Howdy folks!
First of all, I'd like to say "WELCOME" to all of our new members that joined at Marcon! :)
Did you have fun at Marcon? I know I did! :) It was great seeing everybody again-can't wait until next year! :) I hope to be posting some pictures here and on facebook soon. (sorry they aren't up yet-but I got walloped by a cold Tuesday/Wednesday-it really knocked me out, and I'm still recovering. *sniffle, cough, cough* ;) )
Don't forget we are having our June steering meeting TONIGHT at Tommy's Pizza on Lane from 7-9 pm. Hope to see you there!!
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Need an 8th Doctor fix? Radio 7 is currently airing new 8th Doctor Adventures! Check out The Beast of Orlock on BBC7! (unfortunately, it is only in the listen again schedule for 3 more days.)
For Blake 7 fans-Radio 7 has a series of new adventures as well: Check out Blake's 7: the Early Years. (Ashes to Ashes fans may recognize the voice of Keeley Hawes (DI Alex Drake))
Matt Smith's adventures continue on BBC-America this Saturday, 9 pm EST with Amy's Choice
The Idiot's Lantern
Showing posts with label other British scifi. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Steering meeting next week
And that's no April Fools!
Just a reminder that this month's steering meeting has been moved to Next Thursday, April 8th. Same place, same time (Tommy's on Lane, at 7pm!)
Hope to see you next week!
Also, don't forget, Doctor Who is new this week in the U.K.! Also new in the U.K.: Ashes to Ashes! To add to the fun-the K-9 series kicks off in Australia this weekend! :)
Just a reminder that this month's steering meeting has been moved to Next Thursday, April 8th. Same place, same time (Tommy's on Lane, at 7pm!)
Hope to see you next week!
Also, don't forget, Doctor Who is new this week in the U.K.! Also new in the U.K.: Ashes to Ashes! To add to the fun-the K-9 series kicks off in Australia this weekend! :)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
February Monthly Meeting
Hello everyone! It's that time again-time for our monthly meeting!
Come to John's house in the Bexley-ish area for this month's group meeting. We plan on having episodes of Being Human and Survivors (season... err, series 2 for each) to choose from, and if you have anything else new and exciting, feel free to bring it along. Bring your favorite snack, side dish, and/or beverage. (Spoiler: John will probably end up making hummus.) (Directions are located under Files in the Yahoo list.)
We will also be discussing and viewing possible videos for our video room at Marcon this year.
The fun starts at 5pm-hope to see you there!!
Come to John's house in the Bexley-ish area for this month's group meeting. We plan on having episodes of Being Human and Survivors (season... err, series 2 for each) to choose from, and if you have anything else new and exciting, feel free to bring it along. Bring your favorite snack, side dish, and/or beverage. (Spoiler: John will probably end up making hummus.) (Directions are located under Files in the Yahoo list.)
We will also be discussing and viewing possible videos for our video room at Marcon this year.
The fun starts at 5pm-hope to see you there!!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Welcome and January Steering meeting info....
Happy New Year!
First of all, I'd like to welcome our newest member, Erin! Hello Erin! I hope you like it here. :)
Don't forget our first steering meeting for the new year will be tomorrow, January 14th. This month we will be meeting at Max& Erma's on 161 www.maxandermas.com from 7-9pm.
Marcon will be having their annual fundraiser for SOLAE. If you're already a member of the Marcon group don't forget to print out the flyers and receive 10% off your dinner. Also, a percentage of all purchases go to SOLAE and to support Marcon (yay!).
We will be discussing everything from Marcon, to the latest Doctor Who episodes. Be sure to bring your thinking caps for the Video room at Marcon. Don't forget- the Gallifrey Con on the west coast is only 6 weeks away!! If you're interested in going, come and discuss what a great event they have too. :)
Here's a bit of trivia for you-anyone catching the new series Demons on BBC America? Recognize the actor who plays Luke? Post your guesses in the comments (and no cheating on IMDB.com!!! It took me FOREVER to figure out who he was without looking! Share in my pain! LOL.) I'll post the answer in a about a week. Winners receive...well, winners receive a thumbs up of awesomeness! ;)
Hope to see you at Max&Erma's!
