Doctor Who thing of the day: TARDIS Eruditorum
Check out the blog of a hopeless geek with a PhD in English who actually thinks Doctor Who is about something…
Tom Baker
Doctor Who thing of the day: the “Max Headroom” pirate broadcast
One of the strangest incidents in American broadcasting history has a Doctor Who connection…
Doctor Who thing of the day: who counts as a companion?
I prefer to think of companion status in terms of an emotional connection to the Doctor…
‘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.
Doctor Who thing of the day: a neverending parade of creative reinvention
Charlie Jane Anders at io9 runs down the “10 Totally Different TV Shows that Doctor Who Has Been Over the Years”…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: 50th anniversary ideas, please…
I think it might be nice, as a nod to the original conception of the show as educational, to do a purely historical story: one with no SF elements whatsoever. A story set in 1963 that highlighted how the world has changed in half a century could be really interesting…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the Doctors pay tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Tom Baker talks about Lis Sladen, and so do Matt Smith and David Tennant…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: new Comic Relief mini episode
That’s how the universe ends, when fandom implodes in on the object of its worship.
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “A Christmas Carol”
Doctor Who has been doing amazing things with TV since 2005, but this may be the best example yet of how gonzo and how simultaneously emotionally satisfying TV can be these days.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: more scarfs to trip over
Last week I posted a link to a site with instructions for making your own Tom Baker-era Doctor Who scarf. But as you may imagine, that site is hardly the only such one. You might also want to take a look at WittyLittleKnitter.com…
