Tag Archives: Russell T Davies
DOCTOR WHO S06E13 “The Wedding of River Song”

Sometimes, the most surprising place we can find ourselves is exactly where we expected to be. “The Wedding of River Song,” the grand finale of the 2011 season of Doctor Who, is long on spectacle, but short on revelation. By its conclusion, however, we are well-positioned to move forward towards something very different indeed. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Alex Kingston, Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who, Frances Barber, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Russell T Davies, S06E13, Steven Moffat, The Wedding of River Song
DOCTOR WHO S06E11 “The God Complex”

This is the Doctor’s fear: the people he likes that he cannot save; the people he loves but can’t protect; the confrontation with his own limitations; the reminder that he is better off alone. Continue reading →
TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY—E5

I’m hereby officially reclassifying Torchwood: Miracle Day as Category 1: it’s not dead, but, by all rights, it should be. By all the laws of nature, by everything that is holy, by any reasonable assessment of quality of life, Miracle Day should be put to rest. Let’s stick a red clothespin on it, throw a blanket over its pathetic carcass, and roll it gently over to the incinerator to be put out of its misery. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Bill Pullman, Burn Gorman, Categories of Life, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Jane Espenson, John Barrowman, Miracle Day, Naoko Mori, Russell T Davies, Torchwood
TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY—E4

Torchwood: Miracle Day is too stupid to take seriously, and too self-serious to be fun. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, C. Thomas Howell, Eve Myles, John Barrowman, Lauren Ambrose, Mare Winningham, Mekhi Phifer, Russell T Davies, Torchwood
TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY—E3

Three episodes in, I’m still asking: what is the point of all of this? What makes this story worth telling? In the beginning I was willing to give Miracle Day the benefit of the doubt, since the basic set-up seemed to promise something fascinating; so far, however, the show has not delivered on the potential of its own premise. We have far too much 24-style running around—most of it unnecessary and unexciting—and far too little exploration of what would surely constitute the most important, life-changing development in the history of the human race. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, Dillon Casey, Eve Myles, Jane Espenson, John Barrowman, Lauren Ambrose, Mekhi Phifer, Russell T Davies
TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – E2

I’m starting to worry that Torchwood: Miracle Day might have been far better without the Torchwood. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, Dichen Lachman, Eve Myles, John Barrowman, Kai Owen, Lauren Ambrose, Mekhi Phifer, Russell T Davies, Torchwood, Wayne Knight
TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY – E1

Miracle Day, like Torchwood: Children of Earth, has a big, global concept at its center: what if, one day, everyone on Earth simply stopped dying? People still get injured, still grow old, still get sick—but they don’t die. Death simply takes a vacation—for reasons that have yet to be explained—and a few characters realize that what seems like a “miracle” could become a global crisis in a matter of weeks. Continue reading →
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Tagged as Alexa Havins, Eve Myles, John Barrowman, Kai Owen, Mekhi Phifer, Russell T Davies, Torchwood






























