First of all, I'd like to welcome our newest member, Erin! Hello Erin! I hope you like it here. :)
Don't forget our first steering meeting for the new year will be tomorrow, January 14th. This month we will be meeting at Max& Erma's on 161 www.maxandermas.com from 7-9pm.
Marcon will be having their annual fundraiser for SOLAE. If you're already a member of the Marcon group don't forget to print out the flyers and receive 10% off your dinner. Also, a percentage of all purchases go to SOLAE and to support Marcon (yay!).
We will be discussing everything from Marcon, to the latest Doctor Who episodes. Be sure to bring your thinking caps for the Video room at Marcon. Don't forget- the Gallifrey Con on the west coast is only 6 weeks away!! If you're interested in going, come and discuss what a great event they have too. :)
Here's a bit of trivia for you-anyone catching the new series Demons on BBC America? Recognize the actor who plays Luke? Post your guesses in the comments (and no cheating on IMDB.com!!! It took me FOREVER to figure out who he was without looking! Share in my pain! LOL.) I'll post the answer in a about a week. Winners receive...well, winners receive a thumbs up of awesomeness! ;)
Hope to see you at Max&Erma's!
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Steering into March...
Hiya Folks!
Don't forget, tomorrow, March 5th, is our monthly steering meeting at Tommy's Pizza on Lane Avenue, from 7-9pm.
Also, don't forget that the deadline for Marcon 44 panelist registration is coming up (March 15th). Check out the files section to see the list of potential panels, and the reminder post on list. It would be really awesome if we had alot of participants! (speaking of which, I need to give the list another look myself...)
REMINDER! (yes, another one!) If you are interested in attending a Blue Jackets game with the group and haven't already done so, please respond to the update poll Andrew posted with available game dates. (I haven't heard the final word and the poll is still open, so I assume this is still ongoing. ;) ) I wish I could join you guys (I love hockey!) but sadly, I cannot make any of those days. Have fun!
Special thanks to Mreen for keeping us updated with all of the British SciFi radio shows that are airing on BBC Radio! One of these days I'll get back to posting reminders here as well... For Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy fans (the Brig and Davros), don't forget the latest episode of the Scarifyers is still up on Radio 7's Listen Again section!
Hope to see you tomorrow at the steering meeting!
Don't forget, tomorrow, March 5th, is our monthly steering meeting at Tommy's Pizza on Lane Avenue, from 7-9pm.
Also, don't forget that the deadline for Marcon 44 panelist registration is coming up (March 15th). Check out the files section to see the list of potential panels, and the reminder post on list. It would be really awesome if we had alot of participants! (speaking of which, I need to give the list another look myself...)
REMINDER! (yes, another one!) If you are interested in attending a Blue Jackets game with the group and haven't already done so, please respond to the update poll Andrew posted with available game dates. (I haven't heard the final word and the poll is still open, so I assume this is still ongoing. ;) ) I wish I could join you guys (I love hockey!) but sadly, I cannot make any of those days. Have fun!
Special thanks to Mreen for keeping us updated with all of the British SciFi radio shows that are airing on BBC Radio! One of these days I'll get back to posting reminders here as well... For Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy fans (the Brig and Davros), don't forget the latest episode of the Scarifyers is still up on Radio 7's Listen Again section!
Hope to see you tomorrow at the steering meeting!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Polling time!!!
No, I don't want to know who your favorite Presidential canidate is-these polls are more fun!!! ;)
We currently have 2 active polls running for DWC:
1. Where would you like the next DWC steering meeting (February 7th) to be? We are changing locations in order to facilitate the brainstorming of questions for the Doctor Who Jeopardy game we are creating for Marcon.
