The Who-Philes http://www.who-philes.com Time waits for no man - except one. Thu, 15 May 2008 14:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Knitting… http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/15/knitting/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/15/knitting/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:36 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/15/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 about the TARDIS? Or even better yet, the Fourth Doctor’s Scarf? Yes, knitting is not just for the older folks. Thanks to the internet there are an increasing number of younger people who are creating whole new patterns and ideas for things to knit. I myself took up knitting while I was recovering from an appendectomy earlier this year. I was making a half sized version of the scarf (with plans to make the full size version later). It’s fun, relatively easy, and not an expensive hobby.

Sadly though, the BBC seems to have a problem with this. Tech Dirt reported that since the BBC owns the copyright to Doctor Who, hobbyists who create their own patterns based on characters and such and upload them may find themselves forced to shut down. It’s a problem encountered among dalek builders as well. The BBC would rather fans not make replicas of their “intellectual property” (though they had no problems using fan built replicas of the console room and daleks for Curse of the Fatal Death).

exterminknit.jpg

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/15/knitting/feed/ Companionship Has It’s Priveleges http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/14/companionship-has-its-priveleges/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/14/companionship-has-its-priveleges/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 22:08:33 +0000 Robert Koch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/14/companionship-has-its-priveleges/ donna_s4.jpgIt 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 Duke of York’s Theater production of Under The Blue Sky, a love story by playwright David Eldridge. No word yet on whether Catherine will be giving love, recieving love or following the characters around and yelling at them.

Recently seen leaving the Doctor’s company again in ‘The Doctor’s Daughter’, Freema Agyeman will be appearing the BBC’s 15 part adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale Little Dorrit in the role of Tattycoram. The lengthy tale will begin airing in the autumn.

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/14/companionship-has-its-priveleges/feed/ Nicholas Courtney Enters the Den of Geek http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/13/nicholas-courtney-enters-the-den-of-geek/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/13/nicholas-courtney-enters-the-den-of-geek/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 14:27:59 +0000 Steve Napierski http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/13/nicholas-courtney-enters-the-den-of-geek/ In 1965, Nicholas Courtney first appeared on Doctor Who as Space Security Agent Bret Vyon. In 1967, Courtney returned to Doctor to play a character that would impact his life for the next 38 years…

Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart

Den of Geek interviews Courtney about his forty-odd years as the Brigadier, as well as his life and his other television and radio work too.

Nicholas Courtney Enters the Den of Geek

[via Den of Geek]

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/13/nicholas-courtney-enters-the-den-of-geek/feed/ The Doctor’s Daughter Discussion… http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/11/the-doctors-daughter-discussion/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/11/the-doctors-daughter-discussion/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 04:13:56 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/11/the-doctors-daughter-discussion/ Georgia Moffet What do you get if you combine the Fifth Doctor with Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s Trillian? You get a honey of an “O” that is Georgia Moffett, daughter of Peter Davison and Sandra Dickison. If anyone could make green army fatigues look good it’s her, seriously. That and she makes me feel guilty like I was caught checking out a coworker’s hot daughter. Anyway, enough of my dirty old man thoughts. What about yesterday’s episode? I enjoyed it though after just coming off a two-parter that featured a lot of soldiers we get another story with more soldiers. I’m a bit soldiered out. I really liked the aliens in this episode as well, the Hath, half-human, half-fish people. They have water masks so they can breathe (like reverse scuba) and speak in bubbles. Now we don’t really get to understand what the Hath say, but they do have scripted lines kind of like Kenny in South Park. If you listen closely you can make out what they are saying. David Tennant also gets a chance to shine in this episode. I mean suddenly faced with fatherhood (again), the Doctor at times is downright speechless. Which Donna has no qualms cracking jokes about. The Doctor also does his fair share of brooding almost making you think Eccleston is back. Near the end of the episode the Doctor goes to a very dark place, darker than we have ever seen him go before. You almost think he’ll cross that line. A line he’s crossed before that resulted in the extermination of his whole race. I did love the twist ending which I thought was brilliant. It made you feel kind of sad for their whole situation but it also kind of wants to make you laugh in a “WTF” kind of way. Good episode, though not the strongest this season. But at least it’s no Fear Her…

What about you guys? What do you think?

