Hostages hauled into Gaza during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel were drugged to keep them docile in captivity and subjected to psychological and sexual abuse, a specialist said Monday. “I’ve never seen anything like that” in 20 years of treating trauma victims, said Renana Eitan, director of the psychiatric division of the Tel Aviv … Read more
Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States. Gao’s outspokenness about the virus outbreak — which some gauged to have infected tens of thousands — embarrassed the Chinese government and … Read more
James Wan wants to return to horror again after Aquaman 2. Jennifer Love Hewitt would be down for more I Know What You Did Last Summer. Plus, what’s coming on Rick & Morty’s season finale, and the last episode of Archer. To me, my spoilers! Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | … Read more
Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor is officially in! The Sex Education star made his debut as the 15th Doctor during the finale of Doctor Who’s three-part 60th anniversary special on Sunday, as his new incarnation split from David Tennant’s Fourteen as they battled against the evil Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris). The special episodes also featured the return of … Read more
For Doctor Who fans, the introduction of a new Doctor is always an event in and of itself. After months of teasing and set photos, yesterday’s third and final 60th anniversary special formally introduced the world to Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI Unlocked To mark … Read more
If you’re a fan of the face-changing, shape-shifting, time-traveling TV show known as Doctor Who — and more specifically, a fan of the 2006-2010 run in which David Tennant was the 10th actor to play the lead role — then Christmas came early this year. And at the same time, in a very Who-ish, timey-wimey … Read more
If Doctor Who’s triumphant return in “The Star Beast” was a romp in Russell T. Davies’ hallmark style to prove that Doctor Who can really still feel like its recent past, then “Wild Blue Yonder” is a similarly triumphant attempt to prove that Doctor Who can still be weird, chilling, and inventive as it ever … Read more
It’s been a wild week in the world of sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, and more genre fare. The return of Doctor Who for its 60th anniversary, burning Mandalorian questions, and our epic first looks at Fallout and Furiosa all made the list of our most read stories—but here’s a few more highlights you might have missed—James … Read more
Image: BBC When Doctor Who returned to our screens this past weekend in “The Star Beast,” it brought with it all sorts of weird and occasionally fearsome threats, from the mischievous Meep to the insectoid Wrarth Warriors. But perhaps nothing could send you scurrying behind the sofa than one single joke/threat: a fish curry made … Read more
The Big Picture Russell T. Davies created a chilling alien species, the 456, in Torchwood: Children of Earth, with a truly insidious agenda involving Earth’s children. Torchwood: Children of Earth can easily stand alone as a captivating series unrelated to the Whoniverse and is regarded as one of the greatest British TV shows of the … Read more