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"Live" from the first pool party of the first Friday night of the first Hurricane Who convention, here's organizer and chairman Jarrod Cooper. More than 300 attendees came today — a great number for a first-time convention.
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A celebration of Donna Noble, who is — despite my appreciation of Rose Tyler — my favorite Doctor Who companion.
Next stop: Hurricane Who, hopefully with a few reports along the way this weekend!
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Chicks Dig Time Lords from Mad Norwegian Press explores the resurgent female fandom of Doctor Who. Johanna Mead, Gallifrey One costumer extraordinare and recent Bridging the Rift guest, talks about the book and her contribution to it.
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Your host is indisposed, so he turns the mike over to his patient spouse, who entered Doctor Who fandom as one of the "not we" (as non-fans or mainstream TV viewers are called on DW fora) thanks to a certain plucky shopgirl.
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Listener Katie Stuart asked in the comments for 2MTL #65 why online fandom seems to revile a character she loves, Rose Tyler. While I think the good folks at Bridging the Rift might have a better finger on the pulse of this subject, I'm happy to give it the old college try….
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There have been original video spinoffs in Doctor Who's history. American comics publishers have had some success in original animated videos. Put these two great tastes together and you get something I'd like to see: new animated stories featuring the First, Second and Third Doctors. But can we get past the deceased actor problem? PLUS: Barry Letts.
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Gosh, what a lot of news we've recently had in the Doctor Who world! I'm breathless. Or perhaps I'm exhausted from my attempt to ape Yahtzee Croshaw in this week's quick survey of three topics:
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We can't predict what Doctor Who will be like fifteen, ten, or maybe even five years from now. The rate of change in the way we communicate and obtain our entertainment has gone past "crazy" in the last few years and is inching toward "scary." Speaking of scary, while I can't predict the show's future, I can imagine a couple of dire scenarios!
I got the idea for this podcast thanks to the new Did You Know 4.0 video, embedded above. Find out more about the educators and futurists who put it together at the Fischbowl. As influential as their "Shift Happens" message has been in education and commerce, I'm almost ashamed to have spun their work into a commentary about a TV show. Almost.
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Who ever expected to see thousands of people singing "The Old Rugged Cross" in a planet-wide flying traffic jam? What impact did that moment have in a story that's all about the limitations of faith? And where does your humble host wish the lesson of "Gridlock" would be learned?
