The Doctor Puppet is making a movie!
Or, to put it more practically, Alisa, the Doctor Puppet’s creator, is working on a new, 2-minute, animated project and is looking for someone to score it. No money involved (hey, this is the interweb, baby), but she promises “you will get promotion here and all the credit and rights.”
Yeppers, the BBC has announced that the DOC’s annual Christmas show will be airing on BBC America December 25th at 9 pm Eastern/10 pm Central Time.
Showrunner Steven-the Moff-Moffat is the writer, and amid the various Christmas-type surprises we’ll also meet the Doctor’s new companion, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman, and renew our acquaintanceship with Silurian Madame Vastra.
Yo, if that ain’t the Christmas spirit, then what is?
I’m sure we could all learn way more than ten lessons from Dr. Who, but this is a blog post, not a self-help book.
Ten Life Lessons From Doctor Who
by David Weedmark
I bought a new pair of shoes a couple weeks ago. They’ve been a tremendous help to my sanity. They’re just a pair of plain Converse sneakers to most people, but to me and a few of you, there is a special significance to this brand of shoes. Because Converse sneakers, like a bow tie, or even a fez, are cool. I’m referring of course to the BBC’s Doctor Who. It is one of the few television shows to which I’ll admit I’m a fan. Because, like a few great works of drama, it is entertaining (funny at times, scary at others, and often simultaneously) and is a constant reminder of what is important. The most important things, I’ve often said, are also the things we tend to forget the most easily.
For over 40 years people, upon hearing that I write-produce TV shows, have always – and I mean always, felt obligated to ask the not-very-musical question, “Why is television so bad?”
I hate this question for any number of reasons, starting with the fact that not only does it assume that the shows on TV are bad but also that I agree with that assumption. Which, for the record, I don’t.
…And got rejected by about a zillion agents who didn’t recognize it as an Academy Award-winning screenplay?
His name was Chuck Ross, and 30 years ago Film Comment Magazine published his article on what Chuck calls “the most outrageous ‘test’ ever conducted with those who work in the movie industry.”