Following shortly on the heels of the release of the new ‘Doctor Who’ show on iTunes comes even better news. You can now bring the glory of yesteryear to your iPod with classic episodes of Who. Amongst the available serials are the Sixth Doctor in ‘Mark of the Rani’, the Fourth Doctor in ‘The Ark in Space’, the Third Doctor in ‘Carnival of Monsters’ and rarer serials like the Second Doctor in ‘The Krotons’, the Fourth Doctor in ‘The Sun Makers’ and the Third Doctor (and Sarah Jane) in ‘Planet of the Spiders’. Here’s hoping that some more classic episodes make their way to the service.

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Okay, so you have a really cool Doctor Who costume. Maybe you had your grandma knit you a twelve foot long scarf, maybe you have a v-neck sweater and old leather coat, maybe you actually have a Tennant Suit from Magnoli Clothiers. You’re gonna want a really cool picture to show off the costume in various Doctor Who forums and such, right? I mean let’s face it, a picture of yourself as the Doctor standing in your living room is not very exciting. But with today’s computer power you can turn that ordinary blah photo into something resembling a still from an actual episode. This will be a long post so follow the jump to learn more!

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Yes, rejoice Mac lovers (and PC users as well… but why?)! Doctor Who has come to iTunes! Specifically it is the revived series and not the classic era episodes, but that’s all good. You can find the show on the BBC America channel under the TV Shows. Each episode is only a $1.99 or you can order the full run for $25.87 which is almost sixty-five to seventy-five dollars off (depending where you buy…) the DVD box sets. Of course you don’t get any of the DVD extras either. But I know for my part the pricing is much more attractive than paying $80.00 for fourteen episodes (unlike Firefly which retails around $39.99). Currently only the first three series are available. The fourth should become available after the series runs on BBC America, though it has to finish up its SciFi Channel run first.

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So, I finally got my copy of Doctor Who: Top Trumps for my DS today. As I have not really delved into the game fully, I would just like to mention that this is basically my first impression of the game. What the game is not is an in-depth adventurer like Tomb Raider (also made by Eidos…). Instead it’s based on a popular card game called Top Trumps. It’s a very simple, but fun game. You have a stack of cards with different characters on them and each character has various stats. Like, how tall they are, their strength, intelligence, and so on. The object of the game is to pick the stat that will trump your opponent’s. That’s it!
Now this game collects monsters and aliens and characters from the first three series of Doctor Who. Though I have not seen Rose or the Ninth Doctor… The game has two modes of play, Adventure Mode or Quick Match both of which are self-explanatory. In the “Adventure Mode” (which features absolutely no adventure) you play as one of the characters from the show, like the Doctor, and battle planet to planet. So far I’ve gone up against the Slitheen, Jack, a Cyberman, and Martha (who I totally trounced!). In between matches are mini-games which you can unlock and play later for bonus points. And speaking of unlocking… there are character cards and bonus cards that you need to unlock as well. Another cool thing is that it features the “Download Play” function. This means that if a friend of yours has their DS and you want to challenge him or her (or those that defy such descriptions…) you only need one card.
As for the graphics and sound… the DS is not being pushed to the limit by this game. In fact I think the processors are just phoning this one in. The artwork for the characters is based on last year’s Flash animated The Infinite Quest. The artwork on the cards features actual photos of the characters, though they seem to have picked the worst photos possible. Yvonne looks like she’s trying to imitate Bono, Jack looks like he’s had something shoved where the sun don’t shine, and Harriet Jones looks like Iggy Pop! As for the sound, the actual Doctor Who theme coming from my DS speakers was cool, but that’s about it. I was hoping maybe they could have put in some dialog here or there, but sadly no. Also (almost forgot to mention this…) you have to hold the DS up on it’s end. That takes a little getting used to.
To wrap things up, if you are looking for an intense, action-packed game that you can spend hours and hours on, then this game is not for you. If you have a few minutes to kill and want to get in a quick round, this game will suit you. I was playing it on my lunch break and really enjoyed it. Heck, I just battled my roommate while he was on the john! Let me caution you though (this mainly applies to our US readers), do not get this game unless you really, really want it. I had to go through a British eBay store to order it (Amazon.co.uk won’t ship overseas…) and with the conversion rate and shipping paid about $65.00 for the game. That makes this my most expensive game I own! But I’m having fun with it and in the end that’s the most important thing.

Now if they’d only get started on a REAL game…

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…Because Now Magazine is reporting that current Timelord, David Tennant, signed a £1.5m (or $3 mill in the green stuff…) deal to continue playing the Doctor for a fifth series. So at least two more years of Tennant as the Doctor! Curious thought though: Tom Baker was the longest running Doctor with seven seasons. Pertwee had five. Would this now make Tennant the second longest serving Doctor? Or does it not count because next year there are only going to be specials? What do you guys think?

(Now off to see The Dark Knight!!)

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With The Dark Knight getting ready to open nation wide this Friday, MSNBC contributor, Christopher Bahn wrote a story about the pros and cons of Batman’s rouges for a possibly (probably) third installment. He discusses which characters would probably fit in Christopher Nolan’s “Bat-Universe”, which would strain credulity, and which just would be absolutely ludicrous. When talking about the possibility )and probability) of The Riddler being the caped crusader’s next foe, Bahn wrote that current Doctor, David Tennant has expressed interest in the role. First I have to say, “Freakin’ brilliant!” And being from the UK could help David’s chances (as most of the cast in Nolan’s Batman films are British…). However, Tennant is not a known name over here in the States and that could hurt his chances drastically. Let’s face it, he’s mainly known for his cameo role as the villain in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. However, as that movie was also made by Warner Bros., let’s hope that could factor in some points to get Tennant up against Christian Bale.

Boy, did that last sentence sound like something that Jack Harkness would wish for…

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This story was brought to us by one of our readers, Ste. The Telegraph is reporting that a record number of people actually tried to call the phone number that was flashed up on the screen during the episode The Stolen Earth. Of course the number was bogus, it’s a fake series of numbers reserved for television, much like how Hollywood uses “555″ (ex: 555-1138). This is highly reminiscent to an incident several years ago when the Jim Carrey film, Bruce Almighty came out. Bruce is given a pager by God and the number on the pager was a real phone number. Needless to say, thousands of people tried the number to talk to God. It caused such a ruckus that when released on DVD the number was digitally altered to a “555″ number.
Though it would have been funny if it went to a recording of David Tennant saying, “I’m not dead yet! I don’t want to go on the cart!”

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Yeah, RTD is seriously out of his gourd. The Telegraph has an interview with outgoing showrunner, Russell T Davies who said that although the Doctor should always be played by a man, he wouldn’t mind seeing Amy Winehouse as the last of the Timelords. I mean seriously…. I don’t think a week goes by in which I don’t see some story about Winehouse and her drug addictions and stuff popping up online. I mean I can see Daleks and Cybermen running away from her in fear not becuase she’s the Doctor, but because she’s just FREAKIN’ SCARY AS HELL!! What do you guys think?

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Okay, hopefully I’ll be able to get this post up. We’re under a severe thunderstorm watch with hail and flooding and all that good stuff. Anyway… Like earlier this week, to avoid those of you who have yet to see the episode, I’m going to put my review after the jump. Let me say though that I enjoyed it very much and almost teared up at the end.

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