Wednesday, December 20, 2023

What If... the Doctor's moral compass had never formed? (Part 2)


Last time, we had seen a Doctor who had not taken on Ian and Barbara as companions. As a result he alienated his granddaughter Susan, who voluntarily chose to leave the TARDIS and her grandfather behind. He regenerated not long after, finding himself with new companions in the form of Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor, and Sara Kingdom. Also, when we last left them, the last of their number had filled the Meddling Monk with so many holes that he whistled on the way to the ground, Sara knowing something that the Monk has yet to do and trying to prevent it... which might have worked, if the Monk were not a Time Lord and thus a regeneration had begun...

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

What If... the Doctor's moral compass had never formed? (Part 1)


Well, it is the 60th anniversary and there's no way I'm gonna finish (or even start, in some cases) the stories I wanted to do to celebrate. Blame real life, it happens.

However, I do have enough time to shoot the breeze and talk about a continuation of a What If? scenario that I've already done - namely a universe where Ian and Barbara never investigated their strange pupil Susan Foreman. That's right, this is technically "What If Ian and Barbara never investigated Susan?" Part 5, but I decided to spin it off into its own for reasons that will become clear soon enough.

Spoilers for Classic Who below the cut. You've been warned!

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

What If... the Trickster never reset the Timeline? (Part 3)


Last time, we ended on a bit of a sour note indeed. With his plan to reset the timeline blocked off by two of his older brothers, Gabriel found himself having to work to prevent the Apocalypse itself.

...he failed. Despite some changes in the timeline everything, as Gabriel of the Prime Timeline might say, inevitably went down the same road. Sam still killed Lilith, which still released Lucifer. The Apocalypse is nigh... and the Devil is rising.

So, what happens next? Well, as of this writing, I still haven't finished Season 4, but don't worry... I'm still going to mercilessly dig into spoilers for the show I haven't yet reviewed.

You have been warned!

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

What If... Jenny survived "The Doctor's Daughter?" (Part 2)


Alright, so... it is the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who, so it'd be rather bad of me to not do something in the month of November to acknowledge that... even if I am about six days too late. Whoops!

And I'm sure the Fiction Corner stories will be finished at some point in the future, but I doubt we'll be seeing the rest of them in 2023 for sure.

That said...

Monday, November 27, 2023

MadCap's Reel Thoughts - "Bad Words" (2013)


Comedy is a rather subjective thing on the whole. What is funny can mean different things to different people. Sometimes, comedies are about a happy go lucky fella standing up against impossible odds through shenanigans and things turn out alright in the end.

Bad Words is not that movie.

Because Bad Words is hilarious in a very, very different way. Very much in the dark and twisted way.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

From MadCap's Couch - Kindred: The Embraced: "The Original Saga"


Alrighty! New series! Don't worry, I highly doubt I'll be touching on this particular one at any time other than October, so it won't be getting in the way of the regular series reviews like Doctor Who, Supernatural, or Sliders. Plus, with only eight episodes of this series existing, this won't take long.

Monday, October 30, 2023

MadCap's Reel Thoughts - "Halloween Kills" (2021)


Alright, so we've come to it at last. Is this going to be the glorious middle part of a trilogy like The Empire Strikes Back or is it going to be a horrible, horrible mistake like... y'know what? It's 2023 and I'm not beating that particular dead horse any more dead than it already is. Let's just get into it.