

Last week’s episode ‘The Six Thatchers’ (Series 4 Episode 1) received some mixed reviews in the media. Some were praising, others were less positive. The Guardian’s review even resulted in co-creator and the episode’s writer Mark Gatiss rebutting their critique in verse. The episode for most felt like a step away from the format we’ve…

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TV Review: Sherlock ‘The Six Thatchers’ Season 4 Episode 1

Ready the tea and make sure you’ve got your shock blanket handy because BBC Sherlock is back and here to emotionally ruin you all over again with a brand new series. Thanks to streaming service provider Stan, Australia gets each episode of Season 4 within hours of it airing in the UK. Obviously this review…

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Rakhee Thakrar “hotly tipped” to become the next Doctor Who companion

While Doctor Who has found its next showrunner, the search for the Doctor’s next companion continues, with former-Eastenders star Rakhee Thakrar emerging as an early frontrunner. RadioTimes reported earlier today that Thakrar is on a shortlist of actresses being considered to fill the absence left by the departure of Clara (Jenna Coleman) at the end of the most-recent series….

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DVD Review: Sherlock “The Abominable Bride” (UK, 2016)

When the BBC brought us Sherlock in 2010 it was a fresh updated consulting detective Sherlock Holmes with his partner Dr John Watson taking on some complex mysteries and solving crimes. With Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson, we were taken on a revival of some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories…

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Broadchurch Creator Set To Take Over Doctor Who in 2018; Season 10 delayed to 2017.

Big news for fans of the long-running BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who today with the announcement that showrunner Steven Moffat will be stepping down to make way for Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall. The story broke early this morning through RadioTimes, and was later confirmed by both the official Twitter account for the show and the…

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