Who Cares? - Dr. Who Fans Talk TV

2007 v 2017, new characters in a new Cardiff, the gig economy, artifice and mystery, returns and reinvention…this 'series 5' (of a sort) provides much to discuss!… Continue reading →

Cardiff v America, the nuke-launching finale we never got, death pathologising, Jack's character regression, & so — much — more…including very rarely-discussed revelations of RTD's!… Continue reading →

Who Cares about Torchwood: Children of Earth? A Capaldi character in chaos in Cardiff, a deep dive into Ianto's background + sexuality + Twilight parallels, plus 456 different takes on totalitarianism & exceptionalism & more!… Continue reading →

Who Cares about Torchwood's explosive second series? Character comfiness, narrative devastation, affirming v overstepping touch, communicative complications, and all sorts of other matters platonic & chtonic are discussed in a first viewing for one, a re-viewing for two (Neo & Ingiga), a reviewing for all, looking at the series that sees the show dig its own graves.… Continue reading...

Who Cares about Torchwood's first series? Who cares about the adult-aimed sci-fi crime drama spinoff of DOCTOR WHO? One of us hadn't cared at all up until now, this being her first watch, while others of us had cared a lot over the years. All of us had quite the chat, over quite the series of quite the show.… Continue reading →

Who Cares about the finale to YEARS AND YEARS, Russell T Davies' 2019 sci-fi family saga? Everyone here clearly cared quite a lot, as opinions clashed over a finale that proved divisive. … Continue reading →

Who Cares about the penultimate episode of Russell T Davies' 2019 family saga of the future? Who cares about final predictions (right and wrong), conspiracy narratives, cut plotlines, unexpected historicity? Who cares an awful, awful lot about Emma Thompson? … Continue reading →

Who Cares about the most shocking episode of YEARS AND YEARS so far? Who cares about the episode's surprise deaths, striking music, usage of horseshoe theory, and how it speaks to generational attitudes, conspiracy theories, and RTD's very view of the world?… Continue reading →

Who Cares about YEARS AND YEARS, three weeks in? Well, what's there to care about? Skeevy IQ testing, even skeevier BBC titling, Viv Rook's Last Supper, cathartic car crushing, Murray Gold's music, and multiple moments of embarrassment for the cast, as the show's halfway point is reached. The show being YEARS AND YEARS, not WHO CARES? of course (have no fears, we've stories for...years!).… C...

Who Cares about the 2nd episode of Russell T Davies' new show, YEARS AND YEARS? With a new and musical intro, the cast discuss real-life biohacking, Theresa May, RTD + Moffat's treatment of religion, deniable irony, pornography, family sagas, multi-generational living (and more!), as the episode that covered 2024 to 2025 spawns much discussion.… Continue reading →

Who Cares about former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies' new show, YEARS AND YEARS? In this first instalment of coverage for the six-episode miniseries, that question is thoroughly answered. Music, politics, a surprising link between Russell T Davies and Quentin Tarantino; much is discussed as the years of 2019 to 2024 that the episode covered are examined.… Continue reading →

What is YEARS AND YEARS? What’s it about? Who’s it by? Why’s it worth watching? This overview and review answers those questions and more. There’s also a whole series of individual podcasts for each episode as well!… Continue reading →