We're at the farthest edge of the Time War, but in it's heart, millions watch "Fear Her" and forget it only to watch it again every second, with time itself finding new ways for them to be bored and disappointed.

Well, the crowd was back by the time the torch guy had a heart attack or whatever. No harm done. Water under the bridge. Next crisis.

She said something in the episode about living forever.

That's ambiguous, though it helped with Torchwood and SJA showing that monsters attack Earth even when the Doctor isn't around. It makes the in-universe selection bias less defensible. Sure, we only see the alien invasions the Doctor is involved in, but if they happen at other times off-screen, why do people in the…

I wouldn't say it's an afterthought for Moffat's era. I think one of the big themes of Moffat's seasons have been explicitly countering the impression that the Doctor hurts more people than he saves. Moffat flirts with it here and there, but only to disprove it (the most explicit example being "The Wedding of River…

I love that they totally forget about the guy. "He may have been struck by lightning earlier, was he injured? Oh, wait, a guy in a coat just picked up the torch. It's all good."

Many years ago, This American Life did a pledge drive special where they walked through the making of a typical story segment, with concept, research, interviews, editing, and so on. They used the Pina Colada song as the premise for the story, with actors playing the parts of the man and the woman. I've wanted to…

I never picked up on Worf's death wish before. It makes a lot of sense, but I think I always viewed the moment as the main character bravely offering to sacrifice his life without a second thought because that's the kind of brave and noble thing main characters do.

I always thought so, too, but apparently, it's actually pronounced "Kin-da," not "Kind-a."

My buddy did a rewatch a while back, and decided that after "The Satan Pit" is when the Doctor and Rose definitely started sleeping together. I can sort of see how the line was crossed, and I'm kind of looking forward to watching "Fear Her" and "Army of Doomsday" with that in mind.

Honestly, I remember when this episode first aired, in between part I and II, I was just ready to be disappointed that after all this build up it was going to be an alien, or an insane computer, or some other sci-fi cop-out we've seen a million times.

Right before he said the Time Lords went along with the Daleks, he told the Dalek, "I watched it happen. I made it happen." I always thought that was pretty unambiguous that he was responsible for the end of the war, and all that entailed.

I like the way the use of nonstandard characters give this spam an almost calligraphic quality. Like a heavy metal album, or the opening credits of a premium cable historical show.

And with that burn, we get season 7's "O'Brien must suffer" episode.

Popular misconception. "Reinforcement" refers to any action that encourages (or, dick quotes, "reinforces") the behavior. "Positive" means giving something to do encourage the behavior (a reward) and "Negative" means taking something away to encourage the behavior (either removing something bad, or something bad being…

Well, he is a changeling. He could have hollowed out a cavity in his gut where he kept a padd with the rules for easy reference if he needed to check something during the game.

The trouble with the McCoy-as-racist argument (and I'm not saying you're calling him that, but it's pretty much my last chance in the foreseeable future to express this idea without rejoining a Star Trek forum) is that twofold. First, Spock is, if anything, even more of a spracist than Bones (never mind the other…

As with everything wrong with Enterprise and Voyager, we can blame the network for "Stigma." And, bonus points, we knew it at the time, so it doesn't come across as ass-covering reputation rehab like most of the stuff Berman has said about UPN in the last few years.

The metal pipe is what was beating Khan to death. Until that came into play, Spock was having trouble. Kind of amazing, considering that Khan just took five or six phaser stuns to the chest, and Kirk was punching him all day without getting a reaction.

He'd also been playing with Miles for years before he cut loose on the dartboard. Practice makes perfect. Bashir could've been the greatest beginner baseball player that ever lived, but he's still a beginner.