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downthetubes.net has Fringe Benefits: Manchester prepares for invasion by Robots of Death. Matt Badham talks to Gareth Kavanagh – Greater Manchester Fringe Chair and Lass O’Gowrie pub co-owner – about the upcoming Manchester Fringe Festival and, specifically, the Doctor Who inspired play Robots of Death that is part of it - and features a one-night only appearance by Blake's 7's Paul Darrow....
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Den of Geek has Doctor Who: a celebration of cliffhangers. Cliffhangers divide opinion amongst Doctor Who fandom - much like producers, actors, and absolutely everything else to do with the show, ever. They remain one of the show's cultural reference points, until 1989 every week a different peril to ponder. Now they've found a new home at the end of the pre-credits sequence. Occasionally they journey out to the end of episodes. They're treats, now, if you've grown up with them, so they're oddly sacrosanct, a facet of childhood that must not be blasphemed against with an unsatisfying resolution....
The Freethinker has Doctor Who , humanist hero? It’s nearly 50 years since “the Doctor” first appeared on British television screens. He has become as iconic a character in British culture as Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond; yet, while those characters have necessarily been redefined over the years, Doctor Who is surely unique in incorporating the process of re-interpretation into its own DNA....
Miscellanious News...
- Doctor Who TV - Smith will be the Doctor…Forever
Asked how long he plans to stay for, he replied: “Forever. 50 years. I’m loving making it.” He added: “I think we’ve got one of our strongest seasons yet coming up. I really do. We go into the 50th year all guns blazing. And I’ll be around. So…that’s it, really.” - Big Finish Productions - Doctor Who - Sara Kingdom Special Offer
The acclaimed Sara Kingdom trilogy from Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles will be on special offer. Starring Jean Marsh as Sara, alongside Niall Macgregor as Robert, the trilogy comprises Home Truths, The Drowned World and The Guardian of the Solar System, all written by Simon Guerrier. The bundle is available for £15...
Outside the TARDIS.....
- Blogtor Who - Billie Piper to attend first Convention
Billie Piper is to make her very first convention appearance later this year in the UK. The actress is to attend Midnight, an event taking place over three days at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from Nov 30, 2012....
Podcasts...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
Gallifreyan Embassy has Doctor Who: Podshock 272 Extra Preview. In this a preview of Doctor Who: Podshock 272 Extra Edition in which we review the first Doctor Who spin-off production, 'K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend' starring Elisabeth Sladen and John Leeson, plus Doctor Who related news and more...
The Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 148 – Boom! The hoary subject of Doctor Who canon is the main subject today, and Ian and Trevor discuss its relevance or otherwise to Doctor Who.
Tid-Bits...
Chris Smigliano posted Dalek Humor. "Yes, I realize that I'm at least six Doctors behind..."
RedBubble.com has Time Lord Anatomy by beheadedbody.
Review's Roundup...
Classical Gallifrey has Serial 74: The Planet of the Spiders. "So the first thing I'm obligated to say is that "The Planet of the Spiders" is a regeneration story. Yes. It's the final story starring Jon Pertwee as The Doctor and in the end of this story he regenerates into Tome Baker. But more than anything what it does is bring to a close what is, arguably, the longest single-vision run on Doctor Who...."
Bigger On The Inside has Christmas On A Rational Planet. It is 2012 and the Doctor, Roz and Chris are on the trail of a psionic brotherhood they encountered in ‘Sleepy’. What they discover is a gynoid, an impossible alien species that breaks down reality around it....
stuartreviewsstuff has The Three Doctors Review (or ‘A Case of What Could Have Been’). By 1973, William Hartnell was sadly not in a position to take any sort of taxing acting role. If you recall, he was written out of the show back in 1966 because his health was failing, and by the time the show had reached its tenth anniversary, his fragile memory and general well-being meant that any part he would play in the story would be restricted to a relatively minor, cameo appearance....
TARDIS Eruditorum has Time Can Be Rewritten 26 (Millennial Rites). On its most basic level, Millennial Rites is a story about the Doctor's fear of the Valeyard and what that does to him. All of its big dramatic beats come out of that - from the Doctor's realization that his treatment of Mel is putting him on the road to that future to his temporary transformation into the Valeyard late in the novel....
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery has Doctor Who 211: The Wheel in Space Part 6. The Cybermen are defeated and Zoe joins the crew, though the Doctor wants her to watch The Evil of the Daleks first....
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