The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

1 September 1979 [1 minute 41 seconds] "You can't go around wearing copies of bodies." Tom Baker has acquired an annoying tick...

1 September 1979 [5 minutes]  “Not the most inviting planet.” Romana isn't impressed by the quarry.  They step out of the TARDIS. The Do...

1 September 1979 [21 minutes] “I believe this planet is called Skaro.” The Movellan tells the Doctor what planet he is on. The Doctor is sur...

8 September 1979 [23 minutes] “So that’s what the Daleks have been looking for...Davros, the evil genius who created them.” It’s an awesome ...

The first Star Trek movie was not very good. The second Star Trek movie was much better. The third Star Trek movie was not as good as the se...

We got right through Androids of Tara without anyone being sentenced to death: but we make up for it in Power of Kroll. Not only is Romana s...

The wikipedia page on "The Round World Dilemma"  has a chart citing "Bratman's analysis, after Rilstone". David Brat...

The first episode of Power of Kroll repeats the format of Androids of Tara. Romana takes charge of the Story Arc: the Doctor is uninterested...

So: what is right  with Power of Kroll? It's a Robert Holmes story. It's well constructed. It's based on some solid world-buildi...

The Power of Kroll is not very good.  The Power of Kroll, is, in fact, pretty bad. The Power of Kroll is a pretty bad bit of TV, and it'...