The Idiot's Lantern

The Idiot's Lantern

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Jack-o-Lanterns: Doctor Who style

Happy Halloween!

I'm know this has been making the rounds on the net already, but since it's Halloween, I just had to link to it here. ;)

Dalek-o-Lantern

See it in action!

Make your own Who Scarf

(I tried to post this yesterday, but Blogger was having issues-it crashed on me, and I didn't get the chance to post it until today. My apologies!)

I came across this cool site while looking for more Doctor Who news outlets (in addition to the BBC's site) since Outpost Gallifrey's news page ended. I think this was a featured site at Unitnews at one point. Since it's Halloween, I thought now would be a perfect time to share-in case there are any other knitters out there (or someone you know who's a knitter)-then you can make your very own Doctor Who scarf for next Halloween, or any conventions in between. :)

www.doctorwhoscarf.com is an awesome site-not only does he give the different patterns for the various seasons, but he goes into detail about using different yarns and choosing different colors for your scarf. There's even a little bit of history on what happened to the original scarf.

I learned to knit just so I could make a scarf. LOL. Making a scarf is really easy-it just takes a while. It took me about 9 months to complete mine-and there would be times when I wouldn't work on it at all for a couple of weeks. Here's a picture a coworker of mine took when I was almost halfway done:

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(it's so cool to have coworkers who are fellow Who fans.) ;)

I believe the pattern I used came from the Doctor Who Pattern Book by Joy Gammon, and it's similar to the Season 14 scarf. (starts with purple and ends in a yellow). Also-the Scarf site uses US size 6 or 7 needles-I used size 9, and it turned out pretty good. (I also recommend using circular needles-the stitches will be less likely to fall off your needles when you're not knitting, and as the scarf gets longer, they'll help support the weight so it's easier on your wrists.)

Enjoy!

Friday, October 27, 2006

This week in Who

Series 2 (season 28)
Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel

Current episode:
5. Rise of the Cybermen, part 1

Previous episodes:
4. The Girl in the Fireplace
3. School Reunion
2. Tooth and Claw
1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT)
The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT)

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.
This week:
Sunday, October 29th: Stones of Venice, part 2

Previous:
Sunday, October 22nd: Stones of Venice, part 1

Torchwood
Sundays, 9pm, GMT on BBC3

Current episode:
3. Ghost Machine

Previous episodes:
2. Day One
1. Everything Changes

Attention! If you've been planning on catching (or rewatching) the next episode of Doctor Who in it's second time slot-note that SciFi has changed the time of it's repeat to 10pm EDT. Last week it was changed from 12am to 11pm-I found out 10 minutes to 12. Blah!

SciFi has been featuring clips from the season 2 dvd extras in their video section Better catch them while you can! Many are available for a limited time only.

Fun stuff: The Italian Job, Doctor Who style. Click on it-you know you want to! ;)

Torchwood
Although the BBC's official site is somewhat limited to non-UK viewers, www.torchwood.org.uk is a pretty cool site. You'll need Flash, and probably some patience (it took a while for it to load on my computer at work). Have fun navigating through it! There's some interesting stuff hidden in there.

I've seen quite a few different reactions for the new show-some people love it, some people hate it. In any case, the Beeb is quite pleased with it's performance after only two episodes.

From what I understand, it's probably a good idea to see the entire second series of Doctor Who before starting into Torchwood, as there are many references to Who in the new show.

More from the SyFy Portal:
Did Capt. Jack Cuss?

TAFN, happy Who watching!!!

DW Columbus October Meeting

The October gathering will be this Sunday (the 29th) at Jarrod's. We will be watching the first two episodes of Torchwood! :) Please check the yahoo group for the time and directions. Thanks!

Friday, October 20, 2006

This week in Who

Current episode:
Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel
4. The Girl in the Fireplace

Previous episodes:
3. School Reunion
2. Tooth and Claw
1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT)
The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT)

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.
This week:
Sunday, October 22nd: Stones of Venice, part 1

Torchwood starts this Sunday, 9pm, GMT on BBC3. The episode guide is scheduled to be updated on the 23rd. Although there are links to the videos, I'm not sure if we have access to them. Last week there was a notice on the pages that due to copyright issues, they wouldn't be accessible to those of us outside the UK. I tried to watch a few, but it just kept trying to connect-dunno if that's just my connection, or the BBC. Feel free to try, and let me know if you're sucessful!

