From Somewhere, Volume Two

You think that hurt? Try watching it.

One of the many the awful truths of Doctor Who is that regeneration will suck. And not just because you’ll miss whoever happens to be the Doctor- no, really Leigh- its because the story it takes place in is usually quite bad.

Off the top of my head, there are only two regeneration stories in the history of series that I’d consider really good.

The War Games was Patrick Troughton’s finale.  And it’s a loonnnng goodbye-10 parts, no less- and when the Time Lords do show up at the end- having heard of them only through reputation up to that point in the series-you know it won’t end well.

The Caves of Androzani was so good, it actually served to redeem much of Peter Davison’s lackluster run as The Doctor.  Also, the best cliffhanger ever, just saying.

The previous nu-Who regeneration story, 2005’s The Parting of the Ways, adequately dealt with the Doctor’s guilt over both ending and surviving the Time War- a plot device which had set the events surrounding the return of the show into motion . Unfortunately, this story was also saddled with an unnecessary pseudo commentary on the popularity of reality television and game shows.  That story signaled the arrival of David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor and series head writer Russell T. Davies’ preoccupation of not knowing quite when to stop.

And if you feared RTD  just was not going to reign it in for his last Who hurrah,  you get a gold star. Unfortunately, that also means you get “The End of Time- Parts One & Two“.  I’m sorry- I’m so, so sorry.

Thoughts and possible mild spoilers after the jump…. (continue reading…)

The News Wheel. It never sleeps. However- its  typist tends to nod off a bit, though.

On today’s hit list: iTunes-now only slightly less annoying, New Product for your approval, Santa as you’ve never seen him before (and as you still might not), Bob Dylan’s holiday joy, the Waters of Mars US air date, and news on Top Gear Series 14 .

Updated and expanded upon as things become interesting / author has time … and it begins after the jump! (continue reading…)

Yep, its the News Wheel- watch it spin.

On today’s hit list: Apple sort of wins over the clones, Did DJ Hero tank, why you can’t always get what you want on your Wii (and maybe why you shouldn’t), and  Infinity Ward suddenly hates PC owners.

Updated and expanded upon as things become interesting / author has time … and it begins after the jump!

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As we all do, I usually juggle a lot of information on a daily basis.  Most of which gets used and digested in one format or another. This will be a somewhat scattered digest of that information- which may not or may not be expanded upon here or elsewhere at a later point when I’ve had a chance to properly have a chance to process it.  I’ll add to on as I come across things in the day. Ta-da! Content you have to check back for! Fun, yes?

It might be an idea clearing house, it might even be entertaining. All I can tell you now is that its a thing called the News Wheel. And it begins after the jump.  Enjoy!

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Alrighty, Spring is here. And Con season is upon us. I have two appearances thus far to let you know about:

TIMEGATE- This one’s a Doctor Who / Stargate con going down in the ATL Memorial Day Weekend (May 23rd – May 26th). I’ve been invited to take part in a few of the Who and Torchwood related panels.

You can check them out right HERE (I am there on the event schedule for the panels, however the scheduling folk misspelled/ mis-listed my pen name twice-but I won’t hold it against them) .

DRAGONCON- Of course, there’s always Dragon Con- it’s Labor Day Weekend (August 29th – September 1st). I’ll be there with the Need Coffee faction. Events (with guests so special, I don’t even know about them yet). TBA.

And you can get more info about the con HERE .

You can also visit our friends at the Brit Track and X-Track HERE and HERE , respectively.