Outside the Government: End of Days
Grrr. Argh.It’s still New Year’s Day, essentially seconds after the close of Captain Jack Harkness, as Torchwood goes out with a two-hour finale event, running End of Days immediately after the...
View ArticleSuperhuman Effort to Keep Things The Way They Are (The Last War in Albion...
This is the second of five installments of Chapter Two of The Last War in Albion. The entirety of chapters one and two are available as an ebook single at Amazon, Amazon UK, and Smashwords. Please...
View ArticleOutside the Government: Invasion of the Bane
No, no, it's just that, you know, your profile picture made youlook... and, I mean, this isn't a criticism, but... less tentacular.It is still New Year’s Day. Actually, we’ve moved backwards in time a...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (August 31st, 2013)
Right. The work update. The Baker book is all drafted, I've got the first round of edits back on Wonder Woman, and as predicted, I didn't quite finish up the Hartnell stuff. (It'll definitely get...
View ArticleI Borrowed Them From The Hospital (Smith and Jones)
The Doctor learns first-hand what Daft Punk mean by "getlucky."It’s March 31st, 2007. At last, the great leap forward. The Proclaimers with Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin are at number one with “(I’m...
View ArticleSomething Rotten at the Sausage Factory: How Wikipedia Embraced Transphobia...
There is something that you never, ever do to a transgender person: use their birth name. The reason here is simple - to call a transgender person by their birth name is to deny them the basic right to...
View ArticleThey'd Take Some Adapting (The Shakespeare Code)
Come on. I dare you. Shout "Freebird."It’s April 7th, 2007. David Tennant remains very happy with the charts, or, at least, with the top of them. His feelings on Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani, Fray,...
View ArticleBelieve in the Stars (The Last War in Albion Part 8: Starblazer, the Pulps)
This is the third of five installments of Chapter Two of The Last War in Albion. The entirety of chapters one and two are available as an ebook single at Amazon, Amazon UK, and Smashwords. Please...
View ArticleWithout Friends Or Protection (Gridlock)
Get it? Boe-tox?It’s April 14th, 2007. David Tennant is still terribly happy. Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani, Fray, Fergie, Timbaland, Beyonce, and Shakira also chart, which feels like just about the most...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (September 7th, 2013)
I've just finished the Human Nature/Family of Blood post. Those who enjoy when I play absurd structural games will be happy. Those who find me unbearable when I do that will probably find September...
View ArticleAdapt Themselves To The Planet (Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)
I am a human Dalek. I am your future. My head is coveredin penises.It’s April 21st, 2007. David Tennant’s joy is over, and not just because of the story we’re talking about today. Timbaland have made...
View ArticleThe Definitive Moffat and Feminism Post
I went back and forth over whether to post this, having drawn it up for my reference. But ultimately, I decided that, as we get closer to the Moffat era (which in many ways starts with Blink, the story...
View ArticleNext Thing You Know It's a Hundred Years Later (The Lazarus Experiment)
Yeah, but at least my head isn't covered in penises.It’s May 5th, 2007. Beyonce and Shakira are still at number one, with Avril Lavigne, Ne-Yo, Mika, and Gym Class Heroes also charting. In news, Rupert...
View ArticleWiping Moscow From The Face of the Earth Would Be Fine (The Last War in...
This is the fourth of five installments of Chapter Two of The Last War in Albion. You can still grab the ebook single of chapters one and two at Amazon, Amazon UK, and Smashwords. Please consider...
View ArticleHa Ha! He Got It Wrong On The First Line! (42)
Sparkle with me.It’s May 19th, 2007. McFly are at number one with “Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania.” Akon, Linkin Park, the Manic Street Preachers, and Scootch, the latter with “Flying the Flag (For...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (September 14th, 2013)
It's finally dawned on me that since I cannot actually finish the book before November, hurrying through the last few Hartnell essays instead of getting Chapter 3 of Last War in Albion together is...
View ArticleYou Were Expecting Someone Else 25 (Made of Steel)
After its initial release by Gareth Roberts, which was marked by a strange ambiguity of audience, the Quick Reads set of Doctor Who books settled into a more familiar pattern recognizable as one of the...
View ArticleI Have Been Waiting For This Pathetically Cheap Excuse For A Review Blog...
The TV Movie: Nine years before Russell T Davies revives Doctor Who by taking the standards of American genre television and doing them all cleverly and well we had this, which does the exact same...
View ArticleThere's Another Way: Throw Away Your Guns (The Family of Blood)
Harry Lloyd watches the Red Wedding episode and realizesViserys got off easy.I’ll Explain LaterHuman Nature is possibly the New Adventure needing the least introduction: it’s the book from which Paul...
View ArticleThe Real Problem With Stories (Last War in Albion Part 10: Starblazer,...
This is the final installment of Chapter Two of The Last War in Albion. You can still grab the ebook single of Chapters One and Two at Amazon, Amazon UK, and Smashwords. Please consider helping support...
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