Skeptophilia

A couple of nights ago, my wife and I watched the latest episode in the current series of Doctor Who , "Dot and Bubble."  [ Nota b...

Two nights ago, I watched "The Star Beast," the first of three sixtieth anniversary specials of my favorite show, Doctor Who .  As...

In the classic Doctor Who  episode "The Horror of Fang Rock," the Fourth Doctor and his companion Leela investigate a malfunctioni...

Well, I once again broke the Cardinal Rule of the Internet, namely: don't argue online with strangers. This time, the source of the argu...

I learned a new term yesterday: parasocial relationship. It means "a strong, one-sided social bond with a fictional character or celebr...

I was asked an interesting question yesterday, that I thought would make a great topic for this week's Fiction Friday: does a good story...

This past weekend, I got into two apparently unrelated conversations with online acquaintances that at their basis amount to the same thing....

As silly as it can get sometimes, I am a dedicated Doctor Who  fanatic.  I'm late to the game -- I only watched my first-ever episode of...