Category Archives: EDITORIALS

‘Night’ Fever

It’s very difficult as a fan brought up on the old series to remain objective about Night of the Doctor, simply because it delivered so much with such economy. To date, the Paul McGann iteration of the Doctor marks the … Continue reading →

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A New Age

And so, a new Doctor. In less than six months, another incarnation will spring from the amber flames of Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, and our favourite Time Lord will be physically and emotionally reborn. The casting of Peter Capaldi the … Continue reading →

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And Relax…

By the time this editorial is out The Bells of St John will have aired in the UK and possibly in parts not terrestrial elsewhere. The series is back, and peace can break out once more. The weeks leading up … Continue reading →

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No!!!

I’ve seen spoilers. Sigh. Some of you – some of you named Al in particular, will be laughing at me in dismay for the fool’s errand I set myself for series Six in not courting disaster by seeking out spoilers, … Continue reading →

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March to the Finish

Less than a year ago the Eleventh Doctor made his debut, in a season-spanning arc that dealt with devouring fractures and spaces, a swallowing earth, memory, loss of life and time itself. Being the Doctor, our hero overcame all of … Continue reading →

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It’s just a flesh wound!

Zeus Blog will be quiet for a while due to holidays/illness/busy-ness/lethargy (or all four). The usual abnormal service will resume in 2011. Probably.

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Physician, dress thyself?

For its sins there has been one good thing to come out of Paul McGann’s gifted costume at the recent Armageddon event in Auckland: it has generated new (albeit brief) interest and discussion surrounding the Eighth Doctor. The timing could … Continue reading →

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Resistance is Useless!

  As you may know a recent Fast Return committed an act that outraged and fumigated a regular reader and nearly blinded another. Outraged because apparently this is Zeus Blog’s ‘form’, this blog’s offence – ‘spoiling’ a detail of an … Continue reading →

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Crunch Time

Over the next twelve months the life of the Doctor is about to become increasingly turbulent and uncertain. Out here in the real world and as a global society we too are entering what that old Chinese curse would call ‘interesting … Continue reading →

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“Yes, One Day…”

On the cover of the latest DWM Catherine Tate is quoted as saying “Could Donna come back? In sci-fi, anything is possible”, and with the rumours buzzing around now about next year’s specials, you could quite easily believe that anything … Continue reading →

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