I didn't know it until last night, but Karen Gillan is going to be the Guardians of the Galaxy movie!

Even bigger surprise:

Credit: Geek Magazine.

Yup, the lass who won the hearts of Whovians as Amy Pond shaved her noggin for her role as Nebula, who is bald. I'm not entirely familiar to Nebula, since she was never a big time character, but I think she is or was a space pirate at one point, claimed to be the granddaughter of Thanos (the purple dude that briefly appears in the Avengers movie), and oh yeah, is green skinned. So next year, we're going to be seeing a lovely green skinned, bald Karen Gillan on the big screen. This is awesome.

I really do dig that, though. I don't think there's a lot of actresses who would shave their heads for a movie role, especially a comic book movie. And it's not like she had to do it, she could very easily have cut her hair short and worn one of those bald caps. That's commitment right there.

What's your opinion on Gillan's baldy baldness?

Matt Smith almost stuck around as the Doctor

According to Steven Moffatt, Smith came close to staying on as the Doctor for two or three more years.

And women and anyone who's a Whovian, really.

Now if you guys will excuse me, I have to go throw myself into the nearest sarlacc pit.

Trek thought: I wonder how much paperwork the captains had?

Damn these TPS reports! Damn them to hell!
Credit: Memory Alpha.

I mean, being the captain of a starship or of a backwater space station can't be all boldly going and in the case of Kirk, getting laid all of the time.

Speaking of Kirk, I just cannot imagine him filling out forms and whatnot. Picard seems like he would be the most okay with the administrative side of command, mostly because he can just grab a nice cup of Earl Grey, turn up the Van Halen and work in his ready room. Sisko, I imagine, had a pretty heavy workload. He had to manage a mixed crew of Starfleet and Bajoran military personnel, in addition to the civilian population and a warship. Janeway likely had it the roughest, since she probably had to deal with the upkeep of Voyager and its crew without the benefit of starbases. As for Archer, no clue.

Heh, maybe that's the real reason why Riker waited so long before accepting promotion?

Why the Eleventh Doctor regenerates revealed!

Yes folks, I have discovered how it is that Matt Smith's incarnation comes to regenerate into the Twelfth Doctor! Check it out below:

Given current events, all future editions of 1984 should come with a disclaimer "this is a work of fiction, not a how-to guide, you dingleberries."

I originally had a long post about the current happenings, but instead, I'm just going to post this video featuring two of the best scenes from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Drumhead".

Musical interlude: Lindsey Stirling and William Joseph's take on the Halo theme

Badassery. Having people dressed as Spartans battling during the video was a nice touch too.

Dang, Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who

To quote a certain Dark Lord of the Sith: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! He's departing in the Christmas Special, which brings to mind another quote by a Starfleet admiral:

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Welp, I wonder who will be replacing him as the Twelfth Doctor? My choices are Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Patrick Stewart, Emma Waton (Hermoine with a sonic screwdriver!), Richard Ayoade. Really, the only qualification to play the Doctor should be British citizenship. The Doctor should never be played by an American! Ethnicity, skin color, religion, etc. are irrelevant.

What do you think about Matt Smith leaving and who do you think should replace him?

Now this would be a Star Trek movie I'd love to see

Credit: Where's Randy Savage.

Oh yeaaah!

For those who have never watched professional wrestling, that is the (unfortunately) late, great "Macho Man" Randy Savage, but you might also remember him from the Slim Jim ads back in the 90s. He also had a small role in the first Spider-Man movie as the wrestler Spidey fights prior to him becoming a superhero. Sadly, Savage died two years ago of a heart attack. Which I guess is fortunate for Jim Kirk, because he wouldn't stand a chance against the Madness.

h/t Drop Toehold.

So...how about that Doctor Who last night? I think Steven Moffat is trying to kill us Whovians. (spoilers)

The man makes Joss Whedon look downright tame. :P

I honestly have no idea where to even begin with this episode. The opening scene with Clara and all of the incarnations of the Doctor gave me a raging nerd boner that was compounded by the unexpected appearance of Professor River Song. To use internet speak, this episode gave me a lot of "feels". Then it destroyed those feels like Emperor Palpatine destroyed the Jedi Order - Quickly, brutally, and without remorse. Hit the jump for the rest of the post, but beware of spoilers.

With you, May the fourth be.

Hmm?

Wookieepedia.