Posted by Kim and Sage We've discussed the best TV moments of 2016 (you can find those here and here), so now we turn to the individual performances that brought us the most joy this year. These are the performances that inspired us, that stayed … [Read more...]
16 Things We Learned at New York Comic Con 2016, Part I
Posted by Kim and Sage I don't have any grey hairs yet, so I'm marking the aging process by how tired I get when someone even MENTIONS Comic Con. Some people's bodies show evidence of long-term damage from playing sports or running a marathon. I … [Read more...]
The New Who Yearbook
Posted by Kim and Sage Ten years ago today, the Ninth Doctor grabbed Rose Tyler's hand and told her to run for her life. For those who had grown up with the classic series, it was a thrilling new beginning. For those of us who had never heard … [Read more...]
The Top 20 Television Moments of 2014 – Part One
Posted by Kim and Sage As all our shows go home for their winter breaks (with 60 pounds of laundry for mom!), it's time to embark on our annual year-end coverage! We kick off our celebration of all things 2014 with part one of our Top 20 TV … [Read more...]
“Please Just See Me.” – Doctor Who Recap
Posted by Kim Welcome to a new era of Doctor Who, readers! It's been a long wait for new episodes since the (wretched) Christmas special and the goodbye to the Raggedy Doctor, Matt Smith. It's all about Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor (sorry not … [Read more...]
11 Ways San Diego Comic Con 2014 Ruined Our Lives
Posted by Kim and Sage Another San Diego Comic Con, another four days that most of us spend in abject agony, knowing that we're (yet again) missing the fandom event of the year. We know, we know. The Hall H lines are misery. But frankly, a 4am … [Read more...]
A Gallifreyan Salute to Every Whovian’s Favorite Late Night Host
Posted by Sage Yesterday, the man who described Doctor Who as "the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism" announced that he'll be stepping down from The Late Late Show in December. And just like that, American Whovians lost … [Read more...]
Three Doctors, A Consulting Detective, A Demi-God and The Entire Wizarding World: A UK Adventure, Fandom-Style
- Posted by Sage A true American like Ron Swanson may not understand the constant pull we fetish-izers of British culture feel to return to the Motherland. But anytime I'm not in London, I'm usually wishing that I were, scone in one hand, umbrella … [Read more...]
Eleven Reasons We Love the Eleventh Doctor
Posted by Kim Well, here we are...the eve of Matt Smith's regeneration and our goodbye to the Eleventh Doctor (okay, fine, he's really the Twelfth Doctor, but he'll always be known as Eleven). This is our first regeneration as Whovians and we're … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Things We’re Thankful For This Year
Posted by Kim Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I'm getting ready to head to Brooklyn to cook Thanksgiving Dinner for 10 of my friends (I TOLD you I was Monica!). But before I cook all day and then stuff myself silly (but not TOO much, I have a … [Read more...]
Day of the Doctor: A Comprehensive List of All the Times We Overreacted
Posted by Sage It's been a beautiful week to be a Whovian. Not that it isn't always. But it's not every week that we get to celebrate the five-decade history of our most precious show. The plans have been in motion and anticipation building in … [Read more...]
“Thank God I Still Love Doctor Who” – Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? at LI Who
Posted by Kim While I was at Long Island Who (a general post about the weekend is coming, I promise) I also had the pleasure of spending a good amount of time with Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?, authors of Who is The Doctor and the new book Who's … [Read more...]
That Time Matt Smith Directed A Soliloquy About Life, Adventure, And The Universe Right At Us
Posted by Sage As if our obsession with each other wasn't already groan-inducing enough, I'll tell you that my blog wife and I have a yearly celebration of the start of our friendship. Friendaversaries are the shit. I highly recommend celebrating … [Read more...]
Live-Blogging the 12th Doctor Announcement
Posted by Sage The BBC is announcing the casting of the 12th Doctor live at 2pm EST and we are - to put it mildly - FREAKING OUT. Kimmie will be watching the broadcast on the go, but I'll be right here live-blogging with you. Who'll be taking over … [Read more...]
11 Ways This Year’s San Diego Comic-Con Ruined Our Lives
Posted by Kim and Sage For those of you who have been living under a rock, the annual nerd-fest known as San Diego Comic-Con was this past weekend. While Sage and I were not there (SOMEDAY!!!), we WERE glued to Twitter and Tumblr all weekend to … [Read more...]
Wanted: A Mad Man with a Box – Head Over Feels casts the 12th Doctor
Posted by Kim and Sage The TV Gods give and they take away. On Saturday the Community fandom rejoiced at the news that Dan Harmon would be returning for season five. Hours later the Whovian nation was rocked by the news that Matt Smith would be … [Read more...]
