Whovian Sean's World of TV

 REVIEW: Disenchantment, Season 1 Part Two This week I completed my viewing of the second part of Disenchantment's first season, so I thought I would gather together my thoughts on all ten episodes into a single post, and provide my overall opinion on the second instalment of Netflix's animated fantasy comedy. The Disenchantress Not the funniest episode, but does provide some interesting moments. The prophecy concerning Bean is quite intriguing for one, and it was nice to see more of her family introduced in her aunt Becky and uncle Cloyd. The next episode promises to be fun also, with the 'stairway to hell' surely destined to offer some entertaining sequences. Stairway To Hell This was a very funny episode. I particularly loved Elfo's numerous attempts to break into hell by trying to insult God himself, and the same character's reference to the iconic film Ghost was hilarious! Luci's constant betrayal and subsequent redemptions were also a great way to keep...

 REVIEW: Inside The Zoo, Series 1 Episode Six There's something magical, when you're a kid, about visiting a tourist attraction and seeing a show. When you're a child, it feels an event, as though you are experiencing something that occurs within the bubble of the zoo, or theme park, or castle that you happen to be in. So it was great to see an episode focused largely around one such show at Edinburgh Zoo. This show is called Animal Antics, and features what appears to be a whole range of animal stars, from pygmy goats to armadillos. And speaking of armadillos, I really felt sorry for the armadillo in this episode. The poor armadillo suffered a miscarriage in her pregnancy, which is something you tend to forget can happen to both humans and animals. That must have been a truly sad moment for the keepers, but the show goes on, and so she must still make her appearance in the zoo's live performance. It is really clever the way they keep track of the eagles that feature...

 Whovian TV: 27/02/2021 Another week has passed by here at Whovian Sean's World of TV, and that means we must take a look at the TV listings for the week ahead. So grab your remote control from behind the back of the sofa and take a glance at the week ahead... Saturday 27th February: 18:00 - Catchphrase (ITV) 19:00 - Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) 20:35 - Saturday Night Takeaway: Extra Helping (ITV Hub) 21:02 - The Gadget Show (My5) 22:02 - Inside The Zoo (BBC iPlayer) Sunday 28th February: 18:00 - Dancing On Ice (ITV) 20:00 - Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins (BBC2) 21:00 - Bloodlands (BBC1) 22:00 - David Attenborough's Life In Colour (BBC iPlayer) 23:00 - Doctor Who, Series 11, Episode 7 'Kerblam!' (BBC iPlayer) Monday 1st March: 19:30 - Coronation Street (ITV) 20:00 - Hapless, Series 1 Episode One (My5) 20:30 - Coronation Street (ITV) 21:00 - Would I Lie To You (BBC iPlayer) 21:30 - Nicolas Cage's A History of Swear Words, Episode Four (Netfli...

 REVIEW: The Great Escapists, Series 1 Episode Two 'Power Up' I'm still not a fan of the spoof style, but this was a lot better than the disappointing first episode. It does at least tone down the comedy significantly, and focus more on the factual elements of the programme, offering something closer towards what I was expecting this show to be. The way they charge Richard's washed up phone using a combination of vegetables and nails is really clever and unusual; it's weird to think that a method like that actually works well enough to be able to give a phone a full charge, although I do question the logic of a mobile phone that was caught in a shipwreck still being able to work after being subjected to what would have been a great load of water. I mean, I had a phone back in 2017 that completely stopped working after being subjected to rain water from an umbrella during a holiday to Disneyland Paris! And that was just rain water! The things they make in this epis...

REVIEW: Doctor Who - The Movie Recently on this blog, I posted my thoughts on the rumours regarding a potential BBC Films/Warner Bros. Doctor Who movie (which you can read here ), so I thought I would take a look back at my review for Paul McGann's feature length debut, aptly titled 'Doctor Who: The Movie'. Doctor Who - The Movie is a curious part of Doctor Who history. Originally intended to launch a new TV series produced by the BBC, Fox and Universal, it has become something of a missing link between the classic and new series, with all plans for what would have been Paul McGann's first full series dropped due to poor viewing figures stateside. So what was at fault? Well, for starters it feels like it was a mistake to include Sylvester McCoy as his incarnation of the Doctor at the beginning of the movie. This would no doubt have been confusing for new viewers who didn't previously follow the series; the TV movie did, after all, air seven years after the last epis...

 REVIEW: Noughts And Crosses, Series 1 Episodes One-Three, Five And Six Out of all of the excellent series which aired during 2020, Noughts and Crosses emerged as one of my favourites. For that very reason, I decided to gather together my thoughts on episodes one to three, five and six which were originally published last year, over on my Twitter profile. Episode One I gave the first episode of Noughts + Crosses a go, and I'm not sure what to make of the show yet. It's an odd watch, like if Romeo and Juliet was about racial segregation, but with white characters as the ethnic minority. It's unusual, but contains a powerful message that will resonate with many. Episode Two Okay, I'm starting to get into this more. It's a very well-written drama, so strong and with excellent performances by all the cast. It's this year's Years and Years for sure. Episode Three Wow, this was certainly an impressive piece of television. It explores some very deep dramatic ideas...

 REVIEW: Inside The Zoo, Series 1 Episode Five As I have mentioned in my previous reviews on other television shows, meerkats are my absolute favourite animals. I love the way they stand on their hind legs, peeking over and surveying their surrounding environment as though trying to keep an eye on everything that is going on around them. And, of course, it helps that the Compare The Meerkat adverts exist too, which are my personal favourite television ads. So it was great to see the meerkats at Edinburgh Zoo featured in this episode. We get plenty of meerkat content here, which allows for some very nice shots of the meerkats peeping around their enclosure. I can only imagine it must take them absolutely hours to weigh them though. One of the key facts stated here is that the keepers cannot tell the meerkats apart so easily, as they look too similar and possess less distinguishable features as some of the other animals at the zoo. Weighing them on the scales and ensuring each mee...

 REVIEW: All Creatures Great And Small, Series 1 Episode Two 'Dog Days' Tonight I will be watching the last episode of All Creatures Great And Small's seventh series, 'Promises To keep', and so I thought I would take a look back at my views on the second episode of the show's first ever series, 'Dog Days'. This episode is the one that introduces Peter Davison's Tristan, and personally I enjoyed it a lot. James and Tristan's relationship is already being shown to be a lot of fun; I love the little pranks they pull on each other here. It makes me think of a sibling relationship, especially as they seem to be of a similar age, which makes it all the more weird that Siegfried and Tristan are the siblings. Siegfried and Tristan may be the actual brothers, but James and Tristan also are in spirit (if not in blood). As with the Channel 5 version, the second episode also introduces us to Mrs Pumphrey and her dog Tricky Woo. Somehow the original version ...

 REVIEW: Big Sky, Series 1 Episode One 'Pilot' Ever since Disney Plus launched last year in the UK, many of us have been asking for adult content to be added to the streaming service. And so, here we are. Disney Plus now has a whole section named 'Star', dedicated to content deemed unsuitable for family audiences. When a new section is added to anything, there's always one question you ask for yourself: 'What do I watch first?' For me, I decided to go with Big Sky, a new Star Original series concerning detectives investigating into a missing persons case involving two sisters and a prostitute, and a mysterious trucker. This series was shot during the pandemic, and so there are repeated references to the current COVID situation the world has been faced with since March 2020. Other than characters referring to the pandemic, however, in this first episode at least it's not so noticeable. Characters still stand fairly close to each other and don't rea...