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Doctor Who: Four Knocks, And 10 Becomes 11

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And now, this:

The tearjerker point of “The End of Time” for me was Rose telling him it was time for him to go—before she ever met him! Allons-y, indeed! Yes, the two-parter suffered from the usual Russell T. Davies over-the-topness. Really, the whole story was just filling time for the last 20 minutes. And what a 20 minutes it was! Saying goodbye to characters I have known for five years now was/is/will not be easy. Yes, in years to come there will be dozens of novels, audio stories, etc., but it won’t be the same.

I can’t put into words how much I will miss David Tennant in this role. I’m glad he left, though; he will be a big Hollywood star soon, and he has to get out of the TARDIS to do that.

I will watch Matt Smith one day, but not today and not tomorrow. I will miss my soon-to-be cancelled subscription to Doctor Who Magazine. I will miss Rose, Martha, Donna (easily the best companion of the new series, and possibly one of the best ever) et. al. I will miss buying all of those Doctor Who comics starrting Ten(nant). And I will miss spending those weekends sneaking onto youtube to illegally watch my alltime favorite show of the last decade. No, Doctor and Donna, “I didn’t want to go,” either. *SNIFF* 😦

A Note On (Online) Book Reviewing

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The bruhaha about online book reviewing, etc. made me think about stating my policy here. And so:

I take the MSM line all the way. Which is:

I’m a journalist who likes to review books. I’ve done so for a national newspaper wire service, national magazines and online (including this blog. ) Because of that, I’m on publishers’ journalistic reviewer lists. That means I get free books from them. Sometimes I review them, sometimes I don’t. If I get a postcard announcing a book and want to review it, I contact the publisher and do a review.

I say what I want to say, and then I file the book away or give it to someone. And that’s all *I* wrote. 🙂

The Mouse In Charge Of The House (Of Ideas)

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Okay, now that I’m over the shock, I can say that it won’t be too bad. Disney gets some hit movies for tween boys, while Marvel gets access to a broadcast television network and a major motion picture studio. The House That Stan and Jack and Steve Built will now be a major player. Okay, I’m over it now. Here’s some more details.

SEPTEMBER 10th UPDATE: And here’s Time Warner/DC’s response.