In approximately 24’ish hours, the first episode of Series 9 of will air. I. Can’t. Wait. I am having a hard time being patient, not only because, well new Doctor Who!, but also because I was so happy and satisfied with where and how we left the Doctor and Clara at the end of Last […]
Read more "The Doctor and Clara, In The TARDIS"Finding something to love, purely, completely, unabashedly, a thing that just makes you smile for no reason at all other than it exists…and then giving yourself permission to love it….and the loving it…this changes us. It settles us. It counteracts the obsessive, frantic, guilt/shame/desperation inducing energy of modern life.
Read more "Go Ahead…Squee. It’s Good For You"I am approaching the half-way point (Meglos….wow.) in my “Watching Doctor Who all the way through, from the beginning, in order” Project (which I am now officially designating The 1963 Project). As the 50% milestone looms, I’ve noticed that my perspective of the show is changing…significantly.
Read more "Coffee and Continuity"I am writing a Shout-Out post to Verity! podcast to thank them for the “whovucation” they have given me over the last year. While this post is, frankly, about fangirling fangirls, it is also about the freedom to love what I love, and the role Verity! played in finding it.
Read more "Free to Squee, Thanks Verity!"Last Christmas tied up the major Series 8 arcs (aka relationship dramas) beautifully. The use of the very psychological dream within a dream trop (technically called false awakening) resolved the story-lines quite cleverly and effectively. Ya da, ya da, ya da….
Read more "At Last! Last Christmas"In honor of today’s 51st anniversary of Doctor Who, and the 1st anniversary of last year’s golden anniversary, I have re-watched An Adventure in Time and Space. I’m left feeling grateful for the amazing legacy of Doctor Who.
Read more "Grateful for 51 Years"It has taken me a really long time to get this post out. I am pretty sure at have been in denial about the end of the season and finally writing this post…. Yet, there are decades of Classic Who to watch, and 8 years New Who to re-watch, and Christmas is a mere 6 […]
Read more "Dark Heaven: A Mash-up"*MAJOR SPOILING SPOILERS follows. Don’t read if you haven’t seen Dark Water*
Read more "A Great Love Story: Dark Water"* Please note-hypothesized spoilers at the end of this post. Most likely, they are completely wrong. But, I think the guessing is fun. So, don’t read the last paragraph if you are concerned about incorrect spoilers.* I thought this was a sweet episode. I adored the further character development of Danny and actually felt a […]
Read more "The Doctor, the Child, and the Companion"Despite the LOL moments of this episode, of which there are many, we are treated to a darker side of Clara. As she becomes more Doctorish, is she losing her humanity?
Read more "DUIT (Driving Under the Influence of TARDIS)"
Doctor Who: On The Couch 