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...and a Happy New Year from me to all of my Whovian friends in this fantabulous thread... you guys really have made this yet another great year for my Doctor Who viewing experience this year with all of your posts and input into here... for that I thank you all!... see you next year... cheers.
I loved it!
kxk
SAPIOSEXUAL
Another of my obsessions is Shakespeare - and he would have loved Doctor Who
Shakespeare's 400th anniversary this year, four centuries after his death on April 23, 1616.
So Brits are doing all sorts of fantastic Shakespeare stuff, hopefully we will get some of this.
Especially this - Russell T Davies is filming A Midsummer Night’s Dream for primetime BBC One,
imagine, this will be fabulous.
And David Tennant, lauded for his portrayal of Hamlet in the RSC production, will host a celebratory show broadcast from the RSC theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
This sounds epic
And, have you seen Jenna as Queen Vic?
"...glossy miniseries from Daisy Goodwin about the early part of Queen Victoria’s reign. Rufus Sewell stars as prime minister Lord Melbourne, with Tom Hughes as Prince Albert."
Shakespeare's 400th anniversary this year, four centuries after his death on April 23, 1616.
So Brits are doing all sorts of fantastic Shakespeare stuff, hopefully we will get some of this.
Especially this - Russell T Davies is filming A Midsummer Night’s Dream for primetime BBC One,
imagine, this will be fabulous.
And David Tennant, lauded for his portrayal of Hamlet in the RSC production, will host a celebratory show broadcast from the RSC theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
This sounds epic
And, have you seen Jenna as Queen Vic?
"...glossy miniseries from Daisy Goodwin about the early part of Queen Victoria’s reign. Rufus Sewell stars as prime minister Lord Melbourne, with Tom Hughes as Prince Albert."
...he would've been a brilliant guest on the show wouldn't he?... I never thought of him as a potential Doctor before... he would've been awesome lol!... cheers.
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
Bowie references in Doctor Who :
David Bowie was a singer from Earth.
Bowie's song "Starman" was played by one of Rose Tyler's neighbours on the Powell Estate. (TV: Aliens of London)
"Starman" was also played just after Eugene Jones had explained how he acquired the Dogon sixth eye. (TV:Random Shoes)
In 1974, the Eighth Doctor mentioned Bowie as one of the great musicians of the period to Lucie Miller. (AUDIO:Horror of Glam Rock)
Bowie and his song "Life on Mars" were presumably the influence for the name of Mars station Bowie Base One. (TV: The Waters of Mars)
Evelyn Smythe spoke of her experience in a space suit as "like that David Bowie song." (AUDIO: The Feast of Axos)
BEHIND THE SCENES
David Bowie was a singer from Earth.
Bowie's song "Starman" was played by one of Rose Tyler's neighbours on the Powell Estate. (TV: Aliens of London)
"Starman" was also played just after Eugene Jones had explained how he acquired the Dogon sixth eye. (TV:Random Shoes)
In 1974, the Eighth Doctor mentioned Bowie as one of the great musicians of the period to Lucie Miller. (AUDIO:Horror of Glam Rock)
Bowie and his song "Life on Mars" were presumably the influence for the name of Mars station Bowie Base One. (TV: The Waters of Mars)
Evelyn Smythe spoke of her experience in a space suit as "like that David Bowie song." (AUDIO: The Feast of Axos)
BEHIND THE SCENES
- In 1983, Bowie was offered the role of Sharaz Jek but the dates clashed with his Serious Moonlight tour.
- In 1973, Bowie and his band, The Spiders From Mars, mingled with the cast of Planet of the Daleks at BBC Television Centre, leading a passer-by to ask if they were playing aliens in the show.
- The Doctor Who Confidential episode Is There Life on Mars? is titled in reference to Bowie's song "Life on Mars."
- The novel Loving the Alien shares the title of a Bowie song.
- The comic strip The Woman Who Sold the World is a reference to the Bowie song The Man Who Sold the World.
- The character John Jones was heavily inspired by Bowie.
kxk
SAPIOSEXUAL
Have you seen this movie?
I have always regarded Bowie as superhuman, even sent from heaven or another world - he is/was so magnificent.
So gifted in every way, so beautiful, so gentle, so fine - he seemed so much more than a human.
And don't know if everyone is aware, he was a techie/geek trailblazer, I was astounded by his internet presence so early.
I joined his website in 2000, he had an internet bank and amazing stuff - and I won tickets to a NY show, when I had no money to get there.
Genius, and prophetic
2002
The future of the music industry
David Bowie gives the New York Times a prediction about the industry in 2012:
"Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it’s like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again.
