It didn’t make as good a television watching experience as last week’s episode but BBC’s Young Apprentice is now over for another year, with Lord Alan Sugar’s latest disciple finally chosen from his original flock of twelve. Read on after the jump – expect spoilers. Read more »
“I think you just got us all fired.”
This was the penultimate episode of Young Apprentice and one that had me glued to my seat even though I needed the loo from about five minutes in. The episode opened with Lord Alan Sugar sneaking into the businesschildren’s house and, like the Big Bad that he is, ruining their precious relaxation time – where we actually got to see the group with smiles on their faces and wearing something other than business attire – shock horror! Read on after the jump – expect spoilers.
I can’t remember just how many episodes of Misfits are sex-related. I am 99% sure that sex has been prominent for at least a minute of every episode thus far. And it’s also a tad odd when you realise that there have actually only been 16 episodes as of this week’s. Regardless, 3×06 kicks off with Rudy trying it on with about forty women at a drunken party using some of the best chat up lines ever created. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve used a couple similar to Rudy’s excellent verbal gifts such as “your hair smells like crayons, I love the smell of crayons, it reminds me of happy times like my childhood.” Sometimes they work – honest.
This episode also saw Seth and Kelly finally get funkay as well as Curtis (or Melissa) discovering that he/she is pregnant. *Inception noise* Read on after the jump – expect spoilers.
There was a time when the idea of owning even a single episode of Doctor Who on DVD would have been laughable. For me the series was a bit of fun but nothing worth dwelling on, certainly not worth revisiting or spending money to own. This all changed the day Steven Moffat took over the reins and brought in Matt Smith as The Doctor. Suddenly the series had an extra level of quality and complexity to it. Finally I understood what people had been going on about and finally I had found my Doctor.
While series 5 was the best the show had ever been with a finale that made every episode worth a re-watch as new information came to light, series 6 was slightly less awe-inspiring but remains a funny, scary and downright brilliant piece of TV.
The box set starts off on a strong footing with last year’s Christmas special A Christmas Carol which will be hard to beat this year and which I raved about last December. The rest of the series never quite matched the joy of this special and covers The Doctor’s potential demise, the battle against The Silence, one mysterious pregnancy and a classic sci-fi plot twist involving the identity of River Song.
Without a doubt this is the best Doctor Who cast and crew there has ever been. Steven Moffat is the best writer, Matt Smith is the best Doctor, Karen Gillan is the best companion and Arthur Darvill is the best husband of a companion. I love them all to pieces.
The DVDs certainly don’t skimp when it comes to the extras. Some episodes come with either short teaser prequels or commentaries but these are not what get me excited. Exclusive (possibly) to the DVD are five extra Night And The Doctor scenes which show what goes on in the TARDIS in between episodes. It was lovely to see Amy and The Doctor share a quiet moment and The Doctor struggle to juggle three different versions of River Song as they each turn up unannounced. These are complemented by the Comic Relief sketches in which the TARDIS lands within itself, caused by a short skirt and a glass floor and resulting in Amy flirting with herself.
The only place these DVDs let themselves down is with the inclusion of Doctor Who Confidential. Confidential is the complimentary TV series looking in-depth at the filming of each episode, a series I love and which was tragically cancelled at the end of this series. What the DVD does wrong is to cut these down to 10 minutes from their original 40, so much footage has been left out. Some of this footage is included in four Monster Files but it isn’t really a decent substitute.
If you are stuck for ideas for the nerd in your life, Doctor Who would be a great gift and is on sale now on DVD and Blu-ray. Doctor Who no longer needs to be a guilty pleasure.
Doctor Who Series 6 DVD provided by BBCShop.com
These last couple of weeks have been busy for our young entrepreneurs: James finally started getting listened to; the teams got to attack the OAP and teen markets with old fogey gadgets and deodorant before Gbemi and Lewis’ beef with Harry M (as well as being generally rubbish) got them fired.
After the house’s surprise at Harry M’s return from being on the losing team for five consecutive weeks, he continued kicking hard throughout this episode, which had more of a Bargain Hunt aura around it – all the bargains, none of the orange presenters. Keep reading after the jump – expect spoilers.
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