‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Flesh and Stone”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
Doctor Who
was Buck Rogers a Time Lord?
Now that this week’s screencap quiz has been guessed properly, I can share this other screengrab from the same source. I almost used it for the quiz — it’s from the same episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — but I thought it might be too easy to guess: If this was video … more…
screaming for the Doctor
“Flesh and Stone” on BBC One tonight. And on BBC America, “Victory of the Daleks.” (We don’t often see the Doctor scream like this. Then again, they faked us out with the gun thing, didn’t they…)
aw, crap
I knew it! Stephen Hawking says aliens will want to enslave us and eat our brains, or maybe our sun, or something, and he’s, like, the smartest smart guy ever, so he should know, right? Then again… aliens can be cute: Or dangerous only insofar as they will expect you to buy them pints: Or … more…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Time of Angels”
All spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
bias update: April 26
obsession: Doctor Who (because it now goes to 11) boyfriend: Matt Smith in Doctor Who (because he made me fall in love with him faster than I thought I would) psyched: Iron Man 2 (because Robert Downey Jr. is a permanent member of my boyfriend harem) girl crush: Amy Pond in Doctor Who (because she’s … more…
new ‘Doctor Who’ tonight
“The Time of Angels.” I know. I’m on top of it. If you want to jump in to watching Doctor Who but you’ve never seen it before and you’re worried you’re be all confused and lost, check out io9’s “Everything You Need To Know About Doctor Who” (via reader Keith).
‘Doctor Who’ breaks ratings records in the U.S.
But it’s not quite how it sounds. The Mirror: The first episode of the new Dr Who series was watched by 1.2 million viewers at the weekend. This is the biggest draw BBC America has ever had. And it’s pretty good for a basic cable channel that doesn’t even reach huge chunks of the American … more…
oh thank the gods: Fox says no to American ‘Torchwood’
We dodged a bullet. Fox — known mostly for killing innovative science fiction such as Firefly (The X-Files would never have survived on Fox today) — has passed on a redo of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood (via the Hollywood Reporter blog The Live Feed): Fox has decided not to pursue a U.S. version of … more…
question of the day: Do you miss TV theme songs?
It’s been happening for years: theme songs have been disappearing from TV shows. Now, Variety is reporting that the Emmys will no longer honor theme music, because there’s just not enough of it anymore: The Academy announced Monday that the main title theme category would be eliminated effective next year, and replaced by the new … more…
