Doctor Who: Series 5: Volume 4 - DVD review

CoverAfter so many ominous warnings, including the cracks in time and Vincent van Gogh’s final painting, the Pandorica finally opens - but the secret it holds is more terrifying than even the Doctor had anticipated. The fates are drawing close around the TARDIS. Is this the day the Time Lord falls? The only hopes for all of reality lie with a little girl who still believes in stars, and a love that lasts for thousands of years. This is where it gets complicated... [click here...]

 

Bleach Series 5 - Part 1 - DVD review

CoverIchigo Kurosaki, having gained the powers of a Soul Reaper, returned to Earth a changed boy. Not only can he see spirits, but now he has the skill to combat them. A chance encounter leads him to discover another menace, the Bounts - a half human hybrid intent on domination. Having run into them on Earth Ichigo follows them to the Souls Society to stop their invasion of that realm... [click here...]

 

Robot Chicken: Season 4 - DVD review

CoverRobot Chicken: Season 4 is the stuff that heartfelt, uplifting, high-priced musical theatre is made of. Except maybe for the action-figure dismemberment, evil santa-snowmen and constant kicks in the plastic nutsacks. Dick Cheney dons the Iron Man armor! Star Trek II gets boiled down into a two-minute opera! And Tila Tequila's sexy secrets - like the one where she's a murderous android - are revealed... [click here...]

 

Doctor Who: Echoes of Grey - Audio book

CoverZoe Heriot has a photographic memory - total recall - but when it comes to the years she spent travelling through time and space in the TARDIS, all she can remember is that she has forgotten. Decades after she was returned to the Wheel in Space by the Time Lords, Zoe meets Ali, a young woman who claims to have met Zoe before, when she was with the Doctor and Jamie. Suddenly, part of her hidden past is exposed, as memories return of a visit to the Whitaker Institute in Central Australia. Secrets are uncovered, and the mystery of the Achromatics is about to be unleashed... [click here...]

 

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani - DVD review

CoverWhen the TARDIS is knocked out of its flight path, the Doctor and his companion, Mel crash land on the planet Lakertya. The two are quickly separated, with the Doctor helping the evil Rani, a female Time Lord and a renegade. Mel, alone on the planet’s surface, has to survive the Rani’s traps as well as the bat-like creatures, the Tetraps. She joins a rebel faction and with their help attempts to stop a confused, post regeneration, Doctor from helping the Rani create a time manipulator... [click here...]

 

Air: Volume 1 - Graphic novel review

CoverBlythe is a flight attendant with a philosophy degree - and a fear of heights. And as odd as her career choice might be, it's nowhere near as strange as her life's about to get. She'll fall in love with a mysterious traveller who's either an ordinary frequent flier - or a terrorist. In search of him, she'll travel to a country that doesn't exist on any maps, become targeted by a violent anti-terrorist group, and inevitably find herself at the centre of a race to find an artefact that may change the science of flight forever. Suddenly Blythe's life is headed for the most exotic destination of all: the unknown. With her job, heart, safety and sanity all up in the air, will she fail and fall or learn how to fly...? [click here...]

 

Doctor Who: The Whispering Forest - Audio

CoverThe TARDIS arrives in alien woodlands, where a small group of humans are holding tight against the menace of the Takers - strange creatures who come by night to spirit away members of their settlement. But if there’s one thing that the inhabitants of Purity Bay fear more than the Takers, it’s the dirt and disease spread by strangers - strangers like the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa. The fanatical Sister Mertil and her hygiene-obsessed acolytes are victims of a terrible corruption, but not in the way they think. Only the whispering forest knows the truth... [click here...]

 

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Part 1 - DVD

CoverAlchemy: the mystic science of transmutation. Gifted alchemists can break down and reconstruct matter using the ‘Law of Equivalent Exchange’, creating miraculous things. But one taboo can never be broken - human transmutation. The Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse, broke the taboo in an attempt to resurrect their late mother and as a result lost everything. Al’s disembodied soul was transferred to a suit of living armour while Ed lost two of his limbs, an arm and a leg. To recover what they’d lost they embarked on a journey to find the fabled Philosopher's Stone. The closer they get to the hidden truth of the Philosopher's Stone, the deeper they fall under shadowy schemes and the perils of unnatural creatures... [click here...]

 

Going Postal - DVD review

CoverWhen con-artist Moist von Lipwig is sent to the hangman’s noose, he doesn’t expect to get beaten at his own game and fall through the trapdoor into a Government job. Given the position of Postmaster, a role that hasn’t been occupied in years, by ruler of Ankh-Morpork Lord Vetinari, it’s his daunting task to get the dilapidated Postal Service up and running again. Standing in his way is the Grand Trunk Clacks communication cartel and its leader, Reacher Gilt. Taking on the evil monopoly, Moist must rise to challenge, ensure the delivery of the mail, restore hope to the people of Ankh-Morpok and even get the girl... [click here...]

 

Night of the Living Trekkies - Book review

CoverFollowing a couple of tours in Afghanistan Jim Pike has lost his faith in humanity and especially the optimistic philosophy of the Star Trek universe. So what could be worse than finding yourself with a hotel job, a hotel which is about to host a Star Trek convention? With the Hotel being flooded with various costumed geeks the only thing which Jim is looking forward to is seeing his sister, but strange things have been happening in Houston all day and they go from strange to outright weird when guests start turning into zombies... [click here...]