more ‘Doctor Who’ fan fiction

That new chapter in my latest Doctor Who fanfic saga I promised? It’s posted now. Enjoy. (I think you’ll recognize the little bit of dialogue echoed in “Planet of the Dead,” and why it works too well as I used it — long before I ever heard of “Planet of the Dead” — to alter … more…

new in “MaryAnn is a total ‘Doctor Who’ dork” news…

So, I had been planning to spend much of the weekend starting my new/old Doctor Who blogging, beginning with the Christopher Eccleston episodes and then, when those are done, back to the original series. And what happened was… I saw the new episode, “Planet of the Dead,” and spent a long moment screaming because there’s … more…

new ‘Doctor Who’ tomorrow!

I thought it was Sunday, but it’s tomorrow. Alien worlds? Dangerous creatures? New companions? Bah. I can’t wait to see the Doctor in shades and what looks like a new leather coat: Though seeing as this is supposed to be a sweltering desert planet, he could at least throw us a bone and get down … more…

weekend open thread: April showers edition

Next weekend will start my new regular weekend discussion of Doctor Who, as was suggested in last weekend’s open thread. At least that’s the plan. I know I often say I’m gonna get to stuff at a particular time and then it turns out it’s a week or a month or a year later before … more…

trailer break: ‘Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead’

Take a break from work: watch a TV trailer… Woo-hoo! New Doctor Who! Ummm, I’m getting a strong vibe of “Midnight” off this: stuck on a bus with a bunch of strangers in the middle of nowhere, with a deadly environment outside? I hope it’s gonna be more than that. But anyway: more Doctor Who! … more…