Gallifreyan Irregular's blog

Wow - what a cool series of portraits, and they can be yours!  An amazing group including Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, John Simm, Catherine Tate, Richard E. Grant, Mark Gatiss, Noel Clark, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sylvester McCoy, Michelle Ryan and David Morrissey:

http://www.31thirtyone.com/portraits/

This is all for charity too.  Win-win (see below:).

Finally, the HUGE hit of 1978 is available on iTunes!

Album: Gallifrey And Beyond (Remastered) - Mankind

Two songs from the above album:

Dr Who? (Club) - Gallifrey And Beyond (Remastered)

Dr Who? (Radio) - Gallifrey And Beyond (Remastered)

If you want to see what people looked like when I was... well, a mere infant, check this out:

Waiting for a meeting, found this:

http://eojsodanreb.tumblr.com/post/395777926/i-dream-of-writing-doctor-w...

Really incredibly well-done fanart.  Enjoy!

(No, that's not me, but it sure looks like it, huh?)

So you can have your Apollo and Doctor too.

The show's pretty good.  The reason it seems so familiar is because they use scripts from the US version and just UK 'em up a bit.  No problem with that!

http://www.bbcamericashop.com/gifts/allstar-holiday-2010.html?utm_source...

David Tennant reads five Victorian vampire stories in "Book at Bedtime: A Night with a Vampire," on BBC Radio 4 next week. Wonder which accent he'll use?:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w5fr1/episodes/upcoming

You all know how much I love audiobooks - BTW, have you signed up at Audible yet? It's the best. Anyway, I just received an email from CSA Word, a lovely indie purveyor of superb audiobook magic - they're featuring John Simm reading "Billy Liar":

http://www.csaword.co.uk/epages/3828.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/3828/Pr...

They've got wonderful books read by great readers, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Tim Pigott-Smith (whom we all love in "Masque of Mandragora"), Sir Derek Jacobi, Philip Glenister, Simm's cohort in "Life on Mars," and my all-time favorite... well, just look for "My Family and Other Animals," a true exit-misser if there ever was one, which I was in the middle of when the Touch took a dive.  I'm looking forward to starting it up again soon.  Made me smile.

Something cheerful as a follow-up to "Single Father."  Hooray!

David Tennant to star in Manchester

United plane crash drama

David Tennant is to star in a new BBC drama about Manchester United and a plane crash that killed eight of the team’s players in 1958

From Daily Variety:

As I'm sure you know, BBC Radio 4, available to us here in America on the iPlayer free of charge (for the time being, at least), is a dependable source of terrific programming, particularly radio plays with great acting. Lots of the program(me)s have actors who have appeared in WHO. This week:

"Alone in Berlin," the story of German resistance in Berlin during WWII.  It stars Ron Cook, who was Mr. Magpie in "The Idiot's Lantern."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vvwq0

Cook is a personal favorite of mine.  Look for him in the brilliant Mike Leigh film "Topsy-Turvy," as well as Paul McGann's "Hornblower" and "Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story," which we discussed in our review of "The Deadly Assassin" a few months ago.

BTW, found this cool site when I was looking for an image.  Great behind-the-scenes shots from the ep:

BBC Radio 4 continues to deliver aural gifts to us, license fee be damned!

"Playing the Dane" is a reflection on different interpretations of Hamlet narrated by the amazing Michael Sheen (fleetingly quoting Richard Griffiths' "I shall never play the Dane!," much to my unending delight!), with comments from actors as diverse as David Tennant, Derek Jacobi and John Simm.  And people who were never Timelords, like Kenneth Branagh and Jonathan Pryce.

Speak the speech I pray you!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vjl1f

Interesting that this was picked up by Deadline Hollywood, a pretty hardcore Industry blog:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/dr-who-coming-to-america-for-2-episodes/...

We have become mainstream!  Tara, if anyone can find out where they're shooting, it's you.  YOU GO, GIRL!

Martha's little sister's got her own show - and you MUST support it!

http://www.nbc.com/undercovers/

The Gallifreyan Irregulars love Gugu, and have seen her not only on stage,

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/fi...

but in our Favorite Show About Archaeology:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148181/

American TV needs this show. I mean, it's J.J. Abrams.  It's gotta be good!

You know how the Gallifreyan Irregluars just dig on Mr. McGann. If you're lucky enough to be near Bristol, check this out:

http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/films/details/735

Not only do you get to hear McGann reading extracts from Shackleton's diary, but you get to see a Silent Film. It will be good for you and you will thank me later. And here's an image from a cool new website called, well, Eff Yeah Paul McGann. You're geeky; you'll find it if you want to. 

...playing the Roddy McDowell role????

http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/06/doctor-who-and-red-mist-join-frigh...

Not sure if you've seen it, but this is kind of crazy and out of control. Idris Elba is phenomenal, as we know, but McGann's character is fantastic too and it's the best he's been in years.  Definitely worth your time:

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-6-8-bbc-america-s-luther-brings-idri...

This is why I want to have a pied a terre in London.  Anyone need a red-headed house sitter? :)

http://www.sonnet155.com/cast/Paul_McGann.html

Um... ahh... not sure this is for me, but I wanted to share:

http://www.kingsheadtheatre.org/home/what-s-on/torchwood.php