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/11/the-doctors-daughter-discussion/feed/ Lego TARDIS http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/10/lego-tardis/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/10/lego-tardis/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 01:14:08 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/10/lego-tardis/ Okay, so today was my friend, Heather’s son’s birthday. So she hired me to entertain at his party (I’m a magician by trade). It was a Lego themed party complete with a table that was covered with about 8,000 Legos. So before the magic show I was with the kids building with Legos. I wound up having to fight with a couple. got some teeth knocked out, but I managed to grab as many of the blue blocks as I could. The result was my Lego TARDIS. Considering it was just the basic blocks I think it came out rather well so I thought I’d share it with all of you (though the pic is slightly photoshopped). Hope you dig it!

Lego TARDIS

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/10/lego-tardis/feed/ First Pic of Eccleston as Destro… http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/09/first-pic-of-eccleston-as-destro/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/09/first-pic-of-eccleston-as-destro/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 03:47:39 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/09/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 everyones’ favorite chrome-dome… minus the chrome-dome. Personally I feel the picture is less than spectacular. They should have shown us Destro as we know him, with his mask on and poised for battle. Instead he looks to be about as powerful as Rupert Everette’s Claw from the live action Inspector Gadget film. I’m sure Eccleston will do his best with what material he’s given, but given what I’ve read about this film I just don’t have high hopes for it at all. As far as I’m concerned, they’ve already made a live-action G.I. Joe.

Anyway, since the vpic’s an exclusive and all click this link to view it.

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/09/first-pic-of-eccleston-as-destro/feed/ Dalek Xing… http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/08/dalek-xing/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/08/dalek-xing/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/08/dalek-xing/ 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 promote the Doctor Who Exhibition at the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay, council workmen erected new tourism signs featuring the daleks as they are the most recognized Doctor Who character. Jackie Jones, exhibition manager, said that since Doctor Who has started filming in Cardiff they have seen a surge of visitors. For more info CLICK HERE. Sadly there is no picture of the sign itself, so to our British readers, we’d love to have a snapshot of one of those road signs.

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/08/dalek-xing/feed/ Playing Doctor http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/07/playing-doctor/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/07/playing-doctor/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 02:18:15 +0000 Robert Koch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/07/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 feature a story mode where the player can assume the role of the Doctor, Martha, Captain Jack or a series of unnamed enemies.

Although plans were revealed for a Nintendo DS, PC and Playstation 2 release, there are no details on whether the game will see a U.S. release.
On a personal note, I’ve always thought that a Doctor Who game in the vein of the Lego Star Wars games would be incredibly fun. I know that our beloved Who isn’t a big enough property to warrant that kind of treatment but just imagine all the unlockable characters! Ten doctors! A multitude of companions! Daleks, Cybermen, Ice Warriors, Slitheen! With such a rich history, just think of the things they could do.

[via DS Fanboy]

Doctor Who Top Trumps

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/07/playing-doctor/feed/ Trailer Park http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/06/trailer-park/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/06/trailer-park/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 02:07:55 +0000 Robert Koch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/06/trailer-park/ Just a quick piece of fun news. Over at the official Doctor Who BBC site Who-Philes can now make their own Doctor Who trailers with Trailer Maker. With an interface similar to IMovie (but with somewhat less precision), you can access the BBC of Who clips and make your own trailers. If you do, link them here and show your fellow readers how talented you are!

tennant281206_243x369.jpg

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/06/trailer-park/feed/ The Doctor To Save Christ… http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/05/the-doctor-to-save-christ/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/05/the-doctor-to-save-christ/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 02:09:57 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/05/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, is looking into using Doctor Who. Between 2000 and 2006 the church lost about twenty percent of their teen congregation. I don’t know though maybe it’s because they grew up? Teens only stay teens for about seven years. The clergy thinks that using themes about good and evil, resurrection and redemption set against the backdrop of the TARDIS will get kids in. Click the link at the bottom to read the full article.

[via Wired]

]]> http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/05/the-doctor-to-save-christ/feed/ The Poison Sky Discussion… http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/04/the-poison-sky-discussion/ http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/04/the-poison-sky-discussion/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 03:39:01 +0000 Richard Kirsch http://www.who-philes.com/2008/05/04/the-poison-sky-discussion/ sontaran.jpg 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 eighty percent capacity and wipes out all life on the planet.

And just before we get to the spoiler stuff… Way off topic I know, but I saw Iron Man today and it was freakin’ awesome. Seriously go see it and stay through the credits for a cool bit at the end.
Here be spoilers…
(more…)