The Idiot's Lantern

The Idiot's Lantern

Friday, February 23, 2007

Doctor Who news

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.

The current series of Paul McGann audios have concluded on BBC7 (awwww...). But you can still catch the last episode until 12:00am Sunday (GMT) on their listen again schedule.

Previous:
Sunday, February 18th: Human Resources, part 2
Beyond the Vortex, part 8
Sunday, February 11th: Human Resources, part 1
Beyond the Vortex, part 7
Sunday, February 4th: No More Lies
Beyond the Vortex, part 6
Sunday, January 28th: Phobos
Beyond the Vortex, part 5
Sunday, January 21st: Immortal Beloved
Beyond the Vortex, part 4
Sunday, January 14th: Horror of Glam Rock
Beyond the Vortex, part 3
Sunday, January 7th: Blood of the Daleks, part 2
Beyond the Vortex, part 2
Sunday, December 31st: Blood of the Daleks, part 1.
Beyond the Vortex, part 1

Now the long wait until there is new Doctor Who. *sigh*

The New Beginnings dvd set will be released in North American on June 5th, 2007. The set will include the Keeper of Trakken, Logopolis, and Castrovalva, just like it's UK counterpart. I believe the extras will be the same as well. Yay!! [TvShowsonDVD link]

I think this was already mentioned in the DWC group, but just in case you missed it- 40 PBS stations have bought the Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who package, including
WCET in Cincinatti! (you lucky ducks!) How about bringing it to Columbus, and Cleveland, or even Akron? (Hey, I could hook up my old fashion rabbit ears and try to get Akron's station. LOL) [Outpost Gallifrey link]

The Saturn award nominations are out, and Doctor Who has scored two of them: BEST SYNDICATED/CABLE TELEVISION SERIES and BEST TELEVISION SERIES RELEASE ON DVD. [Outpost Gallifrey link]

David Tennant says series 3 is choc-full of monsters! (He also says the rumor about Brittney Spears was just a joke gone wrong-thank God!) Warning: mild spoilers [SyFyPortal link]

TAFN!!

Thursday, February 22, 2007

DWC February meeting

Hey everyone!

Don't forget, the February DWC meeting is this Saturday, the 24th, 6pm at City Barbecue.

We will be meeting for a meal and a chat. Conversations will probably include results and news from GallifreyOne Convention in L.A.. As well as from the Marcon planning meeting on Feb 18th, which at least one of us will have attended. As always Dr. Who news will be on the table. By then we should have 2 episodes of Life on Mars to keep us busy talking too.

As always, please see the DWC Yahoo group for directions and contact numbers.

Thanks!

Friday, February 16, 2007

Doctor Who news

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, February 11th: Human Resources, part 2

Episode description from BBC7: Under fire from an old foe, the Doctor is startled to learn about the true nature of Lucie's fate. Can he save her future?

Beyond the Vortex, part 8

Previous:
Sunday, February 11th: Human Resources, part 1
Beyond the Vortex, part 7
Sunday, February 4th: No More Lies
Beyond the Vortex, part 6
Sunday, January 28th: Phobos
Beyond the Vortex, part 5
Sunday, January 21st: Immortal Beloved
Beyond the Vortex, part 4
Sunday, January 14th: Horror of Glam Rock
Beyond the Vortex, part 3
Sunday, January 7th: Blood of the Daleks, part 2
Beyond the Vortex, part 2
Sunday, December 31st: Blood of the Daleks, part 1.
Beyond the Vortex, part 1


Just for fun: Doctor Who influences Little Orphan Annie? (from Outpost Gallifrey)

I haven't been reading many official reports about Doctor Who or either of it's spin offs. Most of what I've been reading has just been speculation-you have been warned! ;)

According to Outpost Gallifrey, John Barrowman suspects that Torchwood's second season will premiere in early 2008. [Outpost Gallifrey link]

Apparently, there is also a delay in the production of the Sarah Jane Adeventures (which was due to start filming in April). According to a fan who attened the SF Ball in Bournemouth last week-Elisabeth Sladen was there, and mentioned that the delay in the production of SJA was due to a delay in the production of Torchwood. [Sarah Jane.tv link]

Series 3 casting...rumors(?) I'm not all that familiar with British newspapers, so I'm not sure how reliable the Independent is. (if anyone from England happens to be reading this, please forgive me!) They have a major spoiler regarding the casting of John Simm from Life on Mars. [Outpost Gallifrey link] Plus a short follow up.