“The one who broke the promise.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 14: The Name of The Doctor - Posted by Sage Soooo, that happened. At least some aspects of the leaked 50th Anniversary details were accurate, as the seventh series finale of Doctor Who introduced John Hurt as the … [Read more...]
The Loneliest Job in the Universe – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who 7x12 "Nightmare in Silver" Posted by Kim To say that Neil Gaiman's second episode of Doctor Who was highly anticipated is an understatement, especially when it was released that he was penning an episode for the Cybermen. While … [Read more...]
“Business as usual, then?” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 12: The Crimson Horror - Posted by Sage If I had lived in Victorian Yorkshire, I'm sure I would have exulted in the “deplorable excesses of the penny dreadful,” so count me as a fan of the twisted gothic fun of … [Read more...]
“She’s Always Been There For Me” – Doctor Who Recap
"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" Doctor Who 7x10 Posted by Kim No matter what your shipping choices are (Ten x Rose, Eleven x Amy, Eleven x River, Eleven x Rory, Captain Jack Harkness x Every Living Thing in the Universe), everyone … [Read more...]
“It does tend to haunt you.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 10: Hide - Posted by Sage To be perfectly honest, the convoluted plotting of Series 6 left me exhausted and more than a little frustrated with Doctor Who. I was missing the standalone episodes that pluck the Doctor and … [Read more...]
“Honor in Mercy” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who 7x09 "Cold War" Posted by Kim When I finished this episode I texted Sage saying "I have no idea what to write." "Cold War" is interesting because it's not very "feelsy". It's a stand alone, tension filled, good old-fashioned … [Read more...]
“Cabbages and kings.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 8: The Rings of Akhaten - Posted by Sage "So, I'd like to see, I would like to see, what I would like to see is...something awesome." - Clara, and also me when someone asks me what I want in the 50th anniversary … [Read more...]
“Under My Protection” – Doctor Who Recap
"The Bells of Saint John" Doctor Who 7x07 Posted by Kim It's been a long wait since Christmas, but Doctor Who has finally returned to us with new episodes. I have to admit that my first viewing of "The Bells of Saint John" left me a bit … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and The Doctor Feels – Playlist Post #18
- Posted by Sage Here at Head Over Feels, we got a big old case of the Anglophilia. Shocking, I know. But I think I might even be understating it. Maybe we're not Anglophiles. Maybe we're Anglo....fanatics? Fiends? … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and The Doctor Feels – Playlist Post #17
Posted by Kim How is that after SEVENTEEN posts about Rose and The Doctor that we still have feelings about them? The answer is simple. We will NEVER stop having feelings about them. We have several friends currently watching Doctor Who for the … [Read more...]
Right Kind of Wrong – Sage’s Top 5 TV Rogues
- Posted by Sage Ladies love an anti-hero. Right around Valentine's Day, Kim and I both posted our picks for our Top 5 TV Boyfriends. (My list is here.) Marshall Eriksen, Ed Stevens, Rory Williams, Ben Wyatt - these are the guys who show up on … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and the Doctor Feels – Playlist Post #16
- Posted by Sage Doctor Who is a show about ordinary people finding it in themselves to do extraordinary things. It's a show about racing past your horizons and seeing for the first time how truly terrifying and wonderful the world is. It's a show … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and the Doctor Feels – Playlist Post #15
Posted by Kim It should surprise no one that Sage and I are big fans of the phenomenon known as WGWG (White Guy With Guitar). WGWG fever is sweeping the nation...just look at the last five winners of American Idol (which at least one of them had no … [Read more...]
12 More Top TV Moments of 2012
Posted by Sage You didn't think we could stop at 12, did you? After Kim's top TV moments post, a few of you were kind enough to ask about my list. My babies, you flatter me. It didn't take long to come up with 12 (and a half) more memorable pieces of … [Read more...]
“Those were the days.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Christmas Special: The Snowmen Posted by Sage Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate, and happy Who-mas to all of us! BBCAmerica treated us to a Doctor Who marathon yesterday, airing most of the Christmas specials from … [Read more...]
Curious About Doctor Who? Watch These Episodes.
Posted by Kim and Sage It is one of our personal goals to turn all of our friends into Whovians. We just want everyone to understand WHY we are so overwhelmed with feelings all the time. We have a couple of friends on the VERGE of dipping their … [Read more...]
A Head Over Feels PSA: Free Doctor Who Alert!
Posted by Kim Alert to all of our fellow Whovians! Last year's delightful Christmas Special, "The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe" is currently free on iTunes. Scroll down to #33 on this list! Did anyone else SOB over this exchange last … [Read more...]