Category Archives: TV Review

 

  • The War Between the Land and the Sea: The new Doctor Who spin-off series was shown over the holidays. Inevitably, Doctor Who fandom and the UK media hates it. Are they right?

  • Strange New Worlds – Season 3: Captain Pike and the Enterprise have been boldly going once more, and in Season 3 they seemed to be going in many different directions at once.

  • Foundation – Season 1: Can you really make a gripping TV serial from the Foundation trilogy? Apparently you can.

  • Murderbot – Season 1: What happens when one of your favourite book series gets adapted for TV? Cheryl gets to find out.

  • Ironheart: Riri Williams gets her own TV series. Can a teenage Black girl be a superhero? Well...

  • Doctor Who 15.2: Another series of Doctor Who comes to an end. Which provides greater drama, the actual shows, or the online controversy about them?

  • Science Fiction in the Atomic Age: Can television tell the history of science fiction in four hours? Even with the help of John Clute? It is a tall ask, but even so this series did not need to be quite as bad as it was.

  • Kaos: Netflix does Greek Gods in a way that Classicists will love, but probably left the studio bosses scratching their heads

  • Skeleton Crew: Avast there me hearties, Star Wars has gone all piractical. Arrrr!

  • What If? – Season 3: Marvel's alternate universe animation series has come to an end, and not before time

  • Agatha All Along: Cheryl sets off down the Witches' Road in search of Marvel's latest TV series

  • Rings of Power – Season 2: Like Durin III and his mithril, the folks of Amazon are determined to mine every bit of fan service out of The Silmarilion

  • Star Trek Prodigy – Season #2: The crazy kids are back in the latest animation offering from the Star Trek franchise. And so is the Emergency Holographic Doctor.

  • The Acolyte: The latest TV series from the Star Wars franchise seems to have bitten off more than it can chew.

  • Doctor Who 15-1: As always, some people absolutely adore the new incaration of The Doctor, while others hate him

  • 3 Body Problem – Netflix: The people who allegedly ruined A Game of Thrones on TV have turned their hands to a famous science fiction trilogy

  • X-Men ’97: The X-Men animated series is back. Can comics' greatest soap opera have another hit? Or, like the movies, is this another X-Men disaster?

  • Star Trek Discovery – The Final Season: Discovery had boldly gone and re-invented the past, and explored the future. Now we say goodbye to Michael Burnham and her crew. Has the series found its feet at last?

  • ElfQuest, The TV Series: Paul Driggere looks forward to what will hopefully be an epic animated TV series

  • What If? – Season #2: Marvel's Watcher-helmed animated series gets another run, and Peggy Carter once again has a starring role.

  • Masters of the Universe: Revolution: Mark Hamill once again has great fun playing Skeletor, and this time out he has William Shatner for company.

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Rick Riordan's Greek gods reach Disney+. Cheryl dons her plumed Classicist helmet and takes a look.

  • Scavengers Reign: Paul Driggere introduces us to a hot new SF animation series

  • Doctor Who: The Return of Russellon: Yes, Russell is back, and all is queer in the world of Doctor Who

  • The Celts on Amazon Prime: What's this? A documentary about Celtic history made by people from a Celtic country?

  • Loki – Season #2: The God of Mischief is back. Will he finally get a redemption arc, and will anyone believe him if he does?

  • Lower Decks – Season #4: The Lower Decks crew are back in action, so no one in Starfleet is safe.

  • Ahsoka – Season 1: The latest TV series from the Star Wars franchise is surprisingly fun, and absolutely fantasy

  • The Man Who Fled the Nazis and Fought the Martians: Raz Greenberg looks at the science fiction television produced by director, Rudolph Cartier

  • Titans: Season 4: Time is up for Dick, Cory and the team. What does their final season hold in store?

  • Strange New Worlds – Season 2: The lastest iteration of Star Trek goes from strength to strength

  • Secret Invasion: Marvel's latest TV series falls very flat

  • Good Omens – Season 2: Crowley and Aziraphael are back, more cute and loveable than ever. Gabriel, meanwhile, appears to be having a mid-eternity crisis.

  • The Peripheral – Season 1: The TV version of The Peripheral deviates signifcantly from the book. Does it still work?

  • Willow – the TV Series: Twenty-odd years on in fantasy time, and over thirty in our world, Willow finally has a sequel.

  • His Dark Materials – Season 3: Having reach the end of the TV trilogy, Cheryl has thoughts about the philosophical message of the books.

  • Picard – Season 3: The third and final season of Star Trek: Picard ramps up the fan service to parts of the dial where no show has gone before.

  • Gunbuster: The legendary anime arrives on UK television

  • Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 3: Mariner, Boimler & Co are back for more hilarious adventures

  • The Witcher: Blood Origin: There's a new Witcher series on Netflix and... oh dear!