Miracle Day: First Impressions

My, it has been a while, hasn’t it? Six months may not seem like a long time, but if you look at the Cybermen box set review below and think back to when you first read it, it seems like an eternity ago. In fact, let’s think back to what the world was like when that last post went up:

  • The Big Bang was the most recent episode. We didn’t even know A Christmas Carol’s title, let alone it’s plot.
  • Series Six was still some vague entity off in the distant ether.
  • David Tennant fans were still bitching about how Matt Smith wasn’t as good.
  • Haters of the 2010 theme still had their fingers crossed that it would prove to be the 21st Century equivalent of the Glynn theme (the TV version at least), a one-season mistake that would be looked back on and laughed at.
  • The Sarah Jane Adventures had a bright future, looking set to take the lead over new Doctor Who in season numbers.
  • Torchwood was still dead and looked like it would remain so.
  • Bow ties and fezzes were (and still are) cool, but Stetsons were not.
  • Uh… Osama bin Laden was still alive…
  • Erm… the economy… no, that’s still in the toilet…

Actually, that’s pretty much all that’s changed during Eye of Harmony’s little break. Huh.

But, more importantly, what of the future? Well, I’ve had several projects on the back burner since last December, but due to other commitments I’ve just not had the time to finish them. Now though, with a four month vacation until the start of the new term in October, I’ve got plenty of time to get them all posted for your reading pleasure. In order of priority, here’s what you can expect from me in the coming weeks. Continue reading

Torchwood: Children of Earth review

Torchwood - Children of Earth

The latest Torchwood offering, Children of Earth, has been something of a mixed bag. In typical Russell T Davies fashion, the main story involves a catastrophic event affecting the entire world all at once, which is directly witnessed by virtually everyone in the world. Gone are the small scale stories of old; as RTD is so fond of pointing out, no one in this day and age could possibly care about a story unless it strikes close to home, right? In this case, all the children of the world begin speaking a single message: “we are coming.”

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