Telly stuff
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royalmarriageThere are pics of the Supernatural season 6 opener out in the world wide web-o-sphere. Can't be bothered posting links to them right now, but it makes me a little bit excited just to see them. Also we have the Merlin season 3 launch event at the South Bank (I think it's there) next weekend, the series itself starts the following weekend, and next Monday there's Doctor Who at the proms on the telly-box.
All good stuff.
Meantime, thanks to Rita (mum-in-law)'s Sky+ I've started catching up with some Fringe, Chuck and Leverage. And when I was in Sheffield over the weekend I treated myself to the Fringe season 1 box set, on the basis that a.) it was only £20:00 and b.) I've sort of seen occasional episodes on Sky, but I've not really followed, but c.) I do quite like what I've seen of it so far. Enjoying working my way through the box set.
The other thing I really want to pick up on DVD is Stargate: Universe, on the basis that a.) I've always wanted to watch some Stargate, b.) there's a lot of SG1 and SGA to work through, but SGU seems to be a good jumping-on point, and c.) Robert Carlyle; nuff-sed. Curiously, the DVD wasn't in HMV at Meadowhall when I checked, but Wikipedia reckons it's been released. Might order it online.
Also, seeing as the Blake's 7 season boxsets are down to about £15:00 or so on Amazon, I think I might start getting them. It really is high time.
And a few weeks back, my least favourite Doctor Who serial (Silver Nemesis) was released on DVD, and in a couple of weeks, my second least favourite Doctor Who serial (Time and the Rani) will be released on DVD. I am, of course, a completist, and have bought/will buy them (respectively). Both, if I'm utterly honest, have things to recommend them (T&TR more so than SN, IMO, but the latter is growing on me). I'm hoping that the DVDs will help me to re-evaluate them properly. Mind you, I've still not properly watched The Dominators since buying it.
Oh, and apparently the Character Options Amy 5" figure has now been released. Must get! I now have three versions of the Eleventh Doctor (two in the Crash set, and one in the Eleven Doctors box), so it seems only fair.
All good stuff.
Meantime, thanks to Rita (mum-in-law)'s Sky+ I've started catching up with some Fringe, Chuck and Leverage. And when I was in Sheffield over the weekend I treated myself to the Fringe season 1 box set, on the basis that a.) it was only £20:00 and b.) I've sort of seen occasional episodes on Sky, but I've not really followed, but c.) I do quite like what I've seen of it so far. Enjoying working my way through the box set.
The other thing I really want to pick up on DVD is Stargate: Universe, on the basis that a.) I've always wanted to watch some Stargate, b.) there's a lot of SG1 and SGA to work through, but SGU seems to be a good jumping-on point, and c.) Robert Carlyle; nuff-sed. Curiously, the DVD wasn't in HMV at Meadowhall when I checked, but Wikipedia reckons it's been released. Might order it online.
Also, seeing as the Blake's 7 season boxsets are down to about £15:00 or so on Amazon, I think I might start getting them. It really is high time.
And a few weeks back, my least favourite Doctor Who serial (Silver Nemesis) was released on DVD, and in a couple of weeks, my second least favourite Doctor Who serial (Time and the Rani) will be released on DVD. I am, of course, a completist, and have bought/will buy them (respectively). Both, if I'm utterly honest, have things to recommend them (T&TR more so than SN, IMO, but the latter is growing on me). I'm hoping that the DVDs will help me to re-evaluate them properly. Mind you, I've still not properly watched The Dominators since buying it.
Oh, and apparently the Character Options Amy 5" figure has now been released. Must get! I now have three versions of the Eleventh Doctor (two in the Crash set, and one in the Eleven Doctors box), so it seems only fair.
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Date: 2010-09-01 12:00 pm (UTC)Oh and classic DW dvds yay! Although not really a fan of those serials you mentioned either, I do love 7 & Ace though. Have you seen all of classic Who? I still need to catch up on the end of Hartnell through to Tom Baker + the last few serials of Peter Davison. Oh and action figures! =D What ep is the Amy one from?
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Date: 2010-09-01 12:28 pm (UTC)Will do.
I do love 7 & Ace...
Oh yeah, Ace was my favourite companion.
Have you seen all of classic Who?
Large chunks of it, yes - I mean, I saw pretty much everything from the start of Tom Baker first time round, although many of those I've not seen since (I'd love to see The Android Invasion again!), and a few years ago I started watching the whole series in order (and listening to the audios of the missing ones). Sort of gave up somewhere around Enemy of the World, but there were some great ones in there (The Ark and Power of the Daleks especially).
I really love it when DVDs come out of serials I've not seen, or not seen since they were first on. There are still a few Pertwee serials I've not seen at all.
Don't know for definite what ep the Amy figure is from - all I know is there was a launch for it at...I think it was Hamleys toy shop in Glasgow over the weekend (Karen was there). I don't know if it's on general release yet, but if it is, I might try to pick it up when I'm in London on Sunday.