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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Former 'Doctors' form the classic series 'Doctor Who' (L-R) Tom Baker (1974-1981), Peter Davison (1981-1984), Colin Baker (1984-1986), Sylvester McCoy (1987-1989, 1996) and current Doctor Matt Smith (2010-present) pose at the 'Doctor Who 50th Celebration' event in the ExCeL centre on…
Oh what's this? NBD just your full, complete Doctor Who Anniversary Schedule. Whatevs; not that people are all that excited about the anniversary special around here or anything. Prolly not even anything anybody's gonna care about. Nope. Not one bit. Plus, here's a new trailer.
Time Lord #5 has recently given an interview saying the Doctor should never be a woman, which is a bit confusing. Prior to Peter Capaldi being named the 12th Doctor, there was a huge, raging, nasty debate about whether or not 12 should mark a change in the 50-year run of white dudes playing the time- and…
Science fiction and fantasy take us into the unknown, which is inherently somewhat scary — but sometimes, they go way further. Last week, we shared part one of our list of the top 50 scariest science fiction and fantasy TV episodes
The magic pregnancy is a staple science fiction and fantasy fiction. Whether it's the impending birth of a savior, the coming of some form of Antichrist, or some kind of experiment, speculative fiction has been the home of a lot of ridiculous stories of pregnancy and birth. Here are the most absurd ones.
This past Sunday, it was announced
We've seen plenty of fantastic science fiction wedding revelry lately, but this Doctor Who engagement photo session (including a TARDIS built by the bride's father) floors us with its style. The whole thing is really quite lovely.
This is amazing. British fans proved that they're still completely bonkers, with this parade of canine cosplay. Including a Superman dog, a Darth Vader dog... and a totally adorable dog cosplaying as K-9, the robot dog from Doctor Who. (Awwwwww.)
If you’re lagging behind in your Doctor Who viewing, you might not want to watch diminutive television critic Lindalee Rose’s review of “The Bells of Saint John” episode because, at a mere four years old, Lindalee has not yet learned the concept of SPOILER ALERT. It’s okay — she has plenty of time to hone her…
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Tuesday April 09, 2013. Matt Smith hangs from the Tardis as he and Jenna-Louise Coleman film scenes for 'Doctor Who' at Trafalgar Square in London. Photograph: © Palace Lee, PacificCoastNews.com
Sometimes-actress, always-perfectly-symmetrical-faced-human being Jessica Alba wrote a book called The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You. She is marketing it as "like GOOP, but for Poors like you and me."
In this week's TV roundup, Xena goes to Pawnee, love is dead on Glee and New Girl's Schmidt is the newest of the Romney boys.
The folks at Entertainment Weekly had Sesame Street's beloved Cookie Monster and Grover stop by their offices to express their jealousy over their coworker Elmo's recent foray into musicals. Never ones to dwell in petty envy, the two then decided to make a musical of their own by adapting pop culture favorites into…
Helen Mirren says: "I would like to play the new female Doctor Who. I don't want to just be his sidekick." I don't even watch and I can tell this is an excellent idea.
That's right folks, today is Doctor Who star Matt Smith's twenty-ninth birthday! Fans of the show will know that he's the youngest actor ever to play the role of the Doctor — I now know that he is a mere four months older than I am, meaning the next Doctor will probably be younger than me, meaning I am old (really…
An extremely lucky little boy named Zachary recently received a full-sized TARDIS for his birthday, hand-built by his father and grandfather. Confusingly, FirstNews refers to the Doctor Who fan and birthday boy as both five and eleven. Guess he must be a time traveler.
[Sussex, August 15. Image via INFDaily.]
A few weeks ago, I asked our readers to send in pictures of themselves showing their obsessive devotion to everything from bands to books, and naturally, they delivered. Inside, a roundup of your fellow readers amazing and often hilarious contributions:
In a year when three of my friends have declared that their boyfriends have Asperger's Syndrome, I'm worried this heartfelt account may fan the flames. (Please don't let "Aspergers" be the new "Bipolar.")
