‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Utopia”

Why am I being tormented so? I was fine. I was comfortable. I was resigned to the fact that I was going to have to live my life here on boring old Earth at the tedious pace of 60 minutes to the hour, seven days to the week, 365 days to the year, ten years to the decade.

‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Blink”

(intro to my Who blogging, please read before commenting / previous: Episode 9: “The Family of Blood”) Apart from the obvious issue of there not being enough David Tennant this time around, this has got to be one of the single most brilliant episodes of any TV science fiction show ever. It’s mind-bending even grading … more…

‘Doctor Who’: “The Girl in the Fireplace” wins Hugo

I’m hardly surprised: “The Girl in the Fireplace,” from last season’s Doctor Who, won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) at Worldcon in Japan last night. It was up against two other Whos: “Army of Ghosts/Doomsday” and “School Reunion” (as well as episodes of something called Battlestar Galactica and some other series, Stargate … more…

‘Burn Notice’ finally gets my notice

I couldn’t tell you what night USA Networks’ Burn Notice airs. I’d had no plans whatsoever to watch it at all, but I was channel surfing one day soon after it debuted earlier this summer and came across an episode, and something I saw — which I’ll get to in a moment — made me … more…