This week has been an emotional gut punch for all of us who love and cherish our young people, and want the best for them. This week saw the suicide of a gentle, talented young violinist who was pushed to the edge by two bullies in his dorm. Last month took with it the lives of 3 other gay children, ranging in age from 13 to 15 because the bullying ( Read more... )

Starz has been releasing some information about the upcoming Torchwood that could, in kindness, be only called "breathless", although over the top, implausible and ludicrous also comes to mind. The very latest is the summary of the plot of this proposed masterpiece, and it includes this line:

"As a chain of events across the world links together ( Read more... )

I just spent a couple of enlightening minutes over on the Great Big Dr Who Forums, reading the Torchwood thread, and this is what I learned: Russell T Davies can do no wrong, Russell T Davies LOVES to wind the fans up, Russell T Davies was right to be snotty to AfterElton's Michael Jensen over the way he reported on CoE;  AfterElton is not a worthy ( Read more... )

My 'Spock Senses Bullshit' icon is getting a workout these past few weeks, now that Russell T Davies has begun giving interviews. It reminds me of the glory days after Deathly Hallows was published, when JK Rowlings gave soundbite interviews, refuting the facts of her own stories, and then making the incredible announcement, after the fact, that ( Read more... )

So here's something interesting - a sort of heads up to the direction Torchwood: The New World is heading, and a sort of backdoor insight into why Ianto 'had to die'. Three remarks from Russell T Davies at yesterday's TCA, taken from the tweets of Michael Jensen, who represented AfterElton at the Starz Torchwood/Spartacus/Camelot  panel conference ( Read more... )

Today will be one of those days I will remember for where I was when I heard the news. As a matter of fact, I was glancing at my Twitter feed when the momentous decision overturning Prop 8 was announced. This is the beauty of Twitter - instantaneous news feeds, and in an instant the world learned that a great injustice had been overturned, at least ( Read more... )

Love her or loathe her, but never say for one minute that River Song is uninteresting. Of all the women surrounding the Doctor, she is the one most qualified by experience and age to be more than a companion, to be his partner, in fact. But that still doesn't mean her character is cut and dry, because maddeningly reminiscent of real life, River ( Read more... )

At the core of River Song is a mystery;  the sum total of those things we know, or think we know about her adds up to very little, and there are questions, lots of questions, par for the course in a Moffat production, where there are bound to be twisty turny surprises.

I think we're headed for a huge one in series 6 . ( Read more... )

"Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea
Goodbye my love, Maybe for forever
Goodbye my love, The tide waits for me..." _ Alan Parsons Project 'Time ( Read more... )

Far from day, far from night ( Read more... )