good point.

It is unlikely that any American comic would be as well educated in the classics—or in the kind of info-trivia that drives much of the interactions on QI—that a comic actor with a degree from some of the top universities in the UK would be. Tell me which of the best American comics use academic material as the basis…

You need a full panel of people who love the minutia of knowledge; a host is not sufficient for banter and the teamwork that goes on to make it funny and insightful.

I love QI, and I’ve watched about ten full seasons worth, possibly more.

i think it’s very likely the show runners have way more of a plan than you seem to think.

“Living on after her village is dead would be like death to her,” echoes the Doctor’s situation after the [back then, apparent] Death of the Time Lords.

all season, i kept hoping that Kagame wold make it into the finale. as CGA says, it “was never going to come together perfectly.” the ending felt good enough to let it go.

I would like to see io9 cover “You, Me and the Apocalypse.” It’s silly, funny and interesting in a slightly sci-fi kind of way. I’m enjoying it.

Vincent van Gogh now works at NASA/JPL

The ustream.tv link is not yet showing the NASA feed.

The whole freakin SF Bay Area is socked in—totally overcast.

Charlie Jane—you are clearly earning your salary by being able to keep track of all this. I got lost in the timelines more than a season ago.

CSI: Microbia

This week’s episode of Continuum is the best episode of this [final] season.

I think you’re all being a tad too hard on this episode. This episode got us all to think about something we had taken completely for granted. That’s always cool (whatever the subject matter). No-one saw this coming, a huge/foundational reframing of the Doctor and Davros.

Thanks for the list. I would have ranked the story arcs of The Key to Time and The E-Space Trilogy a little higher. They are lasting memories.

don’t forget Vogons.

Journeyman — just so we know what the idea was

“Eddies,” said Ford, “in the space-time continuum.”

Jon Hamm And Daniel Radcliffe Return In A Delightfully Weird ‘Young Doctor’ Comedy was on the BBC last year. I loved it. Both actors were fabulously funny in-role.