Tennant-tastic
A pre-Doctor Who David Tennant sings & dances in the series Blackpool.
The next BBC series I’m going to watch is Blackpool.
Here’s why:
A pre-Doctor Who David Tennant sings & dances in the series Blackpool.
The next BBC series I’m going to watch is Blackpool.
Here’s why:
Wherein I share a video of Matt Smith playing with Orbital on the Doctor Who Theme at Glastonbury Music Festival.
literally.
Nothing more to say but, how frakin’ awesome is that!
Via IO9
If you find yourself avoiding going out or moving much because of the heat this summer, here are some links that will give you something to do and make you all smarter and betterer in the process.
First up, Minnesota Public Radio has a cool, relatively new show called Wits and their final show of the season starred Neil Gaiman and, for those who care, Josh Ritter. Call in guests included Adam Savage and Wil Wheaton. Follow this link to watch the streaming video of the show and you’ll get the chance to hear Neil Gaiman read some of his writing which is always a lovely, lovely thing to experience.
Next, a video I haven’t watched yet, but plan to: Amy Goodman hosting a debate between Julian Assange and Slavoj Zizek. Get your politics and philosophy and academic groove on.
Also, if you have just joined the Doctor Who community with the return of the show in 2005, you might want to check out this History of the Doctor’s Companion in order to give yourself a sense of just how much Doctor Who existed before the new regenerations.
Finally, since I mentioned Neil Gaiman, here’s a clip of him reading the first chapter of The Graveyard Book (sorry, it’s Flash only). Can you imagine what it must of have been like to have him as a father reading you bedtime stories?
This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
Infrared by Mac Wellman
The Blacks: A Clown Show by Jean Genet
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk
Ajax (por nobody) by Alice Tuan
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock
A Thought in Three Parts by Wallace Shawn
The Vomit Talk of Ghosts by Kevin Oakes
A Universal History of Iniquity Jorge Luis Borges
American Notes by Len Jenkin
Nobody Nowhere by Donna Williams
In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks
Interim by Barbara Cassidy
Silence by Moira Buffini
Last fall I decided that my next tattoo (my second) would be the Doctor Who logo from the fourth Doctor–my Doctor–the Tom Baker years. In part because I have spent 32 of my forty years watching the show and caring about the characters but also partly because the image of that logo ties directly into me at 8 being transported to different and wonderful worlds while being safe in my grandparent’s house watching the shows on New Hampshire public television on one of those big console tvs. The image is one that is inextricably connected to my childhood.
It is now part of my body.
"Michael Tolliver Lives: A Novel" (Armistead Maupin)
"King Henry VIII (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)" (William Shakespeare)
"Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale" (Leonid Korogodski)
"Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel" (Armistead Maupin)
"Breathless: A Novel of Suspense" (Dean Koontz)
"The Room With No Doors (Doctor Who: The New Adventures)" (Kate Orman)
Wherein I list all movies and/or television series (complete seasons) that I've watched this month.
"Surrogates" (Jonathan Mostow)
"Beat The Devil (1953) [Remastered Edition]" (John Huston)
"Pierrot Le Fou" (Jean-Luc Godard)
"Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection" (Acorn Media)
"The Girlfriend Experience" (Steven Soderbergh)
"Pushing Daisies: The Complete Second Season" (Warner)
So.
sigh
Big Finish had an open call for Doctor Who short stories for an audio collection they are producing this year and I submitted a story called “The Tender Dolls.” It wasn’t accepted. And I’m a bit sad.
Still, if you are interested in reading it, you can find it here. If you are a fan of the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace, I think you’ll enjoy it. If you are just coming to the series through the new shows, it may not have the same resonance.
And you can also check out my other story for Big Finish that didn’t make the cut (but is still a pretty damn good story imho) here. Let me know if you enjoy them as my ego could use the support.