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[MetalSymphony]

Thought people might like to hear that there's a new Chameleon Circuit music video (though the song is from the first album, and thus not really new in itself):

[Warning: Possible spoilers for Series 4 within.]
Type 40
Note: Apparently you can see King Louis, from Disney's The Jungle Book, for a brief moment in one of the montages because Alex Day, the main vocalist for the song, wanted someone, in this case, the band's producer "NSG," to sing vocals for one of the solos in the song "like King Louis in The Jungle Book". An unusual and obscure reference to be sure.

It also had the Delorean from Back to the Future in the part about how many Tardis's there used to be.

 

[Silver Wolf]

For those who have been wanting check out a "classic" Doctor or wanting something to fill in the gaps while waiting for the next episode of the "current" season, BBC Radio 7 has been broadcasting the choice bits of the most recent season of the Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures, and generally has the episodes up for international viewing for about a week after they've aired (sadly, this is getting posted rather late, so there's only 5 days left on the current episode).

For a quick recap to set the mood/provide the background, especially if you've never seen the TV Movie before:

Eighth Doctor

This incarnation came into being when the Seventh Doctor was returning the remains of the Master (who apparently had been tried and exterminated on Skaro) to Gallifrey as a part of a "last request". Long story short, things aren't what they seem and the Doctor crash-lands on December 31th, 1999 in San Francisco, and promptly gets shot after getting caught in a gang war. He doesn't die from the bullet though, but rather the Hospital can't make heads-or-tails of his physiology, give him far too much anthestia (which ends up giving the Eighth Doctor a brief amnesia spell), and he finally dies on the operating table (under the hands of Grace Holloway, who would later be his companion in this story).

After regnerating in the morgue, reclaiming his memories and defeating the Master once more, the Eighth Doctor has gone on a number of adventures (most of them having "convoluted historical significance," thus explaining why there are essentially three continuties [novels/audios/comics] and yet they are all somehow, or not, "canon") with companions such as Charlotte Pollard, C'rizz, and even Romana and K9 at one point.

This set of adventures, with Lucie Miller, takes place at the most "recent" part of his timeline, before the Time War. (If you're looking for something to "start" on, the aformentioned adventure with Romana and K9 [written by Douglas Adams] would fit the bill.)

Lucie Miller

A strong-willed Northern lass from 2006, Lucie was initially an unwilling passenger in the Doctor's TARDIS, having been placed with the Doctor as part of a "Time Lord witness protection programme," under the Celestial Investigation Agency or "CIA" (they're the secretive Time Lords that try to be somewhat pro-active in terms of temporal events). Turns out they suspected she might become a future dictator of Europe, which turned out to be false, it was a possible co-worker who might become the dictator.

After that is settled, the two decide to continue having adventures, and have gotten into some very interesting scrapes along the way.

For further visual aids, this is our Doctor, this is Lucie Miller, and this is our TARDIS.

Last Time on...

After a number of adventures, and running into a mysterious time-travelling bounty hunter known as "the Headhunter," the Doctor and Lucie get into a bit of a conspiracy involving the renegade Time Lord, Morbius, who the Doctor thought he had defeated before in "The Brain of Morbius," and the cryptic and antagonistic "Sisters of the Flame" who vow to keep Morbius that way.

Eventually, in reference to the Reichenbach Falls of Sherlock lore, the Doctor and the newly revived Morbius fall off a cliff into a time rift, presumably to their deaths. Lucie Miller is promptly returned by the Time Lords to her proper place in time, though she refuses to have her memories erased of him. After a short while at home, the Headhunter arrives, and proceeds to shoot Lucie Miller point-blank...

The story continues now...

Orbis
Written by Alan Barnes and Nicholas Briggs. Directed by Nicholas Briggs.
Starring Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Andrew Sachs, Laura Solon.
The Doctor has fallen to his death. His companion, Lucie Miller, has returned to her life on Earth, grief-stricken. Then, one night, an alien visitor arrives at her front door and shoots her. Could it be that Lucie’s days with the Doctor are not over? She will only find the answer on the planet Orbis. A planet where all forms of life are facing violent extinction.

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The Beast of Orlok
Written by Barnaby Edwards. Directed by Barnaby Edwards.
Starring Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Samuel Barnet
Germany, 1827. The town of Orlok is under a curse, haunted by the memory of a spate of grisly murders that shattered the community twenty years before. At the time, townsfolk blamed the legendary Beast of Orlok, a nightmarish creature from medieval folklore. And now, it seems, the Beast has returned. As the killings begin again, the people of Orlok are understandably suspicious of two strangers newly arrived in their midst. The Doctor and Lucie must face their darkest fears as they find themselves plunged into a decidedly grim fairytale.

The Scapegoat
Written by Pat Mills. Directed by Nicholas Briggs.
Starring Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Samantha Bond, Clifford Rose, Christopher Fairbank, Paul Rhys.
Oh, but if you think you’ve seen and heard all that Paris by night has to offer... the exotic sights of Le Moulin Rouge, perhaps, or the horror tricks of Le Grand Guignol... if you think nothing could cause your mouth to dry and your heart to pound... you're wrong. Ladies and gentlemen, mesdames et messieurs – not forgetting our honoured guests from the Gestapo – tonight, it is my privilege to present to you the star of the Theatre des Baroque! A man who has died on stage near ten thousand times! The Most Assassinated Man in the World… Max Paul! And joining him, in a playlet we call 'The Executioner's Son' – from Blackpool, England: the enchanting Lucie Miller! Ah, la belle Lucie. She's got no idea what she's let herself in for. Heh. Should you feel faint, or nauseous – never fear. Tonight, we have a Doctor in the house! Just pray he lasts ’til the interval...

The Cannibalists
Written by Jonathan Morris. Directed by Jason Haigh-Ellery.
Starring Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Phil Davies, Phill Jupitus, Nigel Lambert.
From their high spire, looking out over silent streets and empty plazas, the Assemblers are waiting for the day when the humans arrive. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting… When the TARDIS brings the Doctor and Lucie to the Haven, it seems like Assemblers’ long wait might be over. Living beings! Without batteries! Protocol be praised! Except – they’re headed for the lower levels. They don’t want to do that. That’s where the Cannibalists live. And if the Cannibalists catch them – well, they won’t be living beings much longer…

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The show airs on Sundays at 6:00pm on BBc Radio 7 with repeats at Midnight BST.

For the rest of us the episodes air here.

Enjoy!

 

[Gold Samurai]

Good God, I'm not looking forward to the end of the Tenth Doctor's run....

Oh by the time it's over you'll be begging for it to be over
:redface2:

"C'MON HURRY UP!!"