The 2015 Christmas Special is almost here, and with it, a new post-Clara era of Doctor Who begins. This seems as good a time of any to announce that I am ending Who News after over a year of reporting Doctor Who updates.
My reasons for ending it are simple: I have become much busier and will only continue to get busier in the near future, and I believe it is better to make the decision to end the site now, rather than do an increasingly poor job, only getting in the occasional post here and there. Additionally, I began to feel that Who News was starting to stagnate a bit, and I would like to have my memory of writing Doctor Who news be a positive one, and not remember it as being a chore. If you’re still in need of Doctor Who news, I would highly recommend doctorwhotv.co.uk.
Ending this site certainly doesn’t mean I will stop watching Doctor Who. The show remains one of my greatest passions and I am looking forward to Series 10, Patrick Ness’ spin-off Class, and whatever else the future holds for the Doctor and his TARDIS. I just won’t be reporting news about the series any longer. Feel free to follow me on Twitterand/orTumblr if you like!
Finally, I would like to thank you all for following and supporting Who News and its sister sites since it began just days before 2013′s 50th anniversary special. The Doctor Who fan community is so gracious and supportive and it was fantastic to be able to provide a service to you all! It is continuously surprising to see how many people respond to my posts, and heartwarming to know that we have all come together just a little bit in sharing our love of Doctor Who.
So I suppose I’ll end this post with one of my favorite scenes of Doctor Who, and one that I think is criminally underrated:
Thank you again for following Who News, and don’t forget to watch the 2015 Christmas Special The Husbands of River Song 25 December, 5:15pm on BBC One, 9/8c on BBC America!
“GERONIMO!!” “Oh, shut up with the Geronimo already!” Drawing the 11th and 12th doctor doctor! So excited! I shall be drawing the 10th Doctor after I draw these two.
A prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache tribe, Geronimo led his tribe’s resistance against the white colonization of southwestern North American. He eventually surrendered after a year of fighting, in 1886. He spent the last 20 years of his life as a prisoner
“On this day in 1886, Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the mighty Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe’s homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Indian warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest.
Geronimo was born in 1829 and grew up in what is present-day Arizona and Mexico. His tribe, the Chiricahua Apaches, clashed with non-Indian settlers trying to take their land. In 1858, Geronimo’s family was murdered by Mexicans. Seeking revenge, he later led raids against Mexican and American settlers. In 1874, the U.S. government moved Geronimo and his people from their land to a reservation in east-central Arizona. Conditions on the reservation were restrictive and harsh and Geronimo and some of his followers escaped. Over the next decade, they battled federal troops and launched raids on white settlements. During this time, Geronimo and his supporters were forced back onto the reservation several times. In May 1885, Geronimo and approximately 150 followers fled one last time. They were pursued into Mexico by 5,000 U.S. troops. In March 1886, General George Crook (1829–90) forced Geronimo to surrender; however, Geronimo quickly escaped and continued his raids. General Nelson Miles (1839–1925) then took over the pursuit of Geronimo, eventually forcing him to surrender that September near Fort Bowie along the Arizona-New Mexico border. Geronimo and a band of Apaches were sent to Florida and then Alabama, eventually ending up at the Comanche and Kiowa reservation near Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory. There, Geronimo became a successful farmer and converted to Christianity. He participated in President Theodore Roosevelt’s inaugural parade in 1905. The Apache chief dictated his autobiography, published in 1906 as Geronimo’s Story of His Life. He died at Fort Sill on February 17, 1909.”
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