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March 2019

March 04, 2019

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks

This episode is an important precursor to the modern era, as well as a successor...

January 2019

January 03, 2019

Doctor Who 2019 New Year’s Day Special: Resolution

This post contains spoilers - if you wish to avoid them, stop reading now! The...

January 03, 2018

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

I was blown away by the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special, “Twice Upon a Time, written...

April 2017

April 15, 2017

Doctor Who: The Pilot

Ten seasons into the revival of a show that is now more than 50 years...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Doctor Who: The Witch’s Familiar

I apologize for not blogging about "The Witch's Familiar" sooner - it was airing while I was traveling...

September 19, 2015

Doctor Who: The Magician’s Apprentice

Doctor Who returned to out TV screens this evening, and it was as full as...

September 05, 2015

Latest Doctor Who Trailer

There are some great comments on IO9 about the latest trailer for the next new...

August 2015

August 01, 2015

#GenCon 2015 Costumes

  Since Saturday is the day of the costume parade and contest, I decided to...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

Exterminating #FoxNewsFacts

I've been wanting to blog about the hilariously idiotic suggestion, made by someone purportedly an expert...

January 13, 2015

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

"Genesis of the Daleks" is arguably one of the greatest episodes in Doctor Who history....

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Doctor Who: Into The Dalek

I found the Doctor Who episode "Into The Dalek" felt rushed - they could have easily...

August 11, 2014

Comparative Dalek Ethics

If you've seen the latest trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who series, you'll have seen...

August 07, 2014

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

The episode Death to the Daleks reminded me of the unmade episode The Masters of...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

Define Dialect

I came across the book F this Test: Even More of the Very Best Totally...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks

Sometimes a Facebook comment can make your day. I had someone tell me that they...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Easter Approaches

Marcus Borg, Kimberly Winston, and Jim Naughton all raised the question of whether Christians need...

March 2014

March 23, 2014

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

It has been too long since I last blogged about a classic Doctor Who episode....

January 2014

January 25, 2014

Genesis of the Daleks

This is available on a t-shirt courtesy of Tone Cartoons. I really want one!  ...

January 17, 2014

Skarobucks Coffee

December 2013

December 22, 2013

Celebrate! Celebrate!

From a t-shirt  

December 08, 2013

Send Christmas Cards Like a Time Traveler Day

Jim Davila reminded me tomorrow that I needed to go back in time to today...

December 03, 2013

We Wish You Extermination

 

November 2013

November 20, 2013

The Last Day (Doctor Who Minisode)

The above is the latest prequel to the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the...

November 03, 2013

Daleks vs. Your Stick Figure Family

November 01, 2013

If You Don’t Buy Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith

If you don't buy Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Religion and Doctor Who, the...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Undergraleks

From PHD Comics  

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Dalekrishna

I'm grateful to blog reader arcseconds for pointing this out to me. Watch it all...

June 08, 2013

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

"Day of the Daleks" is one of the episodes from the Jon Pertwee era that...

May 2013

May 11, 2013

Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver

We were told that, in the episode of Doctor Who "Nightmare in Silver," Neil Gaiman aimed to...

May 10, 2013

Doctor Who, Judaism, and the Ineffable Name

Tablet magazine has an article about Doctor Who from a Jewish perspective. It includes less...

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