Can't believe it's almost Christmas

[locker_monster]

- All of my Christmas knitting is done! Man, it was a sprint to the finish there. I was spending, like, every waking hour knitting in order to get everything done on time. Next time, I'm going to start my projects early. Pictures to come after the gifts are given to their intended recipients.

- AbbyShot is taking pre-orders for their Twelfth Doctor coat. It looks pretty sweet. Expensive as heck, but pretty sweet. The only thing they didn't get quite right was the red lining (from what I can see from the pictures on the site). On the replica, it's plain red, but the coat lining on the show is actually two toned and with a subtle pattern. It's a minor thing, really; most people aren't going to notice that the lining isn't exactly right.

I just wish they had a ladies version of the coat. There may be one in the works for all I know, and if so, they really should release it along with the guy version. There are women cosplayers out there who would probably love to do a femme!Twelve costume, me included. The price, though, gives me pause. I know AbbyShot does quality work, but they don't even have free shipping. Maybe I'll see the coat at the comic book expo in April. The vendor I bought my ladies Tenth Doctor coat from had a bunch of AbbyShot coats, so I could judge for myself whether it's worth buying.

- Currently watching The Expanse, the TV show based on the book series of the same name. The pilot was great and the space scenes looked amazing, but now the writers are starting to change things from how they are in the first book. I didn't mind that they introduced a character from the second book for the first season, but there are other deviations going on that I'm not so sure about. I know a TV show based on a book doesn't have to follow every event to the letter, but these changes better pay off.

And you can totally tell that the show is filmed in Canada. A lot of the minor characters are played by Canadian actors. It's like a game sometimes, because you tend to see the same Canadian actors over and over again.

- Space, the TV channel that airs Doctor Who in Canada, is having a Doctor Who marathon that lasts for three days. My god, I love this channel. They're showing all of the Christmas specials (with "Planet of the Dead", "The Waters of Mars", and "The Day of the Doctor" thrown in), all of season eight, and all of season nine. This is all lead up to the new Christmas special on Friday. I've already seen all of these episodes more than a few times, but it's nice to know that I can turn on the TV at any given point during the day and Doctor Who will be on. :-D They've also been airing promos for "The Husbands of River Song" and they make me smile every time. I hope the episode ends up being a fun romp. We need something upbeat after how things ended in the finale.

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

BBC America is showing a Doctor Who marathon too! Which is pretty awesome, except for when I turned on my TV last night and they were showing "Last of the Time Lords," and I was all "Nooooooooo!!" (I hate that episode.)

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

I checked the entire schedule until the Christmas special, and didn't see any 9th Doctor--I'm guessing that BBCA doesn't have the rights?

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I think you're right, because when I go to my cable system's "on demand" system and browse shows by network, BBC America is offering all the New Who series except for Series 1 (Ninth Doctor).

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

That's a shame about Nine. I know he only had the one season, but he deserves to be included. I recently did a re-watch of season one and I had forgotten just how good it was.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

I wonder who decides which episodes are part of the marathon? They really should let the fans pick which episodes to air. Then there's a greater chance that they will air good episodes.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Not sure. They're kind of bouncing around. They just aired "Stolen Earth/Journey's End," and now "Christmas Invasion" is on.

And LOL, I just tried to check the BBCA schedule, and came across this:


11:40PM
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor TV-PG
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Part 1 & 2. It's the Tenth Doctor's final journey - but his nemesis, The Master, has been reborn. A terrible shadow falls across the Universe as great danger approaches, and the Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle out of control.

So that's two episode titles (supposedly showing in the same hour), plus an episode description that doesn't match either of them. In other words, I don't think BBCA knows what they're showing, either.

Is Space broadcasting the Christmas episodes / specials / series 8 / series 9 in order?

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that episode description, while accurate to "The End of Time" doesn't at all match the episode titles. Or maybe someone just messed up the episode times and also forgot to include the title for "The End of Time" with the Part 1 and 2.

Yup, Space is showing everything in order. They started with "The Christmas Invasion" this morning and by now they're probably on "The Snowmen". Tomorrow is season eight and Friday is season nine. I'm pretty impressed with the scheduling; they easily could have devoted just one day to re-airing season nine.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

And the answer is, they showed "The Next Doctor." No idea what "Waters of Mars" or the description of "End of Time" was doing there. It looks like they're starting Series 8 next, but I won't be staying up to confirm.