There is easily enough material for a four-part miniseries. If you haven’t read the book, please do so. It’s an epic journey, and a hell of a roller coaster.

Pulling that card on Doctor Who is the dumbest way anybody has pulled it. The entire raison d’etre of the Doctor is change, it has been cannon that the change can be non human and while it was never mentioned in the original run gender change has been talked about in new Who for years.

It’s a character that has changed appearance and mannerism a dozen times already, and they never made a storyline to explain while he has this specific look this time. But because there is a change of gender, suddenly you need a storyline and a specific reason why?

Or perhaps it’s because Jodie is a spectacular actor?

Doctor Who is a show that undergoes constant soft reboots. I’m sure that people in 1970 who were fans of Patrick Troughton hated the new Pertwee Doctor who didn’t go into space but hung around Army bases in England, Im sure Pertwee Fans hated Tom Baker with his ridiculous scarf.

In my ideal world the Oscars would operate on at least a 5 year delay if not a full decade delay. Going year by year is not enough time to tell if a given film actually was “the best movie of the year” or just a critical darling that nobody will remember or care about in 5 years.

I believe what would be a better idea would be to create best pictures in a number of catagories (by budget range or some other defining groupings like Indie, Blockbuster, Drama, Comedy, Animated, etc., but always five in total) then have Academy members vote that night on a “Best in Show” between those five. You get…

Being able to speak the local language without an obviously foriegn accent seems like an important trait for a spy...

Probably because you tried to read it like a novel. It’s a collection of summarised histories in the style of the Bible or the Greek epics, just heavily deprecated and simplified.

I know it’s easy to dismiss the statement as marketing lingo, but the fact that the writers make a point to describe Tolkien’s work as containing “majesty and heart, wisdom and complexity” tells me that they’re willing to at least try and capture some of the genuine beauty of Tolkien’s writing.

Of course it will be a musical, I feel like this will follow very closely in the foot steps of Moana.

I read “Brian K. Cherish” as some kind of nickname for Vaughan and I couldn’t figure out where that came from.

It is a very special accent indeed. But you know, at least it was consistent over seven years of appearances, which is more than you can say for James Marsters (or David Boreanaz’s Irish).

If this show turns out to be good, is it okay for me to just enjoy it on its own merits? Lately, it’s becoming exhausting to hear about celebrity wrongdoings and I just want to be able to watch a piece of entertainment without feeling guilty or worrying that I might actually condone the wrongdoings of the person who…

Because, well, he makes really good TV shows?

Ooooh does this mean we can have Juliette Landau’s very special English accent?

It’s funny; when you write and direct multiple films that gross over a billion dollars and have millions of fans worldwide, studios kind of want you to work for them.

So, by ‘Victorian’ (rather than ‘19th century’) does this mean it’s going to be a British-set series?

I am trying to picture a more ambitious narrative than Dollhouse.

Bring SMG as a Gilles like character who helps the young woman out. Or bring SMG in as a sassy store keeper.  Or bring SMG as a... what I am saying is bring SMG in, I feel bad how her last show ended.