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Happy New Year! Or, I suppose as we shall call it now, Happy Who Year!

So, any episode that's over an hour doesn't have opening credits? I like having the opening credits. I don't care if it pauses the story. You need the iconic theme music to kick everything off. But anyway... So, the first New Year's special. Was it any good?

( Spoilers for Doctor Who, "Resolution" )

Well, that's it for Doctor Who for 2019. 2020 can't come soon enough.

Well, here's the end of the season. I miss having 13 episodes a season. This was all over too fast.

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 11x10, "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos" )

Well, Jodie Whittaker has been confirmed for season 12, so that's good. I hope the rest of the cast are also along for the ride.

This episode reminded me of "The Visitation" with a bit of "The Curse of Fenric" and "Tooth and Claw" thrown in.

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 11x08, "The Witchfinders" )

I have no idea what's going on next week. The team's in Norway? Though, I am bummed we are down to the last two episodes.

I wish this had been one of the pure historicals they used to have back in the day. It's a powerful enough story without aliens.

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 11x06, "Demons of the Punjab" )

Looks like we get some creepy robots for next week.

All of the CW-DC shows are finally back!

Which premiere came out on top? Well, The Flash had some time travel shenanigans in the form of Nora, Barry and Iris' daughter from the future, Supergirl had some timely political commentary, and Arrow had Ollie in a super max prison, but you know what Legends of Tomorrow had? An honest to goodness unicorn. And not just any unicorn. A unicorn that gored people and ate their hearts. Yeah, you really can't top that. But let's talk about the shows one by one:

( Spoilers for The Flash season five )

( Spoilers for Supergirl season four )

( Spoilers for Arrow season seven )

( Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow season four )

I look forward to the crossover in December. Going off the pictures the actors have posted to social media, it's going to be crazy.

I see the show is doing the time tested routine of having a future set story followed by a past set story after the season premiere. The debut season of every Doctor and Companion did the same thing (except for season four where the past story came before the future story). It's easy to see why, though: it's a nice way to tell new viewers that Doctor Who can have stories set across all of time and space.

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 11x03, "Rosa" )

So next week has spiders. Yay? This also appears to be Chris Noth's episode. He was one of the few people I recognized in the Coming Soon montage trailer, if only because he was the lone American actor. It's rare for Doctor Who to have American actors. I wonder if he's a fan of the show...

It's been a while since I posted here. I didn't feel like I had anything to post about, but now Doctor Who is back!

Loved that BBC did a "global premiere". I got to watch the first episode at the same time as the UK (though with commercials the episode probably ended after the episode was over in the UK, but anyway). So, new Doctor, new Companions, new, well, everything.

( Spoilers for Doctor Who 11x01, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" )

You know, airing Doctor Who on Sundays isn't so bad. I hardly ever go out on Sundays, so I'll always be home to watch it. Hopefully this doesn't affect the ratings in a negative way.

- Supergirl's season is still going. I'm going to miss out on the last few episodes while on my cruise, so I'll have to play catch up once I'm back.

( Spoilers for The Flash season four )

( Spoilers for Arrow season six )

- And Arrowverse crossover news for next season: Batwoman!!!!! The plot of the crossover involves everyone going to Gotham for some reason. I can't imagine a threat big enough that would warrant all of the Super Friends to get together, though. Like, what the heck is happening in Gotham that the resident bat vigilante can't handle it? This also raises some questions, like, is there a Batman? Bruce Wayne certainly exists, but is he dressing up like a bat at night? One would assume he is around, if there's a Batwoman, but maybe Kathy Kane became the bat themed vigilante first and Bruce was inspired by her. That'd be a fun twist. As this is Earth-1 Batwoman, they could have an Earth-1 Maggie Sawyer as well, which would be awkward for Alex, who was engaged to Earth-38's Maggie Sawyer. That assumes, of course, that Alex is doing the crossover again. Frankly, it'd be nice if J'onn got to tag along this time, and maybe Winn, too. Winn and Cisco need to meet; they can exchange super suit tailoring tips. It'd also be nice if the Legends were more involved. I want Constantine to meet everyone and just flirt up a storm.

Ooh, I had a thought. What if they visit Gotham not in the present but in the past? Ollie and Kara haven't experienced time travel yet and it'd be a good way to have the Legends more involved in the plot. It would also get around the whole "does Batman exist or not" quandary. I do believe in the comics that there were two Batwomen: one older, named Katherine, and one younger, who's Kathy. They could meet Katherine Kane, who could or could not be related to Kathy. It'd also be fun to visit the 1930s or 1940s, the setting of the Golden Age of comics.

I also had a thought on how the show could release Melissa Benoist for a handful of episodes for the crossover: use the actress from the flashback episode "Midvale". She was perfect as young Kara. Why not have a villain de-age Kara into a teenager? Sure, it's kind of cliched, but I feel like the Supergirl writers could make the scenario work. You could have so many jokes about how cute Kara was when she was a teenager. Or you could have Alex trying to pass off teen Kara as her cousin. Frankly, I just want to see the actress again. She was on iZombie for a bit and she was pretty funny there.

( Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season five and Avengers: Infinity War )

- In ongoing TV news, The Expanse has been saved! Amazon Prime has picked up the show for season four. I think this easily means the show will last long enough to cover all of the books. It also helps that the CEO of Amazon is a big fan of the books. I'm not sure what this means for Canada, though. Space airs The Expanse in Canada, but can they still do that if Amazon Prime has all of the distribution rights? The Expanse is filmed in Toronto, so there's enough Canadian content to justify airing it on Space, so maybe Bell Media can wrangle a deal with Amazon. It's amazing how, in this day and age, cancelled shows have a chance to find a second life. Had this been five or ten years ago, this would have been the end of The Expanse.

- Finished the second season of Jessica Jones. It only took me a week and a bit, which is a new record for a Marvel Netflix show for me (I don't count The Defenders since it didn't have a typical season length). It wasn't bad. Like all of the Marvel Netflix show, it would have been better if the season had been shorter and/or if the episodes had a shorter run time. Things always start to drag with these shows and none of them have learned how to combat that problem yet. Aside from that, it was great to see Jessica again.

( Spoilers for Jessica Jones season two )

I imagine the show won't have troubles getting renewed for a third season. Whether that third season airs on Netflix is next big question. Disney is doing its own streaming service, so The Defenders may have a new home in the near future.

- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had their 100th episode the other week. It's kind of amazing they made it to such a huge milestone, though I'm glad Marvel and ABC gave them a chance to get there. I wish the episode had been a bit bigger, but it's always hard to do an 100th episode while in the middle of a long arc.

( Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season five )

- Speaking of Avengers: Infinity War, now that Marvel moved up the release date, it's now premiering the same weekend as the comic book expo. I obviously will not have time to do both, so I won't get to see the movie until the next week. If I hear spoilers while at the expo, I'm going to be angry.

Looks like most shows are on their winter break now, so I thought I would get a few thoughts down.

( Spoilers for Supergirl season three )

( Spoilers for The Flash season four )

( Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow season three )

( Spoilers for Arrow season six )

( Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery season one )

( Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season five )

And there were a couple of shows that finished their season, too:

( Vague spoilers for Inhumans )

( Vague spoilers for The Orville season one )

I'm currently trying to catch up with Runaways, but it's been kind of slow so far so I haven't felt the need to binge it. Also, it airs on Showcase here in Canada so airs weekly rather than being available all at once like on Hulu. I may have more thoughts later. In the spring, iZombie is back and there's also Black Lightning. I don't know if I'll check it out. If it's good, maybe I'll watch it later.

Whew, that was a long post. Clearly I watch too much TV. :-D