Category Archive: Retrogeek

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Volume 3.5

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If you’ve been following my episodic installments reviewing the hefty back catalog of classic Doctor Who you may have noticed that it’s slowed down of late. This is solely due to the fact… Continue reading

A History of Mermaids on Film

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Queen of the Sea (1918) In this film Annette Kellerman plays Merrilla, Queen of the Sea, who discovers that if she saves four human lives she can have a mortal human body with… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – ‘The Krotons’

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Breaking out of the chronological series of reviews we’ve been running thanks to the ever expanding Doctor Who DVD library to zip back in time (an easy feat when the Doctor is involved)… Continue reading

10 Forgotten Cartoons from my Childhood

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Being young for the years spanning 1985 to 1992 was awesome for one specific reason: the cartoons. This was a golden age for children’s entertainment. Before they all started trying to emulate Pokemon… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews: Vol. 3.2

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When we last saw the good Doctor he’d been exiled by those meddling timelords to Earth. With his TARDIS not functioning and the knowledge required to fix it being stripped from his mind… Continue reading

‘Doctor Who’ Retro Reviews 3.1

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What…what’s this? COLOUR?! A new era in the history of Doctor Who started with the Third Doctor. A new Doctor, a different concept, colour film, new special effects and plenty of new villains!… Continue reading

50 Years of Bond: ‘Live and Let Die’ Review

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Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: Roger Moore, Jane Seymor, Yaphet Kotto, David Hedison, Clifton James, Bernard Lee, Gloria Hendry Plot: When Bond investigates the deaths of three agents in America, along with the CIA,… Continue reading

Doctor Who Retro Review – Volume 2.2

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Almost all to soon we’re wrapping p our coverage of the second Doctor’s adventure. Despite appearing as the good Doctor for the best part of three years only six of his stories currently… Continue reading

50 Years of Bond: ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ Review

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Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Grey, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Glover, Putter Smith, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Norman Burton, Desmond Llewellyn Plot: Having exacted his revenge on… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Volume 2.1

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Hi ho regular readers – since we’re entering the era of the second Doctor we’ve revised the numbering system for this series so it’s easier if you’re scouring the archives looking for a… Continue reading