After all that trouble to rescue the Doctor from his inevitable death at Lake Silencio last season, it’s sad to see that it was all for nothing, as he meets his tragic end at last in this prequel to the Doctor Who Christmas special. No Doctor in the special proper, then, I guess.
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Snake On a Plain!
More juvenilia: A Serpent in Paradise (short story, age 14).
Random Rambles
Speaking of Burroughs, while I was in San Diego for Libertopia last month I made a point of driving past the house on Coronado where Burroughs lived in 1913, when he was writing The Return of Tarzan and some of the early Barsoom and Pellucidar books. It looks exactly the same today as in this pic.
In other news, the weekend before last I had the opportunity to hear Michelle Shocked live in Auburn; I’ve been a fan of hers since grad school.
Right now I’m in the Florida Keys; heading back to Auburn this weekend.
R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey – Gone Between
I’m sorry to learn of Anne McCaffrey’s death. I discovered her Dragonrider books in 5th or 6th grade, literally on the same day that I discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels, and both played a big role in shaping my psyche. (As I’ve mentioned before, one of the things I liked about Avatar was the way it combined McCaffreyan and Burroughsian imagery.)
Night Shift
Here are the five new mini-episodes that appear on the Doctor Who series 6 dvd. The last one takes place just before “Closing Time,” but it’s not obvious when the others take place.
Naked in Narnia
Two new Doctor Who clips. First, the Doctor gets naked for charity. Second, the trailer for next month’s Christmas special channels The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.