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The lovely folks at the Raleigh Doctor Who Meetup Group invited me to speak at their third annual banquet last Saturday, and co-organizer Brad Gillespie kindly recorded it on his Flip camera. I talk about why I started 2MTL ("shiny, happy spite"), returning to Doctor Who fandom after falling away, and why Doctor Who is a better Star Trek than Star Trek ever was. But first, there's a quick disclaimer about my thoughts on fezzes and fans in 2MTL 162.
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In which I explore my misgivings about the Fezzing of Los Angeles, with a carefully applied corrective.
Sorry for not mentioning this here earlier, but perhaps I was trying to wipe my brain of the memory. Unlike Tom of The Doctor Who Podcast, whose opinion of "Victory" soared after his initial skepticism here on 2MTL, my initial lukewarm-favorable opinion declined over time — especially under the withering gaze sitting in Warren's commentary chair demands.
Had a lot of fun sitting with Steven and Chris on this one, and I think I did a slightly better job, as we talked about sprinklers, camera moves, and eyelines. Check it out.
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A little while back, I noticed a flurry of activity in the ol' Twitter feed, campaigning for Paul McGann's return as the Eighth Doctor in the new series. If it could be done, should it? I think so, because there's one completely unique quality to the Eighth Doctor that Steven Moffat could exploit the heck out of. And that is….
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Shall we take a moment to revel in, or even squee over, the news that we're getting accelerated and synchronized classic Doctor Who DVD releases in North America, Australia and New Zealand? Indeed we shall.
Ahem.
Squee!
I borrowed Warren's chair for Radio Free Skaro's commentary of Series 5 Episode 2, "The Beast Below," available now!
The name's what it says on the tin: "Fozziebare" interviews podcasters to find out about their shows and interests on The Podcast Podcast. He asked me on to help explain this "Doctor Who" thing; I dragged Steven from Radio Free Skaro along because one of us needed to know what we were talking about! Check us out on The Podcast Podcast #32.
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Resolved: There's absolutely nothing wrong with Doctor Who being made for kids AND adults, regardless of what comedian David Mitchell says. I'm more worked up about kids' properties being taken over BY adults, such as The Transformers, than about adults sharing in the enjoyment of a program that appeals to all ages.
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As widely reported, Steven Moffat announced at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh TV Festival 2010 that rather than a single 13-episode series of Doctor Who in 2011, we'll get two shorter series in the spring and fall. Related pros, cons, speculation and unreasonable demands lie within!
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Two minutes of the old compare-and-contrast game: just how similar are these two "companion's boyfriend" characters?
