Doctor Who

Barrowman in shock "I'd like nice thing to happen to me" admission

John Barrowman, miffed to have his Captain Jack character left out of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, now thinks it would be a splendid idea if Jack and Alex Kingston's River Song had their own show. "I can see John's point," observed one Who fan. "As a sentient creature capable of basic deductive reasoning, I am also in favour of things happening to me that are fun and/or in my long-term financial interests. While this microphone's in front of me, does anyone else reckon it would be a great idea if I were given a year's paid leave from work, ate fudge for breakfast every day and had free access to a string of high-class east European call-girls?"

Doctor Who carries woman through lots of tin cans on fire

No, I haven't seen Doctor Who since the first Eccleston one. No, I haven't got a clue what any of it means or who any of the people or creatures are. But could I really call myself a serious TV journalist if I didn't stumble through an analysis of the new trailer to the embarrassment of all concerned?

DVD weekly: Christmas and conspiracies

Here's your weekly round-up of TV DVDs. Should we start calling them TVDs for short? No, that would make us assclowns.

Top 20 TV shows of 2011

You like lists, right? Especially ones that tell you what to think? Step inside, reader: here's the best TV shows of the year, determined by people vaguely qualified to do so.

DVD weekly: doctors, vicars and simpletons

"What if God was one of us?" asked Joan Osborne. Well, he'd probably want to know what DVDs were out this week, because it's coming up to Christmas and his son's getting to that age where he's a bit too old for toys and starting to take an interest in more grown-up pursuits, like DVD boxset marathons and judging the wicked. Newsflash for you, big guy: I wouldn't splash out on an Easter egg for him.

New Doctor Who trailer – but who IS the Impossible Astronaut?

A new trailer for part 2 of the new series of Doctor Who has been released, and it outwardly mocks those who haven't worked out how it's all going to end. Bastards.

Late obit for Zippy, George and Dalek

The death of voice actor Roy Skelton has rendered Rainbow’s Zippy and George, as well as a few Daleks, literally speechless. Oh what? What?

Trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day

Doctor Who's darker, seedier step-sibling is back, and this time it's all yankified. How do I know? Because a helicopter gets hit by a rocket launcher, that's how.

Tackling the unanswered questions in Doctor Who

WARNING: contains some real, but mostly pretend, spoilers written by someone with ill-informed opinions and no knowledge of anything related to Doctor Who prior to Christopher Eccleston. Welcome to Nerd-bait.

This week, new Who and Frost lost

Hello there Shizniteers. You're probably wondering what I'm doing here and what this new post is all about. Why, you're asking, am I reading a blog that's not about films, or film-related news? On top of that shocker, this lunatic appears to be talking in the fourth person and about TV. What in the name of Edgar Wright is going on?