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For #DoctorWho fans with a qualifying print disability, Bookshare recently added the following title to its collection.
The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who
by Simon Guerrier Marek Kukula
The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who is a mind-bending blend of story and science that will help you see Doctor Who in a whole new light, weaving together a series of all-new adventures, featuring every incarnation of the Doctor.With commentary that explores the possibilities of time travel, life on other planets, artificial intelligence, parallel universes and more, Simon Guerrier and Dr. Marek Kukula show how Doctor Who uses science to inform its unique style of storytelling—and just how close it has often come to predicting future scientific discoveries.This book is your chance to be the Doctor's companion and explore what's out there. It will make you laugh, and think, and see the world around you differently.
Copyright: 2015 ISBN: 9780062386953
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2MTL 488: Foundation and "Empire" - Two-minute Time Lord
"Empire of Death" epitomized RTD's approach to season finales that he deployed to popular (if not always critical) acclaim during his first stint as showrunner. What happened this time?That Chip Guy (Two-minute Time Lord)
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For fans of #DoctorWho with a qualifying print disability, the following title was recently added to the BARD service by NLS. The phrase "Doctor Who" is not found in the title or description, so people who search BARD for "Doctor Who" may not find it. I haven't checked to see if BARD has grouped it into a Doctor Who series.
I've already read this book from Bookshare, as it's been available from that service for quite some time.
Harvest of time
DB124336
Reynolds, Alastair. Reading time: 11 hours, 49 minutes.
Read by Geoffrey Beevers.
Science Fiction
"When Unit is called in to investigate a mysterious incident on a North Sea drilling platform, the Doctor discovers that the Brigadier and others are starting to forget about the Master, Unit's highest-profile prisoner."-- From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
You might want to save it for December, but there is a festive Short Trip that I like to listen to at this time of year - O Tannenbaum, narrated by Peter Purves.
A log cabin buried in snow, surrounded by Christmas trees - it's the Big Finish audio that Bob Ross would have enjoyed painting.
Fellow Whovians, I'd like some recommendations for some #BigFinish audios that are 'happy'. Something like The Great Sontaran War or The Veiled Leopard. Something that doesn't have deep issues or lots of dreariness. I wanna get back into the audios but *waves around at everything* the dark stuff isn't really for me right now.
Remembering William Russell, who played one of the earliest (and one of my very favourite) of the Doctor's companions, Ian Chesterton, on what would have been his 100th birthday.
It was the best of #DoctorWho, or it was the worst of Doctor Who - but can a story be both things simultaneously? Find out as we discuss The Web Planet:
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Strangers in Space: Who Review Extra 40: The Web Planet
Doctor Who was only twelve stories old when they decided to mount a production as ambitious as The Web Planet, but was that a mistake or was it a decision justified by the enormous audiences The Web Planet achieved? Our thoughts on Schrödinger's Doct…strangersinspace.libsyn.com
"You need a lot of things to travel through the universe.... but most of all, you need a hand to hold."
Even more true today than in 2006.
And yes, I did just quote #DoctorWho 's episode Fear Her.
Hey, Who fans. Sadly, Mastodon didn't pan out the way I hoped, there wasn't much of a community that built up and there still isn't that much really. So...
We've just set up on Bsky if you want to connect and chat there - bsky.app/profile/bigblueboxpod… and (for now at least) still on X/Twitter - x.com/bigblueboxpcast
Whatever social channel you're on, let's connect and chat #DoctorWho
For now, Mastodon, peace out. It's been fun.
Hello. Thought I’d post here.
I’m a fan of #startrek #DoctorWho and #vinylrecords
I would appreciate a follow from people interested in these things.
I don't see any reason that #SesameStreet can't be in the same universe as #DoctorWho.
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Doctor Who Had a Secret Spinoff All Along – It's Sesame Street!
We're celebrating the anniversary of Sesame Street, which is as much an institution to Americans as Doctor Who is to the British, and guess what? The two series are linked in ways we – or their creators – never realized.Adi Tantimedh (Bleeding Cool News)
Those 26 seasons (First Doctor thru Seventh Doctor) are also on Tubi for free.
@sb
Found this for anyone else reading this conversation...
