Classic Doctor Who: Mindwarp Review

Doctor Who fans i'm back with the second part of the my ongoing miniseries of review for Season 23 AKA The Trial Of A Time Lord. Since i'm watching all of these episodes in order in order to fully grasp what the story for the season (which is something I will comment on come The Ultimate Foe) that does mean that this weeks I guess look back is of the final episode to feature Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown Mindwarp.

The plot of the episode is The Doctor and Peri arrive on Thoros Beta where they discover that alien arms dealer Sil is looking to prolong the life of Lord Kiv. In all honesty I found the story for this weeks episode to be rather forgetful , it's not a bad story but more effort should have gone into making it more memorable which is a shame because this is the story that sees a companion leave and those are usually really good.

The guest cast for this episode is Lynda Bellingham as The Inquisitor , Michael Jayston as The Valeyard , Brian Blessed as King Yrcanos , Nabil Shaban as Sil , Christopher Ryan as Kiv , Patrick Ryecart as Crozier , Thomas Branch as The Lukoser/Dorff , Gordon Warnecke as Tuza , Alibe Parsons as Matrona Kani , Trevor Laird as Frax and Richard Henry as Mentor. Along with regular cast members Colin Baker as The Doctor and for the last time Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

I will say that there is some fine acting in this episode and there is one scene in particular which really blew me away which i'll talk about later. I honestly feel that just based of these first two stories that the acting for this series is going to be really good in every episode but there's a huge chance that I could be wrong , I really cannot praise the acting in this episode enough because both Colin and Nicola really do kill it in this episode and each get a chance to show how good they really can be.

Like I said there is a scene in this serial that really did blow me away and it's the scene where Peri explains to Yrcanos what love is. Just everything about that scene just worked the writing of it was top notch , the direction was perfect and the acting from Nicola was truly phenomenal , to me that scene shows how far her character might have come I say might have because i've not seen any other series with her character and so I can't say for sure but everything about it just screams character development to me.

I was shocked to find that there wasn't that many scenes from the actual trial in this serial which I guess makes sense since there's only so many times you can show two characters arguing with each other before it gets boring. That being said tho there is meant to be a story developing during those scenes and I don't think that it's coming across as well as it could have done which is a shame because it does seem to be an interesting story.

Like I stated before this is the last episode to feature Nicola Bryant altho she would reappear in the best forgotten Dimensions In Time special several years later. I will say that how her character leaves show is one that I honestly wasn't expecting just because it's not the type of thing that one would expect from Doctor Who but at the same time it was also a fitting way to end this serial in my opinion.

It's also due to her leaving that we get some great acting from Colin he's solid all throughout this serial but there are two examples in particular where he just takes it up a notch. The first one being the fact that he seemingly betrays his companion and how your not quite sure if he's got a plan or if he's turned evil and the second is when he finds out Peri has died and he gets very emotional that to me was such a well acted scene and it's honestly how I feel The Doctor would act in that situation.

This episode does also feature the second on screen appearance of apparent fan favourite Sil and I say apparent because until a few months ago I haven't heard of the character. Based on this serial I will say that he does seem like a pretty character with actor Nabil Shaban being perfect for the role but i'd have to see more of the character to really form an opinion but he must be good since in 2019 he got his own direct to DVD movie with Shaban and creator Philip Martin as star and writer called Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor.

What I found to be really interesting about this serial was the fact that there's no clear good guy or bad guy. Granted alot of that does come from somethings that will get revealed later on in the season but it's interesting to think that the Doctor Who team would try and make this approach late into the shows run and even more shocking when you realise that the show was on the decline at the time that this season was being made.

What was really shocking since I was expecting this to play a part so soon in the season was the fact that they reveal that the scenes with trial are taking place at the same time as this serial. That right there was such a good idea simply because we the audience know that The Doctor would never willingly do the things that he's seen doing in this serial and so to have that reveal was so cool and yet so chilling because it leads to the death of Peri.

