Doctor Who thing of the day: Is the Doctor a god for our times?
Stephen Kelly in the Guardian thinks so. I’m not so sure…
Star Trek
London photo of the day: Christmas on Deep Space 9
This is actually at the Centrale mall in Croydon, but I like to imagine that Quark’s bar is right around the corner for some egg nog spiced with Saurian brandy.
question of the day: Has J.J. Abrams lost his mind?
Abrams says he’ll shoot Star Trek 2 in 2D and do a postproduction 3D conversion. The news is like a negative Christmas present for geeks.
Arthur Christmas movie review: sufficiently advanced Christmas magic
Is there sweet? Absolutely. But it is cut with funny: sometimes wicked, sometimes manic, often hysterical, always clever funny. And a whole lotta poignant, too.
things you need to know: TV shows about androids are not science fiction
Also too: stories set in the present day cannot be science fiction. Duh.
Saturday cute: Shit That Siri Says
Poor Siri, coping with the meaning of life and the legacy of HAL 9000!
Real Steel (review)
This is a ridiculous movie. And yet, I enjoyed the hell out it. Not just because Hugh Jackman is in it. In IMAX. Though that doesn’t hurt.
question of the day: Where are all the benign alien first-contact stories?
Is this just too optimistic a scenario for our anxious, paranoid times? Or is something else going on?
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Closing Time”
Daleks and Slitheen are more plausible than “I speak baby.”
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The God Complex”
This is a wonderful episode: creepy, poignant, scary, funny. This is what Doctor Who can do that no other show can: be this surreal and this grounded at the same time.
