I've decided to change the title of these posts, because I'm not sure how much actual news I'll be able to write about from week to week-hope you all don't mind. :)
Series 2 (season 28) in the USA:
Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel <-note the new time!!!
Current episodes:
1. The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT)
2. New Earth (9:30pm EDT)
Check out the episode pages for the new season-they have slideshows with images from the episodes. Pretty cool. :)
Doctor Who on BBC7:
Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs.
Sunday, September 24th: Swords of Orion, part 1
Sunday, October 1st: Swords of Orion, part 2
from the SciFi Wire
SciFi Wire has an article about the Sarah Jane Adventures (which impressed me). There are quite a few details about it, like why K-9 won't be a feature in the regular series. However, I do question a couple of things in the article-it mentions that Yasmin Page will be playing Sarah's 13 year-old neice, Maria-I thought she was Sarah's next door neighbor. Also, the have the day that School Reunion airs wrong-it's October 13th (Friday), not the 11th (Wednesday). (well, that complaint is just me being picky. ;))
There is also an article with David Tennant discussing his role in Doctor Who. I think it's cool that while filming the Christmas Invasion he got notes from both Tom Baker and Peter Davidson (the Doctors he grew up watching) wishing him well.
I'm sure many of you have heard by now the controversy over the Guinness Book of World Records longest running science fiction series. While Doctor Who gets the record for the longest running science fiction series (over 600 episodes with 22 seasons between 1963-1984) Stargate SG:1 gets the record for longest running science fiction series (consecutive) (10 seasons, 203 episodes). According to the article linked above, the people at Guinness explained that SG:1 has had the most consecutive back-to-back episodes without a break since 1997.
I'm sure we all have our own opinions about this matter. See if you can guess mine from this: My question to Guinness is this-how long must a break be before the episodes are no longer considered consecutive and back-to-back? I mean, I really enjoy SG:1 and all, but they have breaks too. Sure there were long breaks between seasons 22, 23, and 24-but I've already taken that into account. Is the gap between the earlier seasons really that big? Oh, well-it's still the longest in terms of years-and Stargate has quite a few more to go before it catches up! LOL. ;)
TAFN,
Happy Who Watching!!!
The Idiot's Lantern
Friday, September 29, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Eighth Doctor on BBC7 and other news...
Hmm...perhaps I should have changed the title order to say Other news first-LOL....
Season 2 premieres on SciFi in one week! Yay!!!! I'm so excited. This also means I'll be back to my weekly posts during it's run-although I'm not sure how much extra news I'll be able to report on-time seems to be somewhat limited lately. Just look at how far behind I am now! ;)
For those who haven't visited SciFi lately, their Doctor Who site has been updated to include Season 2. A two and a half hour block has been scheduled for the Christmas Invaision and New Earth, starting at 8pm, EDT. After that Doctor Who will air in it's new timeslot-8pm, and will be followed by Battlestar Galactica at 9, and Threshold at 10. The SciFi wire also reports that the Season 2 dvds will be released on January 16th, 2007 (ooh, just missing my birthday!).
Also, BBC America will be airing the first season of Doctor Who starting November 21st at 10pm Eastern and Pacific.
More from the way-back file: I'm sure most of you have heard that Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen, will be staring in her own spinoff, the Sarah Jane Adventures, a children's program for CBBC. Here's the official press release from last week. Yay, Sarah Jane! ;)
Behind the Sofa reports that Torchwood will premiere on BBC 1 and BCC3 at 9pm on October 21st. Yay!
The Eighth Doctor on BBC7
This Sunday airs the first part of one of my favorite 8th Doctor audios, the Swords of Orion on BBC7 They will continue to run the stories from this series until mid-December, and then in January of 2007 will premiere a new series of 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish! He will have a new companion, Lucie Miller, played by Sheridan Smith. (that's good-although I seem to be in the minority here, I didn't really care for Charly-she just rubbed me the wrong way.)
The new titles are as follows:
-Blood Of The Daleks by Steve Lyons
-Horror Of Glam Rock by Paul Magrs
-Immortal Beloved by Jonathan Clements
-Phobos by Eddie Robson
-No More Lies by Paul Sutton, and
-Human Resources by Eddie Robson
I've really enjoyed the 8th Doctor audios, so I'm really looking forward to new stories in January!
TAFN,
Season 2 premieres on SciFi in one week! Yay!!!! I'm so excited. This also means I'll be back to my weekly posts during it's run-although I'm not sure how much extra news I'll be able to report on-time seems to be somewhat limited lately. Just look at how far behind I am now! ;)
For those who haven't visited SciFi lately, their Doctor Who site has been updated to include Season 2. A two and a half hour block has been scheduled for the Christmas Invaision and New Earth, starting at 8pm, EDT. After that Doctor Who will air in it's new timeslot-8pm, and will be followed by Battlestar Galactica at 9, and Threshold at 10. The SciFi wire also reports that the Season 2 dvds will be released on January 16th, 2007 (ooh, just missing my birthday!).
