Siskoid just reviewed issue 3 of the Who/Trek crossover comic, in which Captain Kirk meets the fourth Doctor and they battle Troughton-era Cybermen. The Doctor being a time traveller means this is entirely reasonable in-universe, but it wouldn’t have worked like that on TV. At the time Star Trek was being made, it would be the second Doctor. (Would it be in colour?)
Likewise, the main crossover in the series is with the later Next Generation seasons, which would be the seventh Doctor and Ace? If Eleven, Amy and Rory were to meet a Starfleet crew in their home medium, and we don’t want to try a Trials And Tribble-ations “drop the characters into an old show” episode, it would have to be Kirk and Spock from the Abrams timeline...
(See also crossovers and canon when considering such matters.)
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Monday, 30 July 2012
Saturday, 28 July 2012
A celebration of British TV was cut from the Olympic opening ceremony due to overruns, so we got the wheeze of the TARDIS during Bohemian Rhapsody rather than seeing what they’d show while playing the Doctor Who theme to four billion mostly confused people. Considering some of the things we did see, I imagine it would have been rather interesting.
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Apparently Doctor Who is the first UK TV series to get the cover of Entertainment Weekly.
Which is nice. And apparently Buffy and Firefly get in their top 25 cult shows article as well. Which is nice too.
Which is nice. And apparently Buffy and Firefly get in their top 25 cult shows article as well. Which is nice too.
It is here.
The new edition!
I have of course talked about its contents before in the PDF release, but still...
Big strong thick-feeling box. Lift-off lid, not side-opening like the previous edition.
"Read This First" is at the top, which is good.
450th post. Seems apt. (Apparently tomorrow sees issue 450 of DWM as well... fingers crossed it includes a review...)
I have of course talked about its contents before in the PDF release, but still...
Big strong thick-feeling box. Lift-off lid, not side-opening like the previous edition.
"Read This First" is at the top, which is good.
450th post. Seems apt. (Apparently tomorrow sees issue 450 of DWM as well... fingers crossed it includes a review...)
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Heroes
It's Amelia Earhart's 115th birthday. I've mentioned her nearly-companion status often enough, her role as a pioneering hero and her fate making her a perfect candidate.
Today I also learned that Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has died.
Today I also learned that Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has died.
Monday, 23 July 2012
A Series Of Skywatch Variant: The Big X-Parter
Okay, last one.
Since Skywatch is partially “what would I do in place of Torchwood” I decided to add a final entry discussing its later format as a series of miniseries, multi-part serials about world-changing developments in Children Of Earth and Miracle Day. (And a number of the spinoff audios and novels are about this big as well, such as the time-hopping comic story Rift War.)
They hark back to the Quatermass model co-opted at the start of the Third Doctor era - among other things, as DWM noted when discussing that development and pointing out that Monty Python’s Flying Circus had effectively managed to parody it a month before it started.
They set the team against a “what if?” SF or science-fantasy idea so large and/or strange that it will take five or even ten episodes to deal with it. And during that time the government will panic, the characters will go on the run, people we like will die, Captain Jack will have a relevant flashback, there will possibly be a filler episode and the world as we know it will be threatened by forces beyond our comprehension which the Doctor could probably send packing in five minutes...
I’ve looked at parallel Miracle Day ideas before, but more generally, what would sustain multiple sessions?
Since Skywatch is partially “what would I do in place of Torchwood” I decided to add a final entry discussing its later format as a series of miniseries, multi-part serials about world-changing developments in Children Of Earth and Miracle Day. (And a number of the spinoff audios and novels are about this big as well, such as the time-hopping comic story Rift War.)
They hark back to the Quatermass model co-opted at the start of the Third Doctor era - among other things, as DWM noted when discussing that development and pointing out that Monty Python’s Flying Circus had effectively managed to parody it a month before it started.
They set the team against a “what if?” SF or science-fantasy idea so large and/or strange that it will take five or even ten episodes to deal with it. And during that time the government will panic, the characters will go on the run, people we like will die, Captain Jack will have a relevant flashback, there will possibly be a filler episode and the world as we know it will be threatened by forces beyond our comprehension which the Doctor could probably send packing in five minutes...
I’ve looked at parallel Miracle Day ideas before, but more generally, what would sustain multiple sessions?
Sunday, 22 July 2012
The diversity of the setting
Eight wise monsters
And Doctor Who is the kind of setting where you could use all of them.
Alien invader? destroyer of worlds? Reptilian overlord? Sure.
Sentient virus? Robot uprising? Dark One? Absolutely.
(And the rogue robot advising people to follow their dreams, as it follows its dreams of taking over a planet, seems like the kind of mad detail that would suit such an adventure.)
Apocalyptic army of skeletons? It's been done.
Morrigan, Goddess of War and Death? Not much of a stretch, say she's from beyond the universe. She turned up in this week's 2000AD as patron goddess of the Iceni, in point of fact, so you can have Boudicca pop in as well.
And Doctor Who is the kind of setting where you could use all of them.
Alien invader? destroyer of worlds? Reptilian overlord? Sure.
Sentient virus? Robot uprising? Dark One? Absolutely.
(And the rogue robot advising people to follow their dreams, as it follows its dreams of taking over a planet, seems like the kind of mad detail that would suit such an adventure.)
Apocalyptic army of skeletons? It's been done.
Morrigan, Goddess of War and Death? Not much of a stretch, say she's from beyond the universe. She turned up in this week's 2000AD as patron goddess of the Iceni, in point of fact, so you can have Boudicca pop in as well.
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Monday, 16 July 2012
A Series Of Skywatch 13: The Season Finale, Finale
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
Building from last week as well as the through line of the entire series, a series finale can go crazy big. (Although a surprisingly small and personal conclusion works too.)
Now is the time for brave and possibly foolhardy plans, dramatic moves, sudden but inevitable betrayal, equally sudden displays of heroics, snogging at the edge of the abyss, special guest monsters, ideas you have floating about spare...
Building from last week as well as the through line of the entire series, a series finale can go crazy big. (Although a surprisingly small and personal conclusion works too.)
Now is the time for brave and possibly foolhardy plans, dramatic moves, sudden but inevitable betrayal, equally sudden displays of heroics, snogging at the edge of the abyss, special guest monsters, ideas you have floating about spare...
Doctor Who And The Adventure On Your Bookshelf
Need an adventure? Grab one for just about any other RPG! I passed by this concept a while back, but Siskoid is more thorough in his examination.
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Some news that may be of interest
Series seven starts August 25th.
(So I won't have to break into the Television Festival. Which is nice.)
In related news: John Barrowman intervewing Matt, Karen and Arthur... and they could all wear those clothes in-character.
(So I won't have to break into the Television Festival. Which is nice.)
In related news: John Barrowman intervewing Matt, Karen and Arthur... and they could all wear those clothes in-character.
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