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My decade peeking at “Peak TV” from the outside

The 2010s were certainly a time of television plenty, as more channels and platforms offered ever more programming, and broadband and…

Dec 23, 2019

Wall of blank monitors

Dec 23, 2019

On turning 50

As of today, I am now 50 years old. While numbers are arbitrary and relative, we still use them quite a bit in our civilization. Half a…

Jan 8, 2019

On turning 50

Jan 8, 2019

Gallifrey One: Never Cruel or Cowardly

Last weekend I attended my ninth Gallifrey One, the annual Doctor Who convention held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott. I went to the…

Feb 24, 2018

Gallifrey One: Never Cruel or Cowardly

Feb 24, 2018

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Doctor Who: The Show That Changed My life

The BBC series created to draw in a tea-time family TV audience led me to my life’s interests.

May 12, 2015

Doctor Who: The Show That Changed My life

May 12, 2015

On sabbatical

Hit the wall. Running on fumes. Drowning. Crushed. Up to my eyeballs.

Jan 14, 2015

On sabbatical

Jan 14, 2015

Derek Kompare

Derek Kompare

media scholar, teacher, parent, fan, feminist, American, procrastinator, he/him, Hufflepuff af, est’d 1969. Don’t stop / Chalang alang alang.

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