Monday, 30 March 2020
Vincent And The Doctor
A watchalong of Vincent And The Doctor to celebrate Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday, starting tonight at 7 with special guest Matt Smith trying to figure out how Twitter works. Hashtag #TheUltimateGinger
Sunday, 29 March 2020
Sunday adventure hook: Prince Of The Daleks
Prince Of The Daleks
The Dalek Emperor is dead, and its intended heir flees from assassins loyal to the Prime Strategist. The Imperial Throne is a vipers’ nest of intrigue and betrayal, as well as a sun-destroying battlestation. Is this a chance for... well, okay, probably not peace, but at least a useful stalemate?
“We are our own worst enemies, Doc-tor. Present company excepted.”
The Dalek Emperor is dead, and its intended heir flees from assassins loyal to the Prime Strategist. The Imperial Throne is a vipers’ nest of intrigue and betrayal, as well as a sun-destroying battlestation. Is this a chance for... well, okay, probably not peace, but at least a useful stalemate?
“We are our own worst enemies, Doc-tor. Present company excepted.”
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Doctor Who returned fifteen years ago!
Doctor Who returned fifteen years ago today! To celebrate, the Rose watchalong, and an introduction from Russell T Davies. And then as his Twitter proclaims, a sequel!
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Monday, 23 March 2020
Rose 15th anniversary, Thursday
The Doctor returned fifteen years ago this Thursday. To celebrate, Russell T. Davies will be livetweeting with a mystery bonus...
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Sunday adventure hook: The Last Ride
The Last Ride
The evacuation of Aurora V is underway, cityships taking off just ahead of an extinction-level superstorm. Will everybody get away safely? And who would sabotage a cityship to stop it launching?
“Half a billion people need to get off this planet and they still take the time to argue about where they get to sit. I find that oddly touching.”
The evacuation of Aurora V is underway, cityships taking off just ahead of an extinction-level superstorm. Will everybody get away safely? And who would sabotage a cityship to stop it launching?
“Half a billion people need to get off this planet and they still take the time to argue about where they get to sit. I find that oddly touching.”
Saturday, 21 March 2020
Save The Day
A mass watchalong of Day Of The Doctor. Featuring a new introduction by Strax.
Edit: and a commentary via brief Twitter return by Steven Moffat.
Edit: and a commentary via brief Twitter return by Steven Moffat.
Sunday, 15 March 2020
Sunday adventure hook: The Ides Of March
Because it’s today!
The Ides Of March
Following a time disturbance in ancient Rome, the travellers find that Julius Caesar is riding high two days before he’s supposed to be assassinated, has a new bodyguard, and all of the conspirators seem to be missing.
Has someone come back in time to save him? This would severely effect how the Roman Empire and the line of Caesars would continue, possibly preventing the reign of Octavian, which would have massive ripple effects for European civilisation and beyond.
And what does the soothsayer know?
“Looks like somebody lent him more than an ear...”
The Ides Of March
Following a time disturbance in ancient Rome, the travellers find that Julius Caesar is riding high two days before he’s supposed to be assassinated, has a new bodyguard, and all of the conspirators seem to be missing.
Has someone come back in time to save him? This would severely effect how the Roman Empire and the line of Caesars would continue, possibly preventing the reign of Octavian, which would have massive ripple effects for European civilisation and beyond.
And what does the soothsayer know?
“Looks like somebody lent him more than an ear...”
Friday, 13 March 2020
Series 12 at the table
Siskoid has RPGified the current series. Need stats for Tesla, Ashad or the ?th Doctor? Here you go.
Friday the 13th
Happy Friday the 13th!
As a day for weird superstitions about luck that pops up at odd months, it seems like a good fit for a special-related plot. Particularly in the time of the 13th Doctor...
As a day for weird superstitions about luck that pops up at odd months, it seems like a good fit for a special-related plot. Particularly in the time of the 13th Doctor...
Sunday, 8 March 2020
Sunday adventure hook: The Red Moon
No Doctor Who for the first Sunday this year. So, naturally, I feel I must provide...
The Red Moon
The Door opens on the Black Forest in the 16th century, as villagers bar their doors at sunset. A red moon rises overhead, greeted by the howls of hundreds of wolves.
“This is what fairytales were like before they cleaned them up...”
The Red Moon
The Door opens on the Black Forest in the 16th century, as villagers bar their doors at sunset. A red moon rises overhead, greeted by the howls of hundreds of wolves.
“This is what fairytales were like before they cleaned them up...”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy first broadcast beginning on this day in 1978. So it’s... 42.
Douglas Adams wrote the first serial and book while working as a script editor on Doctor Who, and the first series broadcast before his first Who story, The Pirate Planet. Sequels included things he couldn’t do in Who for various reasons like budget and later tone, but from the beginning it featured a confused modern British person stumbling around time and space with a human-looking alien and getting into a wide variety of trouble.
Douglas Adams wrote the first serial and book while working as a script editor on Doctor Who, and the first series broadcast before his first Who story, The Pirate Planet. Sequels included things he couldn’t do in Who for various reasons like budget and later tone, but from the beginning it featured a confused modern British person stumbling around time and space with a human-looking alien and getting into a wide variety of trouble.
Sunday, 1 March 2020
March
And on into March, and St. David’s Day. An animated Google Doodle just for the UK, apparently! (Meanwhile Australia has a squirrel in a hot air balloon for the start of autumn.)
Wales is of course important to the revived Doctor Who, based for years in Cardiff and Torchwood set there. Not many historical episodes though...
Wales is of course important to the revived Doctor Who, based for years in Cardiff and Torchwood set there. Not many historical episodes though...
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