Doctor Who Spin-Off Class To Explore Consequences Of Whoniverse

In an interview with Empire Magazine the general premise of Class has finally been revealed. Given that since casting news broke earlier this year no news about the show has been heard, this is an exciting moment for Whovians looking to fill that large void caused by the lack of a full season this year.

Created by Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking) and set in Coal Hill Academy, the show already has quit a bit of legacy surrounding it.

“Coal Hill has existed in Doctor Who since literally episode one. The Doctor’s granddaughter went there. So we thought, ‘All that time activity at the school, has that caused any problems? What do you know, it has!”

So it seems the Doctor’s fondness for the school has left it vulnerable to alien attack, with tears in space-time allowing all manner of creatures from across the universe to invade the school.

The article that further revealed the show is set to debut on BBC One and BBC Three sometime in October, also emphasised the importance of a diverse human group of characters.

“We’re not telling stories of the ‘chosen ones’. It’s happenstance that puts these people [at the centre of things]. What if your timing is just weird and things happen to you? How do you deal with it? I’m interested in real consequences. The Doctor is always exciting, but he never [stays]. He goes off on the next adventure. What happens to real people?”

Well with the premiere date possibly only a matter of weeks away, it shouldn’t be too long before we get to find out.

The Grimm Reaper Comes For Grimm, Grimm’s Final Season Announced

Since 2011 Nick Burkhardt has been battling monsters, first they came from old stories and then they began to come from just about everywhere. It was interesting seeing what myths and stories were actually out there, because really nothing was off limits if they could make it work.

I have really enjoyed every episode of Grimm and I think the cast is spectacular. I love how the characters have evolved from the beginning of the show to now. So many twists and turns some inevitable and some so shocking my jaw literally dropped or I said “Oh, Damn”.

This show is something that I started watching when it began and immediately enjoyed even though I don’t usually watch cop shows. Of course that probably has to do with the intense fantasy element of the show. While, yes it is a cop show this fantasy component brings it to the next level and makes it really something worth watching.

I am sad to see this show go, but I’m also so excited to see it end. There are some burning questions I and other fans of the show could have. If you have not seen it I’d say check it out. It really is a good show and I’m sure many people could find at least one thing that makes it worth watching.

I for one can’t wait for January 6th of 2017 for Grimm’s final season, when I can say, “Thank Grimm it’s Friday” once more.

Pretty Little Liars Is Ending

There’s no mistake in that title. Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars is coming to an end. Karey Burke, executive vice president of programming and development at Freeform, said in an interview that ending the show after the seventh season was always the official game plan.

The cast of Pretty Little Liars with it’s creator Marlene King

Thanks for all of your love and support #PLLSquad! We love you! #PLLpic.twitter.com/p7Ej5JqdmJ

— Pretty Little Liars (@PLLTVSeries) August 30, 2016

Marlene King (creator of PLL) joined stars Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse to announce the news on August 29th; video below.

The second half of Season 7 will start April 2017, ending with an epic two hour season finale.

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What do you think liars? Are you happy the show is finally ending? Sad to see it go? Personally, I stopped watching a few years ago because I found it to be dragging on and on. Share, comment and like below, or tweet me @SohoDoll. Until next time, “DON’T SAY I NEVER GAVE YOU ANYTHING.” –A

Fear The Walking Dead SN2 EP9- ‘Los Muertos’

The stakes are higher than ever before as the whole group faces immediate danger.

One of the main problems of ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ so far is that the characters have rarely felt like they’re in danger. Given this is a show set during the apocalypse, that’s a bit of a problem. Sure there have been flashes of danger, such as when the Abigail was attacked, however there’s never been a defining moment that says to the audience: ‘These people are truly fighting to survive’.

Cue, Los Muertos.

This episode was all about building the tension until the climactic finale, that saw just about every character facing an immediate threat. This was clearer with Strand’s group. Having returned to the Abigail only to find it gone, the group heads toward a nearby, unbeknownst to them, walker infested hotel. It was fun to see the shifting dynamics at play here. After almost getting the group killed on the Abigail, Alicia begins to step up and take charge. Before now her character had never really been defined. Like Nick she seemed lost in this world, yet her actions ultimately caused harm to those around her. Therefore, to see her start to lead the group; becoming the Rick like voice of hope, pushing the group forward, is an interesting and all together brilliant decision for a character that often felt like she was just there for the sake of it.

