New Doctor Who Logo Revealed

K-9 Trailer

Keep in mind these two important points: First, the voice of K-9 in this trailer is not the one that will be used in the final show. (Though don’t expect it to be John Leeson either.) Second, this is a show for kids. Enjoy!

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (1st trailer)

Matt Smith is the new Dr. John Smith

Read the BBC Press Release. And, yes, I've actually seen a previous performance of his, but at first did not recognize the name.

My two favorite scenes from the current Doctor Who series

Unfortunately, the sound is off on the second one. I'll have to fix that...

Happy 45th Anniversary Doctor Who!

What are you doing here?

One of the coolest birthday presents I've ever received!

Journey's End trailer

If you haven't seen The Stolen Earth yet, do not watch this trailer. You've been warned.

Journey's End

Just two episodes to go in Doctor Who series 4!

Another amusing copyright statement

"All rights reserved. All lefts gregarious. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without express written permission form the publisher, or special dispensation from the Archbishop of Cydonia Mensae." (Look it up ;-)

BBC removes Doctor Who fan’s knitting patterns from the Web

I'm not a knitter but I've been watching a lot of the photos on Flickr (especially the recent Face of Bo and Adipose creations) and wishing someone would love me enough to knit some of these for me. So when I read the story of the person who's received a cease and desist from the BBC for posting homebrew knitting patters online I felt just a little sick.

“We note that you are supplying DR WHO items, and using trade marks and copyright owned by BBC. You have not been given permission to use the DR WHO brand and we ask that you remove from your site any designs connected with DR WHO. Please reply acknowledging receipt of this email, and confirm that you will remove the DR WHO items as requested.”

Really, who is this hurting? No money is changing hands and the BBC isn't loosing any market share since they're offering no such thing officially. Hey Russell, what do you think about this?

Read more and link to the full story on the The Open Rights Group Blog.

Richard Dawkins / Doctor Who connections & appearances

According to SEB, Richard Dawkins is making a guest appearance in this season of Doctor Who. Even cooler, Dr. Dawking is married to Lala Ward who played Romanna #2 in the classic series and was previously married to Doctor #4, Tom Baker. (None of this I new previous to a few minutes ago.)

Doctor Who series 4 starts on 4/4!

I've got mixed feelings about the return of a certain character but
I'm willing to wait and see.

Well, I can name a few of my neighbors...

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (trailer)

Can't wait!!!

New License Plate

Doctor Who Serries 3 Trailer

Here's the new full trailer for series three which, BTW, starts Satudray so don't anyone bother calling me on Sunday.

BitTorrent humor

Today's Real Life comic takes on "watching" UK TV via BitTorrent. I have this conversation with myself all the time. (Doctor Who Series three starts this Saturday! Guess what I'll be watching on Sunday.)

Doctor Who Series 3 clip

It's only eight seconds long and it's definitely for the ladies. Via YouTube. (Embedding not allowed by the BBC.)

Bite me alien boy!

Doctor Who and the French Dalek

Can't... stop... laughing...

A Knight on Doctor Who

In one of the most brilliant casting announcements I've ever read, Sir Dereck Jacobi will be appearing in a series three episode of Doctor Who.

Podcasts: Part 2

I remembered earlier today that I previously posted a list of the "professional" podcasts I listened to and promised a list of "personal" podcasts. Well here it is.

• Big Head Todd Cast
• Chrysler Music Legends
• Coverville
• Doctor Who (TV Series Commentaries)
• Doctor Who: Podshock
• dotBoom (video)
• The Legacy Podcast (find in iTunes)
• Starbucks Cofee Conversations
• Starship Sofa
• The Show with ze frank (video)

Doctor Who: THe Runaway Bride

Here's some bits from the forthcoming 2007 Doctor Who Christmas Special:

Teaser 1:

Teaser 2:

Four Minutes from the episode:

The Doctor is in (the US)

Series two of Doctor Who starting David Tennant starts tomorrow night on the SciFi channel. Don't miss this series, it's just as good as the last one if not a little better.

Downloadable Doctor Who

I havn't blogges about Amazon.com's downloadable video service Unbox yet and I wasn't planning to until I say that they are offering a limited number of Doctor Who episodes (the original 1963-1989 series). I ove the fact that they're doing this but if you look at the details, the downloads (good for 30 days worth of viewing) are $1.99 each. That's $1.99 per 25 minute episode of which 4-6 episodes typically formed a complete story. So, at a minimum, you're looking at $8-12 for a 1:30-2:15 show. That's a bit high in my opinion.

LibraryThing: Tagging the Doctor

LibraryThing - Doctor Who tag
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

Importing most of my books into LibraryThing made me realize that I'd never cataloged all of my old Doctor Who novelizations published by Target in the 80s and early 90s. So, on Saturday I sat down and put over 170 ISBNs into LibraryThing and tagged all the new books accordingly. It seems, adding those books put me at the top of the heap for the "doctor who" tag.

Doctor Who Episode 2.02 Torrent

Doctor Who Episode 2.02 Torrent
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

The second episode of the new Doctor Who series (season for those insisting on using American terminology) finished broadcasting about four hours ago. Already there are more than 350 full copies available via BitTorrent with more than 2200 people actively downloading it. I think this says somehting about the show's popularity, don't you?

