The end of The Almost People, when Amy suddenly finds herself 9 months pregnant in an bizarre birthing chamber at the mercy of strange psychopath, is easily one of the most grotesque situations in Doctor Who. There are plenty of classic eps with sci-fi body horror, but for me that moment was real in way that made it…

Because he was being held as a prisoner and found himself 10 feet from a machine that would do that. It'd really take a lot more elaborate explaining to establish why he wouldn't use it.

It took 31 years, but the second mark in this story's favor is that it inspired this remix.

Lt. Arex from TAS! (Or another of his kind.)

"Introduced as this unstoppable new alien race that we've somehow never heard of"

Day of the Doctor: Thirteen TARDISes arrive.

I won.

The point is made that Eurasia could, if they wanted to, capture Air Strip One (Britain) since it's so remote from rest of Oceania. But since the goal is continual war rather than victory, they'll never make the attempt.

I'm surprised no one else has pointed this out yet, but there aren't any more Sansa chapters. Once she's in the Vale they become Alayne chapter, and I took that to be
Martin indicating that Sansa is loosing herself. She's not the only character who gets this treatment, but unlike Arya, she doesn't have a live wolf…

He also got to have a character arc.

The same team translated this version of Six Pence None-the-Richer's Kiss Me, performed by singer and blogger (and former Klingon Xmas Caroler) Jen Usellis.

Let me suggest that fixed points are not the reason for either of your examples from Doctor Who. While some oblique lines over the years have led fans to think something like them existed, Fixed points were not explained or named until Fires of Pompeii, 46 years into the show.

Its not in the sciences, but I'm halfway through season one of Orphan Black and I'd say Sarah's quick-thinking in the incredible situations she finds herself qualifies as competence porn.

Agreed on Earthsea. Magic is knowing the names of everything in the world, and being able to ask them to change.

To my mind, this remains the only way to introduce the Eugenics Wars to a modern audience.

More details in the book, as per usual, but Inigo's sword was a masterpiece. The challenge of creating a sword that was properly balanced for a six-fingered hand took the world's greatest sword smith over a year to overcome. It was Domingo Montoya greatest, and of course last, work.

They arrive in modern day from the heatdeath of the universe, which Jack attributes to luck, the Doctor takes credit. I took that to mean that Jack thought traveling that distance(physical and/or temporal) or with that accuracy was beyond his vortex manipulator.

In year 100 trillion the Doctor souped the broken the vortex manipulator up to get him, Jack, and Martha back to the modern the day. It was operating at TimeLord capacities, well above the level of technology the Time Agency had when they built it. Thats why the Doctor felt it appropriate to disable it. Apparently…

For me, 7b has been a corrective for the frustrating over-promising of recent seasons. The show promises me an adventure a week, and delivers.

The show had played with idea of a Cybercontroller so strong-willed they overrode the Cybermen's logical nature in The Next Doctor. I will say it makes more sense that the Doctor's brain brakes the cybermold than a vengeful victorian woman.