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A Mixture of Ozone and Sulphur (Aliens of London/World War III)
But Mummy, I thought the television screens were in theirstomachs. And that they didn't kill people for fun.It’s April 16th, 2005. That Tony Christie song is still at number one, with Will Smith, 50...
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Saturday Waffling (May 11th, 2013)
I liked that open thread last weekend. Let's do it again.So, Nightmare in Silver, obviously, once it airs. There's been a fan theory going around in comments that the episodes are linearly representing...
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About Time I Found Something To Do (Dalek)
The most fearsome creature in the universe is known for itslove of setting off the fire alarm and toilet papering houses.With obvious thanks and considerable apologies to Tat Wood, Lawrence Miles, and...
View ArticleKickstarter Wrap-Up
So, we're in the final 24 hours of the Kickstarter. It looks like we're going to fall just short of the goal of the illustrated version of the Three Doctors post - though I suppose a last minute push...
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Audioarchitectonalmetrasynchosity (The Long Game)
At last, the new series pays homage to one of the mostfundamental transitions of the classic series: monsters thatlook like cocks.It’s May 7th, 2005. The damn Tony Christie song is still at number one,...
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Slammed, Ergo, a Teaser
New Wave Superfriends, by Butcher BillyThe wedding last weekend has me a day behind on all my writing, and I'm stuck with two or three extra projects this week as well, so I've just been slammed busy...
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Crying Silently (Father's Day)
Technically more a Time Wyvern than a Time Dragon.It’s May 14th, 2005. Akon has finally unseated Tony Christie, giving the new series its second number one hit with “Lonely.” Snoop Dogg, Eminem,...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (May 18th, 2013)
EDIT: Just to be official and emphatic on it, spoilers are allowed in the thread here, and if you don't want to be spoiled you probably want to be in a different thread.So, I imagine the discussion on...
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Sunday Pancaking
Well, I'm not going to make a habit out of having two weekend threads, but my dialogue with Mac Rogers on The Name of the Doctor just went up on Slate, so that's probably there and fun to read. Or at...
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You Were Expecting Someone Else 21 (The Monsters Inside)
The Monsters Inside is one of the first three books in what is unofficially called the New Series Adventures, although even that name seems, in hindsight, ever so slightly wrong. The name derives from...
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S. Alexander Reed - Assimilate
Let's start with the disclosures. Alex is a dear friend and colleague - my coauthor on the upcoming book on Flood, in fact. I've known him for over a decade; he was in my wedding party. I'm in the...
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The Impossible Dream of a Thousand Alchemists (The Empty Child/The Doctor...
Ouch.It’s May 21st, 2005. Akon remains at number one for the week, though the next week Oasis takes it with “Lyla.” The Black Eyed Peas, The Gorillaz, Jennifer Lopez, and Kelly Osbourne also chart, the...
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Queers Dig Time Lords (Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas, eds)
Sorry to throw two book reviews at you in a week, but, well, there were two books to review this week. Next week I'll use the off-day posts for angry polemics or something.Mad Norwegian was kind enough...
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You Were Expecting Someone Else 22 (Eccleston Comics, the 2006 Annual, Doctor...
Let us pause for a moment to consider the survivors of the Wilderness Years in the general case. Big Finish, of course, was relatively untouched. We covered much of their future at the tail end of the...
View ArticleSaturday Waffling (May 25th, 2013)
Whatever shall we do with no new episode to discuss? I've no idea, actually, but here's the discussion thread for it.By the time you're reading this the brilliant Anna Wiggins, who's contributed guest...
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A Galactic Yo-Yo (Boom Town)
So my choice is "or death?"It’s June 4th, 2005. Crazy Frog is at number one with “Axel F.” Coldplay, Akon, Gorillaz, Oasis, and Gwen Stefani also chart, the latter with “Hollaback Girl,” one of the...
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Farewell to Academia
At the end of my last class of the semester, one of my best students - one who, out of some tragically misguided instinct, actually took a class with me a second time because he enjoyed it - came up to...
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You Were Expecting Someone Else 23 (Only Human)
When the writers for the first series of Doctor Who were announced, they were a fairly sensible lot. It was, by and large, a particular social circle of Doctor Who fans who entered television writing...
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Shockingly, The Daily Mail Is Evil
Some of you may have had the "luck" of seeing the media shitstorm whipped up around Intellect Books's forthcoming anthology Doctor Who and Race, edited by Lindy Orthia. If not, it's exactly what you'd...
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Pop Between Realities, Home in Time for Tea 61 (Big Brother)
I could never have written this post as well as Richard Jones, and so I asked him to step in for a guest post. This is one of the best decisions I have made in the course of this project.In 2009...
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