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Sunday, January 2, 2022

Doctor Who 2022 Special 1

2022 will mark the end of the 13th Doctor era with a trio of specials known as the Jodie Whitaker specials. The series of specials kicked off with the New Year 2022 special where The Doctor and friends are stuck in a time loop while trying to save a couple from a Dalek attack, resulting in a "Live, Die, Repeat" scenario a la Edge of Tomorrow.

Doctor Who 2022 Special: Eve of the Daleks


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Saturday, December 25, 2021

Top Gear Christmas Special 2021

Thought the Top Gear boys are done for this year? Not yet because for one last time this year, Chris Harris, Freddie Flintoff, and Paddy McGuinness are on a Christmas road trip from a Welsh town called Bethlehem to a place called Bath.

 Top Gear Christmas Special 2021

The 2021 Top Gear Christmas special is titled Driving Home for Christmas and the episode starts with the boys unwrapping their presents in Bethlehem, Wales, and then set off for a festive road trip across Great Britain in a little game they called "Top Gear Secret Santa". The trio faced hilarious challenges along the way and as an added bonus to this episode, a drag race at the Top Gear track between a WRC Car, a Formula 1 car, and a Formula E car.

What a way to finish 2021 with a Top Gear Christmas special that invokes the spirit of the holidays the Top Gear way! Although troublesome from start to finish, it's a good thing this show still had a Christmas special despite the new normal.

The Christmas Special is over but Top Gear will return next year.

Monday, December 13, 2021

Top Gear S31 FINALE

The Series 31 finale of BBC's Top Gear is back to the past because classic cars are all the rave in the finale.

Top Gear S31 FINALE

The season finale saw Harris, Flintoff, and McGuinness introduce first-time drivers to a trio of classic cars such as the MGB, the Lada, and the Beetle. They've set off to a series of challenges to see which of the trio of classic cars fit best for first-timers.

Having fun with the classic cars, Chris Harris is at the Top Gear track, checking out the legendary Lamborghini Miura.

Five weeks of motoring fun with the trio have really summed this series up. Track toys, caravaning with electrics, Icelandic road trip, the DeLorean, this. This is Series 31 in a nutshell.

And that is the end of TG Series 31, but the boys will return on December 24th for the Christmas special titled Driving Home for Christmas.

Monday, December 6, 2021

Doctor Who S13 FINALE

December 5, 2021, is the end of the universe unless The Doctor and friends stop it. In the final episode of the Doctor Who Flux story, it's now or never as The Doctor and friends risk it all to save Earth and the universe from the enemies vying to destroy it.

Doctor Who S13 FINALE


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Top Gear S31E04

The penultimate episode of Top Gear Season 31 is back to form with fast cars such as a one-off Aston Martin, a Ginetta, and the time machine from Back To The Future.

Top Gear S31E04

In this episode, Paddy McGuinness is at the Top Gear Track sampling the one-off Aston Martin Victor. Meanwhile, Freddie Flintoff tries his hand in becoming a racing driver courtesy of Ginetta's Driver Development sessions. After that, Chris Harris channels his inner Marty McFly and Doc Brown with a little tribute to the DeLorean, the car that made famous for being the time machine from the Back To The Future trilogy. Great Scott!

Next time will be the season finale. Don't miss it!

Monday, November 29, 2021

Doctor Who S13E05

 Following The Doctor's transformation into a Weeping Angel from the previous episode, looks like all hope is lost in the recent episode as her friends are struggling to survive the past as the whole universe falls.

Doctor Who S13E05

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Top Gear S31E03

The Iceland road trip is the main serving of the third episode of BBC's Top Gear Season 31 as Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness are on an Icelandic road trip in cheap used cars.

Top Gear S31E03

In the recent episode, Harris, and McGuinness set off on an Icelandic adventure in second-hand British cars; the Vauxhall Chevette and the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. The duo ventured across various Icelandic hotspots, taking numerous challenges as well as battling against The Stig on Icelandic dirt.

As the boys had their fun in Iceland, Freddie Flintoff remains in wet Britain, dishing out the all-new Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray round the Top Gear Track.

Next time, it's Back To The Future, TG style.

Monday, November 22, 2021

Doctor Who S13E04

The Angels are wreaking havoc in the fourth episode of Doctor Who Flux where The Doctor and friends got stranded in the late ’60s following an Angel attack.

