So as posted earlier, Rich Johnston reveals that Martha Jones will be returning to Doctor Who next season. However, according to The Mirror Martha will no longer be the Doctor's full-time companion. A brand new cast member will be brought on, but Martha will still continue to make appearances.

But the new arrival prompts Martha, played by Freema Agyeman, to take a bit of a back-seat. She is expected to flit in and out of the show, also popping up in spin-off series Torchwood.

Also:

Freema will definitely not be appearing in the Christmas special, which starts filming next week - Kylie Minogue will be helping out the Doctor instead.

*KYLIE MINOGUE + DOCTOR WHO*

Wow. I think I may have to slit my wrists after watching the Christmas Special, because I doubt my life is going to get any better than that. Still, I'd like to see more of Martha's development in season 4, and see who the next full-time companion will be.

Sigh.

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Surprised I missed this...

According to Rich Johnston, Martha Jones will continue as the Doctor's companion well into the Fourth season. Beyond that, I'm not sure...

I like Martha. A lot. And no, liking her does not include wishing that 'Human Nature/The Family Blood' had been sent in France instead of England, just so we had an excuse to see Freema Agyeman in a French Maid outfit.

I know that when season 3 first started, I was hesitant to accept her as a replacement for Rose Tyler, but that was simply because I had just begun to like Rose Tyler. In spite of a few missteps here & there ('Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks'), and a general lack of enough good Martha moments beyond "It's like he hardly knows I exist...", the producers of Doctor Who have been able to get Martha's character to essentially the same emotional territory as Rose was in towards the end of season two, in a single season.

Of course it took Steven Moffat a single episode to get Sally Sparrow to that same emotional territory, but you take what you can get.

Here's to you Martha Jones.

You've come a long way in a short period of time.

We look forward to seeing more adventures with you. (Although I could deal with seeing a little less of your sister, and your mom totally turned out to be a back-stabber.)

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So I had a dream last night that I made a bunch of YouTube videos, where it was just me chain smoking and talking about how the stagnation of fan culture is going to be the inevitable death of genre fiction. I find this ironic, mostly because, while I don't cosplay and I generally have never enjoyed any of my experiences attending cons, I for the most part consider myself a "fan" like any other, whatever that means. Just yesterday afternoon I got into a heated phone argument with one of my dearest friends while walking down the street, about how I strongly feel that while not based on any "real" science, Star Trek, and essentially any space opera, can be considered "hard" sci-fi.

The videos, in my dream, were pretty straight-forward fare, but it was similar to this documentary I watched last year of Charles Bukowski in Paris, where he just chain smokes for two discs while drinking wine out of a honey jar. It was also similar, in many ways, to the Billy Wilder Speaks documentary, where he just complains and complains about absolutely everything.

So, I guess in my subconscious that's who I am: the Charles Bukowski meets Billy Wilder, of genre fiction.

Somebody please shoot the pompous ass who writes this blog.

Also, since when is it reasonable to dream about being on YouTube?

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So, I sat around most of today, pretending to clean while re-watching The Empire Strikes Back and looking at potential graduate schools, when I stumbled upon this.

I often wonder if it's only geeks & nerds who understand how fun these tests really are. Like, if you don't know what "E=MC^2" actually stands for, are you going to think it's funny that an internet quiz asks you if you do know what it stands for? Also, how can you not know? Haven't you seen Young Einstein?

Also, how do you not know who The Bakula is?

Anyway, all of this internet activity reminded me of one other recent occurrence that should probably have made the list.

31. You actively discuss the variations in different schools' MLS Programs.

32. You know what "MLS" stands for.

33. You are really really excited to get an MLS.

34. Immediately after this conversation, you discuss that MySpace sucks, not because it is destroying art and culture, but because the interface is an eyesore.

35. Everyday, you consider re-joining MySpace because you are lonely.

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This video came up in a recent conversation with some dudes...

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For anyone reading either of these blogs...

I used to have a personal blog entitled ResonTence. It was pretty stupid, but I got a bit of traffic due to my exorbitant amount comic book related posts. Good times. Good times.

Anyway, in case you haven't noticed, I no longer maintain that blog. That's essentially what I've created these two separate blogs for - one for discussing comics, and the other for discussing...well, mostly science fiction I guess, but in theory I get to discuss other things (like this, which might as well be science fiction, but it's not...)

What does any of this have to do with anything?

Well someone re-registered the blogger URL that I was using before, as well as the blog's title/name. All of this is pretty amusing to me since, as far as I know, it's a word I made up when I was drunk.

When you visit the URL in your browser, nothing pops up though (except that wretched pistachio background thing), but in my RSS reader a post entitled Prescription drug purchasing pool when an employer..., written by "Steve" pops up.

For anyone occasionally bothering to visit the old URL, this is not me. I wish I had this man's access to the bevy of prescription medication, but no, this is not me. I don't review drugs. My name is also not "Steve".

Call me paranoid, but all of this is a bit hard to believe. Why on earth would anyone register the URL for a blogger account that includes a word I made up on a whim? Is it possible that that person thought they were making up the same word? Were they drinking the same thing I was when I made it up?

It's a bit odd to say the least. I'm going to refrain from making any assumptions that don't include coincidence, but it still creeps me the fuck out.

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Waiting around today. I have stuff that needs to be done, but the heat always makes that hard. Maybe I'll install my air-con. Maybe I'll just watch this over & over again:

On a side note, Forbidden Planet International's Blog linked to my post about about Nerds. It's interesting that I seem to be getting more traffic on this blog, than my comic book blog. Can someone explain why that is? Is it because I'm still complaining about how klunky BSG is? Is it because I mentioned Doctor Who?

P.S. I don't believe the rumors that Doctor Who will be ending with the exit of Russell Davies. How many producers/writing teams do you think the original series went through during it's 26 yeas? The prospect of their being a new guard on the show is exciting to me, as long as Davies is allowed to execute whatever grand plan he has in store for us humble viewers. Basically, don't fuck with Davies's story, but don't be scared to bring on somebody else to tell a wholly new story. Whatever. I'm hung over.

I need coffee.

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