Why a whelk...

They axed Bonekickers.

:(



Related speculatory musings... as I've said before, I don't think that bodes well for Torchwood either. They're similar in as much as they're both late night (future)BBC1 no-brainer, lightweight, cultsy loldramas, and the fact that the BBC isn't looking to continue that kind of show and with Bonekickers I think isn't the best sign. I was sort of hoping they were looking to create a slot on a certain weekday night specifically for this type of thing, and it looks like maybe they're not.

ETA: I CAN HAS DOLLY FOR ELEVEN NAO???

---NEWS JUST IN! EVERYONE STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT WHO RIGHT NOW!!!!---

Please be advised to tune into BBC One's new flagship archaeological drama Bonekickers. No, seriously. Tune in. If you want to see exactly how bad television can get, tune into BBC One's new flagship archaeological drama Bonekickers. Do it.

Bonekickers is written by Matthew Graham of Life on Mars fame. Yeah, the guy who wrote Fear Her (and I love Fear Her, by the way, so don't even start on that one). It's an archaeological drama. YEAH READ THAT AGAIN. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DRAMA. Seriously, WATCH IT. It's AWFUL. It's so far beyond awful there are really no words to describe how awful it is, but I WILL be tuning in again. Last nights premiere episode introduced us to "brilliant archaeologist Dr Gillian Magwilde" who "has a passion for history and a hunger for the truth". It's also got Tish in it. (YES THIS IS WHY WE WERE WATCHING, OBVIOUSLY. And by "we", I mean "he".) Tish is called Viv. Dr. Gillian Magwilde is a fierce lesbian-type archaeologist who uses the word "archaeological" a lot. A typical exchange from the first ten minutes or so:

Viv (about the bodies they've dug up): "Who were they?"
Dr. Gillian (*fiercely*): "Use your archaeological imagination!"

OH GOD YES, IT'S THAT BAD. MUST-SEE BAD.

Anyway, last night's episode culminated in a FIGHT IN AN UNDERGROUND CAVE. ON WIRES. WITH SWORDS. WHILST THINGS WERE ON FIRE. And all that in HD, no less. I swear to God, this thing has to be seen to be believed and I urge you all to watch it RIGHT NOW. It's only six episodes and IMDB tells me we have at least one to look forward to that's penned by none other than TOM MacRAE!!!! YES! The GENIUS behind Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel. Come on, you KNOW you want to watch this shizzle. It's got TISH! WATCH IT! USE YOUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMAGINATION!

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