Sunday, February 23, 2014

ChiGeeks.Com

Received a nice write-up about the podcast on ChiGeeks.com. The podcast is currently listed on their blogs & podcast page (along with friend of the podcast Geek Girl Chicago.

The write-up also mentioned my girlfriend's Tom Baker chainmaille bracelet, recently featured on both the blog and the Facebook page. Speaking of which, she just finished some TARDIS pieces. Photos to come soon.

Top 40 Countdown - The List

1. City of Death
2. The Caves of Androzani
3. The Talons of Weng Chiang
4. Genesis of the Daleks
5. The Day of the Doctor
6. Inferno
7. Human Nature/The Family of Blood
8. The Doctor's Wife
9. Terror of the Autons
10. Earthshock
11. The God Complex
12. The Fires of Pompeii
13. School Reunion
14. Time of the Angels/Flesh and Stone
15. Pyramids of Mars
16. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
17. The Eleventh Hour
18. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
19. The Sun Makers
20. The Deadly Assassin
21. Horror of Fang Rock
22. Dalek
23. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday
24. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
25. Revelation of the Daleks
26. Midnight
27. The Edge of Destruction
28. The Five Doctors
29. Asylum of the Daleks
30. Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel
31. Remembrance of the Daleks
32. Carnival of Monsters
33. The Daemons
34. The War Games
35. The Waters of Mars
36. The Tomb of the Cybermen
37. Blink
38. The Daleks
39. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
40. Logopolis

Thursday, February 20, 2014

#028 - One Year Later

Part Four of Four … in which our fearless podcaster celebrates one year of podcasting by reading some fan mail and finishing his damn top 40 countdown of favorite Doctor Who stories. Topics include why Amelia Pond prays to Santa, a Cyber voice tutorial, being traumatized by strawberry jelly, and trying not to embarrass your girlfriend in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Doctor Who inspired chainmaille by Do Bats Eat Cats?

I am proud to present the first two Doctor Who inspired pieces by my girlfriend Darlene, aka Do Bats Eat Cats?, a chainmaille artist who specializes in one-of-a kind gothic and sci-fi/fantasy pieces.

The first piece is "Bad Wolf", which features silver and "TARDIS" blue chain, two rose charms and a wolf's head charm.

The second piece is a bracelet done in the style of Tom Baker's scarf.

Both pieces are con-exclusive and are not available at her online store. These and many more Doctor Who inspired pieces will be available at Chicago area sci-fi and fantasy conventions this summer. However if you are interested in either piece or if you have any questions, you can contact her via her shop page, or find her on Facebook or Twitter.

More pieces will be featured soon. Today she got in a shipment of bow tie charms for a Matt Smith inspired piece.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Who Resolutions

I know I'm over a month late with making resolutions, but after recent developments in the television series and after some thought, I have made two resolutions when blogging or podcasting about Doctor Who.

1. I will no longer use the designations "classic series" and "new series". At this point the "new series" has been on the air for almost 10 years, and I feel a bit silly calling it "new". It's all the same show, and yes, I'm including the 1996 TV Movie in case you're wondering. The program that started airing in 2005 is a direct continuation of the program that started airing in 1663, took an 18-month hiatus in 1985, stopped airing in 1989, and made a brief re-appearance in 1996. If I want to speak about a specific era of the program, it will be either in reference to a decade, a Doctor, or a production era (Letts/Dicks, JN-T, RTD, Moffat, etc).

2. Since a lot of fans are up in arms about the numbering system and can't decide if Peter Capaldi is the 12th, 13th or 14th Doctor, I have decided to no longer use numbers and will just refer to whichever Doctor by the actor who played him on the television series. This includes John Hurt, and David Tennant will just count as one Doctor. If I ever talk about "The Five Doctors" again, I'll refer to the fact that Richard Hurndell is playing the William Hartnell Doctor.

Let's see how long I can keep this up.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

#027 - Reaching For The Stars

Part Three of Four … in which our fearless podcaster brings up religion, politics and sex while he continues his Top 40 countdown of Doctor Who stories. Topics include dangerous breasts, Tom Baker going Superfly in the middle of a story, why stupid kids will survive an alien invasion, and Matt Smith doing his Bill Cosby impression.

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Feature link: Geek Girl Chicago's blog: "Why I Won't Be at Wizard World Chicago"