Colin Bakers Fight for the BBC and Fire and Ice or Wet and Soggy? plus a Pick of the Blogs

Still working hard in my 'Second Life' world, if you haven't dropped into the 'Pirate Inn' yet then please do, I'm trying to create a friendly environment for all Doctor Who fans to go and have fun (coming soon a video tour from my TARDIS to a great location).

A big thanks to all of you who have asked me to keep this site open, I've found your comments and posts touching, so for the time being were still here, however I really will be reviewing whether to continue in the new year, I will have to evaluate my time and effort versus satisfaction in continuing with what has become an unpaid job, in fact it's costing me a small fortune lol.



BBC iPlayer (UK only) has The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2 - The Day of the Clown - Part 1 and Part 2, is there a connection between a sinister clown and missing children?

Colin Baker Online has Fight for the BBC, a message from Colin " I've just signed a petition to stand up for the BBC. The papers have been full of Sky Chief Exec James Murdoch's comments, where he labels the BBC 'Orwellian' state-sponsored news....."

Doctor Who 2009 has Fire and Ice (Episode 1) is now available for download via torrent technology! (ed :shame they put it on bit torrent, I for one wont be watching it because of that, it would have been much better on youtube as a playlist, ah well).



Gallifreyan Embassy has This Week In Doctor Who - September 5, 2009, by Benjamin Elliott.

Bridging the Rift have released 6: The World of Fan Fiction, "we’re joined by Spider aka Spiderine on LiveJournal to discuss the different types Doctor Who Universe fan fiction and where to find them, and the legal position of transformative works." (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Tennantcast have released 16 – David Dances, in the news segment, we toy with the idea of a “Doctor Who WORST Moments/Companions/Monster” special, and finally the girls pinpoint a photoshoot they don’t like (and that’s saying a lot for fangirl standards).



Rich's ComixBlog has Forever Janette - 31, Nyssa tells the Doctor that she believes she’s seen a vampire. The Doctor explains about the legends and myths of vampires throughout the universe. Then they spot LaCroix going to see Nicholas.

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site has Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 131, the cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures.

Tardis And Torchwood Treasures wishes a Happy Birthday Kai Owen, Kai plays the role of Rhys Williams, Gwen's husband, in Torchwood.

Doctor Who Reviews has Spearhead from Space, ask anyone what Doctor Who is about and probably one of the first things they will mention is the travelling about in space and time.

Blogging The Classics has...

• Doctor Who #22: Bloodtide (2001), after a prologue in which a Silurian scientist is banished to earth with his ‘creations’, The Doctor and Evelyn arrive on an island; a deliberate trip so Evelyn came meet on of heroes: Charles Darwin. They are on the Galapagos, and wouldn’t you know it, this is exactly where the Silurian scientist was banished and he and his companion have awoken, and are ready to wipe the foolish apes off the planet…
  
• Doctor Who #23: Project: Twilight (2001), the Doctor and Evelyn arrive in modern day London – on the radio we hear snatches of information that set the scene, Tony Blair etc – and The Doctor has bought Evelyn to South London to buy take-away.
  
• Doctor Who #24: The Eye of the Scorpion (2001), the Doctor and Peri arrive in ancient Egypt where they save the life of a young woman, Erimem, otherwise known as Erimemushinteperem.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has...

• MMM1 - The Curse of Peladon 1, Jon Pertwee's Doctor finds himself smack dab in the middle of probably the oddest Jon Pertwee story ever made. The Curse of Peladon (like its sequel two years later) features no location filming, is predominantly set in dark, torchlit corridors, and is easily the most dialogue heavy story in the Pertwee era.
• MMM2 - The Curse of Peladon 2, not only is this story unusual for a Jon Pertwee story, it's also a remarkably claustrophobic one.
• MMM3 - The Curse of Peladon 3, now we get into some standard Third Doctor fare as Jon Pertwee gets to tangle with the king's champion, Grun, in an epic-length fight scene that is sorely crying out to be scored by the fight music from Star Trek. Pertwee also gets to show off his singing voice again as he reprises his Venusian lullaby in an attempt to subdue Aggedor.
• MMM4 - The Curse of Peladon 4, David Troughton, who was only in his early 20s during the making of The Curse of Peladon, does a fine job, I think, of portraying a young king, forced to the throne before he was ready, and surrounded by men twice as old as him who are more keen to uphold tradition than aid their king.

Billie Doux has Torchwood: To the Last Man, as good as this one was, and it was very good, I kept thinking that the basic structure was the same as the previous episode.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has Remembrance of the Daleks, for the first time in what seemed like ages, everyone was talking about last night’s Doctor Who in school, not just the few of us who still watched religiously (although this was, sadly, not reflected by the viewing habits of the British public in general).



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Gallifreyan Embassy has Moore Bond in Doctor Who?