Overall this wasn't a bad episode but it was a forgettable one and in terms of companion leaving episodes id say that it's one of the worst just due to how forgettable the story is. That said as i've listed in this review there are a few good things to be found in the serial you just have to try really hard to remember what actually happens and so Doctor Who fans this serial gets a 6 out of 10 from me.

My First Impressions Of Thundercats Roar

Animation fans alot of animated shows debut all the time but so few of them get alot of hate just based of the announcement video alone. However this show got alot of hate from many myself included just based of the announcement video and well the first two episodes have been released by Cartoon Network and well I thought that i'd give you my thoughts on them so here are my first impressions of Thundercats Roar.

The plot of these two episodes are the Thundercats (Lion-O , Tygra , Cheetara , Panthro , WilyKit and WilyKat) escape there home world moments before it explodes and find themselves on a new planet where they must contend with the Mumm-Ra. In terms of what I thought of the plot it's pretty thin all they do is establish what the set up for the show is going to be and while that does make sense it doesn't really work for a two part episode.

Starring in this episode is Max Mittelman as Lion-O and WilyKat , Patrick Seitz as Tygra and Mumm-Ra, Erica Lindbeck as Cheetara and WilyKit , Larry Kenney as Jaga , Trevor Devall as Slithe , Andrew Kishino as Jackalman , Jim Meskimen as Monkain and Dana Snyder as Vultureman and the Berbils. This is honestly a pretty good cast if your a fan of anime there are alot of actors you'll recognise in this cast and they were the ones that made me excited the most.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in the episode it honestly wasn't that bad but at the same time I felt that it could have been better. The acting in the episode was alot better then what I thought it was going to be just based of the announcement video I assumed that pretty much everything about this show was going to suck and so I was shocked to see that the acting was OK at best since I assumed it would suck.

Now the closest company I found that might have done the animation is Warner Bros. Animation and I don't think I need to say what they've worked on since there really well known. I will say that the announcement video doesn't do the animation justice since from that video you'd assume that the animation was going to be like Teen Titans Go but it's honestly more like OK KO since it's that same amount of energy and even the art style is very similar to the art style from OK KO.

I honestly really did like the animation it was a lot better then what it had any right to be in my opinion. It was very high energy when it came to the action sequences but at the same time I would fully understand if people chose not to watch the show based of the character designs since they are kind of off putting but when you see them in motion they do kind of work for the style that this show is going for.

Now when the show was first announced there were alot of people comparing it to Teen Titans Go and in some respects I can see where they are coming from. However I have to say that just because TTG was at the time a fairly bad show doesn't mean that any show that looks like it might be bad doesn't mean that you should compare the two since these shows are different in every way possible so i'd say judge it by it's own merits and not by another shows.

Just by going of this episode and this episode alone (yes i'm judging both episodes as one) i'd say that this show is going to be more action packed then any CN reboot right now. Which was honestly something that I found to be rather refreshing since CN usually don't do action heavy shows and when they do they usually don't last long or just get lost in the schedule so it's nice to see an action heavy show airing on Cartoon Network.

There's shockingly alot of I want to say references but I dont think that's the right word here but either way it's clear that the creators have a lot of love towards the 1985 original Thundercats. Since as you can see by many of the above pictures the designs are very similar to the original show and they even use a cover version of the original theme song over the end credits which is thought was nice little touch.

Now this is technically an action comedy and so it only makes sense to talk about the comedy in the episode. I honestly thought that this episode could have been alot funnier alot of the humour looks like it's coming from how dumb they've made Lion-O which is funny once but when you repeat the joke it starts to become less funny and so i'm hoping that as the show progresses there are more and more actually funny moments in the show and that they don't just repeat the same joke over and over.

Like I said before this episode is really action heavy and so it does make sense they I talk just a little bit more about the action. I honestly thought that the action in the episode was really fun it was as over the top as you'd not only expect but also want from an animated action comedy on top of all that you get to see the Thundercats use alot of their gifts (I don't think powers is the right word to use here) which only added to the fun in my opinion and yes they made a lot of great changes to Snarf which i'm not going to go into detail about.

