Young Apprentice met Hell’s Kitchen as week two saw the teams asked to create a cookbook and pitch it to prospective retailers. In a case of too many chefs (sic) and not enough Indians, the task clearly displayed the perils of having a weak team leader. Project manager Sean Spooner made two critical errors which … Continue reading »
The third season of Young Apprentice kicked off with our dozen Teenage Tycoons of Tomorrow™ tackling a real-life rags to riches task, as they were asked to convert a ton of discarded clothing into a ton of profit. The girls’ thrifty approach contrasted with the boys’ flamboyant fashion statement. But the latter led to a … Continue reading »
It has been almost five months since Ricky Martin became the eighth winner of BBC’s The Apprentice. Thankfully in the intervening period we have had the greatest ever British summer of sport to distract us from the fact that we have not had our weekly trip to the boardroom to look forward to. But with … Continue reading »
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye.] Rory is catapulted back in time to 1938 New York by the Weeping Angels, pushing the Doctor, Amy and River Song (Alex Kingston, in the guise of private eye Melody Malone) into one final confrontation with the Angels. Faced – literally – with his own … Continue reading »
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: Three's Company.] The Doctor intrudes upon Amy and Rory’s ‘real’ life over the course of a year as Earth is invaded by millions of small black cubes with an unknown purpose. As the Doctor and UNIT attempt to uncover the cubes’ intentions, Rory and Amy come to the realisation that … Continue reading »
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: The Good, the Bad and the Terminator] The Doctor, Amy and Rory find the boundaries between good and evil are not as clear-cut as they first appear as they struggle to save the remote town of Mercy (population: 81), which is under threat from a cyborg named the Gunslinger (Andrew Brooke). … Continue reading »
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: Jurassic Lark] With Earth training missiles on a mysterious spacecraft hurtling straight for the planet, the Doctor – aided by the Ponds, Rory’s travel-phobic dad Brian (Mark Williams, Harry Potter‘s Arthur Weasley), Queen Nefertiti (Riann Steele) and big game hunter John Riddell (Sherlock‘s Rupert Graves) – discovers that the ship … Continue reading »
** SPOILERS (naturally) ** [Alternatively: Doctor Who Does the A-Team] The Doctor and the divorcing Ponds/Williamses – as foreshadowed in the online ‘Pond Life’ prequel – are acquired by the Daleks to save them from a foe even they are terrified of: an asylum planet for Daleks scarred by their encounters with the last of the … Continue reading »
WARNING! Contains spoilers 16 candidates, but only one winner. After 11 weeks of challenging and often hysterically bad task performances, the four finalists face their toughest challenge: the interviews. Four gruelling interrogations which make the Spanish Inquisition look like a Daybreak interview, as the finalists face the kind of questions which no right-thinking HR manager … Continue reading »
WARNING! Contains spoilers A week before the final was a little late for a bromance to develop, but develop it did as The Apprentice crossed paths with Brokeback Mountain to bring us the story of a touching relationship between Ricky Martin and Tom Gearing as they combined to win the last weekly task. Meanwhile market trader Adam … Continue reading »