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All 97 Missing Doctor Who Episodes Explained
The BBC's controversial junking policy led to the loss of over 100 Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s era, with 97 still to be recovered.Mark Donaldson (Screen Rant)
I just discovered that BritBox has 26 - yes 26 seasons of Doctor Who going back to when it first aired in 1963. There are 695 episodes. That is about 300 hours.
I have never watched the series.
This might be just what I need to get through the next couple of years.
For #DoctorWho fans with a qualifying print disability, here's the latest Doctor Who title added to Bookshare:
The Official Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words From Across Space and Time
by
Cavan Scott Mark Wright
"All of time and space. All things that ever happened or ever will. Where do you want to start?"From a junkyard in Totter's Lane to the fields of Trenzalore, the last of the Time Lords has navigated the past, present, and future using knowledge gathered from centuries of adventures in space and time. Now the authors of the bestselling Who-Ology have collected the best of that timey-wimey knowledge into one place. Covering themes of home and work, travel and technology, the history of the Earth and the fate of the future—you'll find a Doctor-y bon mot for every occasion here.Collecting half a century of quips and quotes, and beautifully illustrated throughout, The Official Quotable Doctor Who is your indispensable guide to life, love, mirth, and monsters.
Copyright: 2014 ISBN: 9780062382757
Features: Contains images
Important question for #DoctorWho fans:
Do we think that, in his younger days, anyone used to call the Brigadier “A.G.”?
I.e. “Hey, A.G. My old friend! I heard they made you a lieutenant! Who’d have thought old A.G. 10-shot double flop would be moving up the ranks?”
For fans of #DoctorWho who have a qualifying print disability, Bookshare has recently added the following titles.
A World of Demons: The Villains of Doctor Who
by David Bushman
The Companions of Dr. Who: The Best Of Him (Doctor Who)
by David Bushman
Doctor Who: The Official Miscellany
by Cavan Scott
Doctor Who: In Wonderland (Doctor Who)
by Paul Magrs
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I have been slowly making my way through the B5 novels. Today, I just finished reading "Casting Shadows" by Jeanne Cavelos, which is the first book of a trilogy called "the Passing of the Techno-mages." In this first book, we learn quite a lot about the techno-mage order and a lot more about the technology that they use to do what seems like magic. We meet Elric, a member of the techno-mage's inner circle, and his apprentice Galen, whom we later see in the spin-off series "Crusade."
This book explains why the techno-mages decided to leave once they became aware of the existence of an ancient enemy. This is a great prequel to the second season B5 episode "the Geometry of Shadows" and any fan of B5 should consider reading this book.
I absolutely loved this book for several reasons. First, it's a fact that many Doctor Who episodes of this era were simpler compared to many of the newer stories. I've always wanted to see a story with the first Doctor that was a bit more complex than what we got in the TV series and this book definitely does this, with time travel paradoxes being the central theme and how changes to history can create alternate timelines.
One of the things that has always annoyed me about Doctor Who, whether we're talking about the TV series, audio dramas or the books, is that no matter how interesting the plot is when the story starts out it more often than not winds up being about some alien being or race intent on taking over the planet/galaxy,universe, etc. You have such a broad canvas to work with, a series about an alien who can travel anywhere in time and space, and it often deals with yet another alien invasion. Don't get me wrong; I love a good Dalek or Cybermen story as much as any Whovian and I'm not saying this concept should be done away with. However, the stories which don't deal with an alien invasion are always memorable and refreshing to me and "the Time Travelers" is one such book, without a single menacing alien anywhere to be found. There are exceptions with references to a certain alien race taking up residence on a portion of Earth in an alternate timeline but this is hardly dealt with and I somehow missed it during my reading of the novel.
We also have a tasteful and reallistic exploration of Ian and Barbara's relationship, something which was not explored on the TV series but which was definitely acknowledged on a Big Finish audio. There's also a brief exploration of the fact that Susan is an alien and a certain aspect of her alien nature is briefly explored. This book, along with listening to some of the missing first Doctor TV stories, has given me a renewed appreciation of the original Doctor, along with the original companions.
Parts of the book did confuse me and, on occasion, I would pause and say, "OK, so what just happened?" However, that's OK; it was nice to have such weird and complex action dealing with alternate timelines in a first Doctor novel and I still highly recommend this book. I wish we had more first Doctor stories like this one.