Doctor Who S13E04

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Top Gear S31E02

Caravaning with electrics and the Huracan’s endgame. That’s what the second week of the 31st season of Top Gear is all about.


The recent episode saw Harris, Flintoff, and McGuinness are spending their weekend with every petrolhead’s worst nightmare; the caravan. That’s right. They’re caravaning with the latest electric vehicles such as the Mercedes EQC, the Audi e-Tron Sportback, and the Polestar 2. Their caravaning weekend couldn’t get even weirder than the Carolina Reaper crammed in someone's mouth.

If caravaning with electrics is not your thing, Harris is in Silverstone, sampling the Huracan’s final salvo, the STO.

Next time, the Iceland episode.

Monday, November 15, 2021

Doctor Who S13E03

With the Sontarans defeated, The Doctor's encounter with Swarm and Azure brought desperate measures in the third episode of the Flux arc of BBC's Doctor Who.

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Top Gear S31E01

The hit motoring TV show of the BBC, Top Gear, returns for its 31st season, and the next five weeks will be packed with motoring goodies speedo boys are bracing themselves for.

Top Gear S31E01


The 31st season kicked off with Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness, and Freddie Flintoff sampling the three road-legal track toys that are fun to drive on the road and on the track. Paddy drives an Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA while Chris Harris drives a McLaren 765LT and Freddie Flintoff drives an Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition. The trio took on numerous challenges to test out the cars' track-honed capabilities as well as letting F1 drivers for a spin on these cars.

Following the track toys episode, Paddy comes face-to-face with stunt legend Eddie Kidd OBE in a segment full of explosions, stunt bikers, and monster trucks to boot.

What a way to start the five-week offense with the boys of Top Gear!

Next time, caravanning with electric vehicles and an extreme Huracan on the track.

Monday, November 8, 2021

Doctor Who S13E02

Whatever happened in the pilot is a sign of things to come in the Flux arc of BBC's Doctor Who and the second chapter of the six-episode season introduces viewers to the Sontarans like they've never seen before.

Doctor Who S13E02

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Monday, November 1, 2021

Doctor Who S13E01

The 13th season of BBC's hit sci-fi series, Doctor Who, returns with an explosive arc called Flux, a six-episode adventure where The Doctor, Yaz Khan, and their new friend Dan Lewis are facing a doomsday scenario that could spell the end of the universe unless they stop it.

Doctor Who S13E01


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Monday, April 5, 2021

Top Gear S30E04

It's mid-life crisis cars and a Japanese hot hatch that headlined the fourth episode of Top Gear Season 30.

Top Gear S30E04

In the recent episode, Chris Harris, Freddie Flintoff, and Paddy McGuinness bought themselves some second-hand sports cars that fit for those who had mid-life crisis and then set off through a series of arousing and annoying challenges to find out which one is the beat. Fred drives a TVR Chimaera, Paddy drives a Ferrari F355, and Chris drives an Aussie-made Vauxhall Monaro. They get involved into some series of challenges such as track days against a bunch of youths and more weirdly, driving with their wetsuits on.

Meanwhile, at the Top Gear Test Track, Chris Harris samples Toyota's newest hot hatch available, the four-wheel-drive GR Yaris, and then greeted by rallying greats.

That's the fourth episode of Top Gear Season 30, which is also the last of this season, but before the season ended, Top Gear paid tribute to the late Sabine Schmitz as past and present presenters; from Jeremy Clarkson to Chris Harris, gathered together alongside motoring greats in honor of the Queen of Nurburgring.

Monday, March 29, 2021

Top Gear S30E03

Offroaders are the focus of the third episode of Top Gear Series 30 with the new-generation Land Rover Defender the main focus of this episode.

Top Gear S30E03

Land Rover regenerated the Defender after half a century later with new tech, new engine, new design, and new interior that makes it well prepared for today's rough roads. Question is, is it better? This is why Chris Harris steps in to have a word with the new Defender...and then took on an epic adventure against the Mercedes-AMG G63 and the Ariel Nomad, with Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff at bay.

This whole Defender vs. the world episode is packed with numerous challenges to see if the new Defender's up to the job such as clay pigeon shooting, land-skiing at the Oban Airport, and the race to the lighthouse to name a few.