Doctor Who Series 2 Podcast

Doctor Who Series 2 Podcast Image
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

Unless you've been living under a rock (or just don't care,) series two of Doctor Who started this past Saturday in the UK. (Yes, you can find it on BitTorrent.) The news of additional coolness is that Mr. Davies is producing a podcast of episode commentaries. You can find it via iTunes (just search on "Doctor Who") of, for those of you that are iTunes-less, the URL for the feed is http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/rss/2006_commentaries.xml.

Doctor Who: Series 2 Preview

Broadcast on BBCi last night at 8pm local, this three minute preview of series two is now available via bittorrent. The quality isn't great but it still gave me goosebumps. (The verbal oneupsmanship between Rose and Sarah Jane is priceless.)

Doctor Who Series 2 Spoilers

Doctor Who Spoilers
Originally uploaded by brandylee.

I'm not going to read this but others may want to...

Library Thing: Initial Reactions

I've had a Library Thing account for 24 hours now and I have some initial reactions. I'm hoping that a few of my complaints are just me now knowing how to perform the actions I believe are missing from the service. If I'm in need of correction, please do so.

• The Fun statistics page is very interesting. However, why can't I click on any of these numbers to see which of my books is generating them? For example, I'd love to figure out which five titles were not in Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk and needed to be looked up in the Library of Congress.
• Speaking of the Fun statistics page why were most books looked up in "amazon.com" while the newest one, the one I entered manually instead of importing I'm assuming, was looked up in "Amazon.com". I'm sure this is just a system bug but I do find it slightly annoying.
• Speaking of the statistics, ISBNs didn't exist before the late 70s. But, according to my stats page, I've got eleven books with ISBNs published prior to 1970. This must be an error in the system as they dates are "the edition's publication date, not date of original work" so technically such a statistic is impossible.
• I imported 59 titles to test the system before purchasing my account and importing my full collection. However, the system didn't de-dupe. (I'm assuming this is by design since, theoretically, someone may want to own two copies of the exact same edition of a title.) However, I how have 59 titles that are in the system twice but I only own one copy of. I'd like a way to search for duplicates so I can delete the spare record.
• Regarding tagging: Every other service that supports tagging I've used has you enter multiple tags as space delimited. So, tot his point I've been trained to separate my tags with spaces and enter multiple-word tags with quotation marks. Library Thing does not follow this implied standard. Library Thing requires a comma delimited list of entered tags with spaces indicating a multi-word tag. Because of this I ended up with some books tagged as "sf scifi uk tv doctor who". Luckily I caught this early and was able to clean them up. I guess I just wonder why Library Thing feels they need to do things differently from everyone else.

The "four things" meme

I've been tagged...

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Internet Trainer
2. Writer
3. Bookseller
4. Clerk @ a Bed, Bath, & Beyond

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Labyrinth
2. Brotherhood of the Wolf
3. Chasing Amy
4. High Fedelity

Four places you have lived:
1. Rochester, NY
2. Albany, NY
3. Las Vegas, NV
4. Aurora, CO

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. 24
2. Bones
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Doctor Who

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. London, England
2. San Francisco, CA
3. St. Louis, MO
4. Phoenix, AZ

Four websites I visit daily
1. Bloglines
2. Blogger
3. del.icio.us
4. flickr

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Sushi
2. Cheesecake
3. Pizza
4. Garlic Nan

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Anywhere but a Holiday Inn
2. Anywhere but a Holiday Inn
3. Anywhere but a Holiday Inn
4. Anywhere but a Holiday Inn

Four people I will tag thinking they will respond.....
1. I do these but I don’t pass them along…
2.
3.
4.

Four things I always carry with me
1. Pen
2. Treo 600
3. Wallet
4. Keys

Doctor Who on SciFi.com

The Doctor Who page is finally up at SciFi.com. I also saw some commercials during Battlestar Galactica on Friday night. (They were oddly edited however...)

Doctor Who to be broadcast in the US!

According to this BBC report the SciFi channel will be broadcasting the 2005 series of Doctor Who starting in March. This is the explaination for the previously unspecified delay of the DVD release, originally scheduled for Valentine's Day. The new release date is now July 4th. (What is it with the holiday-based release dates?)

Piffle!

According to The Gallifreyan Embassy the Doctor Who region one 2005 series DVDs have been delayed. No new date has been set yet.

What should Jackson (Peter, not Michael) do next?

One person strongly suggests Doctor Who.

Christmas Invasion - Trailer

The first, longer, trailer is up for Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion. I've got to say that witnessing the TARDIS "crash land" is a bit of a twist.

The Christmas Invasion teaser one

The first teaser for the next Doctor Who episode The Christmas Invasion is now up on the BBC site.

New Doctor Who on DVD

Sci Fi Wire reports that the 9th Doctor DVDs will be released as a boxed set on 14 February 2006.

Doctor Who Mini-Episode

The recent Children in Need telethon in the UK included an eight minute Doctor Who episode which directly connects the recent regeneration to the Christmas Invasion. (It has not been said how long this will be available online so you'd better watch it soon.)

Mashup

Check out the Dean Gray presents American Edit mashup. My favorite is Doctor Who on Holiday. Of course, if you ask the record companies, such creativity is illegal.