My son has just told me and Life Dr. Who and Combom confirms that iTunes is giving away the Dr. Who episode Rose free. Just head to the store go to season one and download. the rest of the season is discounted to .99 cents each.
If you don’t know the series now is your big chance to try it.
At Big Journalism Hippocritico has this story up about journalistic bias.
He is right about the bias of course but when it comes to Palin, this is the way it is.
If you do a story attacking Palin, you not only energize your leftist base, but we on the right will read it defending her and attacking the piece and big Palin fans will follow every story that mentions her.
On the TV news when they mention Palin eyeballs go to their channel and if they are really lucky they might score the big Coup, being attacked by Rush Limbaugh. If Rush attacks you, you get extra eyeballs.
Remember these guys don’t make their living on news, they make their living on eyeballs. That is the reason why Norah O’Donnell is at that table and Ace of Spades is not (Sorry Ace). That’s not to say Norah can’t do the job, she does it, but I guarantee the demographic rather see her than say…me.
Sarah Palin provides those eyeballs, Rush Limbaugh provides those eyeballs, J. Christian Adams is less likely to do so. Or as this Doctor Who clip illustrates, Mr. Adams, she is prettier than you:
It’s not personal Hippocritico, it’s strictly business, and if the business model supports their bias, so much the better.
I wasn’t a big fan of Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead when they first came out, There were many better episodes that season.
But with Series 5 behind us the pair of them take on a whole new meaning and Alex Kingston’s performance looks both better and more poignant. Kingston’s River Song has (along with Arthur Darvill’s Rory) have been an incredible addition to the show. Darvill’s character is the geek that so many of us who watch the show are. Song’s character transforms the Doctor into the Geek for us to identify with.
I hope Kingston stays a while, she adds an incredible dimension to the series that we haven’t seen since Romana.
Kingston current performances combined with Stephen Moffat has really raised the series. They are so good they even make two year old episodes better.
My review of Big Finish Adventure #15. The Mutant Phase. Featuring the 5th Doctor and Nyssa is available at Amazon.comhere.
Although in general an above average audio there are some exchanges between the Doctor and Nyssa that are particularly memorable and the
As always you can pick this up at Mike’s comics. You can also listen to a trailer the adventure here.
Alternate cover via Colin Brockhuirt
I’ve mentionedthis before but Colin Brockhurst has done some first rate alternative cover art for some Big Finish CD’s. I think his mutant Phase cover is one of his best. Big Finish should really consider using his art professionally.