[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtGf6RvjWE4&w=560&h=315] Not even a week after the end of Sherlock’s two-year hiatus, season three’s second episode, “The Sign of Three”, hit televisions in the UK. On the whole, it has enjoyed a positive reception by fans who are fortunate enough to have seen it, thanks mostly to its gratuitous fan […]
Sherlock: The Empty Hearse Recap
WARNING: The following post contains an excessive amount of spoilers and #feels. Side effects may include gross sobbing, Reichenbach flashbacks, and/or fandom-induced heart attacks. Reader discretion is advised. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UcR9iKArd0&w=560&h=315] Don deerstalker. Cue fangirl screams. Set feels to maximum. Aaand we’re back. New Year’s Day saw the end of BBC Sherlock’s […]
Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" Takes Us to London Below
Neverwhere Release Date: March 16, 2013 – March 22, 2013 (Original Broadcast) Cast: James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer, David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch Writer: Neil Gaiman Director: Dirk Maggs, Heather Larmour Distributor: BBC Radio 4 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Based On Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low BBC | Wikipedia I had heard about Neverwhere sometime earlier […]
"The Time of The Doctor", Say Goodbye to the Raggedy Man
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlN-SPx1zAg] Everything has been building up to this moment: The Doctor’s last hurrah. He’s out of regenerations and he’s destined to end up in Trenzalore – the planet that will play host to the Doctor’s final resting place. I’m going to preface this by saying that I am one of […]
Sunday Tea with Cara McGee
Last month, Nerdophiles had the exciting opportunity to attend Bay Area Sherlock Con in Santa Clara, CA. While the convention itself took place on Saturday, several attendees stuck around for the tea party on Sunday afternoon, hosted by artist and tea expert Cara McGee. While more relaxed and intimate than […]
Bay Area Sherlock Con 2013 Wrap-Up
Last weekend, Nerdophiles bloggers Amy and Kirstie spent the weekend at Bay Area Sherlock Con in Santa Clara, CA. Between the convention on Saturday and the tea party on Sunday (which we’ll write more about in an upcoming post), we met a lot of cool Sherlockians, took in the glorious […]
BASC Preview: Meet Guest of Honor Lauren "Taco" Blakely
With the second annual Bay Area Sherlock Convention quickly approaching, the attending Nerdophiles team (Amy and Kirstie) is hard at work making travel arrangements, costume designing, and doing a bit of its own detective work on some of the convention’s Guests of Honor. We are fortunate to have had the […]
New 'Sherlock' Trailer Teases Detective's Return
The game, Sherlockians, is on! On August 2, BBC Sherlock fans got their first glimpse of the hit drama’s long-awaited third season after a rerun of “The Reichenbach Fall” in the UK. The trailer hit the interwebs not long after, sending shockwaves through social media sites such as Facebook and […]
Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor Recap [SEASON FINALE]
“The Doctor has a secret he will take to the grave. It is discovered.” Warning: this article contains major SPOILERS for the series 7 finale. Everybody stay calm–explanations and speculations to follow. The seventh series of Doctor Who ended on a high note this week as writer Steven Moffat churned […]
Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver Recap
“Now if you don’t mind, I have to finish my chess game and you have to die painfully and very far from home.” What starts as a quick visit to a space-themed amusement park quickly turns sour this week as the Doctor finds himself facing some old foes and protecting […]