Chris Farnell

4 weeks ago | denofgeek.com | Chris Farnell

Warning: major spoilers for the Doctor Who series 15 finale “The Reality War”. Spoiler alert! Except, no, sorry, if you’ve not seen “Wish World” yet you have already been spoiled by newspaper headlines, your Facebook feed, and all the Doctor Who fans on social media screaming “This is the stupidest thing ever!” (derogatory) or “This is the stupidest thing ever!” (complimentary).

1 month ago | denofgeek.com | Chris Farnell

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who episode “The Interstellar Song Contest”The first thing you need to know about post-credits villain reveal at the end of “The Interstellar Song Contest” is that it’s hilarious. When Mrs Flood stepped out of that cryogenic chamber and was revealed to be the Rani, you had one of two reactions. Either “Who?” or a groan that shook the light fittings. Let’s go back a bit. Season six, Matt Smith’s second season as the Eleventh Doctor.

1 month ago | filmstories.co.uk | Chris Farnell

The horrors of Alien and Lifeforce have their roots in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A look at the roots of space vampires and their meaning:What do you think of when you think of Dracula? Isolated Romanian castles? Villagers making holy signs to ward off evil? Crucifixes brandished like shields? Bram Stoker’s Dracula in the popular consciousness is the archetypal supernatural horror novel.

2 months ago | denofgeek.com | Chris Farnell

“The Well” was an episode full of disturbing twists. So full of disturbing twists, that there was barely time to worry about what might have been the biggest one. We have discovered at least part of the reason the TARDIS can’t get back to the 24th of May 2025. Yes, the pyramids and Eiffel Tower and taxi floating in space might have been a dead giveaway, but now we know for sure – the Earth has been destroyed. Properly destroyed.

2 months ago | denofgeek.com | Chris Farnell

“Lux” saw the Doctor make like Bob Hoskins, and fight a cartoon (and as it happens, MrRing-a-Ding was animated by one of the artists who worked on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Seeing the Doctor fight a 1930s-style animated monstrosity was the kind of thing that madeyou wonder why the Doctor hadn’t done it before (it’s because of money, that’s why, it wouldhave cost way too much money).