Go check your phone or computer for the date. Did yours denote the year 2016? Mine did. In the immortal words of my muse, Bartholomew Simpson… âÂÂGod-schmod, I want my monkey man!â Now Bart was referencing a future in which humanity would have half-man/half-monkey hybrids as pets. While I too would love such an abomination…
In an emotional rollercoaster of announcements, the BBC revealed that showrunner Steven Moffat would be leaving Doctor Who after series 10, which they then announced would not begin until Spring 2017. The only new episode for 2016 will be the Christmas special.
Doctor Who, the long-running BBC TV series about a humanoid alien transversing through time and space with his companions, has wound up its current season, its tenth since it’s return following a long hiatus. The current actor playing the part, Peter Capaldi, is the fourth actor (or the fifth depending how you number it) since…
Our friends at Marvel Comics have informed the world that âthe biggest Marvel event of all timeâ will come to an end four weeks from today, on January 13, 2016. Of course, the âbiggest Marvel event of all timeâ is in the mind of the beholder. Personally, I would have picked the release of the…
The President: WhatâÂÂs his plan? Ohila: I think he is finishing his soup. ⢠Hell Bent, Doctor Who Season Finale, Series 9 âÂÂSometimes I think about what my mom told me. How I was really, really sick when I was first born and the doctors thought I was going to die. But there was this…
Clara: I don’t know where I am. It’s like I’m breaking into a million pieces and there is only one thing I remember: I have to save the Doctor. He always looks different. I always know it’s him. Sometimes I think I’m everywhere at once, running every second just to find him. Just to save…
Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman): Let me be brave. Let me be brave. ⢠âFace the Ravenâ ⢠Episode 10, Series 9 ⢠Doctor Who Well, that was⦠uh⦠umm⦠Kinda flat. Itâs because it was all over the Internet, including an interview with Doctor Who show runner Stephen Moffat, that Jenna Coleman, a.k.a. Clara Oswald,…
This is the real world, and it will take more than Peter Capaldi’s breathtaking performance and a great, great episode of Doctor Who to change the minds of radical splinter groups bent on war to realize that the box – both of them – is empty. That’s what I wrote in my column last week….
The Doctor: âHow are you going to protect your glorious revolution from the next one?â ⢠The Zygon Inversion ⢠Doctor Who, Season 9, Episode 8 ⢠Written by Peter Harkness and Steven Moffat What the fuck is with all these fucking commercials! I mean, seriously, I get that BBCAmerica wants its moneyâs worth out…
Doctor Who is going back to school. BBC announced today a new spin-off for the popular series, aimed at young adults, and written by noted YA author Patrick Ness. Titled Class, the show will take place at Coal Hill School, historic location of the series, and feature the students facing threats from across space and time….
“If someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you, and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives…could you then kill that child?” It’s a classic philosophical question, one that the average person would never truly have to face….
Clara Oswald (Jenny Coleman): “We’re not a team.” Missy (Michelle Gomez): “Of course we are! Every miner needs a canary.” • The Witch’s Familiar, Doctor]. Who, Episode 2, Season 9 • Written by Steven Moffat • Directed by Hettie Macdonald It was the Missy and Clara show on Saturday night on BBCAmerica. Yep, the second…
