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By day, The Irredeemable Shag plays the part of a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. By night, he is a frightening creature that strikes terror into the hearts of criminals!
... or ...
maybe The Irredeemable Shag managed a comic book store for four years, and a movie theater megaplex for three years. Nowadays he's just a really vocal geek on THE UNIQUE GEEK, a semi-regular on the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast, and runs the ONCE UPON A GEEK and FIRESTORM FAN blogs.
You decide...Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series was released last week on DVD. Included were a few really cool DVD extras entitled “Meanwhile in the TARDIS”. These are previously un-aired scenes that take place in-between episodes. There are some really great Doctor and Amy moments in here. Enjoy! This first one takes place between the first [...]
I’ve accumulated quite a few geek related keychains over the years. I seem to have a weakness for buying them even though I’ve only used a few of these keychains on a regular basis. Today we’re going to look at the ones I’ve managed to hang onto. Below are several DC Comics related keychains. The [...]
Last week I picked up the new Doctor Who novel by famed sci-fi/fantasy writer Michael Moorcock, The Coming of the Terraphiles. The novel stars the current Doctor (as portrayed by Matt Smith) and his companion Amy Pond (as portrayed by Karen Gillan). The BBC has previously published hundreds of Doctor Who books, but they are [...]
Looks like the Eighth Doctor’s costume is getting a refresh! Paul McGann appeared last week at the Armageddon Pop Culture Expo in Auckland, New Zealand. While there he unveiled a new costume for his Doctor. According to McGann, it’s a work-in-progress and it’s still unofficial. McGann is hopeful it will be adopted by the folks [...]
Tonight on the Sarah Jane Adventures, “Death of the Doctor”! Matt Smith guest-stars, as well as Katy Manning (as Jo Grant, former companion of the third Doctor). The aliens look a little silly, but I bet it’s gonna be fun! Check out the trailer below. This airs on cbbc in the UK tonight. Those of [...]
Check out these very clever Doctor Who t-shirts! Robots in Disguise! Dalek Invaders What Would the Doctor Do? Thanks to my friends Heather and Robbie for directing me to these!
Here are some Halloween costume ideas! All of these costumes appeared at DragonCon 2010. Some of these are incredibly elaborate, while others are fairly simple and could be made by you at home with a little time and effort. There were hundreds (if not thousands) of different costumes at DragonCon. These just happen to represent [...]
Original music video for Doctorin’ the Tardis by The Timelords! If you can’t view the embedded video above, please click here.
I was totally overwhelmed and touched by all the birthday wishes I received last week! My thanks to all of you that sent messages through Facebook, ultimately bringing the social networking goliath to its knees on Thursday. I was on the road for work on my actual birthday, but I was able to catch dinner [...]
Doctor Who is coming to the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS! Well… at least for British people it is. Nintendo has announced there will be two new games and some Sonic Screwdriver accessories released in the UK and Australia later this year. Doctor Who: Return To Earth will be released for the Wii along with [...]
