SciFi Surplus #083 Doctor Who News - 21 Minutes Earlier [46:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The announcement about the new Doctor is here. You’ll have to listen because I don’t have time to type up the show notes.

I have to say that I really liked this show.

I hope that everyone that had time off recently enjoyed it, and spent it constructively.  Or laid around like Jabba the Hutt feasting on goulash, Gorks, and Klatooine paddy frogs.  And maybe some cookies.

I’ve spent part of my vacation time watching the Clone Wars movie (which I missed in theatres) and also the cartoon episodes from Cartoon Network.  While I appreciate seeing some of the action so obtusely referenced in the original trilogy, it is rather hard to build suspense in a series where you know the main characters make it out alive.  Hey - R2D2 got left behind on a mission! I wonder if they’ll find him! Oh, yeah, they did. Huh. 23 minutes of pretty good animation later, I am proved correct.

I will admit that the most suspense comes from trying to figure out when Asohka is going to get smacked for her insolence, as I think it’s far too early in the cartoon series to kill her off yet.  So far, no one’s gone all “crazy Wookie” on her too much, but hope springs eternal.  A New Hope, as one might say.

I’ve also been trying to get the total transformation time for the Millennium Falcon / Han & Chewie Transformer set under 5 minutes.  My son got it for Christmas, but my mom figured out pretty quick that I was merely reliving my childhood desire for all things Millennium Falcon when I suggested that as a good gift for him.  What things have you done over the break?

I just got my Netflix account connected to my Xbox so I can download and watch tons of stuff. As part of the process, I had to make a seriously “Wii-like” avatar as part of the “new Xbox experience.” I’m going to spend a bit of time on the upcoming show talking about it. Check out this great one I nicked from Wikipedia.

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 SciFi Surplus #082 Travis Heermann Plus Bailout [49:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Alright. Light on the show-notes again. I’m just running out of time before going back to work on Mondays. You can find Travis Heermann at http://travisheermann.com. Thank you, Travis for taking your time to be with us.

Thanks also to Dan, Darren, Anna, Vince and Jeromy. Oh and to BriAnna for texting in about Jim Dale.

 

 Standard Podcast [46:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Thank you for listening. I’m sorry I don’t have time to write up proper show notes. We talked about The Day the Earth Stood Still, the Terminator Salvation trailer and loads of Audio Novels. Thanks to Randy, Girl Friday, Darren, Bob, Jeromy, Suzanna, Harper and some other people that I don’t know!

 

 SciFi Surplus #080 - We're Back! ST: Aurora Interview [1:37:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Interview: Tim (Star Trek Aurora). Topics: Twilight, Dollhouse, Clone Wars Animated Series, Terminator Salvation

New J.J. Abrams Star Trek Trailer!

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