You saw four Trek shows, because you reviewed TAS! Apparently, TAS was where we first learn that Amanda read Spock Alice in Wonderland as a kid.

That's a good point. I just thought the type of enthusiasm was amusingly incongruous.

When he played Fenway, back in 2009, I went over there to listen outside on the sidewalk for free. We'd walk around, listening to the music, and suddenly he started in on Eleanor Rigby. This older homeless guy pumped his fist, "Yeah!" like it was a rocker like Helter Skelter or something, instead of a sensitive ballad.

When I heard there was an alternate history Civil War show, I thought, "You mean one where Reconstruction wasn't ineffective, but brought swift civil rights to former slaves?"

I was referring more to the comments he's made in interviews in the past, so I had a suspicion that the groundwork he was laying was a bit of a ruse. I'm glad to see that I was wrong.

I'm a fairly casual fan of Doctor Who, and even more casually a fan of the new show, so I feel almost unqualified to comment. But regarding representation, I think I have some thoughts:

Young_Rutiger, All fourteen of those entries are also white.

How about Eartha Kitt or Halle Barry?

Tell that to Jon Pertwee:

Well the AV Club called the Hartnell Doctor "Ebeneezer Scrooge: Time Cop," so it makes perfect sense.

That was her? I remember seeing that movie on TV years ago!

I know. The headline uses a definite article. Obviously, if they're referring to "the" star of the show they're not talking about the casting of the companion.

Graham Chapman was a doctor, but he's too dead to play the Doctor.

Well, the definite article strongly implies she's the Doctor, not "a" companion.

Fair enough, but there were also a few times where the Doctor was unpleasantly surprised by the transformation, and doesn't seem to be much in control of hair color, as the running gag would suggest. The Doctor's level of control seems to be pretty inconsistent, at least.

I actually think Ronald D. Moore finds a good balance between the Babylon 5 model and the Michael Piller model. Piller bragged about not plotting out the conclusion of two-parters until the first was done, but too meticulous planning can lead to writing oneself into corners when outside circumstances intrude on a…

And 1/13 is roughly 8%.

Time Lords generally don't get to choose their next forms, with the exception of Romana I into II, right? If that's the case, even changing genders would seem not to be a choice.

This was an idea I had as well. It would have been fun for the next 50 years to be a dozen lives with Romana.

I had a bit of an Andy Kaufman obsession around the time Man on the Moon came out. So, yes, I have heard of Heartbeeps.