SciFiFX Podcast #19 – Doctor Who

This week we go through the news and talk in detail about it. We also review past Doctor Who in honor of Sarah Jane. We take a indept look at Doctor Who: The Ark in Space and Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars. Them we move to the current time and take a look at the latest season openers from Matt Smith.

Remembering William Campbell
http://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-william-campbell

Zorro Reboot
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/166875-reboot-zorro-reborn-to-be-set-in-the-future

Vampire Diaries & Supernatural renewed
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2011/04/27/cw-renews-diaries-supernatural

Memorial Plaque Honoring Superman Creators Stolen
http://www.supermansupersite.com/04271220.html

Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/27/superman-renounces-us-citizenship/

New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/superman_renounces_us_citizenship_n5ZdXkQIWE7y5EoU6xTZQI
Free Republic Message Board chat (most of this is pure disgraceful)
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2711950/posts
Newsmax
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/superman-comics-uscitizen-iran/2011/04/28/id/394467
Comic Book Movie News
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=36098
Yahoo News (via Newsarama)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/newsarama/20110428/en_newsarama/supermanrenouncesuscitizenshipinactioncomics900
Sean Hannity Forums (again, a lot of disgracefulness to this)
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=2247061
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=2246931

The Game of Rassilon
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn280411184508-this-is-game-of.html

Matt Smith nominated for BAFTA
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn260411095417.html

Doctor Who Monopoly
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn300411002008-monopoly.html

Doctor Who on Today Show
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn230411114508-today-on-who.html

John de Lancie signs on for Torchwood
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn-10411205412-john-de-lancie-signs.html

Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html

The Hand of Fear Repeated in Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn260411155008-hand-of-fear-to-be.html

Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Born February 1st 1948 – April 19th 2011

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Sladen

Doctor Who News Page
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html

Fan Tribute.
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn220411040512-fans-pay-tribute-to.html

Doctor’s Pay Tribute
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/doctors-pay-tribute.html

TARDIS 101
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TARDIS
http://www.whoniverse.net/tardis/

TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space)

Virtually Indestructible, the TARDIS can travel to any point in Time or Space, and sometimes even to Alternate Dimensions (Inferno, Rise of the Cybermen, Age of Steel). It can even survive trips to pocket Universes such as E-Space.

The TARDIS is Dimensionally Transcendental, which means that it is bigger on the inside than the outside. A fully equipped TARDIS contains several redundant power plants, a cloister room, a library, several laboratories, a wardrobe with clothing from all planets and time periods so that the travelers can fit in when/wherever they go, as well as many other rooms for various purposes. The Doctor’s TARDIS has been explored extensively in the Big Finish Audios, as well as in books. It has been shown to have rooms that are large enough to have their own weather systems. Some rooms contain rolling fields and mountain ranges; some are even filled with wildlife, from various planets.

A TARDIS is a sentient machine that is as much grown as constructed. It is able to repair itself, yet the Doctor is always performing maintenance/repairs on his TARDIS. The Doctor’s TARDIS was stolen from a repair bay on Gallifrey before all the repairs where completed, which explains its sometimes erratic behavior. The TARDIS has a Chameleon Circuit which allows it to change its external appearance so that it will go unnoticed no matter where/when it lands. The Doctor’s TARDIS Chameleon Circuit has been stuck in the Form of a 1950’s Police Box since he landed there in 1963. He partially repaired it once, but did not like that it kept changing and permanently locked it into the shape of the Police Box.

Most TARDISes are exploratory and research vessels only equipped with no offensive weaponry, they are all however equipped with a force field which virtually impenetrable. The Timelords do posses Battle TARDISes that are fully equipped for war with weapons such as Temporal Torpedoes. The Torpedoes stop time in the vehilcle/object that they hit until the Timelords restart it, allowing them to capture enemy vehicles and then unlock them at their leisure.