Doctor Who

Doctor Who probably wouldn’t have lasted a year on the BBC, much less 44 years, without its first producer Verity Lambert. Lambert, who greenlit the first Dalek story over her bosses’ objections, died today, on the show’s 44th anniversary. As a fledgling producer, she had to fight for every bit of resources and support from…

Torchwood Is Like Mad Men, Only With Sex Monsters

Raunchy Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood is a guilty pleasure, featuring glam-rock cyborgs, small-town mass murder and giant monsters from outside of time. The good news is you won’t have to watch any Doctor Who to understand what’s going on. Torchwood is edgy, saucy fare that belongs on premium cable. Sort of like Mad Men with…

Proving that the UK recognizes the lure of a tall man in a good suit, the third season of Doctor Who has won the British Writers’ Guild Award for Best TV Series, beating out another time travel show, Life On Mars, which starred John Simms… who also played the Master in the third season of…

The Best and Worst Time Travel TV Shows

The first time travel tale to ever appear on television was in 1959 on The Twilight Zone, and since then there have been scads of time-tripping adventures available to viewers, some good and some bad. Here’s a list of some of the best and worst chronoscopic escapades that television has to offer. The Good: The…

Doctor Who Hits The Nostalgia Crack Pipe

The new Doctor Who BBC series has a lot of fans who never watched the original. So why do the producers insist on hauling out more and more Thatcher-era crap? It’s like they’re trying to drain the freshness out of the show. The latest instance is the return of 1980s doctor Peter Davison in a…

Science Fiction Farts of Death

Fart danger is everywhere recent science fiction. First there was Greg Bear’s novel Vitals, in which an evil Soviet conspiracy leads to targeted biological mind-control attacks. How do you know somebody has been taken over by mind-controlling bacteria? They start farting. Doctor Who took this idea a step further. In “Boom Town,” which aired during…

Crazed Telekinetic Attacks Basketball In Latest Sarah Jane

Telekinesis is like rough sex, judging from the latest episode of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures . Or maybe it’s more like angry masturbation — with a basketball. In any case, it’s awesome to see Sarah Jane burrowing into yet another sinister science organization — without any kids following her around for once.…

Kansas Towns Slaughter Each Other In Nuclear Fallout This Spring

The apocalypse came to a small town, and nobody noticed. But that could change this spring. CBS’ nuclear apocalypse drama Jericho barely escaped out-and-out cancellation thanks to a mail-in campaign involving bags of nuts. And this spring, it may be the only game in town, thanks to the writers’ strike. Jericho season one started off…

The Savior in Science Fiction Films

There have been a recent rash of websites posting about the Christ-like similarities that some of the major figures in science fiction films exhibit. Everyone from Paul Atreides in Dune, to Neo in The Matrix, to Spock in Star Trek, and even Doctor Who seem to have the same messianic properties, but is it case…

New Doctor Who Star Could Be His Own Worst Enemy

Could the Master be the new Doctor? That’s what one newspaper is claiming. John Simm, who danced rings around David Tennant as the psycho arch-villain, is the “hot favorite” to play the Doctor when Tennant leaves. But it’s unclear how the show could get around the fact that we saw Simm’s body being cremated: If…

Doctor Who Dalek Sec Hybrid Voice Changer Mask is Deliciously Disgusting

So, it’s official, we’re bored by Star Wars gear (yeah yeah, hate mail to [email protected].) Chen is championing Star Trek (yaaaaaaawn) and with there being a lack of BG stuff — you know what I mean: Commander Adama dolls with realistic commando-parts; Cylon toasters, Starbuck frack-wear; Gaius science kits; Raider croissants; Number Six Real Dolls…

Must See: Doctor Who

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Doctor Who Date: 1963-1989 Vitals: A man of a half-dozen (or so) faces travels through time and space in a police phone booth, fighting cyborg…

Sonic Screwdriver: What Doctor Who Writes His Shopping List with

Doctor Who fans for whom the Tardis USB hub was not enough can satiate their lust for all things Timelord with this sonic screwdriver. It’s actually a screwdriver-free zone, with a pen at one end and a UV light at the other. https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-tardis-usb-hub-232701 So, while you may not be able to take a Cyberman to…

Man Combines Doctor Who Obsession With Gaming Obsession to Become World’s Ultimate Nerd

This is what you get when you combine a MAME arcade cabinet with a home made TARDIS replica box. Sad, yet impressive, all at the same time. How do we know it was a man? Do you know any women who would make something like this? Q.E.D. Building a MAME console inside a TARDIS [Asciimation…

Doctor Who Tardis USB Hub

Unfortunately we’re neither British nor Doctor Who fans, so this USB Tardis Hub doesn’t really excite us as much as, say, a USB Battlestar Galactica hub or a USB Jack Bauer hub. But we’re sure some of our readers love the good Doctor and would love to plug in their gadgets to his four-port Tardis.…

Graffiti And Stencil Art Will! Be! Ex! Terminated!

It’s no wonder the Daleks rule the street art and graffiti world — they have sleek awesome lines, and one of the most famous street artists in the world is called Dalek (the creator of those awesome space monkeys.) Plus, the Daleks, from England’s Doctor Who, are just so kick-ass. They look cool whether they’re…