Firing it up now... let's hope the gremlins are gone.
After getting beaten soundly by the Internet gods on both episode 29 and the first take of episode 30 of Radio Free Skaro, we finally had a bit of luck and were able to get a decent(ish) sounding recording out of our respective compurobots. We covered Smith and Jones, the Shakespeare Code, and veered all over the conversational map to parts unknown, as would any two jaunty fellows faced with take 3 of a podcast. These are the lengths we'll go to for you, dear listeners! Enjoy! (feed, web, download)
Firing it up now... let's hope the gremlins are gone.
Comment time (as I listen to what I can while the intermission after the 3rd OT period in the Vancouver/Dallas game proceeds)!
- Shakespeare wasn't the first to suss out the blankness of the psychic paper, Rajesh Singh did that in Army of Ghosts. Why the psychic paper worked on the door panel to the sphere room is still another story, though.
- Music... for whatever reason I've got this strange mental block when it comes to the score. Martha's theme sounded quite derivative (or so it seemed at the time) but for the life of me I can't think of what it sounded like. I don't intend to rewatch Smith and Jones for another week and a bit until the premiere gathering some of us Edmonton folk have every year. Hopefully I'll remember then and maybe post it after then.
The last 10 minutes of the podcast will have to wait until after the 4th overtime period... unless someone scores before then...
The episode sounds good though... no echoes indeed (just some high-pitched whining but it was minor... ish). Whatever was different from prior attempts, keep it up. =)
I forgot about that guy from "Army o' Ghosts"! He had training, of course. The Doctor would have known that, and not tried it on him....silly Rose.
Finaly! Somebody scored! Do you hear it, Warren?
Gridlock looks... well, bad. Jean-Paul, who's not yet watching series 3, asked me to check the trailer for it to see if there are any scenes NOT on a bus. Alas there was but one that stood out, and it happened to feature people getting ONTO a bus. I'm not sure what he fears about the episode, but I fear if it's all in cramped quarters it may be visually uninteresting, affecting the episode as a whole.
That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing Lenora Critchlow in the episode, she being the other half of the two female leads in Channel 4's wonderful adaptation of Sugar Rush. The other half, Olivia Hallinan, we saw on Out of Time in the first series of Torchwood. And, of course, the big proclamation from the Face of Boe. I'm also curious to see if they've improved on the make-up for the cat people as compared to New Earth. The make-up was fantastic then and I'd love to see them do even better on it, but it's hard to gauge from the brief shot of the Irish-accent cat from the promos. And let's not forget, this is the last RTD script for many weeks. YAY!
I have not had much luck in noticing the msic on the show. but I still have a big questions on teh psychic paper opening doors.
Since I have only seen one or two episodes of Surgar Rush I can never remember the two actors that Chris is talking about. all I remember of them is that one of them is in that BBC TV series of Robin Hood.
I'm actually looking forward to Gridlock, Chris. The preview reminds me of McCoy style stories: "Would you like to buy some anger?" I think it might be interesting to restrict a story to take place only on buses. Hey, worked for Speed, didn't it?
And for all us nostalgia buffs who grew up watching Doctor Who on KSPS-TV (Spokane)...
They've picked up the new series of Doctor Who. And it's back in its old Saturday night graveyard timeslot, too: Saturday, April 21st at 12:05 a.m. (11:05 p.m. for those actually living in Spokane). Erm... Watch "Rose" again, for the very first time.
Hah! That's just...odd. For true nostalgia, they should run the old episodes, though I imagine BBC KIds has that locked up for the foreseeable future.
Of course, I have the box sets for both series, and I've been collecting a "best of" smattering of torrents from the old series. I know there's torrents out there with the entire run of each Doctor, but i have yet to dedicate my old G4 to the task. At any rate, if I have the urge to watch, I'll do so on my computer or on DVD.
I'd meant to watch the BBC series of Robin Hood, not because I heard it was good (I didn't), but because of who was involved. Paul Cornell was doing some writing for it, and Graeme Harper directed some episodes.
As for the lasses from Sugar Rush, neither are in Robin Hood. The person who played Marian was in one episode or Sugar Rush, but wasn't a regular (so sayeth the IMDB anyway).
As for the KSPS memory lane journey, wow... I guess they fell into some cash. I still remember, many years ago, denying a pledge I made to them because they had cut off Doctor Who. I even wrote words to that effect on the pledge form and mailed it back to them. Since then, I've really not watched PBS other than the very occasional program. Nonetheless, I won't be watching Rose again for the first time. Preferably for the never time. So, so bad...
