Day: February 6, 2008

It’s no secret that Doctor Who and the Silurians is one of my all-time favorite Doctor Who serials. Episode 2 was the first episode of Doctor Who I ever saw, back in… 1975 or 1976.

Owing to a bit of indiscriminate programming on behalf of KVOA TV 4 in Tucson, it was also the third and fourth episode I ever saw, too. Despite that, how could it not work its magic on me? Space aliens AND dinosaurs! (Although, I doubt I realized the Doctor was an alien at that time.)

The Silurians was the only VHS episode of Doctor Who I purchased, and that was because the had colorized it. The color copy was lost and the BBC undertook colorization for this story, and it was a wonderful job.

Now, the Silurians is coming to DVD! (Along with the two sequels, The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep.)

In an early “heads-up” to retailers, distributor Warner Home Video has revealed BBC Video’s plans for the USA release of 3 new classic Doctor Who DVD releases (all digitally restored/remastered), along with a box set of these stories collected into a package called Doctor Who – Beneath The Surface.

From TVShowsOnDVD.com – check link for further details.

I can hardly wait!

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For years I’ve been hearing about a seemingly mythical Arizona/Phoenix Skeptics group, but the only traces I find seem to be in ancient newsletters and references in various magazines/podcasts to Mike Stackpole being the “leader of the Arizona Skeptics.” Yet, somehow the word “Skeptic” isn’t to be found on his website.

Frankly, I’m skeptical that they even exist.

In any case, I happened to stumble across azskeptic.org today. I think is different from the ancient newsletters I’ve found on the net and I also think I’ve seen the site before and thought it was a cobweb site, because the latest news on the front page is (as of today) from Jan 2007, you have to wonder a little bit.

If you dig a bit deeper, though, you’ll see that they have a new blog just started this year and grand plans for 2008, so to that end, I’ve added a link to my blogroll, and if you happen to be a skeptical Arizonan, check ’em out.

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