"You’d better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that’s really the only unique situation that’s going to be left. It’s terribly exciting. But on the other hand it doesn’t matter if you think it’s exciting or not; it’s what’s going to happen."
Bowie - from Telegraph, UK
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
Have you seen this movie?
I have always regarded Bowie as superhuman, even sent from heaven or another world - he is/was so magnificent.
So gifted in every way, so beautiful, so gentle, so fine - he seemed so much more than a human.
And don't know if everyone is aware, he was a techie/geek trailblazer, I was astounded by his internet presence so early.
I joined his website in 2000, he had an internet bank and amazing stuff - and I won tickets to a NY show, when I had no money to get there.
Genius, and prophetic
2002
The future of the music industry
David Bowie gives the New York Times a prediction about the industry in 2012:
"Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it’s like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again.
"You’d better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that’s really the only unique situation that’s going to be left. It’s terribly exciting. But on the other hand it doesn’t matter if you think it’s exciting or not; it’s what’s going to happen."
Bowie - from Telegraph, UK
...I have to say that no... I haven't seen that yet kxk... there were so many multi-layers to his talents weren't there?... I would've died if I won those tickets... my darling wife and I went to the 'Glass Spider' concerts twice here in Sydney in (I think) 1987... he was truly superb needless to say... great article... thanks for posting it... cheers.
...aw man!... how good is that?... I love it... cheers.
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
It's particularly clever because (I think), the Bowies get older with each regeneration.
kxk
SAPIOSEXUAL
Where is it from @Meglos ? Clearly others had my dream too.
Watch the Man who Fell to Earth if you haven't before @Mr Stickyfingers , available free on youtube. His first movie, and it is a bit dated probably now but an amazing film.
Also love his movies The Hunger, and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
Watch the Man who Fell to Earth if you haven't before @Mr Stickyfingers , available free on youtube. His first movie, and it is a bit dated probably now but an amazing film.
Also love his movies The Hunger, and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
kxk
SAPIOSEXUAL
Thanks, I belong to couple of those not that one I guess.
OOO look more DW tribute/connections
Neil Gaiman Gives David Bowie a Proper Origin Story in “The Return of the Thin White Duke”
Over the years, David Bowie’s work and personae have inspired extraordinary art: Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Starman, The Venture Brothers, and the greatest of all of Wes Anderson’s film soundtracks. But Neil Gaiman, of all of his fans, seems to be the one who tangles most directly with Bowie-as-superhuman. First, he made Bowie the obvious visual reference for his version of Lucifer in the Sandman series. But more recently, in last year’s Trigger Warning, Gaiman included a story called “The Return of the Thin White Duke,” which he has now made available on his site.
The story has a symbiotic relationship with some gorgeous Yoshitaka Amano paintings,which you can see here, but it also spins off into its own direction, giving Bowie a worthy origin story. Gaiman uses the Thin White Duke persona as a starting point, writing his way into the type of person who could embrace such an alter ego. And though the author refers to the story as “unabashedly fan fiction,” after a few paragraphs he makes the character his own, and creates yet another pocket universe for the Duke to test his bravery, create stars, and forge a new life for himself. It both is and isn’t Bowie, as Gaiman uses the idea of self-creation as the core of a story that could be about any one of us.
If the link above does not work, click below to read the story
http://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Short_Stories/The_Return_of_the_Thin_White_Duke
OOO look more DW tribute/connections
Neil Gaiman Gives David Bowie a Proper Origin Story in “The Return of the Thin White Duke”
Over the years, David Bowie’s work and personae have inspired extraordinary art: Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Starman, The Venture Brothers, and the greatest of all of Wes Anderson’s film soundtracks. But Neil Gaiman, of all of his fans, seems to be the one who tangles most directly with Bowie-as-superhuman. First, he made Bowie the obvious visual reference for his version of Lucifer in the Sandman series. But more recently, in last year’s Trigger Warning, Gaiman included a story called “The Return of the Thin White Duke,” which he has now made available on his site.
The story has a symbiotic relationship with some gorgeous Yoshitaka Amano paintings,which you can see here, but it also spins off into its own direction, giving Bowie a worthy origin story. Gaiman uses the Thin White Duke persona as a starting point, writing his way into the type of person who could embrace such an alter ego. And though the author refers to the story as “unabashedly fan fiction,” after a few paragraphs he makes the character his own, and creates yet another pocket universe for the Duke to test his bravery, create stars, and forge a new life for himself. It both is and isn’t Bowie, as Gaiman uses the idea of self-creation as the core of a story that could be about any one of us.
If the link above does not work, click below to read the story
http://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Short_Stories/The_Return_of_the_Thin_White_Duke