Sites To See

Doctor Who Columbus Sites

• Yahoo Group Mailing List

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• The Idiot Lantern

  Catch up on our club blog, run by the effervescent Romana1!

• Doctor Who Columbus Message Bboard

  Now that we have over a 100 members, a message bboard seems like better way to keep up with our conversations. It's brand spankin' new, so pop over and leave a message to say hi!

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Essential Doctor Who Sites

• BBC Doctor Who Official Site

  The official Doctor Who site from BBC television, with all the latest extras on the most recent episodes. There are pictures and sound bytes from various shows, and games based on favorite characters and adventures. Though the video tidbits are geo-locked, BBCAmerica eventually gets most of them(or even You-tube).



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  BBC 7th Dimension: Listen Again

  Our usual source for radio Doctor Who has no Doctor Who right now. So instead this week listen to Mort, where Terry Pratchett's long running character Death finally gets his own story - or at least his new apprentice does. 4 part story airs January 4th -9th, starring Anton Lesser and Philip Jackson. Starting January 8th you can also listen to Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, where a twisted tale almost, but not completely unlike MacBeth, plays out. Stars Sheila Hancock, Lynda Baron and Deborah Berlin. Remember you can listen to each adventure till 7 days after it airs.

  Sci-fi offerings this week on radio include chapter 5 of 6 of Red Dwarf, a new adventure every Sunday. (Chapter 1 airs January 17th, if you missed it the first time around)

  Nigel Anthony appears in Omega a dark tale of the near future by Mike Walker. Stars Penelope Wilton, Sarah Jane Holm and David Calder. Undone airs part 6 of 6, the 3rd series, Unending. Notting Hill's Carnival sees the potential end of the worlds and new weirdness. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear. Sunday January 9th, Last Days of Shandakor part 1, an epic tale of proud residents of city on Mars, determined to go out in style.

  

  The current book offering is a reading of The Green Hills of Earth from Short Stories by Robert Heinlein. A tale about the heroic adventures of Rhysling, the blind singer of the space ways. January 9th A Dream of Armageddon part 1 of 2, HG Wells disturbing vision of the future with a powerful anti-war message.

  Using the Listen Again feature, each story is available for 7 days after broadcast.

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  Tom Baker's Official Site

  It's worth noting that Tom Baker's new BBC Doctor Who audio adventure The Hornets' Nest was released, part 1, 2, and 3 of 4 are available on CD, in the UK. Part 3 was released November 5th, 2009. Part 4 is due out in March.

  Hornets' Nest 1: The Stuff of Nightmares - In present-day England, a retired Captain Yates encounters the Doctor as he was circa season 17. The Doctor reveals that he is embroiled in a difficult and dangerous problem, and before long they are shoulder to shoulder fighting a dangerous menace together. Originally written with the Brigadier, Nicholas Courtney's ill health caused a last minute switch to the Mike Yates character.

  
• Big Finish Audio.

  Big Finish creates a new Doctor Who audio adventure every month, plus short stories of the Doctor or popular characters and favorite villains. The cast from the TV show is used when possible. It's a great way to catch up on adventures that never made it over to Ohio’s airwaves. Catch their podcasts for behind the scenes interviews, and some free short stories. Get the news first, and hear about Susan Foreman's planned adventure with the 8th Doctor, An Earthly Child, coming in December 2009.

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  BBC Archive Project-The Genesis of Doctor Who

  Doctor Who is 45 years old, November 23rd, 2008. BBC created a wonderful archive about the history of the shows creation, with documents and hand written notes preserved within. They reveal some surprising twists of the various concepts of what the show might have been about, and how the BBC struggled with the concept of how to present science fiction stories in a television format.

• SyFy Channel's Doctor Who Forum

  The first nationwide channel to show the 21st century's Doctor Who episodes in the US, when they were still the Sci Fi Channel, with their own forum to discuss the show.

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  BBC America - Doctor Who

  The British forayer into American TVland, BBC America now shows Doctor Who episodes and other British sci-fi and drama on their channel, and offers Doctor Who videos, games and quizzes as well - nothing locked this time. Its worth a look to see this American channel of British shows.