Aired 30 January 2008 ‘To the LasT Man’ slows down the high-paced action that fueled ‘Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’ and ‘Sleeper’ to open this second series of Torchwood, demonstrating the franchise’s inherent versatility while offering both a heartwarming and brutal look at the extremes of humanity when experiencing the fallout of war from different perspectives. […]
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Aired 03 December 2016 Parents are almost inevitably some of the most complicating and limiting factors of a teen drama series such as Class; after all, the parents need to be present to ground this world in some semblance of reality without being the focus, but there is also only so much that the protagonists […]
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Aired 26 November 2016 Running concurrently with the preceding ‘Detained’ that so intimately explored the inner thoughts of the young students in a confined environment, ‘The Metaphysical Engine, Or What Quill Did’ represents the other extreme of storytelling as Quill comes into focus and writer Patrick Ness’s science fiction imagination is let loose to deliver […]
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Aired 19 November 2016 Following the more fantastical multi-planet exploits of ‘Brave-ish Heart,’ Class returns to the root of its early success with the most intimate exploration of its core characters yet. And although the premise of the group being locked in detention and then forced to tell the truth- this time as they touch […]
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Aired 12 November 2016 With just four episodes remaining in this initial run of Class, ‘Brave-ish Heart’ is tasked not only with continuing the exciting revelations introduced in its opening half but also with setting up new intrigue to carry the series through to its finale, a particularly tough order given the large core ensemble […]
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Aired 05 November 2016 Following two strong episodes that explored grief with intense character studies and intriguing unearthly forces, Class returns to the events portrayed in its premiere as the Shadow Kin return and continue to try to find a way to end Corakinus’s unwilling interdependence on April. With the fierce attempts to sever that […]
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Aired 29 October 2016 Grief has been one of the most significant narrative forces behind the relaunched version of Doctor Who, allowing for a tremendous exploration of the lead characters with a powerful nuance that wasn’t often present in the classic series. Unsurprisingly, that motif has been brought over to Class quite early on following […]
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Aired 22 October 2016 On its surface, Class shouldn’t work nearly as well as its premiere suggested it could. With no character featuring an established link to the Doctor Who universe and no ultra-advanced technology, both of which Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures featured, the notion of a random group of students and a […]
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Aired 22 October 2016 Despite the popular notion that Doctor Who is a children’s programme, its wildly varying format, tone, and characters have always been tailored to appeal to all ages in equal measure. Capitalizing on the runaway success of the rejuvenated show that re-launched in 2005, Class represents the third BBC spin-off, following in […]
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Aired 23 January 2008 Following the enjoyable but light-hearted ‘Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’ to open its second run of episodes, Torchwood proves just how far it has progressed since its uneven run of early episodes by offering a much darker tone in James Moran’s ‘Sleeper’ that still feels like part of the cohesive universe being […]
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A very slow story with a decent, if well, well-worn idea of a hidden alien menace using the emotions of…
Better than Forty 1, but drab, dull, boring and perhaps the most continuity heavy story BF have ever done. Plus,…
Now this is more like it. At first sight, another Dalek story is the last thing we need from WHO,…
This is the set that has finally ended my interest in Big Finish. it is so boring, so slow and…
Agreed. This is terrible, an insult to BF fans.