Poll ends February 7th.
2. We are having another video room at Marcon this year!! Go and vote on five, (and only five!!) shows that you would like to see represented in our British Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV room. Where are Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Sarah Jane in this poll, you may ask? Don't worry, they are already included in our lineup!! :-D
No end date (yet) for this poll-but the sooner the better, so Andrew can have some idea of what the most popular shows are.
Be sure to log into the DWC Yahoo group and vote in the polls! Thanks!!!
We currently have 2 active polls running for DWC:
1. Where would you like the next DWC steering meeting (February 7th) to be? We are changing locations in order to facilitate the brainstorming of questions for the Doctor Who Jeopardy game we are creating for Marcon.
Poll ends February 7th.
2. We are having another video room at Marcon this year!! Go and vote on five, (and only five!!) shows that you would like to see represented in our British Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV room. Where are Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Sarah Jane in this poll, you may ask? Don't worry, they are already included in our lineup!! :-D
No end date (yet) for this poll-but the sooner the better, so Andrew can have some idea of what the most popular shows are.
Be sure to log into the DWC Yahoo group and vote in the polls! Thanks!!!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
News Bits
Just a few news bits from the past week:
People's Choice Awards!!!!
Doctor Who is up for Favorite SciFi Show!!!!
...against Stargate:Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica.
People's Choice Awards
Go vote Who!!! :)
Unitnews is now myentertainmentnews.co.uk
It still has Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Sarah Jane news...along with other entertainment (primarily British) news
From myentertainmentnews.co.uk:
Dirk Gently coming to cd! The cd will feature interviews and a behind the scenes look at the creation of the series.
Elisabeth Sladen just recently had a signing of two new SJA audio books, which drew over 200 fans-both young and old. :)
A few older bits:
They also have a synopsis of the Doctor Who Adventures #41
from Outpost Gallifrey:
Synopsis for DWM 389
Sarah Jane Adventures ratings ...and appreciation index. All is looking good for SJA!
First issue of the Torchwood Magazine
from the BBC:
More on the latest issue of DWM
Gimme Five (from the Radio Times)
Martha's monster mash Spoliers for the returning Classic Who alien. For those who don't mind being spoiled-what do you think of the new design? I dunno...there's just something not quite right with it...
Easter egg hint from LiveJournal (for Blink):
Click only if you dont' want to look for it yourself. ;)
http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/2323740.html?#cutid1
Don't forget! Chicago TARDIS is next week!!!!!
People's Choice Awards!!!!
Doctor Who is up for Favorite SciFi Show!!!!
...against Stargate:Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica.
People's Choice Awards
Go vote Who!!! :)
Unitnews is now myentertainmentnews.co.uk
It still has Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Sarah Jane news...along with other entertainment (primarily British) news
From myentertainmentnews.co.uk:
Dirk Gently coming to cd! The cd will feature interviews and a behind the scenes look at the creation of the series.
Elisabeth Sladen just recently had a signing of two new SJA audio books, which drew over 200 fans-both young and old. :)
A few older bits:
They also have a synopsis of the Doctor Who Adventures #41
from Outpost Gallifrey:
Synopsis for DWM 389
Sarah Jane Adventures ratings ...and appreciation index. All is looking good for SJA!
First issue of the Torchwood Magazine
from the BBC:
More on the latest issue of DWM
Gimme Five (from the Radio Times)
Martha's monster mash Spoliers for the returning Classic Who alien. For those who don't mind being spoiled-what do you think of the new design? I dunno...there's just something not quite right with it...
Easter egg hint from LiveJournal (for Blink):
Click only if you dont' want to look for it yourself. ;)
http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/2323740.html?#cutid1
Don't forget! Chicago TARDIS is next week!!!!!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Dirk Gently
For all you Douglas Adams fans out there-Dirk Gently's Holistic Dectective Agency started today on BBC Radio 4!! In fact, it's already available to listen to again! Check out the official website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/dirkgently/
Dirk Gently is a 6 part series that will run every Wednesday at 6:30pm (GMT). It will be available in their Listen Again section for one week after each new episode airs.
