Dear Sci-Fi Channel, Let’s talk about the fourth season Doctor Who finale, “Journey’s End.” You may have heard; the finale is going to run 65 minutes long on BBC1. Without commercial interruption. That’s significantly longer than other episodes of Doctor Who you’ve broadcast. Those have generally come in around 43 or 44 minutes, which historicallyContinue reading “An Open Letter to the Sci-Fi Channel”
Category Archives: Doctor Who
On “The Stolen Earth” and Search Phrases
No spoilers here, promise! Based on an explosion of search phrase hits to my website in the past hour, I have a fairly good idea of how “The Stolen Earth,” the penultimate episode of Doctor Who‘s fourth season, ended. (Being in the United States, I won’t have seen it just yet.) Who’d have thought thatContinue reading “On “The Stolen Earth” and Search Phrases”
On Reviews
Reviews of Doctor Who: Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership have begun to turn up, and I’ve been remiss in linking to them. Unreality SF, a UK-based review site, has two reviews of the book. One is by Dan, the other by Jens. Both reviews break the anthology down story by story, and both provideContinue reading “On Reviews”
On Gallifreyan Fob Watches
Scouring the wilds of the Internet, I came across this: The Doctor’s fob watch! From “Human Nature” and “The Family of Blood”! Supposedly, it even works. No, you’re not going to be able to store your soul in it, but there’s an actual watch mechanism inside. Despite not normally wearing a watch, I sort ofContinue reading “On Gallifreyan Fob Watches”
On Sad Dreams
I remember one of my dreams from last night. It was so vivid, and I was so happy in the dream… …and now, when thinking about it, the dream only makes me sad. I was in a store. I was looking at their DVD section. And they had Doctor Who‘s “Evil of the Daleks” onContinue reading “On Sad Dreams”
On “The Doctor’s Daughter”
Wow, was that meh. Stephen Greenhorn, the writer of the latest Doctor Who episode, “The Doctor’s Daughter,” said something to the effect that, in writing a Doctor Who story there’s one thing that never changes — the Doctor. So, Russell T. Davies gave Greenhorn the opportunity to write a story that, reputedly, would change theContinue reading “On “The Doctor’s Daughter””
On the Doctor Who Comic
Over the weekend I needed breakfast cereal, and that meant a trip to the store. I don’t, however, like buying cereal at the grocery store. I’d much rather go to Big Lots. They have Rice Krispies with Strawberries for two dollars a box. A deal like that? How can I pass that up? 😉 There’sContinue reading “On the Doctor Who Comic”
On Harold Saxon’s Candidacy
Harold Saxon has declared his candidacy for President of the United States. I’m not exactly certain how this works — or even makes any sort of sense. How can a dead and disgraced former British Prime Minister run for President? Was Saxon born in the United States somehow? I’m not honestly certain. The website’s aContinue reading “On Harold Saxon’s Candidacy”
On Doctor Who Meme-Age
We shall blameth the Nea for this Doctor Who meme-eth, thing-eth. 1. When did you start watching and why? 1983, the local PBS station started showing the Tom Baker episodes. Then pledge time came around, and they showed The Five Doctors. And that confused the hell out of me. 🙂 2. What was your firstContinue reading “On Doctor Who Meme-Age”
On Christopher Eccleston and Who Tenures
I’ve long thought that the reason Doctor Who ended in 1989 was because of a decision Peter Davison made way back in 1983 — that he was going to do three seasons and only three seasons of Doctor Who. What’s this? Six years and two Doctors later the series ended, and it’s Davison’s fault? MyContinue reading “On Christopher Eccleston and Who Tenures”