Also, BBC America will be airing the first season of Doctor Who starting November 21st at 10pm Eastern and Pacific.
More from the way-back file: I'm sure most of you have heard that Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen, will be staring in her own spinoff, the Sarah Jane Adventures, a children's program for CBBC. Here's the official press release from last week. Yay, Sarah Jane! ;)
Behind the Sofa reports that Torchwood will premiere on BBC 1 and BCC3 at 9pm on October 21st. Yay!
The Eighth Doctor on BBC7
This Sunday airs the first part of one of my favorite 8th Doctor audios, the Swords of Orion on BBC7 They will continue to run the stories from this series until mid-December, and then in January of 2007 will premiere a new series of 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish! He will have a new companion, Lucie Miller, played by Sheridan Smith. (that's good-although I seem to be in the minority here, I didn't really care for Charly-she just rubbed me the wrong way.)
The new titles are as follows:
-Blood Of The Daleks by Steve Lyons
-Horror Of Glam Rock by Paul Magrs
-Immortal Beloved by Jonathan Clements
-Phobos by Eddie Robson
-No More Lies by Paul Sutton, and
-Human Resources by Eddie Robson
I've really enjoyed the 8th Doctor audios, so I'm really looking forward to new stories in January!
TAFN,
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Romana's (long overdue) Season 2 Review
I did finish the season a few weeks ago-at the time, I had an excuse not to post one (I finished it right in the middle of the Feast of the Assumption-I was pretty busy with Italian band during that time) However, after that, I have no excuse-just plain lazy. I'm sorry!
Since I didn't do any reviews as I watched each episode, this entry may be a little long with commentary. ;)
10. Tooth and Claw On the bottom of most lists I've seen-for me, the biggest problem I had was the attitude that the Doctor and Rose seem to have throughout the episode-entirely too flippant for me. The werewolf was kind of creepy, though.
9. New Earth An okay start, I guess-it just kind of dragged a little.
8. Fear Her As Tom mentioned in his post-a stronger story than New Earth, but still a bit weak. When someone asks how I liked this epiosde, I usually reply with "Eh, it was okay, I guess."
7. Love and Monsters You either loved it or you hated it-not much room for middle ground...except when it comes to this particular review-I didn't hate it-I just thought it was a fluff piece that aired at the wrong point of the season-I think I would have enjoyed it better if it was in the middle of the season, rather than stuck near the end. This epsiode reminded me of Stargate's Citizen Joe-a story about the main character, told through the eyes of an average person-and how the adventures of Col. Jack O'Neill/the Doctor, directly affected Joe Spenser/Elton Pope.
6. The Idiot's Lantern Actually, I couldn't decide on the order of this and the previous episode-I think I changed it around several times before making a final decision. So, did the Wire's 'Feed me!' remind anyone else of the disembodied Great Architect Kroagnon's 'HUNGRY!' from Paradise Towers? Or have I just been watching entirely too much Doctor Who? ;)
5. The Impossible Planet/the Satan Pit This episode felt different than any other Doctor Who episode I have seen-different music, different atmosphere-and I really enjoyed it. The 'devil' being trapped in the core of the planet, who needed help to become free, reminded me of Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars. (and yes, I'm sure I would have felt the same way if I hadn't known that both characters were voiced by Gabriel Woolf). ;)
4. Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel Ahh, it was good to see my second favorite villians of all time return to Doctor Who-and it was interesting to see how the Cybermen originated in the parallel universe. Also, Mickey's character really grew on me as the series moved on-I liked how his character revolved from being a somewhat silly boyfriend to hero of the world. Hats off to Mickey!
3. Girl in the Fireplace Writer Stephen Moffat. 'nuff said. ;) Can't wait to see what he gives us in the third season!
2. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday OMG. WOW. That's all I said for several hours after watching these epiosdes. First of all, when that Dalek emerged from the sphere, the first thing I thought was, 'Hey! Who's been invading my childhood nightmares?!?!?!' I might have mentioned this before, but when I was little, I used to have nightmares that the Daleks and the Cybermen would invade my neighborhood at the same time. So when I saw the Cybermen forming in ordinary people's homes...WOW. Yeah. The second thing I thought was, "Cybermen vs. Daleks? SWEET!" I was totally blown away by this episode. Classic series nods(?) When the Cybermen pushed their way out of the plastic in Torchwood, I thought it was very reminicent of the Cybermen emerging from Tomb of the Cybermen.
