"The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship... Everything has its time. And everything ends. "
--Sarah Jane Smith, School Reunion
Showing posts with label doctor who. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doctor who. Show all posts
2011-04-20
The universe has to move forward
2011-04-09
2010-12-28
Halfway out of the dark ...
"It’s either kiss her or go back to your room making a new kind of screwdriver. Don’t make my mistakes."Thank you to Spacecast.com for streaming "Doctor Who - A Christmas Carol"!-- Matt Smith as The Doctor
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2010-12-05
Tonight’s show is a little different
The funniest thing I've seen in a long time: the cold open from the Doctor Who night on The Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
[h/t: dwin.org]
2010-09-14
2010-07-30
Fezes ARE cool!
Don't believe me? Then watch the second part of the finale of the current season of Doctor Who on Space.
[photo source: wikia]
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2010-07-22
The Pandorica Opens
I can't wait to see part two of the season finale!
Missed part 1? Watch it streaming from Space!
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2010-07-13
Van Gogh and The Lodger
Ooops, I missed the window to post the link to Space streaming Vincent and the Doctor. Which is too bad, because Tony Curran was fabulous as Van Gogh! (And isn't it interesting that the name is pronounced differently across the pond.) If you missed it and want to catch up on some of the details visit DWIN's Tardis File for the episode.
This week, Space has The Lodger streaming from it's website. The episode is a good bit of fun in and of itself. Don't have time to watch the whole episode? Then watch this YouTube edit of the episode in the style of The Odd Couple.
[h/t: The Doctor Who blog]
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2010-06-24
Douglas Adams and Cold Blood
When Douglas Adams is mentioned, most people think of him as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Adams, however, was also a script editor and writer for Doctor Who!
Andrew Orton payed homage to Adams with this parody integrating Doctor Who with Rod Lord’s animations from the Hitchhiker's TV series and a pretty passable Peter Jones.
[h/t: The Doctor Who blog]
If you've missed "Cold Blood," the second part to "The Hungry Earth" you can watch it a Spacecast.com
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2010-06-18
I am The Doctor, eh?
Did you know that Canadian Sydney Cecil Newman, a Canadian film and television producer, played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s?
During his time in Britain in the 1950s and 60s, among other credits, he was involved in initiating both The Avengers and Doctor Who!
He returned to Canada in 1970 and continued to be heavily involved in film and broadcasting. Newman was awarded the Order of Canada in 1981.
[h/t: The Doctor Who Blog]
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2010-06-14
But who?
I had no choice but to love a show that opened with the lines:
"But who is this creature with terrible claws
And terrible teeth in his terrible jaws?"
Unfortunately, we'll need to wait until next week to find out if
The mouse found a nut and the nut was good.If you haven't read The Gruffalo yet, get thee to a children's library. You'll be glad you did.
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2010-06-11
Doctor Who most watched show
According to the Space website, last Saturday's airing of Doctor Who won the timeslot for viewers across the board! Not bad for a geek in a bowtie.
Want to see what all the fuss was about? Check it out online at Spacecast.com before Sunday night.
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2010-05-19
I am the Doctor, and you are the Daleks!
And if you choose to place a goofy cartoony looking trailer for your show during a high drama moment in my show, you will be exterminated!
[h/t: Planet Gallifrey]
Makes me wish we could get The Graham Norton Show here!
If you live in Canada and missed the airing of Flesh and Stone on Space last weekend, you can still see it at Spacecast.com.
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2010-04-27
The 10th Doctor and Captain Picard do Hamlet
From the PBS website:
Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production of Hamlet. The production will be presented on PBS by the Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings)
Image from TennantNews.blogspot.com
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2010-04-26
"I think a lot, it's hard to keep track."
Shout out to Space for hosting Doctor Who and streaming episode two of this season titled, "The Beast Below."
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2010-04-20
"You're Scottish. Fry something."
If you don't know where that line comes from, then you haven't seen The Eleventh Hour.
What are you waiting for? You can watch it online, at Spacecast.com, right now!
