The Nebulas Are Not About Elitism, But About Giving a Platform to Good Sci-fi Stories
Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 shows that contemporary literary sci-fi is in rude health.
Craig Owen Jones
PJ Harvey and the Inherent Ambiguities of Music Video as a Genre
One of Abigail Gardner's PJ Harvey and Music Video Performance main strengths is its impressive command of the scholarly literature.
Doctor Who’s Famous Sonic Screwdriver
For those interested in how to construct an on-screen universe, there is no better place to start than with Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds.
An Impressive Look at the Evolution of the British TV Documentary
Most of the films in Visions of Change: Volume 1 - BBC 1951-1967 consists of writerly texts that challenge viewers to conceive of their meaning in new and unexpected ways.
Doctor Who Christmas Special: “The Husbands of River Song”
Doctor Who's surprising jaunty Christmas special scores points merely by dint of being watchable without resort to the saccharine or the mawkish, and whets the appetite for series 10.
Justin Richards Delivers a Mixed Bag in Doctor Who: The Time Lord Letters
This is a thick and glossy volume featuring the Doctor's correspondence across time and space.
Doctor Who: Series 9 Episode 12 – “Hell Bent”
Why couldn’t the Doctor’s recently deceased companion do the right thing, and stay dead?
Doctor Who: Series 9, Episode 11 – “Heaven Sent”
It would be asking a lot of any actor to carry almost an hour of prime-time television on their own, but not Peter Capaldi.
Doctor Who: Series 9 Episode 10 – “Face the Raven”
Trap streets and teleport bracelets abound in this week's stand-out installment, with writer Sarah Dollard delivering the first masterpiece of the Capaldi era.
Doctor Who: Series 9, Episode 9 – “Sleep No More”
Horror-lite or mad scientist thriller? "Sleep No More" straddles genres like a jockey riding two horses at once.
Doctor Who: Series 9, Episode 8 – “The Zygon Inversion”
In an episode big on dramatic revelations, the biggest was Jenna Coleman’s extraordinary performance as Clara Oswald.
Doctor Who: Series 9, Episode 7 – “The Zygon Invasion”
The Doctor's moral compass, among other things, goes haywire in this curious episode.