File This Under: Yearly Christmas Day Injustice [Dr. Who]

In a yearly eff you to all the rebels that threw their tea into the Boston harbor, we Statesiders are always made to wait FOREVER to see the annual Christmas episode of Dr. Who. I wouldn’t mind, except this year’s episode looks particularly awesome AND there’s never anything except stoopid college football to watch on Christmas day in America. How lovely it must be to be able to gather round with your family and watch an extra-awesome episode of your favorite show on an actual TV — as opposed to a bit torrent download of middling quality on your laptop. If Obama is serious about bridging gaps with the rest of the world, hopefully he will put Hillary Clinton on setting up a cross-broadcast of the Dr. Who Christmas Special for 2009. Just saying…

Til then, don’t watch the below unless you really want to feel that the world is a particularly cruel place: