After this season's Doctor Who, I have a theory about the title character's name.

Fanon would say that Doctor is an alias he gave himself. After all, what kind of parents name their kid Doctor, or even Master, for that reason. The Doctor has always been vague on this, refusing to elaborate on this title he's given himself. The writers know they ( Read more... )

So I was watching some Doctor Who with ben_who and wondered which Doctor had the longest screen appearance, and the best way to determine this ( Read more... )

So I'm sure we're all excited about the new season starting, but I have some questions

First: Last year we were treated to a multi-Doctor scene including a future regeneration. Will we ever see the saving of Gallifrey from the 13th's p.o.v.? Doesn't have to be much, maybe Capaldi's just relaxing by the library when a call comes in from War, 10th ( Read more... )

This is going to blow your freakin' minds.

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Due to a lack of discussion of Peter Capaldi, I'm sharing this mash-up

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Did anyone go "Yay" upon seeing Mickey Smith, Defender of the Earth, in Star Trek: Into Darkness*?

A weird double-bonus for me. My roommate ben-who watches a serial each Tuesday for a blog of his. After returning from the cinema we saw this week's selection, The Image of the Fendahl. One of the characters, Thea Ransome, was played by Wanda Ventham, ( Read more... )

Something I've noticed. Since Matt Smith took over as Doctor, London has become a lot safer place to spend Christmas.

The Master was on Dr Phil today (well, Thursday March 29). Apparently he's trying to make a comeback after an addiction to drugs, wearing black, and maniacal laughing.

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Not a fan of Dr Phil so I didn't watch long enough to see if he'd regenerate.

...is it just me or has nobody mentioned the earth-shattering news that two lost episodes of Classic Who have been rediscovered?

Namely THE UNDERWATER MENACE episode 2 (which now becomes the earliest known surviving Second Doctor episode) and GALAXY 4 episode 3 (Chumblies! yay!)

In updating my podcasts this morning, I found that WhoFurs episode 15 has been released. This show covers the last two episodes of the first half of season 5, as well as a discussion of the entire first half of the season.