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Knitting…

When you think of knitting your first image is probably of little old ladies sitting around in rocking chairs and listening to Lawrence Welk on PBS. You may think of sweaters or socks, something really horrible you know you’re gonna get for Christmas and be forced to wear. But, how about a Dalek? Or how […]

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Companionship Has It’s Priveleges

It would seem that traveling with the Doctor (especially the most recent one) has it’s perks. In addition to Billie Piper’s recent wedding there is other good news for the Doctor’s girls.
According to the BBC, current Companion Catherine Tate will be appearing on stage this summer in London’s West End in the […]

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First Pic of Eccleston as Destro…

While we reported in March that Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, was going to be playing Destro in the upcoming live-action adaptation of G.I. Joe, we didn’t have a picture. So I had to substitute a very poorly done photoshopped pic. But the folks over at IESB.net have gotten the exclusive first look at Eccleston as […]

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Dalek Xing…

If you somehow find yourself driving through Wales and you happen to come across a road sign with a dalek on it, you are not seeing things. Thanks to shows such as Doctor Who and Torchwood filming in Cardiff, Wales is going from the Kentucky of the UK to a tourist hotspot. To help […]

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Playing Doctor

It was recently reported at dsfanboy.com that Britain will be getting a Doctor Who video game! On the odd side, it is an adaptation of the Doctor Who special edition of the popular English card game Top Trumps (which recently hit the X-Box Live Arcade In It’s Original Form), though the game will reportedly […]

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The Doctor To Save Christ…

When you are an abhorrent sinner and you don’t want to go to hell you turn to Jesus Christ to be saved. When teen participation in the church falls, Jesus Christ turns to the Doctor for salvation. Wired is reporting that the Church of England, in an effort to get more teens to attend services, […]

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The Poison Sky Discussion…

Part two of the return of the Sontarans. This episode is mostly all action with just a little bit of Donna’s home life thrown in there. The Sontarans have succeeded in using the cars to poison the Earth’s atmosphere and the Doctor has to find a way to stop it before the gas reaches […]

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Classic DVD Onslaught

The next several months will be like Christmas for American Dr. Who fans, as Amazon.com reports the release of several interesting DVDs and sets to American Audiences including:
Beneath The Surface- The Silurians, The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep (Featuring Third and Fifth Doctor Adventures, releasing June 3rd)
The Black Orchid (Fifth Doctor, August 5th)
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Companionship

Ah, lists. The favorite past time of geeks everywhere. The best, the worst, the top, the bottom, we like listing it all. So as a Dr. Who fan it was neat to see that British sci-fi magazine SFX conducted a poll asking readers to rank the top Companions in the history of […]

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Really Cool Trailer…

Here’s a really cool trailer for The Five Doctors 25th Anniversary Edition DVD. It’s almost like a movie trailer…

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Commerce of the Daleks

Oh the joys that E-Bay can bring to the Dr. Who fan. A Who fan in the US (in my native Virginia actually) recently dished out a whopping £3200 (about $6500 American) for a replica Dalek costume. A small run of these original costumes were produced shortly after the series began in 1963 […]