50 Television Years [Doctor Who]

There's a ripple going through the fabric of internet space-time continuum as nerds and non-nerds across the web's multiverses scramble to get a piece of the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who special. Mine is sitting on my desktop, just waiting to be stared at and wept for, which I will do in just a few minutes.

But first, a tribute to two magnificent otherworldly men - The Doctor and Thor. 

Here are the top 10 reasons why I loved Thor: The Dark World.

10. The Train Scene. The troubled demigod needs to get to Greenwich, and the only way he could do it is by catching the train, where some lucky woman standing next to him had to steady herself against his chest when the train lurches. That woman could have been any one of us. This woman, and not Natalie Portman, symbolizes hope for us mere humans.

9. Shirtless Thor. There is justice in a world where Thor can only contemplate his life and the worlds he wants to save while looking out a vast balcony with nary a piece of clothing on his upper body.

8. Rene Russo's Fight Scene. Rene Russo plays the All-Motherhen Frigga, and she does it very well - such an underrated actress - but she really shows her chops when she gets her very own fight scene with the Dark Elf. If I ever have daughters, they will all be required to learn how to fight like this, with grace, and only after marrying an all-father, as their lone purpose in life.

Here, let me make you a sandwich.

7. Portals! My brief foray into the gaming world saw me dabbling for hours in Portal and Portal 2, and I thoroughly enjoyed imagining GLaDOS lol-ing at the massive fight scene with the portals.

6. The All-Father's Narrative Voice. The slight dragging of breath that is so distinctly Anthony Hopkins as a prelude to the Asgardian kingdom, dripping with grandfatherly authority. Is it going to be his Asgardian King, or his Silence of the Lambs psycho? WATCH TO FIND OUT.

5. The Girl Everyone Ignores. That will be Sif, Asgardian warrior and Thor's Plan B girl (what an asshole). Very few women are Natalie Portman's Jane Foster character, majority of us are Sifs, always gunning for the blond, blue-eyed demigod who has friendzoned us, and constantly ignoring our nice friend Balder who has always been in love with us.

I don't believe in Friendzones.

4. Benicio del Toro, who appears in the easter egg end-credits as the Collector. Benicio del Toro has always been on my list of Bad-Looking Men Who Are So Strangely Attractive, and his appearance in that 3-minute scene was my reward for keeping him on that list for close to 12 years.

Benicio del Toro: Not sure if ugly, or fugly.

3. The Dark Elves' Ships. They took my breath away when they first appeared in the movie, probably because I am a cylon with a hard-on for spaceships, or probably because I'm due for another rewatch of the Battlestar Galactica series. I swear villains have all the fun.

Imagine driving this to work. 

2. Loki, the Ticking Bomb. This guy. His multitudes of mommy-daddy issues makes him so deeply intriguing and many-sided, and I know that if he would just let me love him, I would be the one to fix him.

Loki, WHY WON'T YOU LET ME LOVE YOU?
- Thor and all women

1. Malekith. Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor might have been my least favorite, but in this movie, he completely kills it. He so magnificently plays the part - I could feel the pride of the Dark Elves through my 3D glasses as I watched his pale face, spitting as he labored through his Druhir speeches. I promptly watched a few episodes of Doctor Who Series 1 to 3 afterwards to find an inkling of the Dark Ruler he would become, and yes, definitely. DEFINITELY.

TRUST ME, I'M THE DOCTOR.  - translated from Druhir

It's hard to believe, but Christoper Eccleston's Malekith, and not Chris Hemsworth's Thor, is the reason I will watch this movie again.

Happy birthday, Doctor.