Author Archives: Peter A

Impatient to see ‘Ice’, it came to him…

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Peter A

Tragedy at Zeus Blog Terraces. ‘Parapangi’s Rose’ felled in home accident. If reader/s of Zeus Blog thought things were slow to hit their plasma screens and pub laptops lately, then this weekend’s news will be harder yet to bear. Peter … Continue reading →

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“What?… What??!”

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Peter A

And so, it’s all over until Christmas for another year. Jono is away resting for the big review of episodes Twelve and Thirteen, but before he wakes up, let’s – just quietly – talk about the week that’s been. Shhh … Continue reading →

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Fast Return – June 2007

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Peter A

1. OGGIE OGGIE OGGIE – SPOIL! SPOIL! SPOIL! Sigh. We used to visit Outpost Gallifrey all the time for the news, casually ignoring its hemispherist promotional images for the next episode that hadn’t made it to NZ yet. It worked. Then this … Continue reading →

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Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Peter A

The end of the Universe. We’ve been here before, haven’t we? There’s a sense of deja vu that permeates Utopia, and yet despite its location, its familiar director (who, it must be said, does a reliably excellent job here), a quarry … Continue reading →

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Hell’s Angels

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Peter A

Steven Moffat is a genius, and by now it must be very unlikely that anyone would dispute that.  His contributions to the last two years of Doctor Who have produced the very best stories which the new series has to … Continue reading →

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Family Value

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Peter A

If most of us spent a large amount of Human Nature looking for the Doctor in John Smith, then The Family of Blood proved a very slow reveal indeed. There are two reasons for this: first of all Cornell had … Continue reading →

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Natural High

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Peter A

There are a number of fans who might once have said that you can’t turn a New Adventure into a television programme; that such stories belong in their own time and place, contextually removed from the series by readership, maturity and the eagerness … Continue reading →

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Fast Return – May 2007

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Peter A

SAMPLEPALOOZA! So, let’s see – ZeusPlug the pubzine issues a hard copy sample of itself through the pages of TSV (and then turns into a blog). Then, TSV issues an online sample of itself throught its website (and remains hard … Continue reading →

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Dark Side of the Sun

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Peter A

  This story comes across a little like a reality TV programme set in hell. Contestants are forced to cooperate and battle for their survival against a relentlessly ticking clock, extreme physical tests, rogue team mates and, yes, general knowledge … Continue reading →

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Ten things we love about the Ninth Doctor’s Era

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Peter A

We never got the chance to take Ecclestone for granted Playing it tough on the outside, bruised on the inside, the first to do away with received pronunciation, frock coats and unruly manes – and he left at his peak … Continue reading →

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