"Planet of the Dead" Update

Head writer and "Who" Messiah Russell Davies had this to say about the next special.

"After the events of Journey's End and The Next Doctor I think it's time to get away from the past and have an adventure with lots of new elements. And lots of fun too!"...."The next Special should be a nice antidote to Christmas, with a bit of sunshine if we're lucky. And with not one but two alien races that you've never seen before."

One alien race that we have seen and that has been name-dropped are intergalactic minotaurs the "Nimons".

POTD airs sometime around Easter.

"Captain Jack and the Selkie"

John Barrowman and his sis are doing a comic that will premiere in the March issue of the official Torchwood magazine. I'm not sure what a "Selkie" is, but it sounds delicious...



Seriously, tho, John and Carole have been talking about a "Captain Jack" collaboration for some time now.

Here's an old story that may shine some light on the "Selkie" myth. All I can say is that you can't beat a tale about seven naked chicks and a horny fisherman.

http://www.chalicecentre.net/selkie.htm

Time Squad (New line of Character Options figures)

Are these not the coolest little toys you've ever seen?! I hope they do the classic series. Tom Baker would look awesome!

....Why does the Dalek remind me of a hamburger?

Brief News Round-up

Mixed reviews of 11th Doctor...

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/01/new_doctor_who_to_ruin_series.html


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997916.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562


http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/matt-smith-named-as-new-doctor-who-1224121.html

First Post

I've always said that if I started a rock band I'd call it "Fleshy Bipeds". By "always" I mean within the past year.

Ahhhh.... Doctor Who. I've lived it and loved it since I was young enough to fake an ID to get into a night club. I've alienated friends, lovers, and family over it. Instead of concentrating on schoolwork or taking notes in class, I was drawing magnificently scarfed Tom Bakers standing next to important historical figures in my textbooks. Instead of being a normal delinquent teen on Saturday nights, I was glued to Alabama Public Television at 9pm sharp (right after "This Old House"...).

Wow. At one time I must've had 2 boxes full of VHS tapes packed with DW episodes. Now I can just hop in the car and drive to Best Buy when a new boxed set comes out. I loved it just as much when the most fearsome creature was wrapped in green-painted bubble wrap as I do now with all the spectacular CGI.

Maybe in the next post I'll talk about the time I wore a home-made Dalek hat to a PBS pledge drive.