Our Finest Extermination Hour
Bit of a slow day here, sorry. But the idea of Daleks killing Nazis — part of the new Doctor Who episode “Victory of the Daleks” — under Winston Churchill’s command does appeal to the history nerd/ nerdy nerd in me. Man, I love when anything kills Nazis. Werewolves, aliens, zombies — watching Nazis die is always pure entertainment. The fact that the genocidal Daleks will be killing them — delicious!
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.