posts from Tom Baker

Top Gear Doctor Who

by July 15th, 2011 - Culture » Film and TV »

Steven Moffat and Matt Smith have done a relatively bang up job since taking over Doctor Who last season. There have been hiccups, of course. Moffat followed up the stunningly good The Eleventh Hour with one of the worst episodes ever, The Beast Below. And as this very much miss-and-hit season has sludged into a […]

Last Second Thoughts on Who

by January 3rd, 2009 - Culture » Film and TV »

This…and another unfortunate thing to go unmentioned…I suffer because I went into work yesterday. Yes, it seems it was announced yesterday that it will be announced today what actor or actress is taking over the helm of Doctor Who as the 11th Doctor. All of this and a bit more on a holiday afterbirth special […]

The 10 Doctors – A Doctor Who Halloween

by October 17th, 2008 - Culture » Film and TV » Creative » Writing »

Each year, a rather fantastic parade of wonderfully imagined costumes and impossibly constructed floats and contraptions helps celebrate Halloween in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Or so I am told. I can’t remember actually ever going. Regardless, this year there is a savage plan. I had thought of other personas to go as in the […]

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