The Second Lap: Sweaty Thoughts about The Edge of Destruction and The Brink of Disaster Nov 29 2019 1st Doctor Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton Susan Foreman Read more ...
The Second Lap: Sweaty Thoughts about The Expedition, The Ordeal, and The Rescue Nov 28 2019 1st Doctor Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton Susan Foreman Read more ...
The Second Lap: Sweaty Thoughts About The Dead Planet and The Survivors Nov 25 2019 1st Doctor Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton Susan Foreman Read more ...
The Second Lap: Sweaty Thoughts about The Forest of Fear and The Firemaker Nov 24 2019 1st Doctor Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton Susan Foreman Read more ...
The Second Lap: Sweaty Thoughts about An Unearthly Child and The Cave of Skulls Nov 23 2019 1st Doctor Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton Susan Foreman Read more ...
Fifty Years in Four Hundred and Ninety Four Days Jun 28 2018 10th Doctor 11th Doctor 12th Doctor 1st Doctor 2nd Doctor 3rd Doctor 4th Doctor 5th Doctor 6th Doctor 7th Doctor 8th Doctor 9th Doctor Clara Oswald Kate Stewart Petronella Osgood Rose Tyler War Doctor When I started this ridiculous project on February 20th of last year, I deliberately didn't calculate how long it would take. I guessed a little over a year, and it turns out to be more like a year and a half. Today, though, I hit a huge milestone. Today I watched the 50th Anniversary special, meaning that as of this morning I have watched a full fifty years of Doctor Who in four hundred and ninety four days. Wow. With only one Eleventh Doctor story left, I only have the Twelfth Doctor era left to go through. I just double-checked my count, and I must have missed something the last time I worked it out. I need to finish by Monday, August 6th because I have a work trip that begins on the 7th and I want to have a clean break. But I just counted it out,and if I miss no days and watch one episode per day I won't finish until August 8th. That means I have to double up on at least two days. It looks like Under the Lake / Before the Flood would be a good double fallin ... Read more ...
The Five (But Really Only Four) Doctors Jan 11 2018 1st Doctor 2nd Doctor 3rd Doctor 4th Doctor 5th Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jamie McCrimmon K9 K9 Mark III Liz Shaw Romana Romana II Sarah Jane Smith Susan Foreman Tegan Jovanka Vislor Turlough Zoe Heriot Good lord, what a long day. For the past eleven months I have been watching two 25-minute episodes per day, but this morning's viewing was the twentieth anniversary special that is effectively a movie with no breaking point. That meant that I spent a full 102 minutes on the treadmill, walking further than I ever have in a single day. Then I had a full day of work, and then a big birthday party. Aside from being Alexander Hamilton's birthday, today is my wife's birthday (and also my boss' birthday, and also a friend's birthday), plus my own birthday is on Monday. So we had a whole big thing planned for tonight. Unfortunately my wife has the flu and couldn't go out, but we filmed everyone singing to her. After that I had to go back to work to do a software release, and so now here I am at nearly midnight just finally writing this post. So let's talk about the big twentieth anniversary special. Read more ...
The World Is Not Enough Aug 17 2017 1st Doctor 2nd Doctor 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant This is going to be brief because I'm in Vegas, the conference I have been helping to run is over, and I have a party to go to. But dang it, I still managed to squeeze in an hour on the treadmill and two episodes of Doctor Who because you all matter so much to me, my dear Imaginary Readers. So let's talk extremely briefly about The Three Doctors. Read more ...
I am He and He is Me Aug 16 2017 1st Doctor 2nd Doctor 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant After missing my treadmill session yesterday, I was bound and determined to get it in today. I barely managed it between my main work shift and a working dinner tonight (poor me, I had to go to a fantastical catered dinner with amazing food and live entertainment at the Bellagio, I am sure you are weeping for my plight). That being said, I am truly on my last legs right now. But as I said, I did manage to watch the first two episodes of the very excellent The Three Doctors. Let's talk about that. Read more ...
Farewell Mondas, and Farewell William Hartnell May 03 2017 1st Doctor Ben Jackson Polly Wright This morning marks a huge milestone all around. For me personally, I weighed in at a new low record since I started this project, which is particularly nice given the frustrating trend last week. For Doctor Who, this morning's viewing was the end of the First Doctor's era. Yes, he is my least favorite Doctor. And yes, although I feel badly about his health struggles in later life, I am not much enamored of his behavior and attitudes on set. Even so, he was enormously popular at the time and was by all accounts a great ambassador to the children who loved the program. His final performance (minus his absence from the third episode due to illness) was spot on, and he was given a superb story to have as his swan song. Read more ...