Next time, used sports cars for the midlife crisis and a GR Yaris.

Monday, March 22, 2021

Top Gear S30E02

Bond cars, Extreme E, and Ferrari Roma. That's the second season of the 30th series of Top Gear.

Top Gear S30E02

In the recent episode, with the latest 007 film, No Time to Die, is upon us after COVID-19 delays, the boys are checking out almost six decades of Bond cars from the Sunbeam Alpine from Dr. No, to the Aston Martin V8 as seen from the upcoming Bond film. They have the chance to showcase them all in one package.

Then, at the Top Gear Test Track, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness are clashing over which of the Italian sportscars are the best. Representing modern times, there's the brand new Ferrari Roma grand tourer. And for the good old days, there's the Alfaholics GTA-R.

And lastly, it's Top Gear vs. jetpack round two, this time with Freddie Flintoff driving the newest electric offroad racer known as the Extreme E and up against a man in, you guessed it, a jetpack.

Next time: the newest offroaders in an epic adventure.

Monday, March 15, 2021

Top Gear S30E01

BBC's hit motoring TV show, Top Gear, has returned for its 30th season with its new home studio while retaining the same motoring misfits provided by presenters Chris, Freddie, and Paddy.

Top Gear S30E01

With the boys kicked off their new season with the introduction of their new home studio located at the heart of BBC's Broadcast Studios, packed with lots of cars, the starter of the new season is about nostalgia as the boys set off on a road trip in their "dad cars". Chris Harris drives an old BMW 323i, Paddy McGuinness with the Ford Cortina, and Freddie Flintoff in the Ford Fiesta. They set off in a series of stuff including a rally challenge with three ancient Escorts against a forgotten MG Metro rally car driven by The Stig.

Elsewhere, Chris Harris returns at the Top Gear Test Track sampling Lamborghini's hybrid masterpiece, the Sian FKP 63.

This is how Series 30 kicked off. Next time; Bond cars, Extreme E, and Ferrari Roma.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Doctor Who 2021 New Year special

The year 2021 kicked off with the most desperate Doctor Who adventure yet with the special titled "Revolution of the Daleks", where Graham, Ryan, and Yaz are preparing for the worst as The Doctor is imprisoned.

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Doctor Who 2021 New Year special

Monday, November 2, 2020

Top Gear S29 FINALE

The 29th season of Top Gear, aired on its new home channel BBC One, shows that even in the "new normal" we still have to enjoy the coolest and weirdest cars by all means necessary. In the season finale, the boys are wrapping up the "new normal" season with three electric cars and an ice cream offroader.

Top Gear S29 FINALE

The Season 29 finale sees Paddy McGuinness came up with a crazy idea; creating an offroad ice cream truck he named Mr. Nippy. Paddy's latest offroad invention was put to the test in the streets of Blackpool until the producers sent him and his invention to an even punishable location fit enough for Mr. Nippy's torture test; an old military area on Salisbury Plain.

The season finale also see three of the latest electric cars; the Vauxhall Corsa-e, the Mini Cooper SE, and the Honda e, taking on challenges at an empty Alton Towers theme park.

So there we are; the "new normal" Top Gear featured Paddy's offroad inventions, a tribute to the late Sir Stirling Moss, the Cyprus road trip, the retro supercar clash, grand tourers, and all leading up to one record-breaking moment where the Ferrari SF90 became the fastest to get round the Top Gear Test Track. It all makes common-ish sense now.

This concludes the 29th season of Top Gear. See you next season!

Monday, October 26, 2020

Top Gear S29E04

Welsh road trip on British grand tourers and a tribute to the late Sir Stirling Moss. That's the penultimate episode of the 29th season of Top Gear to you and me.

Top Gear S29E04

In the penultimate episode of this season, the boys are on a Welsh road trip in three new British grand tourers from Bentley, McLaren, and Aston Martin, taking on numerous challenges including a face-off against its German rivals, including an F1 legend.

Meanwhile, Chris Harris pays tribute to the late Sir Stirling Moss, the famed racing driver known for his herculean attempt to win the Mille Miglia in 1955.

Next episode is the season finale where three electric cars and an offroad ice cream truck are the closing salvo of this season.