Spoilery thoughts about Doctor Who

I saw “A Good Man Goes to War” this weekend. My thoughts on it are behind the cut-tag.

Catching up with Big Finish’s Seventh Doctor

I recently remembered that Big Finish Productions probably had more Seventh Doctor audioplays since the last time I’d checked. They did, and there were some I’d missed last time around as well. I bought six. I’ve listened to four. Wow. So far? Really damn depressing. SOME SLIGHT SPOILERS FOLLOW, NOT MANY. Both “The Settling” and [...]

Non-spoilery thoughts on current Doctor Who

I’ve read some valid criticisms of Doctor Who‘s currently airing season. The two episodes we’ve seen, “The Impossible Astronaut” and “Day of the Moon” both have significant plot holes. Yet I find I am loving these two episodes more than I did almost anything in the previous season. I agree with the plot holes that [...]

A random collection for your Sunday morning

1. I am legally watching the new season of Doctor Who, buying the episodes one day late on Zune. Thank you, BBC, BBC America, and Zune, for allowing me to do this cheaply and legally in the manner I prefer. I appreciate it. 2. The sermons from Unity Unitarian, the church where my kids go [...]

After the Hero’s Journey

Tiger Beatdown has a post up about Joan of Arc, and bravery, and what Joan is a saint of, and those who run towards the gunshots. This is fitting in very well with a conversation I was having with Caroline about a type of story and character exemplified by a phrase from the tv show [...]

This, too, is The Doctor

Big Finish Productions recently put out three new Seventh Doctor audioplays. I hadn’t gotten them right away since they didn’t feature Ace or Hex. Instead, the companion on these adventure is Elizabeth Klein, the Nazi scientist featured in the previous audioplay Colditz. (Now infamous for having David Tennant in the cast, playing a Nazi.) I [...]

Jekyll

I finished up watching the BBC series Jekyll last night. I have to tell you, I was a tense ball of worry on the couch during the last episode, occasionally yelling at the t.v. I really liked this series. It doesn’t give anything away to tell you it’s a modernized retelling of the story of [...]

Best Moments in Fandom, 2009

8. Paramore in concert (again) This made my Best in Fandom last year. What can I say? I really like Paramore. This time they opened for No Doubt, and the concert was incredible. The last Big Name, Big Venue concert I’d seen was Depeche Mode in, erm, 1989? And I had lousy seats that time. [...]