I love Hell Bent. It’s an episode of new Doctor Who I often find myself going back to when I want the heart strings tugged on, or when I want to see the Doctor & Clara pushed to the limits – Time Lord Victorious style. Confessionally, that desire is frequent. And I think – I […]
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The Silence vs. The Weeping Angels: Who Wins?
The reason most favor the Weeping Angels is because of how The Doctor first described The Weeping Angels in New Doctor Who, Season 3, Episode 10, the classic, “Blink.” In case your memory needs jogging, this is the episode that spawned the landmark chilling conversation between the Doctor in 1969 and Sally Sparrow in 2007 […]
The history of predicting Doctor Who’s Next Doctor on the Betting Boards.
Update: BBC announced on Friday, July 14th, 2017 that the 13th Doctor will be announced after the Wimbledon Men’s Final on July 16, 2017. No sooner was it announced then Jodie Whittaker, one of the central characters in new Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall’s last show, Broadchurch, shot up the betting boards. She’s now even […]
The courage needed to focus on Joy
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions anymore. It’s not that I don’t like them – wait, that aint’ right. I just don’t like them, Sam I Am. I don’t like the basic premise behind New Year’s Resolutions Hey, create a static goal and then try to complete it come Hell or high water for fear […]
Finding a place to earn the name Finn
It’s 2am. I’m playing with pool up in Duneland with some local friends and semi-pros who I feel threatened by, both in talent and in the feared proximity to their armaments. I’m here with some good guys who let me play trivia with them on occasion, but in the same breath they still don’t know […]
“Back in the neighborhood / workin’ for the Savior”
For the last decade or so I have had two refuges: the OldOld Man’s family home in Southwest Florida & the pad up in Duneland belonging to one of my two childhood best friends, 5 minutes from Lake Michigan. Those refuges recharged me, refueled me, refocused me and kept me on the path to whatever […]
Three words for 2013 – And where one would do
“Truth is Singular.” The phrase has been popping up all over the place. For me, it started when I saw the Doctor Who [2005 Reboot] Season 7 Christmas Episode ,”The Snowmen.” Clara is looking for The Doctor and runs into his protective friends who give her a test where she has to answer every question […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 19: Halfway Out of the Dark
Today was about magic. Getting up early, helping family with winterizing chores before hitting the open road to Duneland. But before my GT could stretch her legs, I did a thing… I’ll never talk bad about the post office, again. I dropped off my bills at the post office and headed to the bank on […]
Doctor Who – The Eleventh Hour – Join the Conversation at Anglotopia.net
Another one of the many great advantages of entrenching one’s self in New Media is that you get to meet colleagues along the way with exclusive access to shared passions. In this case, I refer to my renewed childhood love of Doctor Who. The post David Tennant-era began tonight in the UK. With help from […]
Learning From the Greatest “Doctor” Ever – David Tennant
I watched the finale of one of the greatest character performances ever seen on the small screen. I’m not whistling Dixie, either. Some could argue that portraying a character that was created almost 50 years ago, has had 9 actors play the part previously, countless episodes, scripts, and books written bout the character, and a […]