‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Doctor Who’ at the Proms was awesome, apparently
Look how snazzy Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill look in their dress-up clothes!
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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “Lost In The Dark Dimension” fan trailer
So apparently there were some mad plans for a 1993 30th-anniversary special that never panned out, involving a story about Tom Baker’s Doctor not regenerating into Peter Davison and so all the universe is in trouble or something. It never happened, of course, but since when would that stop fans from fantasizing about it? “Castrovalva” … more…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: one vision of an Americanized ‘Doctor Who’
The recent rumor about Johnny Depp being cast as the Doctor in a Hollywood production of Doctor Who seems not to have panned out (or else everyone involved is keeping very, very quiet). But that doesn’t mean that the nightmare can’t come true. Tim Buckley of Ctrl+Alt+Del offers one frightening possibility: (It’s one-panel piece, and … more…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: TARDIS cakes
I’ve always thought Doctor Who was sweet, but these folks are serious about that. From Cake Wrecks (from its Sunday not-wrecky-cakes alterna-blogging): Many many many people have had similar ideas. Another TARDIS cake: And another: And another: And another: Crazy. (Thanks to bronxbee for the Cake Wrecks link. If you stumble across a cool Doctor … more…
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Sontaran Experiment”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode unless you don’t care to have it spoiled for you.
what the fez…?
It’s a fez. He wears a fez now. Fezzes are cool. Doctor Who: “The Big Bang” airs — finally! — on BBC America tonight. After you’ve caught up (if you haven’t already), join the spoileriffic discussion here. Now comes the long wait till Christmas…
a few thoughts on the new season of ‘Eureka’
Damn you, Eureka. I had been enjoying Syfy’s Eureka since its beginning a few years ago. It has been perfect Friday-night TV: smart but not overly demanding, the kind of show that didn’t insult my intelligence but allowed me to relax with it. Nice, likeable characters (for the most part, aside from one or two … more…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Steven Moffat is on Twitter
Sample tweet: Follow Moffat on Twitter here. Also: Mark Gatiss on Twitter. The cool kids — David Tennant, Matt Smith, etc — do not do social networking. They’re too busy being cool. (Thanks to reader Keith for the heads-up. If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel free to email me with a … more…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Stephen Fry disses ‘Doctor Who,’ Steven Moffat shoots back
This is a month old, but still worth getting to. In mid June, Stephen Fry delivered an address on the state of British television at a BAFTA event; the full text of Fry’s address is here, and it is a fascinating read. In it, he reminisces about the TV of his childhood — “When I … more…
omg: a modern Sherlock Holmes from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss? I’m so there
Guardian, you had me at your headline: Sherlock Holmes is back… sending texts and using nicotine patches I had a similar idea years ago — I wanted to put Sherlock Holmes in New York’s East Village in the early 1990s, with bike messengers as the Baker Street Irregulars and faxes instead of telegrams — and … more…
