Saturday, April 29, 2023

MadCap's Fiction Corner - Jenny Journeys: "The Ghost of the Warlord" (Chapter Three)


"I... don't think... I..."

"Almost... there..." The blonde woman heard the young man thud against the grated metal floor as he (she hoped) fell unconscious. She wasn't experienced with filtration systems. Give her a rifle, she could disassemble and reassemble it in record time. This, though? A little more complicated. Nevertheless, she doubted the gas was going to be all that benevolent, given that it was all sinister-looking and sickly green in color. Finally, she allowed herself to breathe a bit more when she heard the ventilation kick on once again, that misty emerald smoke being pulled back up into it.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

MadCap's Fiction Corner - Jenny Journeys: "The Ghost of the Warlord" (Chapter Two)


The Runner was making its way rapidly back to the drop zone. That, unfortunately, was not to be the end of their troubles that day. Settling in with their now sixth passenger, Jones was already looking worriedly at the sensor display.

"They're still coming up on us."

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

From MadCap's Couch - Doctor Who: "Amy's Choice"

That awkward moment when your date isn't ready and you have to sit and make idle conversation with her parents...

From Venice in 1580 to the village of Leadworth... or is in the TARDIS? A mysterious, enigmatic figure torments the Doctor, Amy, and Rory in between two different time periods, but which one is real?

Let's find out!

Saturday, April 15, 2023

MadCap's Fiction Corner - Jenny Journeys: "The Ghost of the Warlord" (Chapter One)


The tang of the metal all around him did not invade his nostrils due to the pressurized suit he wore. The junkyards of Milix Five were often picked through by scavengers of all stripes from across the Empire. Today, however, was an exception to that rule thanks to the work of the Harrow Corporation. A geological survey was under way, and the planet had been placed under a Level 1 quarantine with nothing but approved vessels in or out of the system, much less the planet itself. Such as it was when the Champlain III had come into orbit and this particular team had made the drop down into one of the particular areas for the first phase of excavation efforts.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Saturday, April 8, 2023

MadCap's Fiction Corner - Doctor Who: "Shatterday"


She did not know just where they were or for how long it was that they had been there. Barbara had fallen into unconsciousness, carried by Ian as they wandered aimlessly through what seemed to be an endless void.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

From MadCap's Couch - Doctor Who: "Flesh and Stone"

"The Angels will master this...'Macarena'!"

Well, last time, we left our time travelers in a heck in a bit of a sticky wicket. Under a crashed spaceship inside of an ancient temple filled to the brim with Weeping Angels that were beginning to wake up and surround the Doctor, Amy, River, and the Red Shirt Brigade.

Monday, April 3, 2023

MadCap At The Movies - "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves"


I decided to let this one stew for a bit before actually posting it. I'll go ahead and tell you: it's good. Is it good because we just have never had a good Dungeons & Dragons movie before or is it good on its own merits, though? Let's have a look.

As always with my fresh from the theater film reviews, spoilers follow after the cut. If you don't wish to be spoiled, go ahead and go see the movie (and I do recommend that you do!) and then come back here.

Alright. Everybody caught up? Good, then I'll begin.

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Top 10 Reasons Why Rose Tyler is the Doctor's Best Companion EVAR!


...what's that? Oh, right. I know, it's Saturday and you're expecting the final part of "The Mirror World"? well, it's coming. After it, we'll have something... new. Still Doctor Who, but new. More on that later, though...

Instead, right here on this lovely April the first, I want to instead celebrate my favorite show of all time by talking to you about your favorite companion and mine, as well as the absolute best companion in the entire sixty year history of Doctor Who. Honestly, you already know who I'm talking about from just that sentence, not even talking about the title of this post!

Really, who couldn't like this person who is most definitely not a gigantic dumpster fire of psychopathic behavior, derangement, and failure? Certainly not I, not I. Really, it's hard to pin down it down to just ten moments that signify that Rose Tyler is the best companion that the Doctor has or ever will have in the history of the show, but I think I've managed to get it down to just ten. Blasphemous as it is to put our goddess, Saint Rose of Tyler, to a list in just the mere double digits! So, without further adieu...