a citizen of the universe

Why yes! I was wondering!

2012-01-26T08:45:00.000-08:00

And another thing I found:

2012-01-26T08:36:00.000-08:00

I think that Twin Dilemma might be better in German.

The Height of Sartorial Elegance

2012-01-26T08:22:00.000-08:00

I've noticed that the BBCAmerica repeats of The Christmas Invasion have had the "Song for Ten" sequence excised. Luckily, BBCA are making up for this by posting the clip to Youtube:

The search for that clip brought me sideways to a couple of Doctor Who fashion sites:
Time And Ridiculous Design In Space has just started out looking at the costumes of the old series. So far a fair amount of time is being spent on Delta and the Bannermen, which to be fair, has a lot of grist for the mill.

Outfits from the TARDIS' wardrobe room has more of a focus on using the costumes as a jumping off point for real life shopping - many of the posts are of the "I've tracked down Rose's boots from Boom Town" variety, but there are also links where an old costume or element is used as a jumping off point for an ensemble. This Harry Sullivan outfit for example is re-imagined as a woman's outfit, but I was able to follow the links from it to a very spiffy paisley ascot that is a steal at 25 bucks and I have decided not to buy anyway.

How do you signal a new focus?

2012-01-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

You start with a nap, that's how.

And we walked off to look for America

2011-04-27T06:31:00.001-07:00

ongoing maintenence

2010-06-08T05:01:00.000-07:00

I'm still here. Back running in a bit I hope.

For the forgotten

2010-02-13T16:32:00.000-08:00

It is the small trivia that some find comfort in. It is a way to remember the insignificant.

"The little people."

Compare and contrast

2009-04-18T05:11:00.001-07:00

He called it! Sorta!

2009-01-03T17:41:00.001-08:00

Lawrence Miles' Doctor Who Thing, Nov 3:

"Middle England might just about accept a black Doctor, but they certainly won't accept one they can't pronounce. Hartnell! Troughton! Pertwee! Baker! Davison! Baker! McCoy! McGann! Eccleston! Tennant! Eji… Ejoili… Ej… oh, **** it, let's just hire Matt Smith instead."

Watch Sarah Jane's Mouth

2008-06-15T06:30:00.001-07:00

Still catching up

2007-12-22T07:45:00.000-08:00

Dec 16 Another trailer. A quick one this time.

Dec 17 A game of Warehouseman! But with daleks! I love Warehouseman!

Dec 18 They've updated the Doctor Who Comic Maker for the upcoming special. I can't get at it, as I am not in the UK. Merry Christmas to you, BBC!

Dec 19 An interview with Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson. This is what is known as a "get" because these three rarely do interviews.

Dec 20 A link to the new Voyage of the Damned page in the Episode Guide. Somehow I think this is cheating a little.

Dec 21 Another trailer, which would be excellent if there were footage in it that wasn't in the other trailers that we've already seen.

Dec 22 Another video of the recording of the commentary track, this time for The Sound of Drums. They have a bigger room this time. That's nice to see.

Continuing the catch up

2007-12-22T05:17:00.000-08:00

Dec 14 - A minute and a half long promo that makes the Christmas special look like a Die Hard movie. A Die Hard movie on a steamship in space, but still.

Dec 15 - A thing that says "Follow the simple instructions to make a Heavenly Host Christmas Tree Ornament. (I'm presuming that the Heavenly Host is the name of those angel dudes) I can't find the link to the instructions. No ornament for me. Boo.

I play catch up

2007-12-22T04:48:00.000-08:00

Dec 9 - A jigsaw puzzle - complete the puzzle and you get to see a painting of the ship from the new story and then you can click through that to get a teensy chunk of script.

Dec 10 - A bunch of wallpaper photos for your desktop. Red pufferfish guy is named "Bannakaffalatta." Geoffrey Palmer looks like he could use a good rest.

Dec 11 - The official site has a podcast version of the DVD commentary, so you can tape the show when it's broadcast then play it again with the podcast synced up so you can hear a commentary. Today we get a video of the recording of the commentary track, so you can see what it looks like. It looks like they're wedged in a closet.

Dec 12 - A Tardis video game. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. So I guess I lost.

Dec 13 - Everyone behind the scenes sings "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Considering that, as I recall correctly, this was filmed in July, they must have needed a bit of prodding to get into the spirit. Adding CGI snow helps a little.

And on the Eighth day

2007-12-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

A 10 second trailer for Voyage of the Damned. There was some concern that this would be unviewable ouside of the UK, but I had no problem.

Boats in space. We don't see enough of those.

The sixth and seventh

2007-12-08T06:08:00.000-08:00

For December Sixth, an audio of the choral version of "The Old Rugged Cross" which was, for some reason, left out the latest soundtrack.

For the seventh, the holiday posters that were in the background of the street scenes in the first two Christmas specials.

Christmas Cards!

2007-12-05T17:52:00.000-08:00

For December 5, we get a selection of four print-em-out fold-em-up Christmas cards with images from the upcoming special. I'm quite taken with red pufferfish guy.

Americans watch out, you will have to resize the paper.

A twofer

2007-12-04T16:05:00.000-08:00

For the third - a selection of "Whospy" behind the scenes pics. I loved these when they were a daily feature on the BBC Who site in the days of the first new season. I wish it would be a regular feature again.

And the Fourth - a companion (or as some might have it, "side-chick" quiz.) I was doing fine until I got to a question with a sound component and bagged, because I had the sound off and didn't want to put it back on. Perhaps later.

Moving along

2007-12-02T05:37:00.000-08:00

The tidbit for December 2 is a short story.

I suspect that the powers that be were shooting for a feel like one of the old Doctor Who annuals (I haven't seen a recent one) - Tardis lands, picks up a new companion, goes off somewhere else, meets a new monster, quick bit of tension and the monster turns out to be peaceful. Hoo-rah! The essence of what some people think the show is about distilled down to three pages.

And it's Christmassy, in that it's all wintery. (and topical in that it's all global warmingy)

Oh why not.

2007-12-01T15:42:00.000-08:00

The start of December sees another "Advent(ure) Calender" on the official BBC Doctor Who website. What better way to get me back into the habit of posting here than to go through and comment on every dashed one.

For Dec 1, we get a video of David Tennant and Kylie Minogue wishing all the Doctor Who fans a Merry Christmas.

Hey! Wait a minute! The Titanic sank in April! This is actually going to be a Christmas themed story?

2007-10-03T03:32:00.000-07:00

Uploaded with Skitch!

A post bleeds from my main blog

2007-08-27T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hey look!

Nick Courtney!

He's practically the first guest star on Jason King!

Portmeirion

2007-08-22T18:35:00.000-07:00

Portmeirion was the location of Masque of Mandragora as well as the The Prisoner (US,UK). But I think that's common knowledge

It looks like some of the imagery has been updated. Go have a look.

who's that knocking at my door?

2007-08-04T04:07:00.001-07:00

testing

2007-07-13T17:23:00.000-07:00

just testing

The new season summarized

2007-04-25T17:42:00.000-07:00

I summarize the reaction of many blogs to the third season of Doctor Who:

Smith and Jones: "When the Doctor said that he had to expel the radiation, I thought he was going to fart. He didn't. How clever is Russell T. Davies to upend fan expectation that way!"

The Shakespeare Code: "Shakespeare was sort of a dick, wasn't he?"

Gridlock: "The Macra! I had to spend fifteen minutes explaining to my significant other what the Macra were!"

Daleks in Manhattan: "Why pig people? I don't get it."