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Germany, Islam and the new Right

Tom Charman

Jan 23, 2015

Documentaries: Germany, Islam and the new Right

It's so nice to hear that German racists sound so much like Australian racists. It's particularly weird to hear the sort of person who in Australia complains about people not being real refugees because they come from Sri Lanka saying the same thing... but about people coming from Syria. What has a person got to do these days to deserve your sympathy?

Of course, there's also the economic migrant talk as well, so they've got all the bases covered.

Dot and Bubble

We’re comfortably in the very good middle of the season here. Davies and the guest writers are doing really interesting stuff. Everyone’s happy. Rave: Ncuti is just amazing at the end of the story. After the monster at the end of the book is revealed to be... racism,

73 Yards

Constraints make for interesting results. Ncuti Gatwa still had to finish Sex Education (which he was amazing in) and so Millie Gibson handles one episode all by herself, with Davies in full “Midnight” mode. Rave: Just beautifully judged spookiness throughout the story. If I’m picking one bit (and I

The Doctor and Ruby standing inside the TARDIS.

Boom

This story reminded me that while I love almost all Doctor Who in one way or another... I really love Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who. Rant: I love the general idea of everything, and the aggressive criticism of the military industrial complex... but the “we’re fighting ourselves” thing seemed

The Devil's Chord

I’m finding writing reviews dull, which is why I’ve missed basically the entire season. I’m trying a new format which feels less tedious; Rant and Rave. I get the worst part of the story out of my system in rant, and then rave about my favourite bit.

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Dot and Bubble

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