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Get ready for another round of Red Light, Green Light.
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Spoilers follow for "Joy to the World."
If there's one thing Steven Moffatt loves to do with Doctor Who, it's to find a monster buried in the mundane. He's made statues, shadows, lost children and even the idea of silence into some of the show's most terrifying villains. Sadly, the mysterious extra door you often find in older hotel rooms isn't as universal a concern, but it's still a rich seam for him to mine. That's the inspiration for "Joy to the World," Doctor Who's 2024 Christmas Special. Which is light, fun and a little bit scattershot, much like Christmas is meant to be, right?
When Doctor Who returned, the show was woven back into the UK's cultural firmament in a way it never had been before. Part of that process was adding the show to the BBC One Christmas Day schedule, making it a universal cultural touchstone. For most of its post-2005 run, it has aired an episode next to the Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders' festive specials. Imagine the British equivalent to those everyone-gathered-around-the-TV events like the Super Bowl or the Macy's Day Parade, but on Christmas Day. Even if you don't like any of the fare on offer, you're still expected to sit with the family and consume it.
With these specials, the prestige timeslot, longer runtime and bigger budget are burdens as much as they are benefits. The show has to play to a far broader audience than normal, with diehard fans sitting elbow-to-elbow with elderly relatives filling every silence with gossip about their neighbor's garden project. Consequently, the story needs to be a little looser, with less need for the
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 A new Apple TV streaming box is rumored to launch next year, and there is a possibility that the device's U.S. pricing will start at just $99.
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This versatile laptop features an Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB DDR5 RAM, which means you can expect great performance from this device, loading apps and games without issue, allowing you to jump from one app to the next and multitasking like a pro.
There's no dedicated graphics card, but there's an integrated one that should handle streaming content and even some light gaming just fine.
One of the coolest parts about this laptop is that it's a 2-in-1 model, which means you can also use the screen as a tablet. The 15.6? full HD AMOLED touchscreen has 370 nits of brightness and a 60Hz refresh rate. So whenever you want to chill out with the laptop on your couch, you can just flip it over and tap the screen to open apps, play games, and so on. You can even place the laptop as a tent on the desk and watch a movie if you want to.
Now's your chance to save $450 on the Samsung Galaxy Book4 360 and get it for just $900 from Best Buy.
That's 33% off for the Galaxy Book4 360
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 It seems to be an unwritten rule that when stuff breaks, there never seems to be a toolbox nearby. That's where everyday carry multitools can help, and the latest to blaze a Kickstarter trail is the titanium UltraFix Driver from TrekGear.
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