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RECONSTRUCTING THE ERRORS FROM TELEVISION HISTORY by Marcus Harmes
Jun 30, 2016 | Blogs, Cult TV/Sci Fi/Horror, Public Service Broadcasting, UK TV, Youtube | 0
A ‘Billy Fluff’ is a moment in Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966 when William Hartnell, the lead actor...
Read MoreNOT SO BRAVE? HUXLEY AND WHO by Marcus Harmes
Apr 21, 2016 | BBC, Blogs, Cult TV/Sci Fi/Horror, Public Service Broadcasting | 0
Since 2015 various news outlets have been reporting plans for Steven Spielberg to create a new television adaptation of the 1932 novel Brave New World and since 2013 a film adaptation by Ridley Scott has been in the pipeline....
Read MoreNASTY NANNIES IN DOCTOR WHO by Marcus Harmes
Beginning with the young single mother Nancy in ‘The Empty Child’ (2005) Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who stories have often included strongly written female characters. His creation of female roles reached new levels of variety and...
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