October 29, 2008 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Television & Movies

A vacancy in the TARDIS

By Earl
October 29, 2008
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David Tennant is apparently hanging up his time-travelin’ sneakers.

Even Doctor Who has played Atari today

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7698539.stm
https://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/29/doctorwho-bbc

As the Brigadier once said, “Oh well. Here we go again!” It’s fun watching the younger folks on various forums just implode, as if this hasn’t happened eight or nine times already. Was 2005 really so long ago?… Read more

Music

Tim, you sneaky Finn you.

By Earl
October 29, 2008
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Tim Finn Rarities EP Tim Finn - The Conversation You know, every year that I boldly state that the only thing left on my music want list is that year’s Doctor Who soundtrack, Mr. Tim Finn sneaks up and throws a new studio album at me. So there you have it – I’m going to start saying that the last CD I want every year is Doctor Who, and that means more Tim, right? … Read more

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Gene-ology 54 - Karate

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! Gene-ology begins its examination of Gene Roddenberry's 1960s TV writing with "Karate", a episode of The Detectives starring Robert Taylor, where our hosts find plenty to talk about, including some surprisingly heavy topics. Join us as…
Have Hot Takes, Will Travel

Does Gene's Paladin line up with Paladin in the rest of Have Gun -- Will Travel? Was Gene writing Paladin as Sam Houston? All three of Gene-ology's hosts - Ashley, Earl, and Norman C. Lao - gather to consider the story so far across Gene Roddenberry's scripts for Have Gun -- Will Travel.
Gene-ology 53 - Beyond Atlas

Welcome to Gene-ology, where we explore the earliest TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek! Gene-ology examines "Beyond Atlas", a one-off script for an unmade series might have been "West Point, but for the Air Force Academy" - except that, as written by Gene Roddenberry, it reads like a pitch for…