Doctor Who
Can we just stop for a second and appreciate that in group situations people want to be good, and moral and right? For a shining, solitary moment, the internet was at its moral best.
What the hell am I talking about, you ask? Only about how Neil Gaiman - and the internet - were saved from a potential leak of his latest Doctor Who script which was accidentally left in the back of a taxi. An absent-minded actress had reportedly been reading it in a cab and presumably left it sitting in the back seat while she was paying and forgot to pick it up again.
The script was found by a non-Whovian (non Doctor Who fan - to those not in the know) who posted a photo of it on her Facebook page. Her friend, a Whovian and Redditor (editor on social news website, Reddit), known as “Shrimpdude” posted the image on Reddit and pondered over what to do.
Tom Baker, the British actor famous for his role as the fourth Dr Who (1974-1981) was born in Liverpool, England today in 1934.
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Robert D. Ingle (Bingle) says:
@The Badger, on moderate religious matters have a look at http://www.colliemail.com.au From Buddhist to Anglican Priest, I agree with his history as a believer, actually have a look at all the news in this country newspaper and get a feel of what the west is all about. There is a… Read more »
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stephen says:
...um, sorry Fiona, I’ll write you another one soon babe, soon as Luce ...gets off the phone. Read more »
Doctor Who has just finished its most recent series, with what could be classed as “pretty good ratings for the ABC”.
For those in the audience who have been watching the entire run, it was a thrilling conclusion to a story that has been teased out over the course of thirteen episodes. To casual viewers, they’ll be left wondering what the hell Van Gogh, Winston Churchill and a Dalek made of stone are doing in the same story.
Even to those who are regular viewers, trying to figure out everything that happened in this episode is likely to turn you cross-eyed. The Doctor gets himself out of trouble using some logic that seems to be borrowed from Red Dwarf – a future me is going to travel back in time and get me out of this mess. They’ll know how to do that because they already saw themselves doing it when they were me.
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Robert says:
i heard having sex more often makes a man last loengr..also there is new medicine for this problem to.. i think it is viagra.. i have heard it works to.. sometimes loengr than you may want it to .maybe if he would tend to you more and get you ready… Read more »
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E says:
Yeah totally, I mean dustbins on wheels must have seemed scary in the 70s or something, but now they look lame. Also, if the Daleks are such terrors, why havent they ever, upon discovering the doctor is on a planet, nuked the site from orbit, its the only way to… Read more »
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