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What is it about Daleks that so inspires fannish imagination? I mean, for the longest time, for most of the 25-year span of the original iteration of the show, you could escape a Dalek merely by running up or down a flight of stairs. So why were they so riveting, even then?
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Some people keep using that word. I don’t think it means what they think it means.
How does it work?
The influence of Despicable Me has spread quickly…
“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.”
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a TV show on DVD. Guess the TV show — you don’t need to guess the episode, just the show. And if you assume it’s something I’ve said I’m watching or said I like, you’re not necessarily on the right track.
Many years ago, before DVD, one way to relive old episodes of Doctor Who — if you hadn’t obsessively recorded them when broadcast, like I did — was to read the Target Books novelizations.
Reader Martin sent me an email over the weekend with the subject line: ‘8th Doctor’s new costume.’
Now, I know this makes absolutely no sense at all, but the first thing I thought was: Matt Smith’s getting a costume change already?
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