In an effort to find something quick that can be written as part of Daily Doctor Who, we are continuing with Say Something Nice, where I look back at each of the Doctor Who stories and pull out one or two cool things about it.
(Daily Doctor Who #175)
Continue reading Say Something Nice – Doctor Who: The ArkMid-last year, I turned 50 years old! And to add to all the real life goals and challenges that that brings, I’ve created at least one as it relates to movies and this blog–watch a film I’ve never seen before which came out in each year of my life (thus the “Old-New” terminology), and then write a bit about it. This is Post #45. Spoilers ahead.
Most of Doctor Who, obviously, has taken place in England (or alternatively, on planets with earth-like quarries), but occasionally the show has stretched its wings and gone farther afield…and Down Under.
(Daily Doctor Who #174)
Continue reading Australia in Doctor WhoIf I was an unscrupulous Time Lord with the ability to travel through the fourth dimension and to try to affect changes that I thought would make things better, there’s probably a bunch of stuff I’d do with my favorite TV series, Doctor Who. Like many-a-fan (I assume), I’ve thought of these things from time to time, and I now I’m going to list them over a series of posts.
(Daily Doctor Who #173)
Continue reading The Time Meddler: My Eighth Doctors Wish-list [Second Attempt]In addition to all their full cast audio dramas and partially narrated audio dramas, Big Finish also produce audio books–pieces of prose fiction which are available to listen to being read by various actors. Amongst these are many short pieces of Doctor Who fiction, marketed as “Short Trips”. Most of these are available on the Big Finish website for about $3.00 AUD, but there are a few available as a free download, including this one…
(Daily Doctor Who #172)
Continue reading Doctor Who: Landbound [Big Finish Short Trips]If I was an unscrupulous Time Lord with the ability to travel through the fourth dimension and to try to affect changes that I thought would make things better, there’s probably a bunch of stuff I’d do with my favorite TV series, Doctor Who. Like many-a-fan (I assume), I’ve thought of these things from time to time, and I now I’m going to list them over a series of posts.
(Daily Doctor Who #171)
Continue reading The Time Meddler: My Eighth Doctors Wish-listIn addition to all their full cast audio dramas and partially narrated audio dramas, Big Finish also produce audio books–pieces of prose fiction which are available to listen to being read by various actors. Amongst these are many short pieces of Doctor Who fiction, marketed as “Short Trips”. Most of these are available on the Big Finish website for about $3.00 AUD, but there are a few available as a free download, including this one…
(Daily Doctor Who #170)
Continue reading Doctor Who: Forever Fallen [Big Finish Short Trips]Once again, it’s time for Friday Fictioneers, which provides a weekly photograph to serve as a writing prompt to create a 100 word flash fiction story. Once again, my daughter (Johanna, 16 years old) has crafted a story.
On Doctor Who, as pretty much all fans know, the Doctor has been played by many different actors thanks to the fictional conceit that Time Lords can “regenerate” when their bodies were irreparably injured. In other words, instead of dying, they come back as basically a new person.
(Daily Doctor Who #169)
Continue reading Musing on Regenerations and BirthdaysMid-last year, I turned 50 years old! And to add to all the real life goals and challenges that that brings, I’ve created at least one as it relates to movies and this blog–watch a film I’ve never seen before which came out in each year of my life (thus the “Old-New” terminology), and then write a bit about it. This is Post #44. Spoilers ahead.