Overall this debut set of episodes were honestly really fun and they did a good job of introducing all of the main characters. However I would have liked it if they set up what the story for the show was going to be just because right now I don't have an itch to want to watch anymore of the series but who knows maybe they'll drop hints of the story when the show premiers in Febuary (now all we have to do is wait for Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! to finally debut admit it you all forgot about that show) since this show is only just starting i'm not going to give it a rating but I will say check out the episodes and judge it for yourselves.

  

Classic Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet Review

Doctor Who fans in my last Doctor Who review I said that you'd be seeing me alot sooner then you thought. That's because one of the presents I got for Christmas was Season 23 of the show on blu-ray and is part of the classic collection and so I began to think maybe I could extend my output of Doctor Who and so where else to start with this season 23 look back then at the very beginning with my review of The Trial Of A Timelord AKA The Mysterious Planet.

The plot of the episode is Peri and The Doctor travel to the planet Ravolox a planet which has a lot of similarities to earth and while there and somewhere on the planet there is a robot that wants to blow up the universe. I want it known that I won't be judging the overall arc of the season instead i'll just be judging each individual story in this regard the story this episode is pretty forgettable at least in my opinion but at the same time it does a good job of setting up the season long arc.

Starring in this serial is Colin Baker as The Doctor and in her second to last Doctor Who serial Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown. As for the guest cast we have Lynda Bellingham as The Inquisitor , Michael Jayston as The Valeyard , Tony Selby as Sabalom Glitz , Joan Sims as Queen Katryca , Glen Murphy as Dibber , Tom Chadbon as Merdeen , Roger Brierley as The Voice Of Drathro , David Rodigan as Broken Tooth , Adam Blackwood as Balazar , Timothy Walker as Grell , Billy McColl as Humker and Sion Tudor Owen as Tandrell.

In terms of what I thought of the acting in this serial it was honestly alot better then what I was expecting it to be since I hadn't seen anything from this season I was expecting the acting to be pretty bad. So I was shocked to find that at least in this serial it's pretty decent if your a fan of British television there are a few names that you'll recognize namely the late Lynda Bellingham and the late Joan Simms.

I really did like the idea behind the planet of Ravalox and while I won't give away the big twist with the planet it is something that you can see coming if you notice clues I honestly didn't notice that much if i'm being honest. I will say that while the idea behind the planet is indeed interesting due to the lack of a budget it doesn't look as interesting as it really could be and granted this isn't the shows fault this fault lies with the BBC but more of an effort could have been made in making Ravalox look more I guess alien would be the right word.

From what I can gather the scenes with the doctor on trial are a framing device in that other stories are being told but there all being linked by this one event. I know that that sounds pretty obvious given the subtitle for this season is The Trial Of A Timelord but given that I haven't seen this season I have to assume that the rest of the season will follow the same idea and if so it's an interesting way to go about things but given that we get a new companion this season I hope that they don't skip over how the doctor met her.

Lets us talk about the villain of this serial Drathro first of all I really hated the voice they give him it just sounded so freaking annoying and it honestly was getting to the point where I couldn't wait for his scenes to end because of how annoying his voice is. I also found his motives to be really hard to understand so im not sure if there was something that was in the script but was edited out of the episode or what but I do feel that his motives should have been a tad bit more clear all I know is it's something that involves some from unstable light called black light and that's it.

I will admit to liking the design of Drathro I honestly felt that the look that they gave him really did suit his character. I feel that this is were the budget for this episode went well Drathro's design and the opening shot which I will be talking because both of them look really good and yet everything else at east from the characters that appear just in this episode just look cheap by comparison and for Doctor Who that's never a good thing.

I just said that one of the things that clearly got alot of the budget for this episode was the opening model shot and can you blame me when I put the episode on I honestly thought that it was a newly made effects shot but no it was the original one. Which is something that really did blow me away due to how good it looked it's no wonder that FOX used the exact same shot in their promo's for the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie which is something i'm not even making up they use this exact opening to pro-moat the TV movie so even in the nineties it still looked good.

