Doctor Who thing: Peter Capaldi, teenaged Doctor Who geek
Evidence: a Radio Times letter, a fanzine article, and being a pain in the ass to the poor kid who ran the Official Doctor Who Fan Club.
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question of the day: Why does geek fandom hold grudges for so long?
Does it serve any purpose beyond tribal bonding? Has the Net era encouraged and amplified geek grudge-holding? Will fandom ever learn how to forgive and forget?
Doctor Who thing of the day: official Doctor Who convention in March 2012
Be prepared to cough up a whole helluva lot of money…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: What does the Doctor’s bedroom look like? (a contest at SFX, and a fantasy in your head)
Oh, you know you’ve wondered about it. Maybe you’ve even written fan fiction about it…
Saturday cute: ‘Firefly’ cupcakes
In honor of Mal Reynolds being named SFX’s Top Sci-Fi Icon of All Time, nom-nom-nom on these beauties…
question of the day: What are the makings of a great science fiction hero?
SFX magazine recently conducted a poll to determine the Top 10 Sci-fi Icons Of All Time, and the just-published results are a tad surprising…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: seventh season a go, with Matt Smith (but maybe not till 2013?)
Hoorah! More Doctor Who! Even if we might have to wait a long while for it…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Terry Pratchett doesn’t understand the essential whatsit of ‘Doctor Who’
Or he does, but he doesn’t realize he does. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while but kept putting it off because I couldn’t quite put my finger on what’s wrong with it. But I’ve just figured it out. See, back in May, fantasy author Terry Pratchett wrote an essay for SFX about … more…
