Doctor Who thing: Matt Smith is leaving the show; 12th Doctor not yet named
Held over from Saturday! Continue with the wild speculation and fan-wishery!
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Doctor Who blogging: “The Name of the Doctor”
Doctor? Doctor… who? Moffat just keeps kicking that can down the road, don’t he?
Agent “Phil” Coulson is still alive! hooray! (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. trailer)
I don’t usually post television trailers, but the movie tie-in makes it impossible for me to resist this. Plus it’s from Joss Whedon.
Doctor Who blogging: “Nightmare in Silver”
Bratty Angie with her “stupid box” and “I’m bored” and “the future is stupid”… She gets to travel in the TARDIS and we don’t? WTF?
50th-anniv Doctor Who episode set to air Nov 23
I’d say I called this, but it’s such an obvious choice to air that episode that it hardly required any great prognosticatory skills.
Doctor Who thing: US DVD customers get early peek at “The Name of the Doctor”
And yet I can’t seem to get advanced access to the episodes…
Doctor Who thing: “The Name of the Doctor” prequel minisode
There are a lot of promises implied and outright made here — We’re going to learn all the Doctor’s secrets! — that it will be almost impossible for Moffat to satisfy.
Doctor Who blogging: “The Crimson Horror”
This episode completely freaked and creeped me out. In the good way.
Doctor Who blogging: “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”
Really? A giant reset button? An actual in-fact for-real big-friendly reset button? Really?
Doctor Who blogging: “Hide”
There’s a ton of stuff here that kinda doesn’t make sense, but I kinda liked “Hide” anyway. It reminded me of the Gothic era of Tom Baker’s tenure as the Doctor, which might be the single most consistently fun stretch of the show ever.
