I asked where the celebration was for Doctor Who’s 43rd anniversary… here it is: In honor of the anniversary, I put on The Hand of Fear and as soon as the music started my son said, “Dok-tor-doo!â€. He knows what Doctor Who is! I tested him afterwards, it’s not a mistake, nor wishful parental thinking. … Read more
I had almost forgotten… whenever I have a birthday so too does the good Doctor (within a week, that is) and each year the Doctor stays one year older than me… despite his 900-year Time Lord head start. Even though this is an odd year (43), considering the juggernaut that is the current Doctor Who … Read more
James Bond is back. There’s no more fitting way to describe this film. It’s the highest praise I can give it. It certainly wipes the bad taste left by Die Another Day out of the mouth and shows that the “new†(since 1995) production team of Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have finally gotten … Read more
In one hour I go to see the new Casino Royale Bond film. 15 minutes ago I finished re-reading the original book, which I haven’t taken off my shelf in 20+ years. Fortunately, all those years ago, I didn’t choose Casino Royale as the first book to read, instead I choose Moonraker, which was at … Read more
I got this comment posted today on one of my older posts. Matt wrote: I must say you are rather generous in your blasting of the McCoy Era. I find your comments irrelevant and uncalled for. Not liking a particular episode or Doctor is fair enough, but you went a little too far. Whether made … Read more
Since 1981 (For Your Eyes Only) I’ve generally managed to go to the opening day of each new Bond film. (Although after the disaster that was Goldeneye I was in no particular hurry to go to Tomorrow Never Dies.) When Brosnan started, they shifted the normal opening weekend to be on or about my birthday, … Read more
My friend over at Stalking Moon Comics was moving his store this last weekend* (and that, in itself is a story equally as “amusing†as my iPod’s Tale) and I was helping out as much as a could, recovering from the flu as I was and all. On my way over on Monday night, at … Read more
If you think you can predict the behavior of children, think again. Every weekend, when my wife leaves for work around 1:00PM, we go through the same routine. We find a DVD to put on that will distract my son, James, enough so that Irene can leave the house without him going into fits of … Read more
The Doctor and Peri are diverted to the early 19th century where not one, but two renegade Time Lords are out to do the Doctor mischief.
The first “re-constructed†Doctor Who episode for DVD has been released in the UK. “Invasion†starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor battling the Cybermen in London with the first appearance of UNIT. They have combined the original audio track and new animation to re-create the missing episodes. While I have to wait a few months for release in the US, early indications are that the it’s good.