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Star Trek: The Cage Retrospective Review

9 May 2012 10:46 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

A play-by-play review of all Star Trek Original Series episodes. We start with The Cage, the unaired first pilot for the show that was completed in early 1965, though never broadcast on television fully until 1988.

Written by Gene Roddenberry

Directed by Robert Butler

The theme is all… different.

That’s the first thing you notice. It’s different.

And not in a good way.

This was made well before the series, and while it is still recognizable, it is also very different. The bridge is different:

And that’s just the first shot.

This is not what we would call advanced science fiction. In fact, Voyager watchers will understand what I mean when I say I expect Captain Proton to chase Satan’s Robot and Chaotica across the bridge any second, especially when they are having trouble telling the difference between a “meteroroid” and a radio wave to the point where Spock, »

- Gillian Weisgram

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Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #7 – Dr Mark Sloan

16 April 2012 7:02 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Diagnosis Murder's Dick Van Dyke is a roller-skating, barbershop-singing global treasure

Before we go any further, let me just explain that this blog will be longer than usual, because Diagnosis Murder is, without any trace of competition, my favourite detective show of all time, bar none, ever. I like it so much that the theme music (by the ever-excellent Dick DeBenedictis – imagine being responsible for the themes of Diagnosis Murder and Perry Mason, and not being an actual saint. Weird) is the ringtone on my phone. Even bad news sounds good when prefaced by that cheery clarinet.

I like the show so much that I am replacing my glass of water on a Diagnosis Murder coaster in between typing sentences (yes, I have four. And they were a Valentine's gift. Envy me). I like it so much that I have a signed photo over my desk of Dick Van Dyke »

- Natalie Haynes

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