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    Doctor Who -- "The Impossible Planet"

    The Doctor and Rose end up on a planet in stable orbit around a black hole, with writing the TARDIS can't translate. This was pretty good. Some of the music reminded me of Firefly.
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    David Xanatos and Jordan Collier

    I've noticed a few similarities between these characters from "Gargoyles" and "The 4400" respectively. Both are short-bearded tycoons in (eventually reformed) villain roles. They've both experienced some sort of time travel. Their names even have the same pattern of syllables. This probably...
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    Most Misused Word in Science Fiction

    I think the word that deserves this dubious honor is "intergalactic." Anything that doesn't involve more than one galaxy is NOT intergalactic. Another contender is "dimension," which just refers to a pair of opposite strait-line directions, and not another universe that can be reached by...
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    Stargate/Animorphs parallels

    I've noticed similarities between several groups from these series. Goa'uld/Yeerk: Small body-stealing aliens. Asgard/Andalite: Main nonhuman enemy of body stealers. Tok'ra/Yeerk Peace Movement: Body stealer renegade faction, only takes willing hosts. Jaffa/Hork-Bajir: Common soldiers of body...
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