Friday Fun Video: Doctor Who Does the Time Warp Again

Art, Life, and Cosplay

Hanging out with the people whom you're cosplaying is pretty darn awesome. Nathan Fillion meeting mini-Captain Reynolds is too cute.

Couch Potato Chronicles: Souring On "Supernatural" and "Doctor Who"

La Parisienne just sent me this link to Wil Wheaton's blog, in which he nails the reason why we've all fallen out of love with Supernatural, a TV show that used to be so much fun.  It's too bad, because Jensen Ackles is really easy on the eyes and Misha Collins is just adorable.

On a related note, we've also fallen out of love with Doctor Who.  The show was never as much fun after the departure of Rory and Amy.  Recently the BBC with great fanfare announced Peter Capaldi as the next actor who will play the renegade Time Lord, but all I could summon up in response was "meh."  It's not Capaldi's fault.  I lay the blame squarely at the feet of showrunner Steven Moffat.  The season finale was a snoozefest, and in retrospect there are other issues too, some of which are covered here.

I should add, though, that I am emphatically not in the chorus of whining Whovians who seem to think that feminism's been gut-shot and left to die because the next Doctor is a man and not a woman.  Personally I thought that there was (a) practically zero chance that a woman would be cast as the Twelfth Doctor, while (b) maybe an actor of another race would be chosen.  Can you just imagine the glory of someone like Idris Elba in that role?  (No chance of Idris himself, though - he's far too busy being a star elsewhere.)

Anyway, another thought about the show: the Doctor's supposed to be the good guy and all, but everywhere he goes, he leaves a huge body count in his wake, and not just of bad guys.  Plenty of good people end up dead or injured or traumatized, and it's really starting to bother me. (Remember when the rot started to set in?)

Couch Potato Chronicles: the Ponds and the Winchesters

I haven't blogged about TV in a really, really long time, and I'm pretty darn sure that I shouldn't be doing it now, but I'm tired, I've been working a lot, and if I want to take a study break by talking about TV, well, it's my life.  Anyway, you may remember how a couple seasons ago I got tired of "Supernatural" and turned to "Doctor Who" instead.  The new seasons of both shows have hit the airwaves, and this time around, things have turned out a little differently.  The short version: given the choice between the Doctor and Dean Winchester, I'm going with Dean.  What, all of shiny time and space versus grim demon-hunting and family issues?  The TARDIS versus a black 1967 Impala?  A  Gallifreyan Time Lord versus a Kansas native with a GED and a snarky attitude?  I'll tell you why if you really want to know.

A "Doctor Who" / "Star Trek: Next Gen" Comic Crossover?

The mind boggles!

Couch Potato Chronicles: The Doctor Who Christmas Special

More tantalizing hints from Steven Moffat.

Couch Potato Chronicles: "Doctor Who" Extras

Enjoy!  I'll embed the first one for you:

Doctor Who Series 6 Extra - Bad Night [HD] by torchwood_vids

Movie Madness: A "Doctor Who" Film?

I don't know about this whole idea, but the sci fi geeks at io9 seem optimistic.

Couch Potato Chronicles: New Trailer for the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special

Nerd Journal: MM Has Found Her Perfect Nerd-Geek-Man

Did you know Grant Imahara of "Mythbusters" is a Doctor Who fan? Well, I'd always thought Imahara was kind of cute anyway in an adorkable sort of way, but this is just irresistible.


UPDATE: Now this is just overkill, Imahara.

Proof that God Is A Woman

Astronomers discover an entire planet made of diamond.


UPDATE: I knew this sounded familiar somehow!  It turns out that Life Imitates "Doctor Who"!

Couch Potato Chronicles: New "Doctor Who"

Here's the trailer for the upcoming second half of the 2011 season/series/whatever you want to call it.  Goodness knows we could use a little escapist adventuring in time and space as a break from all the horrible economic news, especially yesterday's Dow plunge of 500 points.  Geez!

Friday Fun Video: the Doctor Who Theme Remix

Couch Potato Chronicles: Matt Smith Confirms Another Season of "Doctor Who"

Yay!  Eleven, you were just starting to grow on us!  Changing Doctors is always such a traumatic thing.  Oh, and check out this hilarious tweet on the matter by showrunner Steven Moffat.

Couch Potato Chronicles: Philosophy and the Monsters of "Doctor Who"

Here is an interesting perspective!  Screenwriter Steven Moffat as a master of existential horror?  Well, he certainly knows how to creep out his audience.

Couch Potato Chronicles: Looking Forward to New Doctor Who Episode 3!

Couch Potato Chronicles: Sci Fi TV's Best Character Actor

It's the inimitable Mark Sheppard, of course!   He's appeared in some of my favorite sci fi series from "Firefly" to "Supernatural" to "Battlestar Galactica" and now "Doctor Who."

Nerd Journal: Well, There's No Cause to be RUDE

Sure, I laughed at the media hoopla over yesterday's royal wedding and I mocked stupid journalists, but I watched the wedding anyway because I wanted to see the pageantry, and I actually found the ceremony quite moving in ways that both did and did not have to do with the fact that two young people were getting married -- a thing that in itself is an act of hope and faith no matter who the bride and groom are.  There is also something deeply affecting about choral hymns sung in a place of history and splendor (and "Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer" is probably my favorite hymn ever for times both of joy and pain).  A few random thoughts:

Couch Potato Chronicles: Looking Forward to New Doctor Who Episode 2!

Couch Potato Chronicles: "Doctor Who" Is Back!

There's so much to love (and be utterly freaked out by) in the season premiere that aired tonight on BBC America!  Oh, I've got high hopes for a great new season ahead!  Suffice it for now to say that I'm ecstatic to see Alex Kingston back as awesome nerd-babe River Song and to welcome Mark Sheppard as a guest star to the Whoniverse.  Sheppard's one of my favorite sci-fi character actors; from playing the rogue-ish Badger in "Firefly" to a slimy lawyer in "Battlestar Galactica" to a deliciously evil demon in "Supernatural," Sheppard has a gift for being memorable.

I'll do a full episode in a little bit.  Here's a cast photo for now, though.  I'm loving the Stetson hat on Eleven and River's rootin', tootin', latter-day Annie Oakley vibe.

Geronimo!