With Alicia the voice of hope and reason, it was only fitting that Maddison and Ofelia were harbingers of doom. Maddison’s propensity to cling to her children has mostly been a point of annoyance on the show. It’s easy to forget that Alicia is supposed to be about 17, with Nick not much older, yet Maddison’s cloying nature has always been at a detriment to the character. It’s certainly fun to see her parental instincts flare when it comes to protecting her children, as she turns into a woman you would not ever want to cross, but watching her mope about Nick when she has another child who always seems to play second fiddle to him, is counteractive to the strong, protective character the writers have built her up to be.

As for Ofelia, this was probably the most the character has had to do all season. Having gone from mourning the loss of her mother to now mourning the loss of her father, Ofelia feels truly alone in the world, despite Alicia’s assurance that they’re all family now. Through everything she says and does in the episode it’s clear she’s suicidal, however this fails to have the emotional impact it should. Because Ofelia has been so closed off due to the fates of her parents, we haven’t had much of a chance to really get to know her. This seems to be something the writers picked up on too, as we were given some details of her past. Any regular viewer of ‘The Walking Dead’ knows that when we get to know more about a character they’re usually heading for the chopping block, and given Ofelia’s current suicidal nature it certainly seems as if we’re heading that way, but I worry any decision regarding the character won’t have the emotional resonance it should.

Surprisingly Nick’s story was also continued this episode. Like all sanctuaries in ‘The Walking Dead’ series, Nick’s Tijuana camp held a dark secret. However, unlike all the other sanctuaries in ‘The Walking Dead’ series, these guys were completely upfront about it. It seems Nick has managed to stumble onto yet another camp using their faith to survive. Faith and religion have been big themes throughout this season, and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change. We got a drunken speech from Maddison stating how lost Nick has been all his life, and in an effort to fill this void he’s clinging to the words of another group of religious fanatics, even though it’s he knows their view on Walkers could ultimately lead to their destruction.

Of course now that the group’s split there was a lot to cover this episode, so other highlights include:

• In managing to talk his way out of getting his hand chopped off, coupled with last week’s episode, Nick has proved he is the ultimate survivor. It’s just a shame then that he keeps getting caught up with all these crazy people.

• So was Alejandro the Pharmacist actually bit? Is it faked so as to allow him more control over his people? Or have we just found someone immune to the disease? Whatever the answer, some really interesting storylines could spring from this.

• The visuals of Walkers flinging themselves off balconies to get closer to the ruckus Strand and Maddison were making was brilliant. ‘The Walking Dead’ always finds a way to make Walkers a threat, and this was one of the best.

So ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ was once again on form this week, as it offered a tense episode with a huge cliff-hanger. With Maddison, Strand, Alicia and Ofelia facing death by Walker, and Nick once again falling victim to a group of fanatics, each character is facing a desperate situation. All this is before we’ve even seen what Chris and Travis are up to. So with the group splintered more than ever before, and the threat level rising, it seems ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ might have just become the quality show we were all hoping it would be from the start.

‘Life Depends On Change And Renewal’ – Power Of The Daleks To Be Animated?

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The Mirror are reporting today that the 1966 Doctor Who serial Power of the Daleks is to be animated. BBC Worldwide has commissioned a company to animate all six episodes; the identity of the company in question is as yet unknown. Power of the Daleks stars Patrick Troughton as The Doctor, Michael Craze as Ben Jackson and Anneke Wills as Polly Wright. The serial was Patrick Troughton’s first story as the Doctor, after William Hartnell’s regeneration in the 1966 serial The Tenth Planet (which also saw the first appearance of the Cybermen).