I haven't had a chance to listen to the first episode yet, but the preview sounds great!!! Hey, the voice of Professor Urban Chronotis sounds awfully familiar... ;)
Dirk Gently is a 6 part series that will run every Wednesday at 6:30pm (GMT). It will be available in their Listen Again section for one week after each new episode airs.
I haven't had a chance to listen to the first episode yet, but the preview sounds great!!! Hey, the voice of Professor Urban Chronotis sounds awfully familiar... ;)
Friday, August 24, 2007
More on the Scarifyers
Since I am sure I did them an injustice in my description from my last post, I wanted to share with you what was said about the Scarifyers in my BBC7 newsletter:
From BBC7:
"Scarifyers is a new series to BBC 7, and this is its first transmission on radio. To whet your appetite., I can do no better than to include this message from the writer of the series, Simon Barnard, who initially approached me with the project:
"The idea was to combine the Doctor Who 'UNIT' stories from the '70s with Quatermass, but make it faster, funnier and more accessible for a modern audience. The first Scarifyers story tells the tale of how Lionheart and Dunning first meet, and eventually form top-secret government dept MI-13. - It stars Nicholas Courtney ( Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.) The entire play was written for Nicholas, so it was very lucky he liked the script! He plays septugenarian crime-fighter Inspector Lionheart, a Bulldog Drummond-style fists-do-the-talking hero. Terry Molloy (The Archers) provides support as Professor Dunning. Dunning takes his name from the central character in M.R. James 'Casting the Runes,' and Dunning is kind of based upon James.
The play opens with him reading his students a ghost story at Christmas, for example. The difference is that Prof. Dunning is actually the world's worst horror author.. -Scarifyers is set in the 1930s because that was such a rich period for supernatural goings-on. The inter-war period was rife with spiritualism. Satanist Aleister Crowley was making headlines, Harry Price (the 'Ghost Detective') was conducting experiments into the supernatural and people actually believed this stuff. If you're going to write a supernatural series, then the 1930s is when to set it.""
additional note from me: of course, we all know Terry Molloy as Davros from the later Dalek stories.
Check them out! I listened to their Christmas special, the Yule Lads and quite enjoyed it. I can't wait to listen to the Nazad Conspiracy! :)
From BBC7:
"Scarifyers is a new series to BBC 7, and this is its first transmission on radio. To whet your appetite., I can do no better than to include this message from the writer of the series, Simon Barnard, who initially approached me with the project:
"The idea was to combine the Doctor Who 'UNIT' stories from the '70s with Quatermass, but make it faster, funnier and more accessible for a modern audience. The first Scarifyers story tells the tale of how Lionheart and Dunning first meet, and eventually form top-secret government dept MI-13. - It stars Nicholas Courtney ( Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.) The entire play was written for Nicholas, so it was very lucky he liked the script! He plays septugenarian crime-fighter Inspector Lionheart, a Bulldog Drummond-style fists-do-the-talking hero. Terry Molloy (The Archers) provides support as Professor Dunning. Dunning takes his name from the central character in M.R. James 'Casting the Runes,' and Dunning is kind of based upon James.
The play opens with him reading his students a ghost story at Christmas, for example. The difference is that Prof. Dunning is actually the world's worst horror author.. -Scarifyers is set in the 1930s because that was such a rich period for supernatural goings-on. The inter-war period was rife with spiritualism. Satanist Aleister Crowley was making headlines, Harry Price (the 'Ghost Detective') was conducting experiments into the supernatural and people actually believed this stuff. If you're going to write a supernatural series, then the 1930s is when to set it.""
additional note from me: of course, we all know Terry Molloy as Davros from the later Dalek stories.
