So today I’m nerding out about possible companions for Doctor Who over at Tor.com. Nina Sosanya, whom I have loved for ages, is my legit first-draft pick. Thomas Edison may or may not have bribed me for a spot on that list. Who has electricity NOW, bitches?!

I managed to refrain from suggesting Michael Fassbender, mostly because I think that it would be the first time ever that a Doctor’s companion spent every episode trying to kill the Doctor just for shits. I mean, I like the guy (I apparently like him at 80 decibels in the middle of a quiet room), but dude is not right in the head.

That is the face of a stone-cold murderer, and every one of you knows it.

I might as well have suggested him for the Doctor, back when we were still throwing around casting wishes, but I figured the time had come for a change. (The casting of yet another white dude after so much noise about making a change is not BBC’s most progressive hour, I think.) However, clearly they are trying to draw in/retain a younger audience for this next series, which, in a world of youth worship, is a smart marketing move if nothing else. You need to watch something on your iPod while you’re waiting for the midnight show of New Moon, is what I’m saying.