This month we are celebrating horror houses, and since it's also my day to show you how my favorite science fiction show crosses into horror, I've combined the two. I give you one of my favorite Dr. Who episodes, written by Neil Cross, airing in April of 2013... Setting...1974, Caliburn House, a huge, creepy mansion at night during a thunderstorm. Our cast... Professor Alec Palmer, ghost hunter. Emma Grayling, psychic. Clara Oswald, a hesitant explorer, constantly turning to find nothing behind her. The Doctor, who thought finding a ghost[...]
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1 Okay, so yes, usually this time I do a post on the monsters of Dr. Who. But it is February and The Midnight Society is celebrating love. *sigh* If you know me, you know that I would rather see a dragon rip someone's head off or demons destroy a small town than kissing. However, on my favorite sci-fi that crosses into horror show, there is a couple that I love. A pair whose love survived all the horror they encountered. Amy and Rory. This charismatic duo faced so many evils on their journey through space and time. Daleks. The Silence. Terrifying living dolls.[...]
After a brief break from this series for all things Halloween and Christmas, I am back to share my love of Dr. Who...a sci-fi show that crosses into the wonderful world of horror. I've returned with one of my favorite monsters. The Silence. Don't you just love him? Created by Steven Moffat, these terrifying creatures appeared in the 2011 season opener Part 1 "The Impossible Astronaut" and Part 2 "Day of the Moon" where they met the 11th Doctor played by Matt Smith. Over six and a half feet tall, they can absorb electricity and use it as a weapon. [...]
Hi all! It's an exciting day here. Not only am I bringing you yet more horror from our favorite science fiction show, but the new season starts TOMORROW! Dr. Who returns. Eeeeeeekk! I'm hoping for more terror out in space. But first let's go back to the Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant back in 2006 and an episode that takes us back in Earth's history. The show begins with screaming. People dressed in elaborate gowns and wearing masks race through a hall. Behind them a shadow drifts across the wall and a terrible ticking, whirring sound makes your bl[...]
As old as the universe. No one knows where they come from. The Weeping Angels of Dr. Who. In 2007, the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) met these creepy statues in the episode "Blink". Created by Stephen Moffat, these aliens quickly became the scariest monsters on the show. Look at them and they are unable to move, quantum locked, which protects them... the ultimate defense. However, look away and they attack, moving extremely fast, surrounding their victim in the blink of an eye. Their serene faces twist into an evil snarl with vampire-like teeth. The[...]
It's Dr. Who day! For all of us who know that the fabulous BBC show is more than science fiction. Horror lurks in the timey-wimey stuff. And today, scary comes in the form of everyday things. The Autons first appeared in the episode "Spearhead from Space" in 1970, meeting the Third Doctor played by Jon Pertwee. Classified as robots, they serve the Nestene Consciouness, an alien entity bent on conquering the Earth. The Autons are anything plastic, given life by Nestene energy. Imagine walking down a street when the mannequins in a store window suddenly move,[...]
WELCOME to the third Friday of the month... umm, hang on *checks calendar* Ahem. Yes! The third Friday of the month! For all Midnight Societers (is that a word? It is now!), it's Dr. Who day, at least in the land of Kathy it is. Once again, I bring you horror cleverly hidden in a science fiction show. The Dr. Who episode THE GOD COMPLEX written by Toby Whithouse aired in 2011 and starred Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor. Yes, this episode had a great monster, but more than that, this show had an all around horror vibe. Dr. Who does that. And I love it. Every s[...]
It’s the third Friday of the month and I know you’re excited for Dr. Who day! Where I search for horror in a sci-fi show, which isn’t difficult at all. In my last post, we met the Daleks, who run rampant throughout the series, however, today’s monster appeared in one episode. The Brain of Morbius was originally broadcast in 1976, written by Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes. The Fourth Doctor and his fabulous companion Sarah Jane... land on the rocky planet Karn littered with wrecked spaceships and a headless body of the alien. Of course in true Doc[...]
This is the first of my series on the monsters of one of my favorite shows... DR. WHO! On the third Friday of each month come celebrate the creepy of a show that has been around for 50 years. But... but, KATHY! Dr. Who is science fiction! What is it doing on a horror blog? Because it's scary! That's why. Geez, don't you trust me? The Daleks have been around forever. Conceived by Terry Nation, they first appeared in the episode 'The Dead Planet' in 1963. Every single regeneration of the Doctor has faced these terrible beings, making them the greatest enemy[...]