My goal for these weekly updates is to give you more than just links, but sometimes, (like today!) I won't have enough time to talk much about the articles I link to. Hope you don't mind. :)

Audio books for the latest 10th Doctor Novels (Including Anthony Head!)

Billie's new book (I hear it's geared more towards adults)

Win a part in Doctor Who! (sorry guys, not only do you have to be under 14, but this is only open for residents of the UK.) Still, it's gonna be awesome for one lucky kid!

National Television Awards Doctor Who's been nominated again for most popular show, best actress and best actor. Yay!

TAFN. Happy Who watching!

Friday, October 13, 2006

This week in Who

Current episode:
Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel
3. School Reunion

Previous episodes:
2. Tooth and Claw
1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT)
The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT)

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.
This week:
Sunday, October 15th: Swords of Orion, part 4

Previous:
Sunday, October 8th: Swords of Orion, part 3
Sunday, October 1st: Swords of Orion, part 2
Sunday, September 24th: Swords of Orion, part 1

The last part of Swords of Orion airs this coming Sunday. Another 8th Doctor story will start the following Sunday. I don't remember the order they were going to air, but it would be cool if they did Invaders from Mars, with Halloween coming and all. ;)

We've all heard the sad news-Outpost Gallifrey's news section is coming to an end. The forums and Gallifrey One's convention will still continue, and as Daniel pointed out-there is still alot of good information for both the classic series and the news series on the site. Michael, over at the Torchwood Institute also mentioned that it was a great source for international Doctor Who news-as most sites focus on just one country. It will be missed!

The BBC has finally lauched it's Torchwood site. It looks to be pretty cool-unfortunately, it seems several features will only be available to the UK. Still, I think there will be alot of other information we can access about the series on the site(from what I can tell, we won't be able to access any special vidoes). The episode guide is scheduled to be updated on the 19th of October-other sections on the 22nd.

Yes! Torchwood is scheduled to hit BBC airwaves a week from Sunday! It looks like it's going to be really good-and I hope someone on this side of the pond picks it up. :) Trailers have been circulating on YouTube-I think there have been 3 trailers (not including the teaser), but I've only been able to find 2:
Trailer 1
Trailer 2

TAFN-it's been a crazy week for me at home and here at work (10th anniversary library celebration-let me tell you-6 adults trying to untangle tons of ballons is a site to behold. LOL!)

Happy Who watching!
Oh, and because it's on tonight-you know I gotta say it: Yay, Sarah Jane!! ;)

Friday, October 06, 2006

This week in Who

Current episode:
Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel
2. Tooth and Claw

Previous episodes:
1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT)
The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT)

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.
This week:
Sunday, October 8th: Swords of Orion, part 3

Previous:
Sunday, October 1st: Swords of Orion, part 2
Sunday, September 24th: Swords of Orion, part 1

Check out the video section on SciFi's Doctor Who website-they have about a 50 second preview of some outtake extras from the season 2 dvd release in January. The cyberman scene alone makes it worth the while. I was laughing so hard a coworker of mine came up to me and joked, 'Be quiet!! You're not supposed to be having that much fun at work!' LOL.

There is a review for the UK dvd release of The Sontaran Experiment on the Doctor Who website-plus a few preview clips of some of the extras (although the preview of the commentary link wasn't working when I tried it.) I know I keep saying it, but I'll say it again-I hope the extras are the same for the North American dvd release!!! :)

DoctorWho.TV has partial episode guide for season 3. Only one title (the Runaway Bride, a couple of plots, and the writers and directors for some of the episodes.

Torchwood.TV has a link and some thoughts about a BBC press release concerning Torchwood.
(Just for fun-if you do a quick stroll up from the press release, you'll see that Peter Davidson is going to be starring in a new comedy series.)

Speaking of Doctors in non-Who programming, starting Sunday, October 8th, Casanova, starring David Tennant, will be on Masterpiece Theater.

TAFN, happy Who watching!!

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Torchwood Teaser Trailer

It's only about two seconds long, but I thought you'd like to see it anyway. ;)



(Thanks to Torchwood.TV and to whom ever put it on YouTube!)