So I've really been liking the BBC's SciFi shows the last few years and this weekend was a Doctor Who related weekend. I've never liked Doctor Who until the last few years (I'll lean more towards I disliked it).
Here's my Doctor Who related activities this weekend:
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Glittering Storm audio book - Read by Elisabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane Smith on the new series, as his companion in the 1970's Doctor Who and did a cameo a few seasons ago (which then spun off the new children's series). The book was good, started a little slow, I felt like she didn't like the way her character was written but the book was unabridged so she couldn't change it, but it got much much better as the book went on. Sometimes I got the boys confused but you could always tell the who the kids were. Good story too.
Doctor Who S4E5 The Poison Sky (part 2 to The Sontaran Stratagem) - I was excited that it was on this weekend, but I forgot that it was part two of a two-parter! And it's got Martha Jones in it. Great second part, can't say much without giving anything away, but another very (very) short appearance of Rose. I think we'll see a bit of her (and hear about the Bees until those episodes come up). I was surprised at the mention of Torchwood, but I think Capt. Jack's due for another appearance too (and maybe Sarah Jane).
Torchwood: Hidden - Read by Naoko Mori, who plays Toshiko. This is a good story, but it's really hard to tell the character's apart. It probably reads okay, but when there's more than a few of them, it's hard to tell who's who. I'm not done with this one, but it's good so far.
Doctor Who Confidential - It's not strange to have a "making of" for movies of TV series, but Dr. Who has one every week and this week it was another 45 minutes of show (right after the series on a different channel). It's just really bizarre to see another show just about the previous show just on, I don't normally watch it but it was pretty good. Torchwood has a "confidential" too, but I'm not sure they're as long. Just think of it as the DVD Extras, but right after the show.
So it was a good weekend of entertainment. And I got lot's of non-Doctor Who stuff done too...
As other shows go, the BBC has had Jekyll as a short series, is testing out Being Human and I hoe they keep trying out more!
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Posted by Gary on Sunday at 8:46 PM on May 4, 2008.
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