Category Archives: Doctor Who
A Doctor Who Musical Celebration
I’m a big Doctor Who fan, at least the recent revival since 2005. The show is a mega hit and shows no signs of slowing down or losing steam. That’s in large part to the fact that they’re constantly changing up the actors and the producers. Doctor Who keeps the same character – The Doctor – but it’s written into his mythology that he regenerates into a new body every time his mortal body is killed. That’s a great excuse for getting a new lead actor into the show and surrounding him with new sidekicks.
Well at the end of the fourth season, show-runner Russell T. Davies, the guy who launched the revival in 2005, left Doctor Who. It also marked the departure of producer Julie Gardner and current Doctor actor David Tennant (as well as Tennant’s era of sidekicks). Tennant had been around for three seasons and was hugely popular, so him, Davies and Gardner leaving was a huge deal.
The show’s still been great since they left, but that whole era had some real charm.
Which has been nicely captured in a pair of farewell videos that the actors produced for the Fourth Season Wrap Party that are only now reaching the Internet. Enjoy some Doctor Who based musical fun!
The first is sung by Tennant and sidekicks Catherine Tate (my favorite Who sidekick) and John Barrowman. It’s an ode to Davies and Gardner covering their entire production run of Doctor Who.
The second is Tennant leading the entire cast and crew in a rousing chorus of ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’ by The Proclaimers.
They Are Going to Need to Find a 12th Doctor
In a recent interview with VH1, current Doctor Who star Matthew Smith declared that he was going to quit the show after the next season. That’s a shame. I’ve come to really enjoy Smith’s 11th Doctor quite a lot. He had some fantastic episodes in Season 6, rivaling some of the best of 10th Doctor David Tennant’s work. I know my own plucky female companion hasn’t been as won over with Smith as I have, but his ‘Colonel Runaway’ monologue is quite possibly my favorite scene in the entirety of Doctor Who.
Matthew Smith will be missed.
Here’s a quote from the interview video:
“I’ve got another year of Doctor Who, but then I’m certainly going to come and give it a shot, come and hang out in LA.”
Apparently Smith wants to try his hand at Hollywood. More power to him, I say. Tennant went on to play Barty Crouch Jr. in one of the Harry Potter movies, and he was pretty creepy and fantastic in the role. So who knows what Matt Smith can accomplish, even with his weird Frankenstein face.
And that come-hither bow tie
I kid. I kid cause I love.
For those not in the know, the character of The Doctor is an alien who can regenerate and heal whenever his body is mortally wounded. But the regeneration gives him a new body, a new face and some new personality quirks. He maintains all of his memories and his mind, just the outer shell changes. Very convenient for a show that’s been on the air for 50 years and has gone through nearly a dozen different actors in the role.
Matthew Smith played the 11th regeneration of the Doctor. So his successor will be the 12th. The next season, Season 7, will be aired in 2012/2013. That means the regeneration into the 12th Doctor in 2013 will coincide with the show’s 50th anniversary. Neat.
If only this existed...
Doctor Who: The Regenerations
Doctor Who.
There are so many bright, pleasant things I can say about this, being English, myself. Fans of Doctor Who are aware that he “regenerates” every few years, replaced by another actor for the show.
Since the first series, with William Hartnell, the Doctor has regenerated ten times. Here they are, compiled back to back. Sometimes silly, sometimes hammy, and sometimes utterly heartbreaking.
Doctor Whuess and Other Fun
Lazy posting day, for me at least, but randomly stumbling upon two very different but two very awesome Doctor Who pictures requires them both to be posted. Such is the level of my geekery. First is a mashup of Doctor Who and Doctor Suess.
He's just all manner of adorable
The second is a T-shirt that I very much want to buy. You can order it from Shirtoid if you’re so interested.
I love the bow tie. Bow ties are cool.
6 Stories That Made Me Cry Like a Little Baby
First of all, I’m a manly man. I don’t cry. Second of all, sometimes crying can’t be helped. I’m a sucker for a really good dramatic scene in a movie or TV show. And sometimes it’s from a book or something else I’ve read. My eyes get watery, there’s a lump in my throat and I’m just awash with emotion. Everybody knows the feeling. It’s fantastic. Writers and other creative sorts know what they’re doing, they know how to put together the right characters, play the absolute perfect music and bring down the house with pure emotion.
Here are 6 tearjerker moments for me. Warning though, there will be several spoilers for the TV shows Lost and Doctor Who, as well as some movies and comics. Anyway, let’s get to it.
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