News: October 2005 Archives
The BBC has a colourful product catalogue of all the Doctor Who merchandise that they produce, including a Dalek watch, a TARDIS keyring, a Slitheen mug (why?!) and of course a remote controlled Dalek.
You know what SciFi channel? You running trails of the second part of season two of Battlestar Galactica (phew that's a mouthful) does not make January come any quicker. I mean come on! That's months away. And the website content doesn't satisfy me either, even the video blogs. Work faster or something.
Doctor Who takes three TV awards
Blimey. Didn't expect that. Doctor Who won all of the three awards it was up for in the National TV Awards. Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper won the most popular actor and actress and the show itself won most popular drama. Here's the full list of winners. My surprise is because these are populist awards, and somehow despite the ratings success I didn't assume that Doctor Who would appeal to the audience. But it did. Hooray! British TV viewing public I forgive you (well, some of you).
The celebrity lifestyle that one inherits as Doctor Who must be quite overwhelming. David Tennant must confront this stardom firsthand as he...wait for it....turns on the Christmas Lights in Cardiff, a job normally reserved for celebrities such as teen pop bands and soap stars. Don't let it go to your head David ;-)
The extremely creepy "Are you my mummy?" boy, from the Doctor Who episodes The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances is nominated for TV Moment of the year. Vote here.
Cinematical say that they have heard a rumour (it's getting tenuous) that $30 million was the amount of dosh that Serenity had to make to guarantee a sequel. And now it's made that much. So will we see a sequel? My guess is no. Studio execs will be happier to regurgitate old films made to look new and shiny in their constant quest for more $$$$. Capitalism sucks.
Something I forgot to point out yesterday...rearrange the letters in Torchwood to get...Doctor Who. Da da! He's a clever bloke that Russell T Davies.
...and also is well on the way to becoming a real Wookie.
That, is hair.
Good news for Mr. Wheedon, Serenity has ended Pride and Prejudice's four-week reign at the top of the UK film chart, taking almost a million punds in its first weekend. I have no idea whether a million quid is good or not, but the number one spot must be.
Doctor Who has been nominated for three awards at the National TV Awards. Didn't we just have these awards? They all blur into one meaningless blob. Anyway the show is up for the most popular drama prize, while stars Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper have been nominated for best actor and actress.
Wow, this is cool., you can stream the first nine minutes of Serenity into your Java or ActiveX enabled browser (ie. all of them except Lynx).
Ok, so now I can read some of those Serenity reviews.
Starting with Gary Westfahl's review from Locus Online.
Gary is a professional reviewer. You can tell. (I've read lots of his other reviews too BTW so I'm not basing this on just one review). His review of Serenity is thoughtful and entertaining to read.
Star Wars: Episode III | Inside the DVD: Revenge of the Sith
Details of what's on the 2 disc DVD set. Still not sure if I'll get it, surely the six boz set is out next year?
I saw Serenity last night. Finally.
More interesting for the neutral observer, I went with two friends who had never seen a single Firefly episode.
The cinema was full. The audience was somewhat geeky. The scene was set...
I'm slightly surprised at the complete lack of publicity for Serenity in the UK. I've seen the trailer on TV a few times but that's about it. No tv mentions. No radio mentions No billboard posters. Not even posters on double decker buses (and yet some of them still have The Island posters!).
Maybe it's because Serenity is being overshadowed by the mighty Wallace and Gromit? (The premiere was last week and I think there are previews this week).
Dunno.
Follow the instructions here to get Doctor Who sounds and pictures on your phone.
Of course if you have a Bluetooth and MP3 capable phone like me then you probably already have a chorus of daleks shouting "EXTERMINATE!" every time you get a text message. (I also have the Imperial march as my ring tone).
Just booked my ticket for Serenity. Thursday night 1900 BST. Hurrah.
According to Sci Fi Wire Serenity made $10 million in it's first weekend and was at number two.
Sounds like a lot of $$$ to me, but not to Hollywood methinks.
Ok, ok. I know that many of you in the US (and probably elsewhere?) have already seen Serenity, but I haven't,so shut up.
However if you are in the UK there are showings on Thursday. That's this Thursday. Not tomorrow, nor the day after, but the day after that.
Go and see it and take everyone you know.
