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Torchwood

The World Doesn't End Because the Doctor Dances

John Barrowman Joins Others In Not Being Devastated By Matt Smith Leaving Doctor Who

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:06 pm, June 8th, 2013

Lots of folks didn’t mind admitting they weren’t really all that bothered by the announcement of actor Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who. It seems we can now add Arrow actor, and Who-favorite, John Barrowman to that list. 

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Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff

John Barrowman Reveals He’s Finally Been Asked To Participate In The Doctor Who Anniversary, Then Gets Yelled At For It

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:55 pm, March 2nd, 2013

The last we heard from Torchwood star John Barrowman, he said he was “leaving room” in his schedule for Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebrations but that no one had reached out to him yet. Thankfully, we can report that’s changed. However! The folks who asked him may not be too happy he spilled the beans.

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meh

BBC Writer Explains How Torchwood Lost It With Miracle Day

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:33 pm, February 19th, 2013

Your mileage may vary but I really hated Torchwood: Miracle Day. It took what was once a really unique sci-fi show with interesting characters and turned it into a bland U.S. extension with awful character development. If you found yourself thinking the same, you’re not alone. Doctor Who and Torchwood writer Chris Chibnall thinks he knows why it didn’t work.

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Do Try This At Home

Cross Stitch Your Heart Out With These Fandom Sprites

by Susana Polo | 10:14 am, February 5th, 2013

Has there ever been a more harmonious conflation of style and medium than the pixelated aesthetic popularized by early computer graphics and the comparatively ancient craft of cross-stitched embroidery? Perhaps the triple conflation of cross stitched sprites for popular cultural touchstones whether or not they’re related to video games. XStitchMyHeart has a great wealth of patterns for the cross stitchy nerd, or anyone who knows one.

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Great Hera!

Being Human Actress Up For Wonder Woman Role In CW’s Amazon

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:44 am, January 16th, 2013

Late last year we learned The CW was starting to look for an actress to take on the iconic Wonder Woman show for their series Amazon. We finally have at least one name to throw out there and it’s someone genre fans may be familiar with. Being Human UK’s Amy Manson. 

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Why Not Do It With Some Style?

Protect the World In Comfort and Style with This Captain Jack Harkness Bathrobe

by Rebecca Pahle | 11:25 am, December 20th, 2012

Even if I’d never seen an episode of Doctor Who in my life, I’d still want to wear this. Those are some right snazzy buttons.

(via: FashionablyGeek)

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: President Lincoln Riding A Velociraptor

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:30 pm, November 11th, 2012

Sequel to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter? No, awesome photo series from Andrew Becraft. See which other “great leaders” he sat atop “terrible lizards” on The Brothers Brick. (via io9) 

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Power Grid

Momtagonists: 7 Moms Who Get to Be The Hero

by The Mary Sue Staff | 12:32 pm, May 9th, 2012

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, and while we’ve covered horrible moms and great moms, we thought we’d spend this week talking about moms who get to be the heroes. This list focuses on mothers who are also leading protagonists, not just supporting characters to others with bigger roles. Geekdom is full of secondary parental figures, usually there to advise, get killed for dramatic effect, or to rebel against. These moms, however, are front and center and waving their mom flags high, and even if they might not be the only protagonist in their story, their character development is just as much a part of the whole as the other characters.

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Power Grid

The 10 Most Successful Failures in Geekdom

by The Mary Sue Staff | 12:34 pm, March 14th, 2012

There’s a concept on TV Tropes called Fridge Logic, which is what you call it when something totally makes sense at the time you were reading or watching it, but at some point after the viewing, maybe while you were idly staring into the fridge thinking of not much in particular, you realized that there was something fundamentally wrong with it. Sometimes it’s a plot hole, but sometimes it’s more subtle.

See, all the characters seemed super excited that they’d saved the day, and, carried away by acting and a strong orchestral score, you felt pretty good about it, too.

At least you did until now. Now you can’t remember why it seemed like they’d accomplished much of anything by defeating the bad guys…

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Treebeard – Year One

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:01 pm, January 20th, 2012

This fake Lord of the Rings comic mockup by Andy Hunter is both clever and amusing. We approve. (via Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Cool) Full-steam ahead for everything else we saw today! 

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