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).
My fellow sci-fi Christians likely don’t need me to tell you that Star Trek conventions aren’t the first place most people would look for education and inspiration around serious social issues. You also likely don’t…
Director J.J. Abrams’ second trek to the final frontier is dividing fans… including Mike Poteet. Star Trek Into Darkness is an exciting, suspenseful, action-packed film with outstanding special effects, engaging characters, healthy doses of humor…
Ironically, the first Washington Irving story that the recently released preview of Fox’s upcoming Sleepy Hollow series made me think of wasn’t “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” but “Rip Van Winkle”–with liberal dashes of The X-Files…
“The Crimson Horror!” exults the Doctor at one point in the (brilliantly conceived and executed) flashback portion of last week’s adventure. “That’s a good name!” Not only is it a good name, it’s a good…
“Secrets protect us,” the Doctor insists to Clara in this episode. “Secrets keep us safe.” I don’t think this maxim always applies in real life, but scripter Steve Thompson and showrunner Steven Moffat should have…
I don’t count either of Neil Cross’ Doctor Who scripts among my favorites, but they make me think! In his “Who Review” of Cross’ first episode, “The Rings of Akhaten,” Ben Avery took issue with…
So, the first official clip from Star Trek Into Darkness beamed down today. Apparently it is not (yet) embeddable, but you can watch it here: http://youtu.be/Ffwt0IKk51M Given that this sequence is excerpted from the preview…
What happens when visitors to two of literature’s most famous fairylands cross paths? And what happens when visitors from those other worlds start crossing over into our own? Writer Ben Avery (from our fellow Christian…
That next month’s Star Trek Into Darkness features acts of terror is not news, of course, but I can’t help watching the scenes of make-believe urban violence showcased in the film’s third (and presumably final)…
Not even the Doctor can make the specter of war too much of a romp. (As ever, “TARDIS Talk” treats everything officially aired through the most recent episode as fair game, so here there be…
