A bunch of French nerds have made this video, depicting Doctor Who‘s Doctor fighting against one of his gravest enemies — The Rubik’s Cube. I have to admit, the idea of the Doctor screaming “Fuck that blasted pussy!” in frustration made me laugh out loud, as did the announcement that Amy has to pee in the shower… until I realized someone somewhere was really turned on by that knowledge and immediately started writing a fan fic to explore the subject in more depth. Le sigh. (Via The Mary Sue)
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.