The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

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'...

There is a moment in the Fawlty Towers episode 'The Kipper and the Corpse' when Polly refuses to be part of one of Basil Fawlty'...

As the curtain rises on Episode One, the Doctor is playing chess. Not deep in concentration across a table, but lolling on the floor of the ...

No corridors. No invasions. No space ships. There is one more than usually ridiculous monster -- which gets only thirty seconds of screen ti...

First X-Men movie; first modern superhero movie; first summer of the second millennium. Our mutated heroes go into action in smart shiny le...