The immortal words spoken by the late William Hartnell’s First Doctor (to his granddaughter Susan, played by Carole Ann Ford) kind of echo how I feel whenever I leave the annual “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles. My wife and I have been attending this con for only four years now, but it’s…
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Gallifrey One, Day Two: The Doctors will see you now…
The second day of our stay at the annual “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who convention in L.A. was nicely eventful. Started off the day by getting into my “Stone Trek” Fred Flintstone/Star Trek mashup cosplay. Though Gallifrey One is primarily a Doctor Who convention, I’d seen other Star Trek cosplayers in attendance the previous night, so…
Gallifrey One, day one; an adventure in space and time…
I picked up my wife from school today (she’s a teacher) and with our car fully packed, we drove straight to Los Angeles (and hour and a half drive, in today’s sluggish traffic) for the annual “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who Convention. Gallifrey One is the biggest dedicated Doctor Who convention on the west coast, if…
Personal Favorites of 2017
Just want to begin by saying that for this year’s favorites list, I’m going to get away from numerical or other arbitrary values (same way I won’t give ‘thumbs up’ or 1-5 star ratings, etc). So unlike last year’s list, I’m not going to do rankings. Just a list. I also recognize that there are many…
Doctor Who’s “Twice Upon a Time” is a true sentimental journey…
This year’s Doctor Who Christmas offering, “Twice Upon a Time” is the holiday season swan song from writer/producer Steven Moffat, as well as departing current Doctor, Peter Capaldi. It’s not quite as frantic as other Doctor Who Christmas specials; with the series’ annual holiday angle worked in less gaudily than in some previous installments….
Retro-futures: reimagining the future from the past up…
Having recently been awed by the superior sequel “Blade Runner 2049” I was intrigued that the future depicted in the film’s 2049 was not a future based from our current 2017. BR2049 shows a 2049 projected from the 2019 we saw in the original “Blade Runner” of 1982. A future complete with ads from now defunct…
The (new) Doctor will see you now…
Once again, we Whovians are faced with that time of bittersweet anticipation/excitement as one Doctor exits, and another enters. The announcement was made this morning that the 13th incarnation of the beloved Doctor (or 14th, if you count the late John Hurt’s War Doctor) will be…. …. “Broadchurch”’s Jodie Whittaker! Well done, powers-that-be of…
A timey-wimey weekend at L.A’s “Gallifrey One”; a Doctor Who extravaganza.
This past weekend, Feb. 18th and 19th 2017, marked the 4th time my wife and I attended Los Angeles’ annual Doctor Who love fest known as “Gallifrey One” (Gallifrey being the name of the Time Lord Doctor’s home world), and the 28th year of the convention itself. And we wouldn’t have made it this year…
To Sir John Hurt, with love…
Famed, Oscar-nominated British actor Sir John Hurt passed away only last week (just a few days after his 77th birthday). He was one of my favorite character actors over the last few decades, and he became a favorite of mine almost without me realizing it, by stealthily disappearing into each new role. I won’t go…
Personal favorites of 2016
As 2016 draws to a close (thank goodness! It’s been a brutal and ugly year…), I decided to take stock of the entertainment I’ve enjoyed over the year. I’ve made two lists, for movies and for television, here goes… FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2016: 1. The Arrival. This year’s “The Martian”/”Interstellar”; smart science fiction movie…
Happy Life Day! The holiday season in fandom…
I’m of a certain generation (Gen Xers) who remember the Charlie Brown “Peanuts” holiday specials (with the Christmas and “Great Pumpkin” specials being standouts), and the stop-motion Rankin-Bass produced Christmas specials such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”, “Little Drummer Boy” and others. These were fond childhood memories of TV…
Lost geek treasures found
Today’s entry is about two of my favorite scifi series; Doctor Who and Star Trek, and how I’ve recently had the delight of seeing rare treasures from each. These lost pieces of the two franchises were thought to be long gone, but thanks to dedicated efforts from professionals, fans and BBC/CBS studios, what was once…