Mr. S. J. Cassidy

A Ewing is a Ewing is a Ewing, 23 Dec 2012

Respected wisdom says that season 3 is the best Dallas season but I am going to make the case for season 6.

It has a strong momentum all the way through 26 episodes. The hard fight for Ewing Oil runs through the season like a steel coil. Almost every action, every decision, every repucussion is down to this battle. Its the engine which drives the show. This completion between JR and Bobby really adds spice to this season. Almost no one is unaffected by the fall out.

Its the reading of Jocks will in episode 5 which is the starting pistol. The terms of his will stipulate that the one who shows the most profit after a year gets to be CEO of Ewing Oil. Both boys are up for… Read more

Oh dear, what happened in the script editing stage..., 3 Oct 2004

Once in a while they used to get all guilty in the Dr Who production office - "lets have a companion who doesn't fall over in quarries and is just as bright as the Doctor.." They did this with both Romana II and Ace. Make the companion super gee-whizz so there can be no exposition from the Doctor.

Unfortunately Ghost Light seriously needs exposition from the Doctor...

Its very good but the script seriously needed looking at to make it clearer for the audience. It would have also benefited from another episode, one in which everything is explained and the viewer can wrap up. The viewer is left on his/her own which means a titanic struggle to understand. There are so many themes flitting… Read more

The Doctor versus a giant swamp octopus, 7 Dec 2003

To me the Doctor was always about the outrageous. It was always about letting your imagination soar. It pushed the boundaries and creating alien worlds, terrifying monsters and entertaining plotlines but without the kind of budget that George Lucas has to play with. The writers of 'The Power of Kroll' let their imagination go wild on this one. Obviously the Tarzan and King Kong films they saw as a kid influenced them. This one features treacherous marshes, spear-brandishing natives, a sacrifice of the female lead and the biggest monster in the Dr Who cannon - a giant squid/octopus called Kroll stretching one mile across..

Of course with such monster to play with there must be quite a… Read more