...Hey, was that Sutekh's sarcaphagus in Torchwood? ;)
1. School Reunion If you haven't guessed, I'm a BIG fan of nostalgia. Big, big fan. I actually was debating on which order 1 and 2 would be-I had a hard time deciding, but in the end, School Reunion won out (it came down to which one I've watched the most since the original viewing-I don't wanna say how many times I've watched this epiosde. LOL.) ;) This was the episode I couldn't wait to see the most: Sarah Jane Smith (my favorite companion), K-9...need I say more? Anthony Stewart Head made an excellent creepy bad guy, and I loved the music. Watching this episode made me feel like a kid again-a kid who enjoyed watching Doctor Who with her family every Friday/Saturday night. I still get a silly grin after watching it. At Christmas, I showed my Mom this episode (out of order, and without my sister). I told her that we couldn't tell my sister that we had watched this episode, and she got this huge grin on her face and said, "You mean we get to watch this again?" LOL-my Mom is the coolest. Oh, and because I haven't said it in a while, Yay, Sarah Jane! :-D
Since I didn't do any reviews as I watched each episode, this entry may be a little long with commentary. ;)
10. Tooth and Claw On the bottom of most lists I've seen-for me, the biggest problem I had was the attitude that the Doctor and Rose seem to have throughout the episode-entirely too flippant for me. The werewolf was kind of creepy, though.
9. New Earth An okay start, I guess-it just kind of dragged a little.
8. Fear Her As Tom mentioned in his post-a stronger story than New Earth, but still a bit weak. When someone asks how I liked this epiosde, I usually reply with "Eh, it was okay, I guess."
7. Love and Monsters You either loved it or you hated it-not much room for middle ground...except when it comes to this particular review-I didn't hate it-I just thought it was a fluff piece that aired at the wrong point of the season-I think I would have enjoyed it better if it was in the middle of the season, rather than stuck near the end. This epsiode reminded me of Stargate's Citizen Joe-a story about the main character, told through the eyes of an average person-and how the adventures of Col. Jack O'Neill/the Doctor, directly affected Joe Spenser/Elton Pope.
6. The Idiot's Lantern Actually, I couldn't decide on the order of this and the previous episode-I think I changed it around several times before making a final decision. So, did the Wire's 'Feed me!' remind anyone else of the disembodied Great Architect Kroagnon's 'HUNGRY!' from Paradise Towers? Or have I just been watching entirely too much Doctor Who? ;)
5. The Impossible Planet/the Satan Pit This episode felt different than any other Doctor Who episode I have seen-different music, different atmosphere-and I really enjoyed it. The 'devil' being trapped in the core of the planet, who needed help to become free, reminded me of Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars. (and yes, I'm sure I would have felt the same way if I hadn't known that both characters were voiced by Gabriel Woolf). ;)
4. Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel Ahh, it was good to see my second favorite villians of all time return to Doctor Who-and it was interesting to see how the Cybermen originated in the parallel universe. Also, Mickey's character really grew on me as the series moved on-I liked how his character revolved from being a somewhat silly boyfriend to hero of the world. Hats off to Mickey!
3. Girl in the Fireplace Writer Stephen Moffat. 'nuff said. ;) Can't wait to see what he gives us in the third season!
2. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday OMG. WOW. That's all I said for several hours after watching these epiosdes. First of all, when that Dalek emerged from the sphere, the first thing I thought was, 'Hey! Who's been invading my childhood nightmares?!?!?!' I might have mentioned this before, but when I was little, I used to have nightmares that the Daleks and the Cybermen would invade my neighborhood at the same time. So when I saw the Cybermen forming in ordinary people's homes...WOW. Yeah. The second thing I thought was, "Cybermen vs. Daleks? SWEET!" I was totally blown away by this episode. Classic series nods(?) When the Cybermen pushed their way out of the plastic in Torchwood, I thought it was very reminicent of the Cybermen emerging from Tomb of the Cybermen.
...Hey, was that Sutekh's sarcaphagus in Torchwood? ;)
1. School Reunion If you haven't guessed, I'm a BIG fan of nostalgia. Big, big fan. I actually was debating on which order 1 and 2 would be-I had a hard time deciding, but in the end, School Reunion won out (it came down to which one I've watched the most since the original viewing-I don't wanna say how many times I've watched this epiosde. LOL.) ;) This was the episode I couldn't wait to see the most: Sarah Jane Smith (my favorite companion), K-9...need I say more? Anthony Stewart Head made an excellent creepy bad guy, and I loved the music. Watching this episode made me feel like a kid again-a kid who enjoyed watching Doctor Who with her family every Friday/Saturday night. I still get a silly grin after watching it. At Christmas, I showed my Mom this episode (out of order, and without my sister). I told her that we couldn't tell my sister that we had watched this episode, and she got this huge grin on her face and said, "You mean we get to watch this again?" LOL-my Mom is the coolest. Oh, and because I haven't said it in a while, Yay, Sarah Jane! :-D
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