For this season the show seems to be taking a nonlinear approach to it's story telling and i'm honestly not to sure how I feel about that. On the one hand it does keep the show fresh which is always a good thing but on the other hand this form of story telling doesn't really work well in the world of Doctor Who since in my opinion Doctor Who works best when there isn't a season long story being told if you want proof of that just watch series 6 from the modern era.

This serial would also see a few little changes made to the show with some changes being made to Colin's costume and Nicola being made to wear clothes that were better suited for a kids TV show if you know what i'm saying. Perhaps the biggest change tho at least in my opinion was the new theme song which was composed by Dominic Glynn which I can safely say i'm not a big fan of this theme nothing is going to be the classic theme tune in my eyes and this was just painful to listen to.

Another change made to the show was the fact they had a lot more humour starting with this very serial. Granted the choice to add in more humour didn't come from the creative team but then BBC controller Michael Grade who demanded that the show have less violence and more humour and if i'm being honest here the humour in this episode was pretty good there were plenty of goof jokes that did have me laughing but at the time I don't feel that the violence should have been toned down to the point where it's barely even present.

Overall in terms of opening episodes go there are better ones out there but at the same time this one does a good job of setting up the season long story arc. It's just a shame that a bunch of scripts had to get thrown away fro this season and judging by one of the extra's on the blu-ray set they would have made really good episodes but I can't judge something that wasn't transmitted and so this serial gets a 6.5 out of 10 from me. 

Ride Your Wave AKA Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review

Anime fans as you'll all no doubt know I very rarely make a spoiler post for an anime film or TV show. That is because I want you to experience the product with very little to know knowledge about what's going on sadly tho that actually can't happen with this film as even the plot summery gives away a key plot point and so i'm going to pretty butcher my own summery of the plot just to keep it spoiler free and so here is my spoiler filled review of Ride Your Wave aka Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara enjoy.

The plot for of the film as spoiler free as I can make it is boy meets girl something happens to either the boy or the girl and then there's the aftermath. You see I told you I was going to butcher it but your just going to have to take my word for it when I say that there's pretty much no plot outside of the central theme which I can't get into because it's spoiler but I do wish that there was more of an actual story in this film.

Starring in the film is Rina Kawaei as Hinako Mukaimizu , Ryota Katayose as Minato Hinageshi , Honoka Matsumoto as Yōko Hinageshi and Kentaro Ito as Wasabi Kawamura. Yes as you can no doubt tell i'm basing this review of the original Japanese dub which as alot of will know is a mildly rare thing for me to do however as there is no dub for this film out and it doesn't look like there will be any out soon.

As for what I thought about the acting in the film it honestly was really good altho it really is hard for me to judge Japanese voice acting since i've not heard any of these actors so I have no idea what they could do when there at their best or worst. The script of the film really does give the actors alot to work with and I do feel that that does help the actors since all they'd have to do is just say the lines and not add in character traits.

The animation for the film was done by Science Saru a company owned by director Masaaki Yuasa and is there third feature film . In terms of what I thought about the animation it's shockingly really good and I say shockingly because i've seen nothing from them and so just based of this film I can say that they do a good job when it comes to the animation with alot of scenes leaping of the screen which is something that I very rarely get to say.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There we go anime fans anything said beyond this point will be a spoiler and so you shouldn't anything beyond the spoiler warning if you haven't seen the film. So then what really did shock me was the fact that the main male character Minato dies nearly half way through the film that was something that I never saw coming and I couldn't mention it in the summery because it's a plot point his death has an effect on our main female character Hinako.

Part of the joy and sadness of this film for me is seeing the relationship between Minato and Hinako develop as they go from friends to boyfriend and girlfriend but then it comes crashing down when Minato dies. How the film deals with grief is honestly really interesting since we get to see Hinako go through the stages of grief eventually learning that in order for Minato to move on she must also accept his death.

