of/and pertaining to: England

Two things.

Another weekend passed, that means that The Kleptones have released another EP. With another track from their forthcoming full length mash-em-ups, plus some awesome b-sides. Go get it, while you can.

I'm not leet like Rob T. Firefly, so I had to wait until The SciFi channel brought the new Doctor Who series over to America before I could watch it. This weekend they premiered the 2 part series opener.

While I am a big fan of the original series, I am not a devotee. Meaning that: I used to watch it all the time as a kid, but now my memories of the show are kind of foggy. Of course I remember K9, and the Daleks, and mostly the curly, brown haired Doctor (the 4th Doctor in the series) but the details are blurry.

I liked this new series. I thought the new Doctor was charming and goofy, and even a little bit suave. A perfect mix for a Doctor I would think. Also, Warning: The show is very British. If you are expecting American style sci-fi, you might be disappointed. (it's not Battlestar Galactica, or even SG-1) I thought however, that the British nature of the show was a highlight... after all, it should be very British. Seeing as how that's who its made for, keep it real yo.

One thing that struck me about the show... The film quality was a bit lacking. Maybe I'm too used to the big budget American Network shows, because the lighting and special effects this newest iteration of The Who series seemed less polished than I expected. But again, it only added to the charm for me.

*bonus story*

This reminded me of a story about my friend Micah from art school. Micah was one of my best friends in college, and he was a huge Doctor Who fan, and a giant art fag. I used to sleep on his dorm room floor during freshman year.

When he graduated college he got some money from his family. His ambition was to move out to California to do 3D modelling for video games. He spent most of his graduaton money on the complete Doctor Who boxed set... On VHS. At the time, retailing at about $900. VHS, man that's funny.