Whilst all six episodes of Power of the Daleks are currently missing, a few clips of the serial have survived alongside an audio recording of the serial:

Recently there was also an animation test for Power of the Daleks uploaded to YouTube that claimed to be leaked footage taken from the BBC. The video was subsequently removed and one YouTuber attempted a test to determine the reason for the removal:

Although the video claims it proof that Power of the Daleks will be released on DVD, it is worth noting that the BBC’s recent animation of a lost Dad’s Army episode was made for the BBC Store and is yet to receive a DVD release. It is possible that Power of the Daleks would be released in the same way in order to entice more customers to purchase from the BBC’s store.

Power of the Daleks was released as a BBC Radio Collection CD in 2004 and can be bought in the form of a digital download for £10.50 on Amazon.

The 2016 MTV Video Music Award Winners

Yesterday (Monday 29th Aug) I settled in to watch this years VMAs, I lasted 5 minutes before I had to turn it off, otherwise I would be out buying a TV today, preferably one without a remote stuck in it. Why I hear you asking, did I only last 5 minutes? This years hosts were like children who had been fed sugar for days leading up to the show, so much yelling and screaming, I’m not sure they understand the function of the mic, and don’t even get me started with Key and Peel at the start of the VMAs talking utter shit and again not sure they understood the mic’s function either and , unfortunately for me it over shadowed the awesome talent we were celebrating on the night. Moving on I have you covered with the complete list of this years VMAs winners and thoes who performed. Beyoncé cleaned up this year with the awards, so lets take a look.

Rihanna – Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

2016 COMPLETE VMA WINNERS LIST

 

Video of the Year

Nominees:

Adele – “Hello”

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

Justin Bieber – “Sorry”

Kanye West – “Famous”

The Winner:

Beyoncé – “Formation“

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Best Female Video

Nominees:

Adele – “Hello”

Beyoncé – “Hold Up”

Sia – “Cheap Thrills”

Ariana Grande – “Into You”

Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work” (short version)

WINNER:

Beyoncé – “Hold Up”

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Best Male Video

Nominees:

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”

Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”

Kanye West – “Famous”

The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

WINNER:

Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”

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Best Collaboration

Nominees:

Beyoncé Feat. Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”

Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”

Ariana Grande Feat. Lil Wayne -“Let Me Love You”

Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”

Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work” (short version)

WINNER:

Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”

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Best Hip Hop Video

Nominees:

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

Desiigner – “Panda”

Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”

Chance The Rapper – “Angels”

2 Chainz – “Watch Out”

WINNER:

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

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Best Pop Video

Nominees:

Adele – “Hello”

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Justin Bieber – “Sorry”

Alessia Cara – “Wild Things”

Ariana Grande – “Into You”

WINNER:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

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Best Rock Video

Nominees:

All Time Low – “Missing You”

Coldplay – “Adventure Of A Lifetime”

Fall Out Boy Feat. Demi Lovato – “Irresistible”

Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”

Panic! At The Disco – “Victorious”

WINNER:

Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”

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Best Electronic Video 

Nominees:

Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”

99 Souls Feat. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – “The Girl Is Mine”

Mike Posner – “I Took A Pill In Ibiza”

Afrojack – “SummerThing”

The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya – “Don’t Let Me Down”

WINNER:

Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”

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Breakthrough Long Form Video

Nominees:

Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey

Beyoncé – Lemonade

Justin Bieber – PURPOSE: The Movement

Chris Brown – Royalty

Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

WINNER:

Beyoncé – Lemonade

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Best New Artist

Nominees:

Bryson  Tiller

Desiigner

Zara Larsson

Lukas Graham

DNCE

WINNER:

DNCE

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Song of Summer Presented by Verizon

Nominees:

Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”

The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey – “Closer”

Drake Feat. Kyla & Wizkid – “One Dance”

Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)”

Justin Timberlake – “Can’t Stop The Feeling”

Kent Jones – “Don’t Mind”

Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO – “Cold Water”

Nick Jonas Feat. Ty Dolla $ign – “Bacon”

Selena Gomez – “Kill Em With Kindness”

Sia – “Cheap Thrills”

WINNER:

Fifth Harmony Feat. Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)”

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PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

Best Art Direction 

Nominees:

Beyoncé – “Hold Up”

Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

David Bowie – “Blackstar”

Adele – “Hello”