Part of what made Hinako's arc seem more real to me is the fact that is that she's young and I know that sounds weird but imagine if your in early twenties you fall in love with someone and then that person suddenly dies it would be crushing. Which is what happens here for a large portion of the film she's crushed and she might possibly feel guilty for Minato's death but i'm not sure and she has to go through this horrible thing and she comes out stronger because of it.

Hinako's character at the start of the film is completely different from the character we see at the end of the film. Since at the start she's sort of happy go lucky she's not unpacked any of her boxes but then over the course of the film she learns more responsibility and that is something that I don't think the Hinako at the start of the film would even consider being like at all and it was something that I thought was very interesting.

As you can see by the above picture the film has an art style that honestly reminded me alot of Summer Wars. Considering that I liked that film that is not a bad thing at all but at the same time there was times during the more emotional moments so I do feel that they should have tweaked the designs just to suit those moments and make them more effective but since they didn't the art style and designs become a little bit distracting.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall this is an anime film that I can very easily recommend to any anime fans regardless of if you like the slice of life genre or not. This is also a film that does have plenty of flaws some of which I have mentioned in this review but if this is something that you can get past then there's a really enjoyable film in there and it helps that the pacing is honestly really good and so with all of this in mind the film gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

  

Doctor Who Reviews: Spyfall Part 2 SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review

Doctor Who fans another week has gone and that means another new episode of everyone's favourite show has indeed aired. I will admit that this episode was kind of a let down in some respects and some of the questions I had didn't get answered but i'll get more into that as the review goes on as well as something that might possibly be getting setup as a season long arc and so here is my review of Spyfall Part 2.

The plot of the episode is after Wednesdays jaw dropping twist The Doctor finds her self separated from the rest of the gang and must work her way back to them as well as save the human race. As is to be expected this part of the story is just wrapping up the previous episode (duh it's part 2 of a two part episode) but I personally felt that this part of the story wasn't as good as part one was simply because it wasn't as fun to see the events play out.

In the guest cast for this episode we have Sylvie Briggs as Ada Lovelace , Aurora Marion as Noor Inayat Khan , Mark Dexter as Charles Babbage , Lenny Henry as Daniel Barton and i'm so glad I can finally put him here because everyone has seen the first episode Sacha Dhawan as O / The Master. As well as series main cast members Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor , Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien , Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair and Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan.

In terms of what I thought about the acting in this episode bravo to the cast because they really did knock it out of the park all of the actors both guest and regular really did a great job in this episode in my opinion. As for who I thought was the best actor in this whole two part story without a shadow of a doubt it was easily Sacha Dhawan who is just fantastic to watch as The Master who is obviously having a great playing this character and it really does show in his performance.

 SPOILERS START HERE SWEETIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah Gallifrey is a pile ash and rock pretty much I will admit that when this scene first appeared I guessed right away who was responsible for it and I was right it was The Master. Which doesn't really make that much sense to me it just doesn't seem like something that character would do let us not forget this was the same person that ran away from the time war and who has helped the doctor against the timelords and yet we're supposed to believe that he destroyed his home planet.

Luckily tho they do set up something which could possibly last through the whole of this series and that's the timeless child. Whatever that is and what ever lies both the doctor and the master were told it must have been bad because after the doctor finds out she really doesn't speak to her friends for a few days so what ever lies they were told it must be something earth shattering to have them both react in shock.

I don't know why but there's something just right about The Master posing as a Nazi I don't know why but when he first showed up in full on Nazi gear it just felt right to me. Altho I personally would have made him higher up in the Nazi ranks just because again it would feel so right and so in character for him of course he would want to be in charge of his platoon because he'd want to be the boss.

What was also interesting is that while travelling between times for a TARDISless Doctor might seem like seconds for the Master at least in the third act it's decades. That was such a cool idea for me and yet it also raises the question on how the master could have been better prepared since he knew he'd be facing of against the doctor and her companions so why didn't he have some allies with him to tip the power in his favour incase his plan went badly wrong.

