******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Actor Ncuti Gatwa blasted his way into Doctor Who lore following his pioneering ‘bi-generation’ from David Tennant‘s resurrected Doctor in “The Giggle,” the last of several Doctor Who specials from 2023. The returning Tennant’s three specials and Gatwa’s introduction marked the returns of producer Russell T. Davies, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and classic…
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‘Jetpack Jules’ rules at Comic Con Revolution 2025 in Ontario, California…
Welcome to the Revolution… The Inland Empire’s Comic Con Revolution (CCR) is a sci-fi/fantasy/comic books convention based in the city of Ontario, California. It first sprang into existence in 2017 as a garage sale in a nice venue; with few attractions and scant attendance. But over the past eight years, this ‘little’ convention has dramatically grown in size…
Doctor Who, S2.1: “The Robot Revolution” is standard issue Who…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** With the return of former showrunner Russell T. Davies, “Doctor Who” was due for a much-needed regeneration after several years of mediocre scripting and missed opportunities under previous showrunner Chris Chibnall. However, last year’s batch of eight new episodes under Davies weren’t necessarily the franchise’s best, and with a few that were just…
Spotlight on screen-used sci-fi/fantasy movie & TV props, costumes and miniatures…
“Gain Strength from the Sharing…” With a nod to Spock’s half-brother Sybok, the purpose of this particular column is to share; to share in the good fortune I’ve had in my life as a semi-professional geek to see a virtual treasure trove of actual screen-used props, costumes, miniatures and other such cool stuff over the…
Checking into the latest Doctor Who Christmas Special, “Joy to the Worlds” (2024) …
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Okay, I know I’m very late to the party on this one (by nearly two weeks or so), but the holidays have been very busy for my wife and I (see: my last post on the “Duran Duran” concert in Las Vegas), so without further ado, let’s check into the ‘Time Hotel’ of…
Breaking into “Blake’s 7” series 1 on Blu-Ray (finally!)…
******46-YEAR OLD SPOILERS!****** In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I remember reading about a British TV show called “Blake’s 7” in the pages of the late, great “Starlog” magazine (my geek bible in those days). Written by Terry Nation (1930-1997), the novelist/screenwriter who created the Daleks for “Doctor Who,” the space opera “Blake’s 7”…
San Diego Comic Con 2024: Marvel and Star Trek and drones! Oh my…
San Diego Comic Con 2024: Welcome Back! This year’s San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is in the rearview mirror now, and once again, it was (as usual) another grand, exhausting celebration of pop culture. As a now 20-year veteran of SDCC, I do not camp out all night in lines hoping to get seats to…
BBC/Disney’s “Doctor Who”; a fourteenth series overview…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** With new Disney money flowing into this 61-year old series, BBC’s “Doctor Who” just wrapped its 14th series/season—or 40th, if you’re a completist. A newly bi-generated Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) has a new (temporary) companion, Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson). Orphan Ruby’s arc was more or less completed at the end of the run. A…
Actor William Russell (1924-2024) will be remembered across time and (relative dimensions in) space…
Yesterday, I learned of the sad passing of a Doctor Who original cast member, and it brought me back to 2019, when my wife and I attended the “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles. Beyond being a Doctor Who fan, one of my motivations for attending was special guest, William Russell, the actor…
Doctor Who Special #4: “The Church on Ruby Road” is a refreshing restart…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Last we saw the new Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), he’d just ‘bi-generated’ from the 14th Doctor (David Tennant) atop UNIT Headquarters as they battled the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris) together in Special #3: “The Giggle.” With Doctor 14 surviving the split and living in a state of semi-retirement with the Noble family, this 15th Doctor…
Doctor Who Special #3: “The Giggle” wins the game…
After last week’s bizarre, creepy voyage to the end of spacetime (“Into the Wild Blue Yonder”) the third of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebration specials brings it home with the return of a classic Doctor Who villain (one not seen since the Hartnell era), a uniquely Doctor Who-style apocalypse, and of course, the introduction…
Doctor Who Special #1: “The Star Beast” reunites the ‘DoctorDonna’…
*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!***** The first of three new Doctor Who specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate has aired/streamed on BBC and Disney+ respectively, and it’s a sentimental trip through the nostalgia lane of the spacetime continuum. When we last saw her, the 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) had mysteriously regenerated back into the familiar, male face…