"We have to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow before the Daleks access the Hand of Omega!"

Here's a story that should appeal to geeks, nerds, dweebs, AND poindexters.

British actor Christopher Eccleston has just been picked to be the ninth man to portray the lead in Doctor Who, the show parents everywhere withheld as a threat to make their children pick up the Dungeons & Dragons dice scattered along the carpet. Boys wanted to be him, girls...didn't watch the show. (Actually, I always wanted to be Adric, the young boy genius companion who didn't mind traversing alien wastelands in yellow pajamas and DIED at the hands of the Cybermen. What does that say about me? Don't answer that.)

Anyway, I'm so excited about the news I almost spilled my Big Gulp. The new version starts next year, so anyone not completely familiar with the hundreds of episodes and novelizations would do well to brush up on the mythos here.