Check them out! I listened to their Christmas special, the Yule Lads and quite enjoyed it. I can't wait to listen to the Nazad Conspiracy! :)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
2 more days to vote!! What's on, and other goodies...
I hear the big Ohio Doctor Who gathering was a huge success-congrats, guys!!! I'm sorry I couldn't make this one-hopefully I'll be able to make the next one!! Special thanks to John from Ohio Type 40 for sending me pictures! :) I'll post them here sometime this weekend.
If anyone else has any pictures/stories from last Saturday's party that they would like to share on this blog, feel free to send them along. :)
Now, on to what's on this week:
Series 3/Season 29 in the U.S.A.
Fridays, 8:00pm (EDT) on the SciFi Channel
Current episode:
8. Human Nature
Previous episodes:
7. 42
6. the Lazarus Experiment
5. Evolution of the Daleks
4. Daleks in Manhattan
3. Gridlock
2. The Shakespeare Code
1. Smith and Jones
The Runaway Bride
the usual:
Only 2 days left to vote!!!! Remember, only one vote per day per IP address, so head on over both Friday and Saturday and GO VOTE WHO!!! :)
SciFi's Weekly Doctor Who quizzes How's everyone doing so far? :-)
Who's in a Flap? The BBC has released some more publicity shots for series 4/season 30. [spoilers for those who haven't seen the end of series 3/season 29.]
Coming up in spinoffs:
The first season of Torchwood is coming to BBC America Saturday, September 8th. Check out BBCA's Torchwood site.
Sarah-Jane.tv has a nice summary of the Sarah Jane Adventures article from the latest issue of DWM. Although no exact date has been giving yet, the show should debut sometime in late September on CBBC.
British SciFi on the radio:
Coming to BBC7 this Saturday in the 7th Dimension: former Who actors Nicholas Courtney and Terry Malloy star in the Scarifyers, a secret government department set up in 1936 to investigate the unexplainable. :) The first part of their first adventure, the Nazad Conspiracy, airs this Saturday on BBC7 at 6pm and midnight (GMT). If you miss it live, it will be available in their Listen Again schedule for one week after it airs. Also, don't forget to check out their MySpace page.
TAFN, happy Who watching!
If anyone else has any pictures/stories from last Saturday's party that they would like to share on this blog, feel free to send them along. :)
Now, on to what's on this week:
Series 3/Season 29 in the U.S.A.
Fridays, 8:00pm (EDT) on the SciFi Channel
Current episode:
8. Human Nature
Previous episodes:
7. 42
6. the Lazarus Experiment
5. Evolution of the Daleks
4. Daleks in Manhattan
3. Gridlock
2. The Shakespeare Code
1. Smith and Jones
The Runaway Bride
the usual:
Only 2 days left to vote!!!! Remember, only one vote per day per IP address, so head on over both Friday and Saturday and GO VOTE WHO!!! :)
SciFi's Weekly Doctor Who quizzes How's everyone doing so far? :-)
Who's in a Flap? The BBC has released some more publicity shots for series 4/season 30. [spoilers for those who haven't seen the end of series 3/season 29.]
Coming up in spinoffs:
The first season of Torchwood is coming to BBC America Saturday, September 8th. Check out BBCA's Torchwood site.
Sarah-Jane.tv has a nice summary of the Sarah Jane Adventures article from the latest issue of DWM. Although no exact date has been giving yet, the show should debut sometime in late September on CBBC.
British SciFi on the radio:
Coming to BBC7 this Saturday in the 7th Dimension: former Who actors Nicholas Courtney and Terry Malloy star in the Scarifyers, a secret government department set up in 1936 to investigate the unexplainable. :) The first part of their first adventure, the Nazad Conspiracy, airs this Saturday on BBC7 at 6pm and midnight (GMT). If you miss it live, it will be available in their Listen Again schedule for one week after it airs. Also, don't forget to check out their MySpace page.
TAFN, happy Who watching!
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