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Dr Who S3:
I am pretty easy to please, Dr. Who wise, so I liked it OK. I also wondered why Martha was still on.
Tom theorized that
maybe it's because Ten almost got her killed last time, she gets another trip? Because there's your gimmick for the entire season right there.
However,
it was very paint by the numbers to last seasons Rise of the Cyberman, what with the recruiting human guinea pigs from poverty and factories to kill/change people and of course the To Be Continued part. They even had the same lockstep sound effects going.
Oh noes,
casting spoilers!
Sigh.
Also, Tom's theory about
Dalek eps and quality of writing- that they're such crowd pleasers that the writers don't bring their A Game to those eps.
I don't know, Nora.
"Dalek"
was one of my favorite episodes of the first season.
Oh, yes, mine too. I actually think that the theory only holds up with this particular episode. But it MUCH more fun to make sweeping generalizations!
morgana, I was w&p-ing and the explanation came later.
Is there definitive word yet on the renewal or lackthereof for Supernatural?
Nope. But Connie, when they ran the Brick awards in that time slot they got didn't even get a 1. When they run new Supernatural they consistently get 3 million plus people. (I don't recall what the other number is.) This is why I'm not afraid of it.
Plus, there are now THREE different contests AND the comic all about SPN.
Oh, I hope you guys took careful note of the important information in the promo: the HEIGHT of the guys.
Doctor Who Season 3 coming to scifi in July!
And Scifi Wire confirms that it will start with the Christmas special.
Also, plot and character spoilers in both articles.
The PBS station here in Chicago is running "Doctor Who" on Sunday nights. (Starting with The Ninth Doctor) If memory serves, that was when I first was introduced to The Doctor some 25+ years ago. The 45 minutes episode was followed with the companion "Doctor Who Confidential" episode.
In Eugene, Oregon they are getting us the Doctor on PBS in the same 45 min chunks, followed by an abbreviated Confidential highlight reel (to fit in the remaining 15 min for the hour of programming time). The Confidentials seem a lot snappier at the shorter running time.
They run the Confidentials at 15 minutes on BBCTHREE too, when they're repeating and have an hour to fill. So it's a BBC edit.
Finally saw the whole
Daleks in Manhattan
episode last night. All my quibbles are Empire State Building related.
You can't see it from Central Park! And the elevator doesn't go up to 100 floors, just 80 floors! (And then another six!).
Otherwise,
I had no complaints.
