Doctor Who, SFF, history, and other things I think about far too much
This is going to be sacrilege to some Doctor Who fans, but over the past few years I've been curating my Doctor Who collection. I found I just didn't want to have boxes of plastic figures piled up in my attic anymore. I didn't want shelves of books I was never going to reread. I…
Continue reading ➞ Doctor Who Blasphemy: Curating Your Collection of Tat
Actually, you don't have to pay the ferryman, I think the National Trust of Scotland does (or possibly Historic Environment Scotland; one manages the castle, one owns it), but you do require the services of the ferryman in order to reach the castle. Threave Castle is one of my local castles, perhaps my local-est, and…
Doctor Who is a television show with hundreds of episodes and thousands of lines of dialogue. Some of those lines are brilliant, inspiring, profound, they can lift your day and/or understanding of the universe. Some are so dire they drag you down into a very dark hole as you scream at the violence inflicted upon…
Well, not just first impressions, the first couple of episodes impressions, which in the terrible ways of modern telly is a third of a season. I'm currently having Voyager on in the background while doing chores and it's twenty-six episodes a season. TWENTY-SIX. I've stopped being bitter about Kes leaving because in modern terms she's…
Continue reading ➞ Star Trek Starfleet Academy – First Impressions
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of great moments in Doctor Who, but those here are a very particular sort of great moment. They're ones that hit me in the chest, made me hold my breath and lean forward as they seared themselves into memory. They made me feel...as though the universe had made a sudden…
Continue reading ➞ Five Doctor Who Moments That Live In My Head Rent-Free
Because what better way is there to mark finishing a telly series than by ranking it! And unlike some of its predecessors, I don't know Disco Trek well enough to do a good faith episode ranking, so it's seasons. But, alas, this ranking has no rancour, for I love this series. The characters, the relationships,…
Star Trek Discovery will always have a special place in my heart. I grew up with nineties Trek. After three shows hitting seven seasons a piece (and in the delicious days of 22 plus episodes seasons) this glorious era ended on a low of Enterprise being cancelled in only its fourth season with an finale…
Continue reading ➞ Thoughts Upon Finishing Star Trek Discovery
The first year of the Telefantasy Time Jump podcast was completed yesterday. 12 (and a tiny bit) months, and 25 episodes! Alas, the lateness of our final episode of the year, our Patreon bonus episode for December, was because we reached that special milestone suffered by many podcasts: the lost episode. This happened once before…
Continue reading ➞ One Year of Telefantasy Time Jump and the Pain of Rerecording
I had intended to write some attempt at a deeply meaningful end of year words, making reflective, insightful comments on the past twelve months. Alas, it's not to be. I'm not entirely sure what happened this year. In my head it remains 1998. (And that's being generous, I have a memory of being in school,…
Continue reading ➞ Not A Reflective End Of Year Post. Contains Elephants.
After watching The Avengers' Too Many Christmas Trees for Telefantasy Time Jump's Christmas Special (out...sometime this month!! I should really check these things), I felt compelled to return to a few Christmas telly favs to try and life my mood during this week of Eternal Rain and Wind and Grey Omg When Will It End.…
Continue reading ➞ Christmas Specials I’ve Rewatched Far Too Often
Lizbeth Myles 