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2010-04-16
The eleventh hour
Shout out to Space, the Canadian TV station hosting Doctor Who. According to the website, they'll be starting the new season, featuring Matt Smith, starting this Saturday! (And hopefully, they'll continue to host the episodes online as well.) [h/t: The Doctor Who Blog]
Also from The Doctor Who Blog:
Season Fnarg of Doctor Who premieres on Space on 17 April, and for every person who doesn’t watch it, a unicorn will die. It’s in good hands here in Canada, and your blogger for one would heartily encourage all those reading this to support it at its new home for as long as its new home is happy to support it.
I had the good fortune to watch Matt Smith in Party Animals when it aired on TVO and I'm confident he'll do brilliantly in his new role!
For those who are interested, Matt Smith was interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi on CBC One yesterday. You can find the podcast here (Matt Smith starts about the 20min mark):
the Podcast 2010-04-14 Dr Who actor Matt Smith
Dr Who actor Matt Smith * Stripping banned in Iceland * A plea to stop with all the musicals!
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2010-03-12
Of mixed minds
I'm torn. I love that the company "One" is raising funds to build PlayPumps in Africa so that children a) have access to clean water and b) can go to school and play in lieu of spending their time getting water. (The project is nicely described in this quicky YouTube video.)
However, they do raise funds through the sale of bottled water.
Yesterday was "Bottled Water Free Day."
What do you think? Do you think that One should find an alternate method of raising funds? Or do the ends justify the means (since people are going to be buying bottled water anyway ... why not get them to buy water that helps a good cause)?
2010-03-07
Taking action
Looking for worthy causes that you can help, without costing you a penny? Here are a few for you:
Test your vocabulary and help distribute rice through the World Food Progamme at FreeRice.com [h/t: GeekDad]
To play the game, click on the synonym you think is right. If you're right, you get a harder question. Otherwise you get an easier question. For right answer, 10 grains of rice is donatedto the United Nations World Food Program.
Join a Facebook group to help fund a PlayPump for a village in Africa. [h/t: David-Tennant.com]
From the One Difference website:
The PlayPump® uses a specially crafted children’s roundabout to pump water from deep underground. So, as children spin on the roundabout, fresh, clean water is pumped from a borehole into a storage tank for use by the entire community.
It’s a simple idea but one that is changing the lives of thousands of African people. Now, instead of walking for hours to collect water, children can go to school and the entire community benefits from access to fresh drinking water.
From their Facebook page:
A further donation of $5000 has been pledged if 250,000 Facebook users join the One Difference [Facebook] fan page in time for World Water Day on the 22nd March. [snip]
The $10,000 total will fund a PlayPump for a village in Africa. [snip]
Please join the group and pass this on to all your contacts. Be a part of the change.
Looking for something a little more local?
Save the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
Read what Ann Douglas has to say. Ann also outlines three ways to take action here.
You can also lend your support by joining the Friends of The Association for Research on Mothering Facebook group.
Doodle idea based on a Tweet by Ann Douglas.
The code for this doodle and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.
2010-01-17
The Writer's Tale
"The Writer's Tale" is a book I'd like to get my hands on. From the BBC website:
For this revised and updated edition of The Writer's Tale, Head Writer and Executive Producer Russell T Davies and journalist Benjamin Cook continue their in-depth discussion of the creative life of Doctor Who to cover the last of Russell's specials, as well as the increasingly successful Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-offs. Candid and witty insights continue throughout a second year’s worth of correspondence, covering David Tennant's final episodes as the Doctor, Russell's own departure from the show, and the legacy that both leave behind as a new era of Doctor Who begins.
With over 300 pages of new material, and taking in events from the entire five years since the show’s return in 2005, The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter is the most comprehensive - and personal - account of Doctor Who ever published.
SFX has a great post up about "20 Things We Learnt from The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter." Things that raised my eyebrows were comments about the possibility of a Torchwood musical and thought of “the Doctor on board the Enterprise, puncturing all that Starfleet pomposity with this sheer Doctor-ness.”
Anyone out there know when this publication is coming to Canada?
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