It’s typical of fans that Outpost Gallifrey stays online when Doctor Who was announced as returning, when Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper were cast, when the Dalek deal was negotiated and after the exciting premiere and huge ratings. Yet it goes down now as thousands panic over Eccleston’s decision to do only one series.
Don’t panic!
Christopher Eccleston is a brilliant actor who has launched the new series into a fantastic future. We have 12 brand new episodes in this series left to enjoy, plus a 60 minute Christmas Special. And then we get a second series, with a new doctor aided by the magnificent Rose. It’s common knowledge that even Tom Baker wound down as his reign went on, Chris will be leaving on a high and will be remembered for his great performance. Yes, I’d have liked to see him do a 2nd series, but please, regeneration has happened before in much more difficult circumstances.
Phew – now I can get back to speculating over the 10th Doctor. David Tennant seems the favourite so far, but in the world of Doctor Who, anything can happen…!
Now here’s a feature for this blog that I’m not pinching off Babbleblog – Gravatars!
Read all about how they work here and then sign up for your very own at gravatar.com.
As a result of this introduction I’ve had to make some changes to the way this blog works for people commenting. Firstly, you must enter your email address if you want your gravatar to show up, but it is not required simply to post. Unlike before, it will remain completely private so you needn’t worry about spam. The option to link to your own website has now gone – sorry, but it was a long Nucleus hack to get it all working. If you’re determined to link to yourself, feel free to place it at the bottom of your posts. (NO SPAM)
Enjoy!
What is the role of television today and in the years to come? The future of our beloved box is far from clear.
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That’s the final name for Microsoft’s EU-enforced Media Player-less operating system that no one will buy. And anyone that does get it by accident will surely just install Windows Media Player on it.
You can only laugh I suppose… Windows XP N. Get it now!
In totally unrelated news, I notice that Googling for ‘hillsong cult’ (and various other combinations) brings up my angry post which resulted in a long discussion that somehow ended up with gay sex. Ah well, no-god works in mysterious ways. I have now found the Ebon Musings whose ‘Building Blocks’ essays are a wonderful dissection of belief, along with some funny stuff too. Well written, calm and logical with the clearest arguments for atheism I’ve ever seen.
Tomorrow I’ll be in school for some English revision, but my new MP3 player should be arriving as well. It’ll then be loaded up with music played with Windows Media Player on my ‘unclean’ system without that holy N. (I believe I’m mixing up topics now, so I’ll just stop right here)
Cult sci-fi hero Doctor Who won the battle of prime time as 10 million viewers tuned in to watch the series return after a 16-year absence, figures revealed today.
The much-loved time traveller beat off competition from ITV’s Ant and Dec – and their guest David Beckham – to claim an average audience of 9.9 million on Saturday night.
Salford-born Christopher Eccleston became the ninth small screen Doctor in a special effects-packed comeback, with former pop star Billie Piper starring as his new sidekick.
The series, which was screened at 7pm, had an average audience share of 43.2% and hit a peak of 10.6 million viewers.
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, which ran against Doctor Who, had an average of 7.2 million viewers, taking a 31.4% share.
The Geordie duo peaked with an 8.5 million audience, 37.5% of the viewing public.
Plea to Babbleblog members – use your Photoshop skills against the grinning twosome?
Helen on It’s (waiting) time.: “Fabulous news, congratulations to you both! X” Jun 8, 21:51