That's almost heartwarming news about KSPS and Doctor Who. I think I might just watch it, for old time's sake. I, too, canceled my recurring pledge after they dropped the Classic Series. I was a Friend of 7 for quite some time, too....maybe I'll consider pledging again.
Then again, I probably won't.
Yeah, I dropped my Friends of 7 payments (made since my mid-teens) once they dropped Dr. Who. Much as I loved Nova and Frontline (and still do) I wasn't about to throw my cash KSPS's way. And nw I can't, as I get Seattle PBS out here. And it's nowhere near as good, let me tell you.
Nowhere near as good? How different can one PBS station be from another?
BTW Steven, although you've already seen Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare Code, would you have any interest in joining us in our premiere party? It's April 22nd, hosted by someone who doesn't post here but lives in Millwoods. We'd love to have you, and it'd be nice to finally meet the man behind the voice, and the plan is to gather for a bite to eat before settling down to watch the first 4 episodes (3 if the FA Cup game goes long and Gridlock gets delayed). I don't have an email address to contact you about this directly, so please drop me a line at cburgess@gmail.com (not may main email address, but then I don't want spambots to pick up my main address) and let me know, and if you're interested I'll forward you the particulars.
As far as I know the only people there who you'd know (as it were, from here) would be myself and Jean-Paul... Mike (aka jabberwocky) apparently can't make it that day due to work schedule conflict, but there will be only a small group of folks (about 5 or 6 depending upon who all shows up) so it's nothing big. All we do is pretty much watch the episodes then have a nice healthy debate about the good and bad aspects while having a few beers or glasses of wine. I'm not sure if your girlfriend generally joins you in viewing the episodes or not, but she'd of course be welcome as well.
We'll be watching the MPG2 digital TV rip copies I grab from my sources, so the copies will be nice and crisp. =)
Well, there's just *something* about KSPS that makes me prefer it over other PBS stations. Could very well be me being weird....I grew up watching KSPS, so it's probably more of a nostalgia thing than anything else.
And I tip my hat to your premiere party. Of course I can't attend, but I will hopefully be watching Daleks in Manhattan, in Manhattan. :) Too bad I sold my iSight...I could at least make a virtual appearance (my Macbook Pro has a built in iSight, but we're taking the battered yet functional 12 inch PB G4 with us and keeping the good hardware at home.)
My best guess for your preference would be the attachment to the people there, as it is with most associations made. Bill Stanley is still there running the show, and I see his mug on the screen now and then when flipping channels. WTVS from Detroit is still available here and while they've been broadcasting here for 20 years or more I still couldn't tell you the names of anyone involved over there.
Although dropping DW back in the day was a business decision, Bill always seemed like a big proponent of the show if not a downright fan, so it's quite possibly all down to him for KSPS reacquiring the show.
Bill Stanley once, on air, pronounced "Peladon" as "Puh-LAY-dun".....I wanted to kill him.
If nothing else, good ol' Bill did try. The other month when I revisited the early McCoy stories just before Paradise Towers started, Bill was announcing that some Daleks were flying around the station the week before and knocked it off the air (the transmission cut out for some reason the week before on Time and the Rani) and they'd be showing the last bit of Time and the Rani ahead of Paradise to make up for the inconvenience. So, not only was he thoughtful to those who watch the show, he was having a bit of fun at the same time.
Yeah, I kid - Bill Stanley ruled. Not half as much, though, as that smooth, baritone-voiced continuity announcer whose voice ("You're watching KSPS Television") leading right into Doctor Who still sends preteen tingles up my spine. This past year, I made DVDs of every episode, and I should have found a way to splice a KSPS promo at the head of every one of them.
Not to mention the Lionheart logo at the end, you gotta have that too!
Time to do some remastering I'd say. =)
I was very pleasantly surprised. I didn't expect much of Gridlock going in, but I thought it delivered on the concept in spades. Plus I'm a sucker for the Face of Boe, and for the way the new series has the ability to wring emotional moments from the characters, something the old show could never really pull off. Plus the description of Gallifrey had me pretty close to the wobblies...just sayin'. :)
The description of Gallifrey was sweet and intense, I can't say anything against that. And what the heck does the Face of Boe have to do with The Master as was implied in Confidential?!
The only thing that I didn't like about Gridlock was the giant Crabs. Other than that good episode.
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