Tag: Euros Lyn

Doctor Who: Fear Her

Doctor Who: Fear Her

by Matthew Graham; dir. Euros Lyn (BBC, 2006)

TV poster: “Doctor Who: Fear Her” by Matthew Graham; dir. Euros Lyn (BBC, 2006)

Graham’s concept successfully melds SF and scary supernatural elements, albeit aimed at a younger audience (more Sarah Jane Adventures than Doctor Who). The episode would have been more effective tonally had the Doctor and Rose not kept oscillating back to chummy flippancy.

Sherlock: The Blind Banker

Sherlock: The Blind Banker

by Stephen Thompson; dir. Euros Lyn (BBC, 2010)

Television poster: “Sherlock: The Blind Banker” by Stephen Thompson; dir. Euros Lyn (BBC, 2010)

Not as quirky as episodes written by Moffat or Gatiss. The mystery is relatively straightforward and its pursuit mundane (within Holmes’s preternatural range). Not a bad thing, though it does rather feel like a stretched-out 60-minute story. Zoe Telford is good value.