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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...Here are some cool Doctor Who related items I’ve come across in the past week. Be warned, these contain SPOILERS for The End of Time. Check out the Doctor’s and the Master’s Facebook pages. Hilarious! io9 contemplates some of the lingering questions from The End of Time. RTD reveals the answer to one of the […]
Let’s face it, we’ve all had them before… New Doctor Jitters. I don’t think there has ever been a name given to this condition, but now we have a label for it – New Doctor Jitters. When the Doctor regenerates, we find ourselves skeptical after seeing those first few moments featuring the new actor. It’s […]
I just finished listening to an excellent Doctor Who audio book entitled, The Forever Trap. I’m typically more of a full-cast audio drama fan, but this particular audio book really impressed me. The story was written by Dan Abnett (yes, that Dan Abnett of Marvel Comics Nova, Annihilation, War of Kings, etc), read by Catherine […]
I finally got my copy of the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space Roleplaying Game, and turns out I’m in it! Well… I’m not exactly IN the game, but I am mentioned in the credits and some of my playtesting group’s contributions made it into the game! Sorry to subject you to what follows. […]
The Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space role-playing game by Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd was released a couple weeks ago in England, and I should finally get my hands on a copy today! I ordered the game through my LCS, which is getting it from Diamond Comics Distributors. Diamond has it listed on their […]
Here are the first three minutes of Doctor Who: The End of Time Part One. While I’m not looking forward to David Tennant’s departure, I’m am looking forward to this story and what lies ahead for Matt Smith. This episode airs in England on December 25, and on BBC America on December 26. If you […]
I’m closing out my DragonCon 2009 coverage with my favorite costume photos. Some have been shown here previously, but they bear repeating. To see all of my DragonCon photos, be sure to visit my Flickr page. If you have a favorite costume that I left out, be sure to mention it in the comments. A […]
Here are a few Doctor Who items floating around the interwebs currently… Tennant & Davies Interview About The End of Their Run Below is an outstanding video interview with David Tennant and Russell T. Davies, the outgoing star and executive producer of Doctor Who. This was produced for Boing Boing and the interviewer is Richard […]
At the San Diego Comic Con they showed trailers for The Waters of Mars and The End of Time. The second one isn’t very clear, but it’s the best copy I could find. The Waters of Mars (later this year) If you can’t see the embedded video above, please click here. . The End of […]
Here is a fantastic two-page spread from IDW’s Doctor Who: The Forgotten #6. The story was by Tony Lee and the art was by Kelly Yates. Such a cool image! Click to enlarge.
