I saw an interview with Barrowman in which they actually asked him about his accent. He explained his origin story and slipped into an effortless Scottish brogue as an example of how he talks around his family. It was *fascinating*. It reminded me of a friend I have who has lived here in the Midwest for years and…

I'm got exactly the same problem. It seems that whenever I really get into a show, it gets cancelled immediately. It has gotten to the point now where I usually wait until a show has had its entire run, and I watch it on DVD afterwards. I waited until Fringe and Community were both fully into their third seasons…

The fact that the new companion will be an attractive young lass doesn't bother me in the slightest. Is it original? No, not really. This is a show, after all, coming up on its FIFTIETH year. They have their formulas, and they keep returning to those formulas because they work.

I'm sorry you feel that way. I personally think that Rory's recurring "death" has become a nice bit of comic relief in what was otherwise some pretty heavy drama surrounding the Ponds.

Since there has been so very little crossover between the Davies and Moffat eras, I would be EXTREMELY surprised to see John Simm reappear. *Maybe* on the 50th Anniversary Special. But that's a big *maybe*.

I don't really know enough about how Seaworld treats its animals to comment on it. I have heard a number of people saying that they are very cruel, but I've never been there so I don't have any firsthand knowledge. However, the very idea that these animals could be granted the same rights as humans could set a bizarre…

My wife has a theory that the memory loss associated with sleep deprivation during the first few months of having a new baby causes us to gloss over how difficult it truly is, which is the only thing that allows us to actually WANT to have more kids. In our case, we had twins followed by another baby about 16 months…

Zounds! I had no idea Matt Ruff was coming out with a new book. And this one sounds fascinating!

For all that I have heard people refer to "The VALIS Trilogy" I just don't see it. I have read all three books in this supposed-trilogy, but they seem no more or less connected than any of Dick's other works. VALIS was one of the first of his books I ever read, and I was eager to dive into The Divine Invasion. I…

Oh, you know what is was? Memory cards. The PS2 I had was not compatible with PS1 memory cards, and I could only save my progress by playing on the old console. I think that was it.

I was an absolute freak for Parasite Eve 2. I held on to my dusty old PSX far longer than I should have, just to play that game since the PS2 was not backwards compatible. PE 2 taught me to use the term "neotenized" in a sentence.

Truly a hilarious movie, made all the more disturbing by the Lead Vampire Chick's complete LACK OF EYEBROWS.

It's unlikely that the show will ever "feature" a companion from the extended universe, but a shout-out would be sufficient. Moffat is such a DW nerd that he should be familiar with them already. Just a passing reference that the Doctor makes to Bernice Summerfield or Iris Wildthyme would be enough to make a million…

My 16-month old blonde baby girl is growing so quickly, it seems that she can't go for an hour without demanding another meal. Whenever we've been in the car longer than the appointed hour, she lets us know frequently and definitively. I often find myself using this phrase to commiserate with her.

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When I was younger and worked at a phone bank, there was a guy there named Dave Ross. He had never seen or even heard of Doctor Who, so he just didn't understand why my friends and I would always crack up when we heard his name.

I started smoking the day I turned 18. I guess I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and why my parents and so many of my older friends did it. A couple of years later I finally "came out" to my folks and admitted that I was a smoker and started lighting up in front of them. When my mom saw that I was…

I call Bullshit on this. I don't expect to see any of the Davies-era companions again, with the possible exception of Captain Jack. And that only because he was a Moffat character in the first place!

VERY pleased to see World War Z on this list. It really blew me away in the way that it transcended the typical zombie-genre story with its... authenticity, for lack of a better word.

Tell me about it! The frakking Xanth series was on there, but no Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser? For shame!