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Rebecca Sargeant-Staff Writer

Rebecca Sargeant

Staff Writer

August, 2023
Doctor Who, Sitcoms
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Industry Focus

Rebecca focuses on a range of topics, including LGBTQ+ stories, reality, sci-fi, drama, and comedy shows and films.

Favorite Media

Rebecca is a big fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race, Disney Dreamlight Valley, The Sims, Doctor Who, Stardew Valley, and pretty much every sitcom!

Author Details

Rebecca is an experienced freelance writer from the UK, with two degrees focussing on narrative design and characterization, as well as being an advocate for the discussion of the wider public's understanding of minority groups and the issues they live with through mainstream television, film, and video games. 
 

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With Buffy the Vampire Slayer's return officially confirmed and underway at Hulu, many of us are now thinking about what we need from the reboot.

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Doctor Who Canon Is Notoriously Flexible, But These 8 Contradictions Are Hard To Ignore

Even though Doctor Who's canon is very timey-wimey, especially considering how old the show is, it still frustrates me how contradictory it can be.

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I Really Wish These TV Shows Would Make A Comeback & Continue

While there are some amazing TV show revivals, and some less than great, there are other titles that I am desperate to see make a return to screens.

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Doctor Who Always Forgets The Doctor Can Use These 7 Powers & Abilities

Doctor Who has introduced all manner of interesting powers and abilities that the Doctor possesses, but annoyingly, the show often forgets about them.

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Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg around neon lights in The Stand
Stephen King Has So Many Great Villains, But These 5 Randall Flagg Moments Prove He's The Best One

The King of Horror's villains are some of the best in literature overall, but Stephen King's Randall Flagg is by far the best, and I can prove why.

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12 Annoying Sitcom Characters That I Still Can’t Stand Years Later

While I think the sitcom genre has introduced some of the best TV characters ever, there are some that, even years later, I just can't stand one bit.

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8 Cold Opens That Changed Their Sitcoms Forever

While most cold opens set up an episode or are just a gag, some opening sequences actually had an impact on the plot and changed their shows forever.

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5 Popular Fantasy TV Shows That Aren't As Good As We

While there are some titles audiences will always be nostalgic and fond of, these fantasy TV shows aren't as good as viewers them being.

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10 Disney Animated Movie Moments That Haunted Us As Kids
9 Disney Animated Movie Moments That Haunted Us As Kids

Although most animated Disney flicks are childhood classics and create a fuzzy and warm feeling, some movies contain truly haunting moments for kids.

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The Eleventh Doctor and River Song standing by Melody's bassinet in the Doctor Who episode
Doctor Who: 10 Times The Doctor Lied Or Broke A Promise

While the Doctor often tries to lead with the truth and to keep every promise they make, Doctor Who frequently proves that this isn't always the case.

The book covers of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Fellowship of the Ring.
10 Iconic Lines From Books Everyone Knows (Even Those Who Haven't Read Them)

These iconic book lines and recognized by everyone, regardless of whether you've read the title, seen the movie adaptation, or just know it somehow.

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Bryan Cranston as Hal in Malcolm in the Middle and Walter White in Breaking Bad.
10 Actors Whose 2 Most Famous Characters Are Total Opposites

The world of TV often puts actors into a box for portraying one character, only to throw everyone off by taking on someone who is the total opposite.

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Horror book tropes are classics for a reason, but there's nothing scarier than the unexpected, and these stories subvert all the predictable clichés.

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Walter White looking mad in the desert in Breaking Bad.
10 Classic TV Shows That Constantly Get Parodied & Referenced

The more popular a TV show becomes, the more their respective storylines, characters, and overall tone is parodied and referenced by other titles.

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10 Great TV Episodes That Happen In Real-Time

These TV shows feature an episode that is set in real-time, with respective characters racing against or being painfully aware of a ticking clock.

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10 Excellent Stephen King Stories That Surprisingly Haven't Been Adapted Yet

Many of Stephen King's brilliant novels and short stories have been made into movies and TV shows, but some surprisingly are yet to get an adaptation.

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10 Biggest Examples Of The Mandela Effect In Movies & TV Shows

In TV and cinematic history, there are several instances of the Mandela Effect, in which audiences mis certain quotes, events, or characters.

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Although medical drama TV shows are known for being overly dramatic, it's astounding that many of the genre's tropes are completely unrealistic.

The book cover imagery for The Talisman and Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
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With The Talisman 3 on the way, the last installment in Stephen King's series with the late Peter Straub, there are questions he needs to answer.

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10 Fantasy Movie Moments So Famous That They Became Memes

A lot of famous memes that are used across the internet come from iconic movie scenes, but some of the very best are originally from fantasy titles.

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