One of the things that I wanted for this episode was for it to answer how The Master or how this version of the character came to be. Sadly tho we didn't get that answered so like many Doctor Who fans i'm going by the theory that this version of the character is the one between the John Simm version and Missy just because that's the one that makes the most sense to me but it is something that i'd like the show to answer for sure in a future episode.

Another thing I wanted from this episode was for Yaz to get more screen time and she didn't but this time all of the companions didn't really get alot of screen time or anything to do. So yeah I can't really fault the team for giving Yaz less screen time in this episode because they did same to all of the companions but at the same she's the least developed character so there should have been some focus put on her just to develop her character.

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Overall this was a bit of a let down when compared to the previous episode mostly for the reasons that i've already said and also because some of the newer characters don't get as fleshed out as they possibly could. It is however still a really good episode and like I said on Wednesday it gives me high hopes for the way that this series is progressing and so this episode score a 7 out of 10 from me and i'll see you alot sooner then you think Doctor Who fans.

Doctor Who Reviews: Spyfall Part 1 SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review

Doctor Who fans series 12 has finally started and my god does it feel good to be back doing these weekly reviews for you all. I'll admit that when I first started this episode I had the fullest of intentions of making it a spoiler free post but then something happend if you've seen the episode you'll know full well what that something is and so here is my spoiler filled review of Doctor Who series 12 episode 1 Spyfall Part 1.

The plot of the episode is someone or something is attacking various spies around the world and MI6 call in The Doctor and her companions to find out who's doing it and more importantly why. Now since this is a two part episode the story doesn't get resolved which is understandable and the story really does need two hour long episodes in order to do it any kind of justice and it's a story that really did have me gripped to the edge of my seat all the way through.

Starring as the guest cast are Lenny Henry as Daniel Barton , Stephen Fry as C , Shobna Gulati as Najia Khan , Ravin J Ganatra as Hakim Khan , Bhavnisha Parmar as Sonya Khan , Melissa De Vries as Sniper , Sacharissa Claxton as Passenger , William Ely as Older Passenger , Brian Law as Operative (US) , Buom Tihngang as Tibo , Asif Khan as Sergent Ramesh Sunder , Andrew Bone as Mr Collins , Ronan Summers as Rendition Man , Christopher McArthur as Ethan , Darron Meyer as Seesay , Dominique Maher as Browning and Struan Rodger as The Voice of Kasaavin.

Of course also starring in the episode are Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor , Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien , Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair and Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan. The acting from both the regular cast members and the guest cast where actually on point for this two part episode and given who some of the guest actors are that's to be expected and if the acting is good in this episode then it gives me high hopes for the rest of the series.

SPOILERS START HERE SWEETIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You might have noticed that I missed of one name from the guest cast list and that's because I wanted to go more into detail about him in the spoilers section of the review. That name was of course Sacha Dhawan as O / The Master I have to admit during the scene where O reveals himself as The Master my jaw hit the floor and the way Sacha portrayed the character at the end of the episode was just so good he was just ooosing with insanity if that makes any kind of sense.

Altho if you recall at the end of series 10 the John Simm version of The Master shot and killed his future self so one has to wonder how the character survived. Which is the only downside of the episode for me personally just because the character was quite clearly dead at the end of series 10 and it is something that does have to be answered since he's a key character not only to The Doctor but also to this story.

Now as any Doctor Who fan will tell you Yaz didn't really get that much screen time and things to do in the last series and while she did have a bit more to do in this episode what truly shocked me was the fact that she got alot more screen time. Sadly tho that screen time isn't used to develop her character at all so she is still kind if a one dimensional character but it is a sign that the writers have listened and are making some effort to fix that issue.