WINNER:

David Bowie – “Blackstar”

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Best Choreography

Nominees:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Missy Elliott Feat. Pharrell – “WTF (Where They From)

Beyoncé – “Sorry”

FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”

Florence + The Machine – “Delilah”

WINNER:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

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Best Direction

Nominees:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Coldplay – “Up&Up”

Adele – “Hello”

David Bowie – “Lazarus”

Tame Impala – “The Less I Know The Better”

WINNER:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

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Best Cinematography

Nominees:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Adele – “Hello”

David Bowie – “Lazarus”

Alesso – “I Wanna Know”

Ariana Grande – “Into You”

WINNER:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

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Best Editing

Nominees:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Adele – “Hello”

Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”

David Bowie – “Lazarus”

Ariana Grande – “Into You”

WINNER:

Beyoncé – “Formation”

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Best Visual Effects

Nominees:

Coldplay – “Up&Up”

FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X

Adele – “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”

The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

Zayn – “PILLOWTALK”

WINNER:

Coldplay – “Up&Up”

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Beyoncé – Kevin Mazur/WireImage

2016 VMA PERFORMANCES

 

My Standout Performers 

Rihanna

Rihanna received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award this year and was presented by Drake. Rihanna wowed the crowed with her performance, she had a massive dance troupe with her as sung “Work“, Rude Boy“and “Whats My Name“, however it was Rih’s final performance that really got the crowd going, she wore an old school Hollywood gown and belted out “Stay“, “Diamonds” and “Love on the Brain“

Watch her performance on the link below

Rihanna’s VMA Performance

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Beyoncé

No one knew Beyoncé was performing untill this weekend and WOW what a performance it was, she did almost half of her visual album Lemonade. Hats off she is the Queen, stunning performance.

Watch her performance on the link below

Beyoncé’s VMA Performance

Other VMA Performers

Nick Jonas and Ty Dolla $ign performed “Bacon“.

Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj performed “Side to Side” for Grande’s Dangerous Woman album.

Britney Spears and G-Easy performed “Me, Myself & I” and “Make Me“.

The Chainsmokers & Halsey performed “Closer“

Future performed “Fuck Up Some Commas“

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Well folks that’s a wrap on this years VMAs, one can only hope next year we have adults hosting the show and then I might be able to sit through the whole awards.

Supernatural: Is Adam Still in Hell?

In every family there are topics that are guaranteed to start an argument.  For instance, in my family “The Facebook Incident of ’11” is never to be brought up unless someone wants to be hit with a chair at the dinner table in the middle of Thanksgiving Dinner… it’s the reason that I’m STILL not friends with certain members of my family on Facebook (it’s just better that way because unfortunately it IS my circus and they ARE my monkeys).   In the SPN Family, one of those topics is …. Adam in the Cage.

It’s one of those plot threads that you can pick at and pick at until the whole rug falls apart… if ya want.

And I do want… and I’m sort of in the mood to see some furniture fly.

For those way in the back… There’s a third Winchester brother.  His name is Adam Milligan.  Sam and Dean find out about their half brother Adam in episode 4.19 Jump the Shark.  Later, Adam becomes the vessel for the archangel Michael who ends up in The Cage with Lucifer.

The general consensus in The Famdom is that Adam is still in The Cage.  But, I don’t think so.  In episode 10.9 The Things We Left Behind, Castiel tells Claire Novak that her father Jimmy no longer occupies that body with him.  He tells her (and the viewers) that when a vessel is damaged beyond repair that the soul of the original occupant goes to Heaven.  So basically, being an angel’s vessel is a free ticket to Heaven.  Now, what he’s telling her is that in episode 5.22 Swan Song when Lucifer snaps his fingers and blows Castiel to smithereens Jimmy went to Heaven.  And, in case you’ve forgotten, Lucifer snapped his fingers and blew up Cas right after the famous line “Hey Assbutt!” when he threw a holy oil Molotov cocktail at Michael (in Adam’s body) thereby burning the vessel beyond repair.

