Feature Andrew Blair 14 Nov 2013 - 13:10
Major spoilers ahead as Andrew shares his five-year-old-at-Christmas excitement over The Night Of The Doctor...
Spoiler warning: do please watch The Night Of The Doctor before coming anywhere near this.
The big news is that Andrew Scott, once again, has been cruelly overlooked.
Yes, Paul McGann is back. And it's about time to crack out the 'it's about time' jokes again. Also, his Big Finish companions are now canon, and so anything from their stories can be included in any of our Doctor Who lists. That's the main thing I'm taking from this.
Nah, really it's this: Paul McGann is back.
And he is, of course, brilliant. The problem is that – and I appreciate this might be endorphins and fangasm speaking – he's so good, that seven minutes of him just isn't enough. Having given us the Eighth Doctor on television again, as many have been wishing for,...
Major spoilers ahead as Andrew shares his five-year-old-at-Christmas excitement over The Night Of The Doctor...
Spoiler warning: do please watch The Night Of The Doctor before coming anywhere near this.
The big news is that Andrew Scott, once again, has been cruelly overlooked.
Yes, Paul McGann is back. And it's about time to crack out the 'it's about time' jokes again. Also, his Big Finish companions are now canon, and so anything from their stories can be included in any of our Doctor Who lists. That's the main thing I'm taking from this.
Nah, really it's this: Paul McGann is back.
And he is, of course, brilliant. The problem is that – and I appreciate this might be endorphins and fangasm speaking – he's so good, that seven minutes of him just isn't enough. Having given us the Eighth Doctor on television again, as many have been wishing for,...
- 11/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Peter Mullan's bravura performance wasn't enough to rescue Channel 4's incoherent four-part drama about a Brighton crime boss suffering from dementia
The Fear (C4) | 4oD
The Town (ITV1) | ITV Player
A Young Doctor's Notebook (Sky Arts 1)
The Secret Life of Rubbish (BBC4) | iPlayer
Imagine Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me (BBC2) | iPlayer
Inside Claridge's (BBC2) | iPlayer
The Fear ran across four consecutive nights for a total of four hours. The question is whether that was two hours or three hours too long. Those who argue that it was four hours too long have a strong case, but that would be unfair to Peter Mullan, who gave a powerful performance in difficult circumstances.
He played Richie Beckett, a Brighton crime boss with fast-moving dementia. He went from administrative incompetence to hopeless incontinence in about as much time as it would have taken him to pull his trousers down.
The Fear (C4) | 4oD
The Town (ITV1) | ITV Player
A Young Doctor's Notebook (Sky Arts 1)
The Secret Life of Rubbish (BBC4) | iPlayer
Imagine Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me (BBC2) | iPlayer
Inside Claridge's (BBC2) | iPlayer
The Fear ran across four consecutive nights for a total of four hours. The question is whether that was two hours or three hours too long. Those who argue that it was four hours too long have a strong case, but that would be unfair to Peter Mullan, who gave a powerful performance in difficult circumstances.
He played Richie Beckett, a Brighton crime boss with fast-moving dementia. He went from administrative incompetence to hopeless incontinence in about as much time as it would have taken him to pull his trousers down.
- 12/9/2012
- by Andrew Anthony
- The Guardian - Film News
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