‘Doctor Who’ geekiness is everywhere…

Physicist Michio Kaku has a new book out: it’s called Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel, and this is the jacket (to the right). TARDISes! And over at Bad Astronomy, Coloradan Phil Plait (I did a panel with him at WorldCon in 2006) … more…

daily list: 5 ways to boost TV ratings

AdAge says TV viewership has not bounced back after the writers’ strike. Variety reports that the major networks are bringing shows in from overseas in an attempt to save production dollars. In this midst of this dire TV environment, the Los Angeles Times says that the CW will stop offering free Internet streams of new … more…

‘Doctor Who’ is evil

Apparently I was wrong when I said that the entirety of England has gone geeky over Doctor Who. From Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News: A TROWBRIDGE Christian who renounced the evil of Dr Who in favour of his religion is selling his collection on internet auction website eBay. Simon White, 47, became obsessed with Dr … more…

‘Battlestar Galactica’ blog carnival

TV journalist Amy Vernon, who was blog-carnivaling online coverage of Jericho, is now doing the same thing for the final season of Battlestar Galactica. So after you’ve checked out my discussion of last Friday night’s episode, head over to So Say We All to read what other thinkers on TV sci-fi are saying.