Doctor Who Club of Australia

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 595 Location: far far away

Went to the NSW Art Gallery on Wednesday night to see the exhibition about the Dobell entries and there was one by an artist called The Doctor's Memories and yep......there were the 10 Doctors, Dalek, Cybermen and the TARDIS but the old Logo....OMG!!!! I was SOOOOOOOOO excited and soooo many people came away with a smile on their face.....didn't help that a friend rang and my ringtone is Dr.Who Laughing

I thought of you Monty Very Happy

montypython · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

Awww!

I tried to get a DW ringtone, but my extremely crappy phone won't allow it Sad

I watched Zathura today. It featured a robot which reminded me a lot of K-1 from Robot.

It also had a guy in it who, from some angles, reminded me of John Barrowman.

montypython · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:17 am Post subject:

Once again, Adam Spencer talked about Doctor Who on ABC Radio. He said The Stolen Earth was the best episode he'd ever seen, commented on the return of Davros, and apologied for mentioning spoilers last week.

montypython · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:26 am Post subject:

On ABC Radio this morning (again!) a viewer rang up and said that the Manly Sea Eagles were just like the Daleks - they keep getting stronger and stronger. Adam Spencer then went, "Exterminate!"

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4570

montypython · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

Switching over to Collectors tonight, there was a guy with a nice sci fi collection - including a large TARDIS and a Dalek.

montypython · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject:

Here is a question from TV Week's weekly online quiz:

4. UK drama Secret Diary Of A Call Girl stars which former Doctor Who companion?

Louise Jameson (Leela)
Billie Piper (Rose)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane)
Freema Agyeman (Martha)

montypython · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject:

On Neighbours tonight, Zeke and Ringo bought a new car. Apparently they traded in an old one, which they called, "Bessie"!

charlie · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

I play this game on the net where you have to run your own country. Each dayyou get an issue to solve with options from different members of the commu nnity. Its basically a big markeing ploy for the book its based on but I was very surprised to find this in one of the options.
"Great Scot! I've got it!" exclaims Charles Steele, your science advisor.

montypython · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:

I was reading The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus, and at one point I had to re-read a bit because I'd seen a DW reference. I didn't - it was talking about the "Silures". But then, 3 pages later, it mentioned, "Silurian country"!

montypython · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject:

I was listening to yesterday's edition of The Race Race (Chaser commentary on the US election), and they were talking about the use of robo-calls. They said it was quite risky, and that they could get out of control:

"Hello, I'm calling for John McCain, and the Orange Seat *You must obey me! I created you! I am the master, not you! I! I! I!*"

"I'm John McCain and I approve this message."

I have to admit when they mentioned robots getting out of control, I had an inkling that they were going to use Daleks.

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 595 Location: far far away

montypython · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject:

On The Race Race today (again!), they were playing strange YouTube songs in support of Obama. One of them was an oddly robotic repetition of his name, to which Chas Licciardello commented, "It seems that the Daleks have endorsed Obama!"

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4570

During an break of 90210 on 10, saw the ad for Freeview which briefly included the opening title sequence of the current Doctor Who TV series.

Nice to be represented here.

charlie · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

On Newstopia last night he said that vandals had broken into Steven Hawking's Hhouse and permaneently altered the voice modulator. Cut to Hawking who has a croaky robot voice and him getting steadily angrier until he threatened to exterminate the vandals. lol

montypython · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

I just saw that Stephen Hawking clip. The voice sounded more Cyberman than Dalek to me. Anyway we all get the joke Laughing

montypython · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject:

For those of you who don't watch The Sarah Jane Adventures, one of the children in the show is called Rani.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4570

montypython · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:

Well, I think in the case of SJA it's more likely to be a reference to the Rani, as opposed to in a completely non Who-related show where it could just be coincidence (or, like other people have commented, having seen someone in the street called Rani). That's why I see it as a more valid reference - an in-joke, if you will.

montypython · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:

I watched my first episode of The Big Bang Theory today, which is a sitcom involving geniuses/nerds. One of them was explaining their Saturday morning schedule, saying that every Saturday at 6:15 a.m. they sit down on the couch, turn on BBC America and watch Doctor Who.
After being slightly delayed, they said they would watch the remaining 24 minutes, which suggests that they were watching a classic episode.