Wandering through E-Space

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern ) Hiya everybody!! This post is a day early-I won't have time to write this tomorrow because I will be heading to Marcon! Yay! :) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Fridays, 9pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: No Doctor Who this week-SciFi is showing it's Memorial Day Weekend movie marathon. Previous episodes: 11. Boom Town 10. The Doctor Dances 9. The Empty Child 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 7pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 7. The Idiot's Lantern Previous episodes: 6. The Age of Steel 5. The Rise of the Cybermen 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. Scho...

D.W.Q.M.: Ian: "Where's your spirit of adventure, hm?" the First Doctor: "It died a slow and painful death when those bats came out of the rafters." Ahh, the system is down again. I've had a lovely morning so far-I posted a short entry at the Idiot's Lantern , read several blogs, checked my email, edited some Mp3 track info...yeah, a real productive day at the library so far. ;) So I decided to take the time and write about an incident that happened last Friday morning that was...well, just plain weird. My stereo is hooked up to my tv-and when I use the stereo for sound, I usually have to have it cranked to at least 20 or 22 to make it worthwhile. However, at the end of the day, I usually turn the sound down and then set it to the radio, since I can't wake up without the radio to keep me going in the morning. Last Thursday, I didn't use the stereo for the tv at all, so the volume should have been at it's normal radio setting...right? Wrong! ...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern ) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Fridays, 9pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 11. Boom Town Previous episodes: 10. The Doctor Dances 9. The Empty Child 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 6:35pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 6. The Age of Steel Previous episodes: 5. The Rise of the Cybermen 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth U.K. Ratings: The Appreciation Index (AI) for the Rise of the Cybermen scored 86 last week. According to Outpost Gallifrey , not only is this the highest score for the second series, but it's one ...

D.W.Q.M.: Duke Juliano: "There's this man in Florence claims that by arranging ground glasses in a certain order, it's possible to see the moon and stars as large as your hand." Marco: "Is that a good thing?" (from the Fourth Doctor story, the Masque of Mandragora, ) It has been a very long time since I've done one of these posts-I am so sorry! I don't have a good excuse, really, so I won't try to make one up. I know this month is already more than halfway over, but I figured if I want to start these posts again, I should start somewhere. ;) This post is brought to you by Sky and Telescope . Sky Events May 3rd: Jupiter reaches opposition to the Sun May 6th: Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks (best seen in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere) May 13th: Full Moon May 30th: Moon besides Mars, just after dusk May 31st: Moon besides Saturn, just after dusk. Comets! Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3(or what's left of it) is making it's closest approa...

D.W.Q.M.: "Female? Ah, you have a primary and secondary reproductive system. It is an inefficient system, you should change it." -Linx, (from the Third Doctor story, the Time Warrior ) Well, as long as there is new Doctor Who airing either here or in the U.K., I'm guaranteed at least one new post every week-sometimes more. *hee* I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! I made my usual calls up north, and as always, they turned into the most interesting conversations. ;) This year's topic? Doctor Who. ;) My Mom, Ally, Shan and I all agree we need to have a Doctor Who marathon while I'm there-problem is, we've been saying that for about 3 years now-it hasn't quite happened yet. (we've tried, though-one or two episodes here and there-but we are talking about hours long, with lots of junk food!) LOL. So this summer will mark our 7th attempt (one for each time I visit in the summer and at Christmas) The big question is-wide screen tv, or big, comf...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this entry can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern ) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Fridays, 9pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 10. The Doctor Dances Previous episodes: 9. The Empty Child 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 6:40pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 5. The Rise of the Cybermen Previous episodes: 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth U.S.A. Ratings: Sadly, the ratings were down last week. 1.04 household rating, with an average of 1.2 million viewers, making it the lowest of this season to date. Which is a shame, because I think the Empty Child is one of the best ...

D.W.Q.M.: "No mummies here. Nobody here but us chickens...Well, this chicken." -the Ninth Doctor My sister celebrated her birthday on Saturday. I called her early that morning, and started to leave a long message on their answering machine when someone picked up and a tiny voice declared, "Auntie, you're silly!!" *heehee* I chatted with Boo for a while, then she brought the phone into the bedroom where Ally was resting with Mellon. Ha! I woke her up! Actually, she was glad I called, 'cause she had the cutest little story to tell me. She was watching Friday's episode of Doctor Who, the Empty Child , with Mellon sitting on her belly. Well, as they were watching the part where all the zombies start repeating 'Mum-my' at the end of the episode, when Mellon started rocking back and for and repeating 'Mom-my, mom-my' in the same sing-song fashion. She was so cute!! I started to laugh. I had that picture in my head all day. LOL. So, we have Mad...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern ) Series One (season 27) in the USA: Fridays, 9pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 9. The Empty Child Previous episodes: 8. Father's Day 7. The Long Game 6. Dalek 5. World War III 4. Aliens of London 3. The Unquiet Dead 2. The End of the World 1. Rose Series Two (season 28) in the UK: Saturdays, at 7:00pm GMT on BBC1 Current episode: 4. The Girl in the Fireplace Previous episodes: 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth There is alot of news out there, but I haven't had much time this week to read much about it, so this is going to be a short news post! So short, there isn't any difference between this one and the one over at the Idiot's Lantern . I'm sorry! U.S.A. ratings: Ratings for...

D.W.Q.M.: "Your arrogance is nearly as great as your ignorance." -the First Doctor For months, I have refused to buy the 'original' Star Wars triology on dvd, because, well-I didn't consider what Lucas put out to be the original. (I mean, come on-replacing Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christiensen at the end of Jedi ? what was that all about?!?!) I was upset that Lucas didn't include the original unaltered versions in the dvd release. He said something along the lines of he considered the original was a work in progress, so he wasn't going to release them on dvd-that we had our videos. That's ok, I've got the videos and that's $70 that will remain in my pocketbook. ;p Well, he must have changed his mind-it's been brought to my attention that the original, un-altered versions of the original triology will become available on DVD until December 31st. Each release will also include the 2004 tweaked version. That's ok, I don't have to ...