They also lean in a little bit on Yaz's police career by giving her a Ryan a spy mission which was honestly rather cool and it was good to see Yaz use something the things that she picked from the police force. Sadly tho we don't get to see her use any of those skills for to long which is a shame because like I said it was really cool to see but those to the test and it's a shame that Chris Chibnall didn't take advantage of her screen time to develop her character a little bit more.

As we all knew the title is a reference to the James Bond film Skyfall but oddly enough the references don't really end there. As you all saw in the trailer The Doctor says her name in the same way that Bond would introduce himself and even the music during the party sequence takes on a James Bond style which I honestly thought was a rather interesting way to go about things since the music of James Bond isn't that well known.

Also taking on kind of a James Bond style is the action scene near the end of the episode and the fact that there's pretty much a pre-credits sequence. To me the pre-credits sequence in this episode was much like the pre-credits sequence from Live And Let Die just because they have the same kind of premise with agents all over the world getting killed and as for the action sequence it reminded me of the opening action scene from Skyfall but it was done in more family friendly way if you get what i'm saying.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall this was a rather solid debut story altho why they chose to have this episode air on New Years Day is beyond me since episode two is airing in a few days wouldn't it have made sense to have the episodes air a week apart in order to build up more hype for the next episode. So far this does seem to be an improvement over some of the last series episodes but there is one thing in here which really felt out of place i'm not going to say what it is just is just screams of being woke to me and so this episode gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me and yes all the reviews for this series will be spoilers reviews it just makes it alot easier to talk about the episode and I will be mentioning the creatures in the next Doctor Who review. #DoctorWho #Spyfall

  

Some Of My Favourite TV Shows From The Past Decade

With the passing of 2019 we are now officially in a new decade and that means we have ten years worth of TV shows to loom forward to. So I thought that for this post i'd tell you some of my favourite shows from the past ten years and please note that is just my personal opinion and so that will mean that chances are your favourite show might not be featured and so let's get on with the post shall we.

Westworld

This show along with another show in this post took the world by storm when it first debuted and it's not hard to see why. The show actually treats it's viewers with some degree of intelligence and presents us with challenging themes while at the same time giving us great story lines , characters , action and acting on paper this show shouldn't work and yet somehow it not only worked but it became a huge hit.

Euphoria

This is a show that I don't see alot of people talking about and I have no idea why that's the case because it's a great show. Yes this is a teen drama and I can see why that would put people off but it deals with issues that teens today are going through and it treats them with the right amount of respect and intelligence which is something that alot of shows that handle teen issues just don't even try and do.

Girl Meets World

This show was criminally cut short when Disney decided to end it in 2017 and I say that because out of all the shows that were airing on Disney Channel at the time this was easily the best one. Not only did it give you the type of stuff you expect from a Disney Channel comedy but it also gave you alot of heart and alot of great characters and unlike a lot of shows where the friendship between the main characters feels false here it felt real because they spent the time to develop it and the characters but I guess Disney doesn't care about making good TV shows that are also really funny.

Any Show From The Arrowverse

You can honestly put any show from the Arrowverse in this slot and it would work just fine because I watch alot of them apart from oddly enough Arrow the show that started it all. Yeah from the Flash to Batwoman if it's in the Arrowverse then i've seen it I won't always love the shows that they put out infact I don't really enjoy Batwoman but when the Arrowverse got it right they really did get it right and due to the fact they introduced the multiverse we can have different heroes from different earths appear.

Game Of Thrones

Say what you will about the final of the show and trust me many have said alot about that final season. To me it didn't take away from my enjoyment of the show because alot of what went down in the final episode apart from one thing and that's who they have become king of the seven kingdoms just because it wasn't built up and it doesn't make sense for this character but alot of what the show did really worked for me and it's one that i'd gladly go back and re-watch old episodes of.

The Mandalorian

Yeah there was no way in hell I was going to not include this show because it really is such a good show. To many myself included this show is better The Rise Of Skywalker because i's actually closer to what Star Wars is rather then what Kathleen Kennedy wants it to be and that makes the biggest difference because what we ended up getting was a show that not only honoured what Star Wars is it also told it's own story.