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I feel like sometimes I just blink for a second, and there are even more exciting news in the world of Geekdom. A New Companion for The Doctor:  So, if you, for some miraculous reason have not heard, over the weekend BBC unveiled not only a teaser spot for the upcoming season 10 of Doctor Who, but a new companion was introduced just along with it. Yes, a NEW companion was introduced. The sky will fall, I know. (Source: metro.co.uk) So far what we know about this new companion is very little, just that her name is Bill and she will be portrayed by Pearl Mackie. What makes Bill so special is that she is a companion of color. Yes, you heard right, Bill is black. She will join the only other companion who was not white (Freema Agyeman). Many news articles have started to praise the BBC decision(with the director/producer) to add Bill into the long and treasured list of companions. From what I can tell, is that I am excited and hopeful to see more diversity on Doctor ...

Alright, it's taken me a couple of days to digest EVERYTHING that has been going on in/around the community. And it's not so much, that I like bringing news or information late, it's also due to the fact that i have to also keep up with my physical therapy for my knee, sowy. ANYWHOO, here we go! OMG, if anyone and everyone has up to this point have NOT seen the teaser trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars story, you REALLY must. Ever since the acquisition of Lucasfilm and Star Wars by Disney (and also that Disney basically deemed the EU non-cannon) I have mainly have been wanting to stick with the MAIN storyline. And why, you may be wondering, well it is because, I grew up in the 90s when the EU WAS cannon (not only were the stories incredible, but they were sanctioned by Lucas himself) and as you can imagine, I was seriously pissed when Disney announced that EU was no longer viable, I (like many other fans) were skeptical and honestly (at least in my case)...