For the month-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, BBC America has been releasing “Top 11 Doctor Who” video lists for 2013.
Edge of Darkness was placed fifteenth (fourth position out of the dramas featured on the list) on the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in 2000, the BFI describing it as 'a gripping, innovative six-part drama which fully deserves its cult status and many awards'.
You can watch the video for “Doctor Who’s Top 11 Uses For a Sonic Screwdriver: 2013 Edition” here below. Which of these 11 instances is the best use?
Speaking of sonic screwdrivers, the Doctor Who: Series 1-7 Limited Edition Blu-ray Giftset, which was released earlier this month and contains all seven seasons of the show on Blu-ray along with bonus features, actually comes with a Doctor Who Universal Remote Control Sonic Screwdriver!
For Halloween, BBC America created a video for the Top 11 Monsters from Doctor Who, so I’ve included that video here below as well.
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration, The Day of the Doctor, which stars Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman and will see guest appearances by David Tennant, Billie Piper, John Hurt, and many more, airs on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 7:50pm GMT on BBC One and 2:50pm EST on BBC America. (Don’t forget to watch the prequel mini-episode, The Night of the Doctor, online). An Adventure In Space And Time will air on BBC America on Friday, November 22 at 9PM ET/PT, with Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited – The Eleventh Doctor, a special featuring current doctor Matt Smith, airing on November 24, 2013 at 8pm ET/PT on BBC America, which will be doing a marathon that day of Smith’s top 11 episodes as voted by the fans. The BBC broadcast for the Smith-centered 25-minute special will air in the UK on Saturday, November 16 at 2pm.
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Edges of Darkness | |
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Directed by | Blaine Cade Jason Horton |
Produced by | Stephen Kayo |
Written by | Blaine Cade Jason Horton |
Starring | Annemarie Pazmino Lee Perkins Michelle Rose |
Music by | Pakk Hui |
Cinematography | James L. Bills |
Edited by | Jason Horton |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release date | |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25,000[citation needed] |
Edges of Darkness is a 2008 American direct to videohorror film directed by Jason Horton and Blaine Cade. The plot is about three interconnected tales of terror set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.
Edges of Darkness tells the tales of three groups of survivors held up in an apartment complex during a zombie apocalypse. With their food supply dwindling, a vampire couple kidnaps a young girl. They intend to bleed her slowly to survive, but things don't go exactly as planned. Dean, an obsessed horror writer is holed up with his neglected wife, Dana. Dean keeps his sanity by burying himself in his writing. He installs a new processor to run his computer on their limited generator power, but soon finds out there's a high price to pay. Heather, a survival nut, rescues a young mother and her son from a horde of zombies. She takes them back to the complex. However, she soon discovers the mother and son are on the run from a group of renegade priests hellbent on destroying the boy.[1]
Shooting ended in February 2007,[2] and it was tested in June 2007.[3] Post-production was slowed by difficulties in scoring the film; after six months of delays, it finished in February 2008.[4]
Edges of Darkness played on United Kingdom television station Zone Horror in 2009.[5]Anchor Bay Entertainment released it on DVD on September 22, 2009.[6]
Reviews of the video were mixed. Beyondhollywood.com stated in its review, '[Edges of Darkness is] not really anything above a B-level, straight-to-video product...Low budget films aren't usually known for their award-winning dialogue or fine acting, and Edges of Darkness conforms to the standard. The dialogue never feels 'real,' and the acting is pretty wooden. That said, I can see several of these actors advancing in their careers.'[7] Mike Phalin of Dread Central was more positive; he rated Edges of Darkness 3 out of 5 stars and said, 'When thinking back on Edges of Darkness, the positives far outweigh the bad. The independent film market is flooded with flops that don't try in the least to break new ground, but Jason Horton and his crew created something that breathes life into a tired and clichéd subgenre. Edges of Darkness is certainly an anthology that should be expanded as it employs many creative ideas and a cast of memorable characters.'[8]Peter Dendle called the stories 'thin and unconnected' though an improvement over Rise of the Undead.[9]