‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Sleeper”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
Doctor Who
grain-of-salt news: Colin Salmon the new Doctor Who?
Oh, it is gonna be so much fun following the scramble over the next few months. Not the scramble of speculation over who will replace David Tennant on Doctor Who — cuz, really, I do not want to think about that at all — but the scramble by the British press to be the first … more…
the Doctor on Obama
Time travel with me back to June of this year, when our favorite Time Lord commented on U.S. electoral politics, via cartoonist Tom Tomorrow: (There’s more to the cartoon, but that’s the extent of the Doctor’s appearance.)
David Tennant is leaving ‘Doctor Who’
It’s official. He made the announcement during the National Television Awards in Britain (you can watch the video of that announcement at the BBC), and then he talked about it some more here. Tennant will appear in the four specials to air in 2009 — plus, of course, the Christmas special only two months away … more…
me on Christopher Eccleston’s ‘Doctor Who’
I’ve gotten a few emails and comments recently bemoaning the “fact” that I haven’t written about Christopher Eccleston’s episodes of Doctor Who the way I did about David Tennant’s. The truth is, actually, that I did… sorta. I started, anyway, though not with quite the same depth or approach, back when my blog Geek Philosophy … more…
Patrick Stewart as a Time Lord?
The Sun says it’s so, with quotes from Stewart and everything, so it’s probably not total bullshit: ACTING legend Patrick Stewart is to make a giant leap across space — from Star Trek to Doctor Who. He has agreed to a major role in the Time Lord’s next series after teaming up with the Doctor … more…
glorious ‘Doctor Who’ crap I picked up in Britain
Essential for fine dining: My new favorite watch: (available at Amazon UK) Craving more Eccleston: (available at Amazon US and Amazon UK) Captain Jack Harkness sings showtunes: (available at Amazon UK) I am such a dork.
two chicks walk into a bar…
On our last night in the Stratford-upon-Avon, my friend Bonnie and I ensconced ourselves in the Dirty Duck while that night’s performance of Love’s Labour’s Lost was in progress down the road, so that we’d be perfectly situated for accidentally running into actors from the show afterward. And we did: we met a couple of … more…
not-so-random shoes
David Tennant’s costume Converse from the Doctor Who exhibition in Cardiff: My L.L. Bean retro tennies soaked with the predawn dew of Stonehenge:
a few ‘Doctor Who’ish scenes from Stratford-upon-Avon
One fish-and-chips takeaway place clearly knows what audience it’s catering to at the moment: Found this in a shop called Past Times, which sells doodads aimed at Anglophiles that recall earlier and more romantic eras. This charming bit of nostalgia apparently hails from the 1950s: it is a tabletop-size replica of a thing that police … more…
