Most readers of this LJ - well, most readers of this LJ who have even a passing interest in Doctor Who, which probably is most readers of this LJ - will have seen the recent Doctor Who Magazine poll result that places David Tennant as the Bestest Doctor Ever. Ashley and Oliver have both beaten me to the simple "What? Why?" response, so I think it ( Read more... )

So recently I bought the second annual Doctor Who Companion, which follows the tradition of the series it chronicles by being costly, self-indulgent, vaguely irritating and generally not as good as it was last year. And shortly after that I bought the new edition of Doctor Who Magazine proper. And between the two I think I’ve got a pretty good ( Read more... )

LA's top cop wags his finger at us from across the Atlantic over how we're carping on at the police for doing a dashed good job fighting terrorism. All this stuff about shooting Brazilian electricians and raiding the wrong house, he says, isn't it all a bit, well, negative? Of course, only an unpatriotic shit who wants to see England under ( Read more... )