Above is the new design for the return of classic “Doctor Who” monster to this year. As you’ll note it draws heavily on the design (below) from classic series . Classic series fans are especially excited about this design.
Although purists point out that the new design lacks the clamp shaped hands, the fur trim, and the pear shaped body.
What do you think? Is the new design a great way of honoring the past? Too faithful? Or, for those clamp hand fans out there, not faithful enough?
This photo, taken by local pharmacist Hiram Baxter, shows Santa’s sleigh with its characteristic glitter trail, flying over Shickshinny, Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve, 1955. As if you needed any more evidence.
Here’s some great promotional and production still thanks to Doctor Who’s Facebook account. Enjoy them all after the jump!
Inspiring a bit of double take from time travel fans, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan arrived at a “Doctor Who” screening on Saturday in New York City in a vintage DeLorean. The DeLorean (DeLorean DMC-12), was the sole car produced by John DeLorean’s DeLorean Motor Company, and it was made famous to movie fans when it was used as the time machine in the Back to the Future films.
More pix after the jump …
Good teaser. Just enough Supes stuff to tell you it’s a Superman film. And just enough other stuff to suggest it’s gonna be different. The flick is a year away. But this is a good beginning in their marketing efforts.
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With the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises less than a day away, it seems like the right time to share these rare pix of the only Batman that matters … Adam West. The wide angle shot (above) gives a really good view of the interior of the Batmobile. It’s almost as good as taking a ride. Then we see Mr. West bespectacled (middle) studying a script for an upcoming episode. He looks quite fatigued. Are those “bat-bags” under his eyes? And finally we see Batman (bottom) on the backlot, making a dramatic exit from the Batmobile. Burt Ward (Robin) can been seen with his back to the camera. No one could jump from a Batmobile like Mr. West!
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Boris Karloff, pictured above bowling, at an match in 1948 for the OCC (Overseas Cricket Club). They are playing against the HCC (Hollywood Cricket Club) founded by C. Aubrey Smith (pictured below, batting in stripes) in 1932. Both were part of Southern California Cricket Association. Due to the number of ex-pat Brits in Hollywood in the thirties and forties these matches were quite popular. The HCC was by far the more of the two. It boasted most of the major British stars of the era as members, including Ronald Colman, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, David Niven, Nigel Bruce, Nigel Bruce and Cary Grant. There was even a permanent Cricket ground for their use in Griffith Park.
Novelist Evelyn Waugh satirized the HCC and C. Aubrey Smith in his novel “The Loved One”, calling him Sir Auberon Abercrombie.
The HCC still exist. And still promotes cricket in California. You can visit their website here. But they have lost most of the social and political cache they had in the thirties and forties.
