The Plague is still here 3 people in China have it right now and we know Americans have it. What does this mean? Sigal Samuel reports Space as it turns out may be causing Zero G blood clots. This isn’t … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion This Week’s Topic: Health & Disease.
It’s been a long time coming and here it is. Your intrepid host of Weekly Who is going to give her ranking of all 14 Doctors (just the ones on the tv show. David Warner and Peter Cushing are great … Continue reading Weekly Who #17 Ranks All The Doctors (So Far)
The Doctor who fandom is prolific. There are a lot of fan works being made in the Whoniverse. My aim this week is to highlight some more interesting corners of this wide world. Fan Films: Downtime: An unofficial 1995 sequel … Continue reading Weekly Who #16 Is a Fan Production
An election happened this week and it was a doozy! Here’s a space to talk about its implications and maybe speculate on what this means for 2020 and beyond! Here are some links providing a summary of events: Kentucky’s Republican … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion Runs Down This Week’s Election
Another Week another Longform Thread. Today’s Main Topics Are Brexit delayed (AGAIN!) As Brexit deadline moves once again, many left wondering what comes next: Analysis By Guy Davies on ABC News is a general breakdown of the latest breakdown of the … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion Thread Delays Brexit and makes fake ads on Facebook
It is Halloween Week! This week finishes what last week started as I recount my 5 picks for the scariest pieces of Doctor Who Expanded Universe Content. Readers beware you are in for a scare. (Shoutout to Goosebumps!) Also, I … Continue reading Weekly Who #15 Brings The Scariest Expanded Universe Stories
Halloween is next week. So to celebrate the next two columns will be all listy. This list is my top 5 picks for scariest Doctor Who TV stories. Next week will be the scariest Doctor Who audios from Big Finish … Continue reading Weekly Who #14 is Scary TV
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. On bat, this week is Falling Down, a 1993 action drama directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Ebbe … Continue reading Late To The Party: Falling Down (1993)
As A Heads Up, There is a CW: For Ethnic violence for this week’s thread Here is this week’s forum for long-form political discussion. Today’s Main Topic is Ethnic Cleansing In China and Turkey attacking the Kurds after … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion: Syria and China
What do The Beatles and Daleks have in common (besides both popping up in the serial The Chase?) In the 60s they both had massive waves of popularity given the -mania suffix. The Daleks created by Terry Nation were originally … Continue reading Weekly Who #13 is suffering from Dalekmania
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. Today’s Main Topic is Workplace Discrimination. Here is a piece by Anna North on Vox about how the supreme court case about whether sexual discrimiation laws apply to trans people will … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion: This Week’s Topic, Workplace Discrimination
If you or someone you know is interested in getting into the long-running and massive franchise known as Doctor Who it can be a little daunting. Have no fear though as your intrepid guide (me!) is creating a handy list … Continue reading Weekly Who #12 is For Beginners
I have been noticing a lack of participation in the Longform Political Discussion space for the last several weeks. So I want to know how this space can better serve the fine users of the Avocado. Here are some questions … Continue reading The Longform Discussion Thread Needs Your Feedback Please!
It is the first day of Halloween! To celebrate I want to run down a list of my favorite underrated monsters and foes from Doctor Who’s 50+ year history! This list is unranked. Ice Warriors: Probably the least underrated on … Continue reading Weekly Who #11 is Monstrous
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion
During the wild era for Doctor Who known as The Wilderness Years The BBC and other rights holders were looking for a way to bring the show back and bring it back in a way that would appeal to Canadian … Continue reading Weekly Who Number 10 Is Brought To You By Nelvana
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion
Shipping or Relastionshipping is the fandom act of wishing two (or more!) Characters are in a (usually) romantic relationship with each other. The practice was invented depending on the source either by Sherlock Holmes fans wishing to see Watson just … Continue reading Weekly Who #9 Ships Anywhere and Anywhen
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Debate Day Special
Series 12 is coming to the airwaves next year and filming is underway. So in honor of that (and because your intrepid guide couldn’t think of a topic.) I will provide some speculation (baselessness will vary) as to the contents … Continue reading Weekly Who #8 Is Speculative
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion
