Doctor Who, SFF, history, and other things I think about far too much
Released! Into the wild! Like a herd of Daleks…or Quarks! (Everyone loves the Quarks, right?) Anyway, yes, the Table of Contents for Companion Piece is now out, and here it is: • The Impossible Girls by Deborah Stanish • That Nitro-9 You’re Not Carrying: Violence and the Companion by Seanan McGuire • Scheherazade and Galahad…
Continue reading ➞ Companion Piece Table of Contents Released
In last week's ep, and for Verity!'s first episode on companions, it was a discussion on Doctor Who Companions What Never Were, or Guest Characters We Really Liked And Are Bitter About Not Becoming Regulars (that may just be me.) And I'm pleased to report that I won't be attempting to fire anyone this week…
Continue reading ➞ Verity Two Cents: 10 Doctor Who Companions That Should’ve Been
So we've done something terrible for Verity!. On last week's show, we announced our theme for 2015: the companions of Doctor Who. So far so good, then *certain* people thought it'd be ever such a good idea to have a poll to let our listeners help decide which companions we'll be focussing on. A poll.…
Ah, good Tuesday, readers. I type to you today in, if anything, even more of a snit at Peter Capaldi and his inability to be two people. You see, I didn't watch the finale of last years' Musketeers, because then there would be no more Cardinal Capaldieu and I'd be sad. However, with the second…
I remain vaguely optimistic that at some point we'll be so far into the future, time will curve round and we can start counting down years and I'll feel much better. I haven't got over it not being 1998 anymore, so being in Back to the Future II future-time is more than a little disconcerting.…
Continue reading ➞ Where is the stop button on the time clock please?
Oh, you know the type, probably. Maybe. It seems likely if you're reading this blog, anyway. That type of fan, if you're the sort of friend who's nobly stepped up to try and give them a gift connected with their favourite telly, requires finding a product of such utter tat-ness, such unutterable nonsense, that despite…
Continue reading ➞ A Handy Gift Guide for The Doctor Who Fan Who Has Almost Everything
Not, y'know, universally lovely things, though obviously a post of kittens and spaceships would be keen, but lovely things for me, lovely writing related things, which I fully intended to blog about in a more timely fashion but clearly that didn't happen so everything gets thrown in together, like a cake! A delicious, tasty cake…
This should really be a post about Nine Worlds and/or Worldcon. It's not. It's a post about Posh Mudcrabs. Currently, my game of choice is Star Wars The Old Republic, which I love and adore and is letting me decorate houses at the moment, so I'm spending a lot of time killing Jedi, looting their…
I wouldn't call this a review so much as a ramble. It got quite long: I loved rather a lot about Deep Breath, and what are blog posts for if not to natter on interminably without the cruel shackles of editorial oversight! Anticipation levels of self were Exceptionally High for this episode. Which was quite…
Nine Worlds is coming up this Thursday! I'm obviously calm, collected, and completely organised. If you don't know about Nine Worlds it's a ridiculously fabulous convention held in London and encompasses all manner of geek culture, including literature, gaming, cosplay, fandom, some twenty-six other things (ish – can I count signings as their own track?),…
