Doctor Who: Journey’s End

Recap
The Daleks are ready to set their most ambitious plan ever in motion, and with their forces divided, it seems as if even the Doctor and all his allies may not be enough to avert the course of disaster. Will it be Rose’s dimension jumping, Captain Jack’s immortality, Martha’s mysterious Osterhagen Key or Sarah Jane’s [...]

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Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth

The other day I was outside when I heard a something that sounded uncannily like the TARDIS. Naturally I rushed over to begin my career as the Doctor’s companion, but to my disappointment it turned out to be some sort of farm machinery. Oh well, better luck next time.

Recap
When the Earth suddenly disappears from [...]

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Lost season 4 episodes 13-14 [end]: save the island, save the world

Since this season was initially meant to be 16 episodes before the writers’ strike, seasons five and six have been extended to 17 episodes each.

Locke and Ben: moving the island
Ben may have been captured by Martin and his men, but just as he predicted, a rescue party led by Richard soon shows up to [...]

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Doctor Who: Turn Left

Recap
On an ordinary day, Donna Noble turned left at a junction, but how much difference would it have made if she had listened to her mother and turned right? More than you would think, for in that one instant, the universe was set on a different course- one where Donna never met the Doctor, where [...]

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Doctor Who: Midnight

Recap
On the diamond planet of Midnight, the sapphire waterfall is a must-see tourist attraction, and even if Donna wants to stay behind, there’s no way the Doctor is going to miss it. Unfortunately, getting there involves a four hour bus trip across the deadly surface of the planet- bad enough at the best of times, [...]

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Lost season 4 episode 12: Lies, complete lies and nothing but lies

The island and the boat- it’s like a rock and a hard place
With Frank’s chopper having dropped a sat phone onto the beach, the survivors can now track them- and Jack is determined to do just that. Despite the danger of re-opening his wound, Jack resolves to go into the jungle and catch up with [...]

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Lost season 4 episode 11: when effect precedes cause, you know something’s messed up

Locke, Ben and Hurley: quest for the cabin
While the others are sleeping, Locke wanders into a clearing, only to find a Dharma man chopping down a tree. The man tells him that he is making a getaway for himself and his wife, but when his actions keep looping, Locke realises that it is a dream. [...]

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Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead

For those who didn’t know (and that included me up until this week), the fifth season of Doctor Who won’t be airing until 2010. In the meantime there should be four special episodes to tide us over.
Recap
As the Vashta Nerada chase the Doctor, River Song and the remains of her team through the depths of [...]

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Lost season 4 episode 10: Maybe the butterfly is dreaming of Lost

Lost: Jack’s appendicitis
Jack is trying his best to mediate between the survivors and their mistrust of Dan and Charlotte, but when he collapses on the beach, it is clear that not all is well. Juliet realises that he has come down with appendicitis and realises that there is only thing to do- she will have [...]

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Doctor Who: Silence in the Library

Recap
When the Doctor and Donna visit the galaxy’s ultimate library, something seems amiss- libraries are meant to be quiet, but that doesn’t mean they’re usually empty and devoid of life. There’s something hiding in the shadows, but with an expedition led by the enigmatic Professor River Song to deal with, will the Doctor be able [...]

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