Just a significant continuity point here - 'the Doctor lies' is anything BUT new or unusually defining of this particular era or doctor. The 1st Doctor (the William Hartnell one) lied his ass off all the time, and every time his semi-kidnapped companions demanded to be taken home he'd make up another false story about…

Well there's that, and there's also the fact that the guy simply doesn't seem to 'do' ongoing series commitments, despite being in demand (at least in the UK). He did a couple of seasons of Torchwood, but the only one where it looked like he was really trying was the 5-episode (forgotten the exact number, but…

So, who here is guessing that the guy who plays Jack Harkness in Dr Who/Torchwood (Tommy's father) is on a one-season contract to be the bad guy for the 1st season, at the end of which Oliver will kill him off, and that Tommy will then become the series' long-term 'big bad'?

Contrast with the UK version. The actual events are shown quite clearly. The asides, on the other hand, tell us what we can't see - what the lead REALLY thinks about the characters he's manipulating, and how he expects they'll react to his bait.

Belated comment several weeks after the series has finished, just speculating on where it would have gone:
- anyone notice the similarity between Luthor being elected head of the UN, and the arc where he gets elected president of the United States, and despite the JL's fears (except for Batman, who tells the rest of…

I'm not going to spoil anything here, given that it's the section for those who haven't read the books, but it's worth clarifying a point of interpretation. You're underestimating how valuable Sam is to the Night's Watch at this point - remember how in season one the commanders became much more willing to tolerate his…

I think he's starting to nail his post-5th-season version of the character. Having said that, he played a rather different version of the doctor from his first season through to the end of the Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon double that I actually think was more interesting, and he did that very well - the thing…

Insane, Obviously Wrong Theory Corner: AV club is deliberately overlooking the use of the same 2nd doctor villain for 2 episodes in a row, the 2nd leaving it alive and well in modern London with the doctor completely unaware of its presence, because it's just too darn obvious as an explanation for Clara? Afterall, an…

To be fair, Farscape is the exception that proves the rule…and with a very good explanation. As an Aussie, I'd love to say that's the explanation is that it was an Australian-made show:-). But the real explanation was that the prosthetics were done by the Jim Henson company (of which no other prosthetics company nor…

It definitely was at the time (both the film and the series). However, keep in mind that tv and film have moved on a LOT since then, and almost everything about them will strike you as either over the top (80s/early-90s aesthetic) or uber-cliched (though it wasn't at the time).

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And the Rose-like barbie doll (with the 50th anniversary special coming up…)

Keep in mind that in Moffat's and Smith's best season (the first Smith season), the apparent 'red herring' (the Doctor walking in from the wrong side of the screen and saying something that seemed a bit of a non-sequiter in 'Flesh and Stone') ended up being deliberate and central to the finale in order to make the…

What do folks think of this theory?

Hate to be THAT guy, but:
- the 'final 5' is suggested from the last episode of season one, where Baltar sees the image in the Cathedral of the 5 shadows standing above him. It was one of those things that would have worked IF it hadn't been promo'd at all in advance, allowing the show to slowly introduce more and more…

By listening to the psychiatrist's unnecessary monologue that a usually ultra-sharp-editing Hitchcock inexplicably left in the final cut of Psycho?

My thoughts exactly. Imagine the impact for those who haven't read the books to (a) have this season end with Robb and Catelyn slaughtered, and then (b) the next season end with Catelyn's awesome return in the epilogue of book 3.

I'm not sure of the exact time changes in the books, but my impression is that they're also spread over years. Rob and John start off as 14 year old kids - far younger than their TV depiction. By Book 4, John is head of the Night's Watch and presumably at least 20 (at the youngest).

They've confirmed that book 3 is being done over 2 seasons (keep in mind that some characters like Beric Dondarrion and his men get so many small references in the earlier books, that by the time you meet him, you know he's a 'BIG DEAL' (and something of a good guy from the peasants' point of view). In the tv series…

Again, I took 'the TARDIS doesn't like me' as another pointer to her being an unaware manifestation of the Great Intelligence (why bring back an enemy we haven't seen since the 60s for 2 consecutive episodes unless he's part of the through-plot). I'm thinking something along the lines of the Auton version of Rory - in…