The TARDIS and Doctor from Doctor Who with Pumpkins and a Robot Spider
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Storm cloud approaching rapidly
1 day ago
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Doctor Regenerates in 2009
"'Cause you know what, Doctor? You were my Doctor."
(Time Crash)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Doctor Who: The Master Action Figure
The Master appeared in Series Three of Doctor Who, played by John Simm. This figure includes Toclafane Spheres and Laser Screwdriver.
Phillies Cap
Watching the 2008 World Series, with the Phillies cap I got on a visit to Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park in 2007.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
The Master and the Doctor
Doctor Who action figures from Dapol, the Master and the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Watching TV
The Doctor tunes into baseball's World Series with the Phillies and Rays on a visit to 2008.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Doctor and Rose on New Earth
A Robot Spider spies on the Doctor and Rose
Cassandra and her Robot Spider with the Doctor and Rose
Monday, October 20, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Doctor Who Dapol Action Figure: Ace
Ace, played by Sophie Aldred, was the Seventh Doctor's companion on the Doctor Who TV series from 1987 to 1989. Ace has also appeared in the Doctor Who New Adventures novels, BBC Books Past Doctor Adventures, comic books, Big Finish audio stories, and short stories.
The box has a list of Dapol action figures on the back, which can be viewed here.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
K9
Dapol action figure of the Doctor's robot dog K9 from Doctor Who, in the TARDIS. Such a good dog!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Happy 50th Anniversary, Paddington Bear!
The Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond have been published since 1958. I've enjoyed the novels, and when I first visited England in 1992, I got this toy representation of the character at Paddington Station, where his name comes from. Today Google features Paddington Bear on its front page as part of its Google Doodles series!
TARDIS with Action Figures
The Doctor and his companions fly the TARDIS together.
The Fifth Doctor, Rose, Donna, Martha, Captain Jack, The Tenth Doctor, The Other Tenth Doctor, K-9
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Life in New York
The American version of Life on Mars premiered on ABC last night, which stayed close to the British show, but didn't have the originality of the UK version. The BBC series aired from 2006 to 2007 and starred John Simm as Sam Tyler, Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt and Liz White as Annie Cartwright. Set in Manchester, England, it was followed by the series Ashes to Ashes, currently airing on BBC One and featuring Gene Hunt in 1981.
Like the first episode of the American The Office, the US Life on Mars pilot has many of the same situations as the initial story. In subsequent episodes, The Office made the show its own with more exploration of the characters' ongoing lives at Dunder Mifflin. It remains to be seen whether Life on Mars in New York takes the show in a new direction or continues as a copy of the British version. The first version of the US pilot was remade, with recasting of many of the characters.
Life on Mars US is well acted and directed, yet takes many of its cues from the original. The pivotal scene that is in the trailers for the show is when policeman Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) gets hit by a car while trying to save his girlfriend from a kidnapper and wakes up in 1973. This is accompanied by David Bowie's song "Life on Mars," from which the show takes its name. Sam is playing it on his iPod in 2008, but in 1973, the same tune is coming from an eight track player in his car. One addition that makes it resonate with American viewers as uniquely New York is when Sam turns around and sees the World Trade Center in front of him. This is when he realizes that he has really traveled to a different time.
The US show, like in the UK, has a great soundtrack that sets the tone of the retro setting. However, some of the situations in the remake are condensed, like Sam's scenes with Annie Norris (Gretchen Mol), focusing more on trying to find the kidnapper rather than Sam's struggle to fit in to a new time. He conflicts with Gene Hunt (Harvey Keitel) at the police station over the different methods of crime solving without the technology Sam is used to. The BBC version has more freedom to portray the realism of the world of police and criminals, with more humor in its portrayal of the culture of 1973 Manchester.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Doctor Who Time Crash Action Figures
This other picture has a description of the "Time Crash" episode that is on the back of the box (spoilers!)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Doctor Who in the Garden
The Doctor and Rose are taking a walk. That is the Seventh Doctor's umbrella, which the Doctor must have found in the TARDIS wardrobe. :-)
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