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Doctor Who

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: reasons to hope for ‘Torchwood’: “Miracle Day”

Wed, Jun 29, 2011
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Yesterday I ran down the bad news about Torchwood: “Miracle Day.” But there are good reasons to look forward to it, too…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: in which we see the violence inherent in the system (re ‘Torchwood’: “Miracle Day”)

Tue, Jun 28, 2011
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There’s a lot of disturbing news about Torchwood: “Miracle Day” in recent days, and all of it is connected to the fact that this season, the show is a joint production with an American network.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: River Song doesn’t like the TARDIS noise, okay?

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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I hadn’t picked up on this, but other fans did…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: squirrel Dalek!

Wed, Jun 22, 2011
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Scamper for your lives!

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: if Charles Schulz drew the Doctor

Tue, Jun 21, 2011
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Fan artist Larry Wentzel considers what might have happened if Charles Schulz never hit upon Peanuts, and instead invented the Time Lords…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ode to Rory Williams

Mon, Jun 20, 2011
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Turns out, Rory Williams is even more awesome than we imagined…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: already there’s a teaser for “Let’s Kill Hitler”

Wed, Jun 15, 2011
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Take a look at the 12 seconds of actual content in this BBC teaser video. Now let’s spend the next three months debating what it means.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: nobody knows what the hell is going on with Season 7, not even Twitter

Tue, Jun 14, 2011
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If only we had a TARDIS and could pop ahead to see what we’ll get, Doctor Who wise, in the next year or so. But we don’t. But have only Twitter…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Amy’s voiceover intro for the international episodes — good or bad?

Mon, Jun 13, 2011
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I was a little upset to hear from friends and fellow Doctor Who fans in the U.S. that the BBC America versions of the episodes in the current season have been opening with a voiceover by Amy, setting up the scenario. It makes it sound as if the show is all about Amy, which it isn’t…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Steven Moffat is challenging the paradigms of TV formats (or is he?)

Fri, Jun 10, 2011
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Is Moffat just a lazy writer who reuses the same motifs again and again, or is there a genius to his repetition?

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