Michael S. Poteet is a teaching elder (ordained minister) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a freelance writer-researcher and wordsmith. His most recent publication is the youth study guide for Half Truths (Abingdon Press). Follow him on Twitter (@WriterMPoteet).
Talk about timey-wimey! Have almost seven months passed since we watched Matt Smith take his final bow as the Doctor? I remember bemoaning the fact that Peter Capaldi’s tenure in the TARDIS wouldn’t start until…
As a member of the original Star Wars generation, I’ve always associated Peter Cushing, the venerable British stage and screen star, with a single role: Grand Moff Tarkin, the only Imperial authority other than Emperor…
A female Captain Kirk challenges “old assumptions,” within and without of the Star Trek universe. What if Captain Kirk were a woman? I’m not talking about a situation like that in the Original Series’ abysmal…
This classic “Doctor Who” serial is a little short on logic but long on eerie atmosphere and human drama. An enigmatic, powerful force violently interrupts the TARDIS’ flight, stranding it in temporal-spatial limbo and knocking…
(You can read Part 1 of this TARDIS Talk here.) The Beloved Doctor When I first saw and immediately adored “The Eleventh Hour,” it didn’t take me long, being a sci-fi Christian, to start drawing…
I don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I do believe in Steven Moffat. It’s no more rational to think Moffat had already mapped out this year’s Christmas special when he introduced the prophecy about Trenzalore…
Even people who’ve never watched Doctor Who stand a fair chance of recognizing at least one of three iconic elements from the show: the TARDIS, Tom Baker’s scarf, and the villains of the show’s second…
Now that’s a birthday party! Could Doctor Who have been feted with any more spectacle, fun, and affection than it was in “The Day of the Doctor?” I don’t think so. Steven Moffat spun his strongest…
I wouldn’t be surprised if An Adventure in Space and Time prompts some viewers to decide William Hartnell, the first actor to portray the character, is their favorite Doctor. This new docudrama, created as part…
Almost Human is almost interesting. The latest series from über-executive producer J.J. Abrams puts two charismatic leading men—Karl Urban (whose pitch-perfect “Bones” McCoy is widely acclaimed as one of the best parts of Abrams’ Star…
