Steven, you were born two days after episode w of The Ark in Space was first transmitted? Happy soon to be birthday, you young so-and-so... that makes you a week and a bit younger than I as I was born the day before episode 1 of The Ark in Space went out. I guess that technically makes me a 'Robot Episode 4' baby as that's what aired most recently before my birth.
Make that episode 2... my finger found the wrong row of keys it seems.
You know you have watched to much DW when you start to use episodes as reference points for Birthdays.
You a DrWho Fanatic when you own one of these
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1713
I realize we're on to the Fourth Doctor and all, but here's a little challenge for you. Can you sit through the full six hours and nineteen minutes of this:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=202185710&s=143455"
Egads. You young whippersnappers. I'm of Frontier in Space part four vintage.
Heh, I see someone read The Register this morning. That TARDIS USB hub has been on Amazon UK for ages, but they won't ship such goods outside the UK otherwise I probably would have had one by now.
As for birthday reference points, well, not all of us have to go as far back as Troughton's era to do so, ya old coot. =)
Yep, I looked it up. Mike's old. =)
He was born the day episode 2 of The Invasion went out. I guess that means he wins or something as you barely edge out our fine cum Yads who was born 4 days after episode 1 of Seeds of Death aired.
No, you were right the first time. :)
Recording that podcast was a boatload of fun...I"d forgotten how much fondness I have for the (Tom) Baker era. Made we want to sit down and watch Pyramids of Mars right then and there.
Tom Baker = overrated piffle. I only said nice things about his era because otherwise Warren would cry. My God, though, I can't wait until we praise the McGann movie. I could go on longer about that movie than the movie is long, I tells ya.
And thanks for the impending birthday wishes, Mr. Burgess, and happy belated to you! I like laying clues that only a small select group of Who fans will get...
6 and a half hours of The Web Planet? The only thing worse than having to watch it.
The really disappointing bit would be for those poor sods born during a hiatus or off-season or any other time without active DW content.
After the diatribe about Deadly Assassin in the episode, I peeked at Wikipedia's entry for The Matrix (the movie, that is) and thankfully there's a segment in there paying some due to DW about the similarities of the matrix as presented in Deadly Assassin (thankfully not relating it to Arc of Infinity) and the matrix in the movie series. (DW has provided so much to other SF series that it's just nice to see it given some props.)
So if Heroes was downloaded to see the Eccleston scenes, does that mean anyone (who doesn't ordinarily watch the show) will download it to see the Eric Roberts scenes when his character starts on the show?
The really disappointing bit would be for those poor sods born during a hiatus or off-season or any other time without active DW content.
After the diatribe about Deadly Assassin in the episode, I peeked at Wikipedia's entry for The Matrix (the movie, that is) and thankfully there's a segment in there paying some due to DW about the similarities of the matrix as presented in Deadly Assassin (thankfully not relating it to Arc of Infinity) and the matrix in the movie series. (DW has provided so much to other SF series that it's just nice to see it given some props.)
So if Heroes was downloaded to see the Eccleston scenes, does that mean anyone (who doesn't ordinarily watch the show) will download it to see Eric Roberts' scenes when his character starts on the show?
I've had to sit through enough B-action movies starring Eric Roberts over the years at Movie Central that I feel no need to have to watch him now. And he was even in "Phat Girlz", the worst movie ever made!
You know, I have never seen The Matrix. Funny, that.
Yes, and have you noticed that usually when Eric Roberts and others of his "used to be A-List, now D-List" ilk hit their 60s, they suddenly get rediscovered? Rutger Hauer was in more terrible action films (again, force fed through the Movie Central gig) than I can count, each time playing some computer expert typing away saying "ah, so that's how you'll play it, eh, Jackalius?" while clacking away.. and yet now he's in Sin City, Batman Begins, etc. Not that the guy's a bad actor....hell, Eric Roberts isn't either, nor Mickey Rourke, who is probably the best thing about Sin City, and yet he was also stuck in B-movie Puragatory for years too. What has all that got to do with Dr Who? Sod all, really. :)
Let's throw Sir Derek Jacobi in that category, too. He's done nothing but crap on stage and screen for 40 years, and now, he's finally made the big time by doing Doctor Who.
(Not "doing" him, per se, but I reckon he might like that, too.)
Hey you have to take into consideration that in the UK all they do is crap on stage so you can't blame Sir Derek Jacobi for doing it. After all the guy has to eat and pay rent and those high British taxes.
If I was not already watching Heroes I wouldn't bother downloading Heroes to see Eric Roberts in Action. I actually go out of my way to not watch anything he is in. That includes the music videos that he has been popping up in. Though I also have oto say that he has done some stuff that I did like, but that was years ago.
I always get a laugh when I see something in a sci-fi show that looks just like or way to simiular to not be taken from DW.
By the way, everyone, check your RSS feeds for some bonus video behind-the-scenes tomfoolery. Whee!
Look at me ignore the camera (apart from some shameless mugging) in order to concentrate on the Doctor Who episode before me. Story of my life, really.
Well, an in-vision commentary track is obviously the next big step we'll take. When will you be in town again, Freyburg?
Dunno....but really, the cast and creators of Dr. Who are boring enough to watch on video commenting on an episode.....why would we subject our loyal listeners to an even worse torture? :)
I don't believe that the bonus video is real. the Camera work is so bad that its got to be fake. I don't even believe that it really you guy.
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