Doctor Who: A hero in the darkness

As I mentioned recently, my daughters and I are currently watching (or re-watching, in my case) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They enjoy Star Trek, but since their exposure is limited mostly to Star Trek Voyager (which the loved) and Star Trek Picard (which they less then loved), when we hit season two’s Crossover, it was their first real introduction to the Mirror Universe.

(Daily Doctor Who #162)

Star Trek Deep Space 9: Equilibrium – Some Casual Thoughts

My daughters and I are making our way through Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (having finished Voyager a little while ago) and are early in the third season now, having just watched the episode Equilibrium, an episode which focuses on Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell), a Trill officer on board the space station.

(Daily Doctor Who #152)

Weekly Geeky Question #49: Disappointing Story Payoffs

Well, it’s Weekly Geeky Question time, and we’re up to Week #49–with the end of 2018 approaching more rapidly than any of us are prepared to deal with.   My Friend Rod is back with another question, and this time it’s about one of my favorite things, which is story structure.  What Rod wants to know is,,,

What are some of the most disappointing story payoff’s that I have ever seen?

Favorite Fictional Heroes Countdown–Part 7 (#40-31)

And the countdown to my favorite fictional hero continues.  In today’s post, we have 10 characters who are all male.  Oh dear.  Amongst them, are four Americans, three Englishmen, two aliens and one Frenchman!

Read previous posts here:
• Part 1 (102-91) and rationale for the lists
• Part 2 (90-81)
• Part 3 (80-71)
• Part 4 (70-61)
• Part 5 (60-51)
• Park 6 (50-41)

Weekly Geeky Question #16: Best Starfleet Uniforms

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #16, and this week’s question is really just a continuation of last week’s:

What is my countdown of the worst-to-best Starfleet uniforms in the history of Star Trek?

Weekly Geeky Question #13: All-Star Enterprise Crew

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #13, and this week’s questions is…

Who is on my All-Star Enterprise crew?

Weekly Geeky Question #2 – Star Trek Captains

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #2, and this week’s questions is…

Who is the best Star Trek captain?

Ten Great Time Travel Stories

I’d like to call this the 10 best time travel stories, but come on, can I really make such an identification?  How do I tell the difference between a great “time travel story” and a great story that just happens to include time travel?   Does every good episode of Doctor Who or the Legion of Super-Heroes count just because the Doctor gets to the adventure in the Tardis or Superboy by breaking the time barrier?  And what about all those time travel stories that I have never seen or read?  What, indeed, about all those time travel stories that I have read, but simply cannot remember?

Very Small Lists that are Still Surprisingly Big: Rosalind Chao

Characters played by actress Rosalind Chao who were introduced as a love interest to a regular or recurring character in one series, who then went on to appear more prominently in a spin-off that original series:

Very Small Lists that are still Suprisingly Big: Science Fiction Spin-Offs

Science Fiction TV Spin-Offs that added a major character from their parent series into the cast in the fourth season: