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Honest Sci-Fi Honors Life
[caption id="attachment_12220" align="alignright" width="270"] He’s still ashamed of that one story’s moment.[/caption] You may have read or seen more sci-fi stories than I have. But save for one...
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The 12th Doctor: Costume Revealed
The Guardian says this is Doctor Who fans' first look at an official publicity still that shows The Twelfth Doctor as he will appear in Series 8. This time the Doctor will be clad in a a dark blue...
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‘Power Of The Daleks’ Regenerates Classic ‘Doctor Who’
Last Christmas, "The Time of the Doctor" marked the end of Matt Smith’s reign as the Eleventh Doctor in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. This fall, the BBC will kick off a new...
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Confessions Of A Spec-Fic Convert
(Or: Three simple ways to convert your non-geek friends.) We all know The Look. Classic symptoms include a glazed stare, a confused expression, rapid eye movement to seek out available escape routes...
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New ‘Doctor Who’ Series 8 Teaser
The BBC very nicely helps celebrate yesterday's American holiday with this new Doctor Who teaser. It features the 12th Doctor at least in silhouette — again — along with a familiar villainous voice...
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Female Thor: Another Marvel Comics Gimmick
[caption id="attachment_17893" align="alignnone" width="570"] “Thou mortals surely jest.”[/caption] So, the Internet is all abuzz about the announcement by Marvel that there's going to be a female...
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On CAPC: Doctor Who’s Doctrine: The Doctor Of Philosophy
At Christ and Pop Culture today I'm exploring "Doctor Who" series 8, in which the Twelfth Doctor goes meta about his own story. Late in August, I put the new Doctor Who on the strictest probation. One...
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On CAPC: Heroes Can Be Idiots Because Love Is A Promise
[caption id="attachment_18955" align="alignnone" width="700"] “Love — it’s not an emotion. Love is a promise.”[/caption] Some fans are still grumbling, as is their wont. But I loved "Doctor Who"...
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Does The Universe Care About Your Love Life?
In a recent episode of the Flash, Joe West was talking to Barry Allen about his being in love with Joe’s daughter Iris. Joe offered the following words of comfort, "Sometimes the universe has a way of...
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The Faces Of Evil
In reality, depraved humans hide or destroy their faces while trying to steal and destroy the faces of the innocent. But often we act like we don’t believe this. Either we cannot believe such a horror...
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