Tagged Doctor Who
Aug 14 2021
How to Make Your Own Circular Gallifreyan Art
Gallifreyan, for those not familiar, is the fictional language used by the Time Lords in the TV show Doctor Who. While I have to admit I’m not the most avid Doctor Who fan, I do like the aesthetics of the written language, and I have many friends who are definitely Whovians (fans of Doctor Who). Translating…
Aug 25 2020
Time Lords Are Uniting in a Multimedia Doctor Who Crossover Story
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, I have been feeling sad over the cancellation of conventions. It’s wholeheartedly the best decision, as crowds aren’t safe right now, but it still leaves me with a sense of loss. To fill this convention void, I have been reading novelizations and…
Oct 13 2019
Dress Up Undercover with These Sneaky Costumes
’Tis the season for costumes and cosplay!
October is my family’s favorite month for putting together new costumes or reworking old ones. Unfortunately for us, the last two years in our school district, we weren’t allowed to wear any costumes to school on Halloween, which was really disappointing…
Mar 07 2019
10 Underrated Black Sci-Fi Characters
I always enjoyed science fiction more when the creators used fantastical settings and unorthodox concepts to make poignant commentary on present-day issues. When the writers and producers play with a literally infinite selection of worlds, technologies, cultures, and so on, audiences are exposed…
Nov 04 2018
Jodie Whittaker Is Off to a Fantastic Start in Doctor Who
It felt like an eternity floating through all that wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff for the 13th Doctor to make her proper premiere. But nearly seven months after regenerating and being blown out of the TARDIS, Jodie Whittaker became “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” starting a brand-new…
Jul 25 2018
The 8 Most Exciting Trailers out of San Diego Comic-Con 2018
Each year, we poor unfortunate souls who can’t afford the exorbitant cost of attending nerdvana, otherwise known as San Diego Comic-Con, wait anxiously for news to drop about our favorite fandoms. Those lucky few . . . thousand . . . in attendance get to enjoy the massive Hall H panels firsthand…
Jul 16 2017
The BBC Reveals Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who’s 13th Doctor
Over the past 54 years, we’ve seen more than a dozen actors helm BBC’s flagship program, Doctor Who. Today, after what seemed like an eternity of men’s tennis at Wimbledon, our newest lead was announced: Jodie Whittaker will be the 13th Doctor and the first woman to take on the role.…
Mar 22 2017
Fire Up the TARDIS for a Trip to Nerdville
Nerdville is not so much a place as it is an experience—and a familiar one, at that. The latest original show from Arts Garden in Hugo, just a 20-minute drive north of St. Paul, is the ultimate crossover between some of sci fi and fantasy’s most classic films and television shows, including Star …
Jan 20 2017
Bingley’s Is the Twin Cities’ Best-Kept Secret for Tea Lovers
There’s an unexpectedly special place hiding in an unassuming gray brick building at the corner of 26th and Stevens in Minneapolis’s Whittier neighborhood. There’s no sign to tell you it’s there, but if you venture up to the second floor on certain afternoons of the week and walk through a door…
Dec 20 2016
Make Your Holidays Bigger on the Inside with a Gingerbread TARDIS
The holidays are well and truly upon us! You probably have a billion things to get done this week, but might I suggest slowing down a little, taking some time, and building a gingerbread TARDIS to deck your halls for the what remains of the Yuletide season?
At its core, a gingerbread TARDIS is actually far…