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October 2009
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-11 DAYS TO ZERO
ELEVEN DAYS TO ZERO
Writer-Irwin Allen
Dir-Irwin Allen
Music-Paul Sawtell (some of which is on CD)
TEASER
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-No Way Back, total overview
NO WAY BACK
Writer-William Welch
Dir-B. Sparr
TEASER
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-Attack!, Edge of Doom, The Death Clock
ATTACK!
Writer-William Welch
Dir-Jerry Hopper
MUSIC-IRVING GERTZ
TEASER
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-Secret of the Deep, Manbeast, Savage Jungle, Flaming Ice
SECRET OF THE DEEP
Writer-William Welch
Dir-C. Rondeau
TEASER
Audio: Comp Chr: The Pyralis Effect
This starts out like the older SPACE: 1999 ep MISSION OF THE DARIANS only it's not as good as that. We get a bunch of cliches: light aliens, colonists living on spaceships who worship the Doctor as a legendary figure from their past, a scary spaceship (ooooooahhhh), and the Doctor unconscious for half the story (seems to me whenever Lalla Ward does a Comp Chr, the Doctor is sidelined for most of the story, what's with that?), a sacrifice, a murder, a living AI...YAWN.
Added to that are some of the most annoying sound effects...I thought something was wrong as I listened to it in my car...with my car! Added to that Lalla's not my favorite voice book although one of my fav companions...her voice tends to get on my nerves from time to time.
The List of What I like about New Who, Torturewood, and Sarah Jane
I like:
ROSE
END OF THE WORLD
THE UNQUIET DEAD
ALIENS OF LONDON
WORLD WAR THREE
DALEK
FATHER'S DAY
THE EMPTY CHILD
THE DOCTOR DANCES
BOOMTOWN
BAD WOLF
PARTING OF THE WAYS
THE CHILDEN IN NEED REGENERATION
THE CHRISTMAS INVASION
TOOTH AND CLAW
SCHOOL REUNION (even if very very flawed in the Sarah dept)
GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE
IMPOSSIBLE PLANET/ THE SATAN PIT
RISE OF THE CYBERMEN/AGE OF STEEL
THE IDIOT'S LANTERN (does drag a bit though)
LOVE AND MONSTERS
FEAR HER
ARMY OF GHOSTS
DOOMSDAY
SMITH AND JONES
SHAKESPEARE CODE
GRIDLOCK
EVOLUTION OF THE DALEKS (despite flaws)
LAZURUS EXPERIMENT (despite flaws)
42 (despite many flaws)
HUMAN NATURE/FAMILY OF BLOOD
BLINK
UTOPIA
FIRE OF POMPEII
PLANET OF THE OOD
SONTARAN STRTAGEM
POISON SKY
UNICORN AND THE WASP
SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY
Sonic Newsdriver Halloween Edition
The Sonic Newsdriver 20091031
Selected Doctor Who related news delivered sonically.
For Earth-date: Saturday, the 31st of Oct. 2009 - Halloween Edition
You think things are scary now - wait two weeks, Tennant's Last Outing as the Doctor, Under Pressure, Sarah Jane Scores High, The Press is a Buzz Over Jealousy, and more.
Hosted by Louis Trapani
How do you rate SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith? (5=Fantastic)
Waters of Mars and Other Specials US Air Dates and DVD/Blu-ray Releases
As previously reported, BBC America has announced its broadcast date for Waters of Mars to be Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 9pm ET/PT, more than a month after the BBC airing. (It is being transmitted on the BBC (UK) on Sunday, 15th of November 2009 at 7pm).
The remaining two specials starring David Tennant will air on BBC America over the holiday season as a two-part special. The air-dates will be announced in early December.
Metebelis 3
I love the reference to Metebilis 3. In the 1990's spin-off Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, for licencing reasons there could be no mention of the Doctor or Tardis at all, though they did slip in a reference to Metebelis 3 to please the fans.
Now we have Metebilis 3 being mentioned again in a spin-off, this time mentioned at the exact moment the Tardis can be heard materialising, signalling the Doctor's arrival into his very first ever appearance into a spin-off in the shows 46 year history. I think it's all fantastic!
The Snowmen
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
