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Laura Fissel (@laura_fissel) is an editor, author, and blogger. She loves knowing more about Doctor Who than any of her friends. You can find more information about her work at www.LauraFissel.com

Beautiful and Necessary: The Empowerment of “That Scene” at the end of Avengers: Endgame

May 3, 20191

I am now four days out from my first and, so far, only viewing of Avengers: Endgame and I have…

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Review| Instant Family

November 20, 20180

Instant Family is a comedy about a very serious thing: foster care. While the traumas that bring kids away from…

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Who-ology| S03E03 Gridlock

April 12, 20170

This episode has long been one of my favorites, certainly of season 3, possibly of all Doctor Who. There are…

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Who-ology| S03E02 The Shakespeare Code

March 29, 20170

This episode is all about the power of words. And who better to feature in a language-focused story than the…

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Who-ology| S03E01 Smith and Jones

November 16, 20160

  In this second episode of the new season, the Doctor finds himself in a hospital that is displaced to the moon by…

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Who-ology| S03E00 The Runaway Bride

September 21, 20160

“The Runaway Bride”—a Christmas episode—follows immediately on the heels of the season 2 finale: just after losing Rose, the Doctor…

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Review| The Light Between Oceans

August 30, 20160

In terms of storytelling, director Derek Cainfrance is a novelist. The journey through The Light Between Oceans is careful, sometimes…

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Who-ology| S02E13 Doomsday

August 17, 20160

As noted in last month’s Who-ology, the Christian narrative starts with the distortion of truth in the Garden of Eden:…

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