Doctor Who Creators Hall of Fame–2021 Inductees

The votes are in! Blue Towel Productions’ first ever inductees into the Doctor Who Creators Hall of Fame have been decided!

Thirty-nine nominees have given way to seven inductees, representing a range of of the series’ best known actors, producers, and writers. It’s not the exact list of people I’d have chosen if it were up to me, but that’s okay–that’s why it was a vote.

(Daily Doctor Who #275)

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Doctor Who Creators Hall of Fame Nominees–Some Background

Yesterday I posted the ballot for the Doctor Who Creators Hall of Fame. You can check it out here. We’re looking at voting in seven creators in this inaugural year.

(Daily Doctor Who #253)

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Doctor Who–Early Births & Deaths – Part 1

From time to time I’ve been writing up posts covering the activity of Doctor Who during particular calendar years. So far there are posts up for every year from 1963 to 1978.

Only in the last couple of these–1977 & 1978–have I started including notes about significant births and deaths of real-life people related to the series. That means there are fourteen years which I have covered in general, but not in this area.

(Daily Doctor Who #243)

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Doctor Who: Looking Back at 47 Days #3 – Opening Theme Music

A few years ago, I did a series of 47 daily posts which all looked at different questions related to the revival series of Doctor Who, focusing on stuff I like about the show. I worked out a series of questions in advance and then picked one randomly for each day. I’ve decided to revisit the series to see how my opinions may or may not have changed, and to bring two of my daughters into the discussion, since they are both big fans and have recently finished watching the revival series.

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47 Days of Doctor Who–Day #3: Favorite Arrangement of the Opening Title Theme

Welcome to 47-day series of articles about the revival version of Doctor Who (2005-present).  I’ve come up with  47 topics / questions to answer, all of them basically positive and upbeat about the program.  Each day (or as often as I can actually write these) I’ll pick one of them at random (using this convenient random number generator) and then write up an answer. Continue reading 47 Days of Doctor Who–Day #3: Favorite Arrangement of the Opening Title Theme