Author: David Hogan

Doctor Who: Thirteen O’Clock Review

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The storyline of The Doctor and Rose constantly being pulled to the Powell Estate comes to a close with “Thirteen O’Clock”, and can I just say: boy that wasn’t worth it. Six stories over a year and we end with a sequel to a story from just a few years ago that was okay but not particularly memorable? Same writer so I’m sure he loved bringing back his old creations like they were beloved characters, but for me I was just left wondering why this was the big pay-off and not just a one off thing… Oh well, let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Pandemonium Review

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Our next chunk of Big Finish catch-up is a trio of Ninth Doctor adventures followed by a trio of Thirteenth Doctor adventures, getting us caught up with the monthly singles ranges in three batches of two. “Pandemonium” continues both the “we keep getting brought to the Powell Estate” story arc as well as the idea of being set after the TV story “Father’s Day” as it features more Rose and her Dad related grief. Let’s take a look!

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The Punisher: One Last Kill Review

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When this was announced I was definitely interested, I’ve always liked Jon Bernthal’s Punisher so getting a new special focusing on him was good news, but after watching it I was just sort of confused. I mean as a stand-alone 45 minute thing it was fine but it didn’t fit into the MCU timeline at all, didn’t connect to the original Punisher series, Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 (which still has unresolved Punisher story beats) or the then-upcoming Spider-Man film as it turns out, it was like a pilot for a Punisher series that had nothing to do with the MCU but was added to it anyway. Oh well, what’s it like? Well given its length it won’t take long to tell you…

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway – The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Review

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The next Hathaway movie adaptation has arrived and to my surprise it’s kept quite close to the novel in that it’s far more character focused than action focused, leading to something of a divide in the Gundam fanbase as to whether or not it’s good, whether there’s “too much talking” or other such stuff. To me, personally? I liked it, but then I knew what I was (most likely) getting from these things given Tomino’s source novels, and all the introspective scenes will really pay off in the finale… whenever that ends up materialising! Anyway, let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Peace at Last Review

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The Rutans vs. Sontarans plot thread comes to a close and thankfully it’s a good one. Not a great one like the opener, but a good one, with some really satisfying twists and scenes at the very end. It also once again reunites Paul McGann’s Doctor with Charley and C’rizz, which still makes me smile that we’re getting new C’rizz stories in the 2020s… Anyway, let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Grave Moon Review

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After a great opener and a pretty good second part Rutans vs. Sontarans comes to a bit of a halt with “Grave Moon”. There are some good bits here and there but mostly it’s just sort of meandering around for a while before a few revelations and then it ends. Honestly it felt more like an Eighth Doctor story too as I can’t really think of anything The Sixth Doctor or Peri really did during the story, whereas at least McGann did some things, a bit. Ah well, let’s take a closer look anyway…

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Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (PS4) Review

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The next “RPG series I’ve never played before but decided to give a go now I’m back into the genre” is the Tales Of series, starting with a lot of people’s favourite entry in Tales of Vesperia. It was interesting looking into which one to start with as the fanbase is actually quite split across a few different titles for a few different reasons, but in the end I went with Vesperia, if nothing else I thought it would make the two Project X Zone games make a little bit more sense when I get to them in the next year or two! After having played through the game I can say I really enjoyed myself, a few niggles here and there, most of which I hear were fixed in later titles, so… yeah. Let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Rendition Review

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The next Rutans vs. Sontarans story is “Rendition”, and it’s technically a Second Doctor adventure, it’s just I normally put stories that feature multiple Doctors in the style of the oldest Doctor present, which in this case is the Eighth Doctor even if he is just a mysterious cameo. “Rendition” is an odd story, featuring the Rutans under a microscope as a bunch of them have found themselves outside of the war and cut off from the host mind. Let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Betrayal at the House of Sontar Review

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The next series I’m catching up on Big Finish-wise is the “Rutans vs. Sontarans” run of four stories, given how much I liked “Sontarans vs. Rutans” previously I was looking forward to diving in, and Part 1 has certainly justified that decision! “Betrayal at the House of Sontar” is a Fugitive Doctor story that actually puts her pre-Hartnell, working for a Gallifrey black ops background to good use and gives us an actual answer to “how did the war between the Rutans and Sontarans actually begin?”, which admittedly isn’t a question I ever felt needed answering, but at least the answer we got was an entertaining one! Let’s take a look…

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Freedom Review

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This one has been a long time coming, and I’m not just talking about the two decades it took to get made, I mean the year or so it’s taken for it to get a legal release here in the UK… The second Hathaway film made it to UK streaming in just a few months! (more on that next time…) Well, anyway, here it is at last, and on 4K Blu-ray no less, so I can finally say… it was alright. Definitely felt like an epilogue rather than a continuation, which is fine as a final movie to cap things off, like Gundam Wing Endless Waltz (technically an OVA but still…) rather than a weird but still enjoyable third act like 00: Awakening of a Trailblazer. So let’s take a look at it and cap off the Cosmic Era timeline, which is an odd thing to say after all this time…

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