Doctor Who Blasphemy: Curating Your Collection of Tat

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…

Paying the Ferryman at Threave Castle

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…

The Best Worst Lines In Doctor Who

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…