February 13, 2005

Count Down (Up?)

I figure today is the day to listen to Moonbase, or alternatively watch episode 3 clock_small.jpg
of The Sensorites.  I’m not sure how either of these particular adventures actually apply to my life, days past, or what lies ahead…or if that even matters. Dammit all I’m going to take the time to watch an episode of my favourite television show…and I’ll choose one that is relative to me this day.  Perhaps I should listen to Neverland, or read Parasite.  That would work as well, I guess.  But nah…. right now I want the original (soon to be “classic”) series.  Whether I spend 24 minutes in the Sense-Sphere or help the citizens of 2070 defend the Gravitron against villains that are not microwave safe , I’ll be thinking of days past when every episode of Doctor Who was new, fresh and exciting.  When I was younger I was giddy at the possibility of seeing an episode I had not seen before.  It was a treat, a trick, Christmas and ground hog day all rolled into one.  I’ll try and enjoy these stories I’ve chosen as I did the first time.  For today is my 33rd birthday, and my gift is coming via Wales in a month or two’s time.  That’s ok.  I can wait.  After all even though I’m a little bit older today….new Doctor Who will remind me of what it was like to be a kid again.  Soon…. so very soon.

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The Kreinervore

I’m sure you’ve heard that the release date for The Gallifrey Chronicles is June, which means we’ll be reading about the Doctor, Rose, and the Clockwise Man before we find out what’s happened to the Doctor, Fitz, and Trix. But Lance is letting slip some details about the book. Let the wild speculation begin!

For those who don’t want to read the whole thread, the first line of the book is:

‘Oh yeah, the whole concept behind [the album] came from Rick.’

And the last line is:

‘You’ve moved on in your life, so I won’t spoil its twist ending for you.’

And the fly on the cover is actually a “Vore,” maybe even a “Kreinervore.”

Of course that last bit sounds highly unlikely, right? Right…?

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February 11, 2005

Baby We’ve Hit The Big Time!

sfx128.jpgThe last time I remember Doctor Who being on the cover of SFX was back in…think about this people…1998. It was the 35th anniversary: the videos had just colonized mars with the release of The Ice Warriors and the height of Doctor Who style was The Infinity Doctors....

Seven Years. Even when the Doctor was named the #1 SF character in an SFX poll a year or two back, Buffy got the cover. Seven years. Every issue of SFX I’d look at it and say, “when are you going to stop pandering to these flash in the pans and show some props to a real genre show?” Actually I probably didn’t say anything as a) I try to keep utterances in front of SFX to a minimum and b) I’m crap at ebonics. But the sentiment is still pretty much there.

Well, our time has come. We have arrived. We’re now the hip thing in town and SFX is paying us some attention. About time, I say, about time…

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John Anderson, Author of many fine stories in Myth Makers, DWIN’s fiction anthology. He also writes the popular “A Two-Four and…” feature in Enlightenment, DWIN’s fanzine
Graeme Burk, former editor of Enlightenment, editor of Mad Norwegian Press’ Time, Unincorporated books, reviewer for Telos Publishing’s Back to the Vortex series of reference books and contributor to the Short Trips fiction anthologies by BBC Books and Big Finish
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