TAFN, happy Who watching!

Friday, February 09, 2007

Doctor Who news

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, February 11th: Human Resources, part 1

Episode description from BBC7: Lucie Miller starts her first day in a new job. Or does she? Is it possible that her time with the Doctor was a daydream?

Beyond the Vortex, part 7


Previous:
Sunday, February 4th: No More Lies
Beyond the Vortex, part 6
Sunday, January 28th: Phobos
Beyond the Vortex, part 5
Sunday, January 21st: Immortal Beloved
Beyond the Vortex, part 4
Sunday, January 14th: Horror of Glam Rock
Beyond the Vortex, part 3
Sunday, January 7th: Blood of the Daleks, part 2
Beyond the Vortex, part 2
Sunday, December 31st: Blood of the Daleks, part 1.
Beyond the Vortex, part 1


Series 2 (season 28)
Series 2 has completed it's run on the SciFi Channel
Doctor Who homepage
Doctor Who on SciFi

Torchwood
Torchwood has now finished on BBC3.
Torchwood homepage

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The 60 minute special-Invasion of the Bane, aired on January 1st, 2007. Filming for the new series is scheduled to begin in the spring.
Sarah Jane Adventures official site (yes, I know, if you're reading this here in the U.S., you won't be able to view it. *sigh*)
Sarah Jane's Wikipedia page

Series 3 will start in March! (we think!) The Doctor Who Magazine will be previewing the first episode, Smith and Jones in their issue that comes out on March 1st, so there has been some speculation that the series will start around March 24th(the last day the issue will be on the stands). When I hear something more official, I'll post it here. ;)

Speaking of rumors, please, dear Rasilon, let this one be wrong.
...Davies wants more Hollywood in Who?!?! The BBC wants to add more glitz in the hopes of getting more viewers here in America and at home?! Are they kidding? Please, please, please let this only be a rumor!!!

TAFN, happy Who watching!

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

February DWC Steering Meeting

Don't forget! There's a DWC meeting Friday, February 9th from 7-10pm at Brazenhead. This month we will be discussing Marcon and the video room choices trying to pare it down to 60 hours or less of choices. (good luck!!) :)

Please see the DWC Yahoo group for more info and directions. Thanks!!!

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

New links --->

Hey everyone! I finally got around to adding some new links to the sidebar-feel free to check them out. Please let me know if any of them are broken. Also-if you have any suggestions for other links-please let me know!!! :)

It might be a while before I get around to changing the template for this blog-apparently the template I was considering doesn't work well with the new Blogger. Oh, well. As with the links-if you have any suggestions for the template, please let me know!!

Thanks!

Friday, February 02, 2007

This week in Who

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, February 4th: No More Lies

Episode description from BBC7: The Doctor and Lucie gatecrash a posh party, and get more than they bargained for. Namely vortisaurs and a crumbling spaceship.

Beyond the Vortex, part 6


Previous:
Sunday, January 28th: Phobos
Beyond the Vortex, part 5
Sunday, January 21st: Immortal Beloved
Beyond the Vortex, part 4
Sunday, January 14th: Horror of Glam Rock
Beyond the Vortex, part 3
Sunday, January 7th: Blood of the Daleks, part 2
Beyond the Vortex, part 2
Sunday, December 31st: Blood of the Daleks, part 1.
Beyond the Vortex, part 1


Series 2 (season 28)
Series 2 has completed it's run on the SciFi Channel
Doctor Who homepage
Doctor Who on SciFi

Torchwood
Torchwood has now finished on BBC3.
Torchwood homepage

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The 60 minute special-Invasion of the Bane, aired on January 1st, 2007. Filming for the new series is scheduled to begin in the spring.
Sarah Jane Adventures official site (yes, I know, if you're reading this here in the U.S., you won't be able to view it. *sigh*)
Sarah Jane's Wikipedia page

No links this week. I've been a bit under the weather the past couple of days, so I haven't been doing much surfing around for news. I'm sorry! :(