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SciFi Weekend: Steven Moffat Leaving Doctor Who; Jessica Jones; Legends of...
Steven Moffat is stepping down as show runner of Doctor Who after the upcoming tenth season (since the show’s revival) and Chris Chinball, best known for Broadchurch, will be taking over. Chinball is...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who–The Return Of Doctor Mysterio; Carrie Fisher; Will...
A Doctor Who Christmas Special is different from a regular episode. While there have been some exceptions, generally they are lighter and disconnected from the story lines of a particular season,...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who, Pilot & Smile; Broadchurch Series Finale; The...
It was a huge week with several shows returning or ending for the season. Scheduling forced me to break from the usual pattern of reviewing the week’s episode of Doctor Who last week, so I will look...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who, Thin Ice; The Handmaid’s Tale; Catastrophe;...
Thin Ice had the most complete story so far this season, but the highlight of the episode remained the relationship between Bill and The Doctor. The episode dealt serious matters including racism and...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who, Extremis; Agents of SHIELD Season Finale; Legends...
Extremis was the best episode of Doctor Who so far this season, and it is just the first part of a three part story. There was a lot of misdirection in the episode, which is part of what made it so...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who, World Enough and Time; Carrie Coon In Ambiguous...
World Enough and Time was an excellent way to move into the season finale of Doctor Who, and a near final chance for Steven Moffat to go meta. The episode began with a scene of the Doctor...
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SciFi Weekend: Jodie Whittaker Cast As The 13th Doctor; Game of Thrones...
After fifty-four years there will be a female lead on Doctor Who. Jodie Whittaker shows that glass ceilings can be broken, especially when you have the right woman. News came out earlier in the week...
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SciFi Weekend: Twin Peaks Finale; Star Trek Discovery Tackles The Trump Era;...
As Damon Lindelof said during the Twin Peaks panel at Comic-Con, “Without Twin Peaks, there would be no Sopranos, no X-Files, no True Detective, no Fargo, no Lost…” continuing to list the shows which...
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SciFi Weekend: Star Trek Discovery; The Orville; Doctor Who
Overall I was very impressed with the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. While there are some aspects I question, overall it did feel like Star Trek, both modernized by the improved special effect...
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SciFi Weekend: Star Trek Discovery Does Groundhog Day; Holodeck Technology On...
Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad was the Groundhog Day episode of Star Trek: Discovery, along with featuring the return of Harry Mudd. This has become a common theme in science fiction, including...
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SciFi Weekend: Twice Upon A Time; Black Mirror Does Star Trek (And More) With...
Twice Upon A Time was the final episode of Doctor Who for both Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat. The episode has far more references to previous episodes than I’d attempt to list and makes it clear...
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SciFi Weekend: Pike and Spock on Discovery; Why The Enterprise Looks...
Anson Mount has been cast to play Captain Christopher Pike on Star Trek: Discovery. We don’t know much of the Enterprise will be seen on Discovery next season, but did get some clues from Jonathan...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who; Star Trek Shorts; Timeless Movie; Handmaid’s Tale;...
Doctor Who returns on October 7, and another trailer (video above) has been released. We will have a new Doctor and new companions. However, the new showrunner, Chris Chibnall, says we will not see...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who, Rosa Review And Spoiler-Free Comments On...
I will avoid spoilers for today’s episode of Doctor Who, Arachnids In The UK, as it has not yet been seen by those in the United States who wait to view it legally. The episode, like many episodes of...
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SciFi Weekend: Doctor Who Final Two Episodes Of 2018; Star Trek Shows Saru’s...
It Takes You Away provided three stories in one episode of Doctor Who. Unfortunately this meant that none of them were fully developed. The episode started out looking like a “cabin in the woods”...
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