{"id":4429,"date":"2010-10-25T06:45:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T10:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2010-10-25T01:38:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T05:38:13","slug":"death-of-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/25\/death-of-the-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Smith appears tonight on Sarah Jane Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonight on the <em>Sarah Jane Adventures<\/em>, &#8220;Death of the Doctor&#8221;!\u00a0 Matt Smith guest-stars, as well as Katy Manning (as Jo Grant, former companion of the third Doctor).\u00a0 The aliens look a little silly, but I bet it&#8217;s gonna be fun!\u00a0 Check out the trailer below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Sarah Jane Adventures guest starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/sja_doctorwho.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Jane Adventures guest starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5VVC1Iq78Ig?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This airs on cbbc in the UK tonight.\u00a0 Those of us in the United States will have to find other means to watch it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While searching for pictures, I also came across this cool image below.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know the UNIT soldier, but images like this leave me yearning for a full-scale return of UNIT.\u00a0 I love the old UNIT stories; I enjoyed the <a title=\"Big Finish UNIT adventures\" href=\"http:\/\/bigfinish.com\/UNIT\" target=\"_blank\">Big Finish <em>UNIT<\/em> audio adventures<\/a>; and I&#8217;m anxious for the <a title=\"UNIT Sourcebook for the Doctor Who role-playing game\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.cubicle7store.com\/epages\/es113347.sf\/en_GB\/?ObjectPath=\/Shops\/es113347_shop\/Products\/CB71104\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Cubicle-7 <em>UNIT Sourcebook<\/em> for the Doctor Who Role-playing Game<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, I was hoping the UNIT characters from <a title=\"Planet of the Dead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/doctorwho\/s4\/episodes\/S0_06\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Planet of the Dead<\/em><\/a> would return, but no luck so far.\u00a0 Fingers crossed for more UNIT adventures!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" 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The 11th Doctor is&#8230;","date":"January 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It's official!\u00a0 The actor who will replace David Tennant in Doctor Who starting in 2010 is Matt Smith.\u00a0 He is the youngest actor to take on the role. 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