And, if that’s not enough proof for you… When Dean arrives at Stull Cemetery to be there with Sam when Lucifer (in Sam’s body) takes on Michael in the grudge match to end all grudge matches and end the world, Michael tells Dean “Adam’s not home right now”.  Now, I say that even if the Adam vessel wasn’t destroyed beyond repair, he wasn’t in there with Michael… therefore, he didn’t fall into The Cage with Michael, Lucifer and Sam.

Now, the majority of my fellow addicts say that Adam is still in The Cage.  The Show even sort of pokes fun at that in episode 10.5 Fan Fiction.  When “Adam” joins the Winchester Brothers’ family on the stage for a rendition of Carry On My Wayward Son, Sam and Dean ask “Who’s that?”

So, which side are you on?  Adam in the Cage or Adam in Heaven?  Leave me a comment… just don’t throw any furniture.

Ben Affleck Teases Deathstroke For The DCCU

Today on Twitter, Ben Affleck promptly set off DC fans as he shared what appears to be test footage of the villain Deathstroke.

Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) is a villain who first appeared in The New Teen Titans – originally an archenemy of the Teen Titans, writers over the years have developed the mercenary to become an enemy of other heroes in the DC Universe. Wizard magazine rated him the 24th greatest villain of all time, and in 2009, Deathstroke was ranked as IGN‘s 32nd greatest comic book villain of all time. Having made an appearence in the Batman video game Batman: Arkham Origins, and played a major villain in the DC TV series Arrow.

Thus, the knowledge that Deathstroke will be making another appearance, this time in the DC Cinematic Universe, has got fans all over Twitter frantically talking about the video that Ben Afleck tweeted this afternoon.

The footage has been filmed on his phone, and is silent footage taken from the movie cameras. The brief video shows Deathstroke walking up to the camera and turning his head side to side, showing off his armour and the iconic black and orange helmet.

As the video has no sound and no further commentary from Affleck, and Warner Bros. have been very quiet so far, fans are left questioning what the release of this footage means and where this footage fits in. But it’s safe to say the world is very ready for Deathstroke on the big screen.

Arrow Season 5: Thea Gets A New Role

After 4 Seasons of pain, misery and trauma, mostly brought about by her brother, it seems Thea Queen (Willa Holland) is about to get a new role in the Arrowverse…as said brother’s Chief of Staff.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Arrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim stated that with Oliver’s (Stephen Amell) newfound role as mayor, comes the opportunity for Thea to help him out:

“What we’ve done is we made her Oliver’s chief of staff, perhaps, to her own surprise, she’s actually really, really good at it. All the skills that she learned by watching her mother for all those years, as well as running Verdant, she’s found very transferable to City Hall, and in many ways, she’s a much better chief of staff than Oliver is a mayor.”

The interview makes it sound as if Thea is going to be much more independent from Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) in the upcoming season, which, given how central he was to her storyline in Season 4, means we’ll hopefully see Thea get to do more than just get angry with her father every other episode.

Arrow Season 4 ended with Oliver Queen finally becoming Mayor of Star City, whilst the rest of Team Arrow disbanded following the traumatic fight against Damien Dahrk (Neal McDonough). Season 5 of Arrow is set to premiere in the US Wednesday, October 5th 8pm on The CW, with international release following soon after.

Thor Mockumentary Debuts

Ever wondered what Thor was doing during Captain America: Civil War?

Yesterday Marvel released a hilarious short detailing what the God of Thunder was up to whilst his Avenging cohorts were busy duking it out. The hilarious video entitled, ‘While You Were Fighting: A Thor Mockumentary’, was recently shown to audiences attending San-Diego Comic-Con.

Directed by the very man bringing us ‘Thor Ragnarok’, Taika Waititi, the video offers a fantastic look at what Thor gets up to in between his blockbuster film appearances, and it seems he’s just as intrigued by the ‘purple man in the floating chair who doesn’t like standing up’ as the rest of us.

As well as being a brilliant marketing ploy to tide audiences over until the eventual release of Thor’s next outing, this video offers us our first glimpse at the tone and direction the next film could take. And if this is anything to go by, i’d say ‘Thor Ragnarok’ is shaping up to be one of Marvel’s best films to date.