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It strikes me that not everyone on my friends' list has been scouring the net for news, also that just because I know something that doesn't mean everyone else automatically knows it too. So, courtesy of Outpost Gallifrey, Doctor Who series 2 transmission details:

"The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, reaching subscribers today, has confirmed rumors that Series Two will debut on Saturday, April 15 at 7:00pm. Widely rumored as the target date by fans and even the press as early as last November, this is the first official confirmation anywhere of the date of transmission of the first new episode, 'New Earth'."

Which is two-and-a-half weeks or 17 days from now. Set your clocks, cancel all appointments.

Date: 2006-03-29 09:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glitterboy1.livejournal.com
Woo! Thank you! I got the Radio Times last night, which proceeded to tease me by saying that 'the countdown has started', but gave no indication of when we would have lift-off.

Yes, it seemed likely, but even so, it's great to have confirmation. Thanks, A.

Date: 2006-03-29 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hafren.livejournal.com
My, my. I shall be somewhere on Hadrian's Wall and nowhere near a TV, with any luck....

Enjoy, all you strange people!

Date: 2006-03-29 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stultiloquentia.livejournal.com
Whee! *waits patiently for Torchwood news*

Date: 2006-03-29 09:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
You can get tiny battery-operated tellies, can't you...? ;-D

You might be interested in the forthcoming Robin Hood, which has many of the same writers.

Date: 2006-03-29 09:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Still nothing beyond "filming starts in summer and it will be on later in the year"...

Date: 2006-03-29 09:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] espresso-addict.livejournal.com
May I beg you to post a reminder? I don't even have a working watch atm, let alone a calendar.

Date: 2006-03-29 09:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I think the date has been one of those big open secrets, but it's good to get it finally confirmed.

Date: 2006-03-29 09:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I imagine I'll be squeeing for days in advance, you're unlikely to miss it if you're following this journal!

Date: 2006-03-29 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pseudnik.livejournal.com
Yay! I'm getting this strangely panicky feeling that I'm somehow not ready enough for it. I feel that I need to rush around for the next two weeks and do things in preaparation.

Need more Tenth Doctor icons.

Date: 2006-03-29 10:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] matildabj.livejournal.com
I feel that I need to rush around for the next two weeks and do things in preparation

Hee, I feel the same. Hence last night I installed this picture as my new wallpaper (nothing to do with that Come Hither look on DT's face, nope). I'm SO excited.

Date: 2006-03-29 10:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] matildabj.livejournal.com
There's an excellent interview with John Barrowman here, in which he gives away a few things. The link is from the [livejournal.com profile] torch_wood community.

squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 11:06 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
I figured I didn't need to scour the net for news. I knew I could rely on my f-list to tell me when it'd be. You were the first!

P.S. Enjoying Lois McMaster Bujold even more than you said I would. Thank you.

Date: 2006-03-29 11:11 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com
Actually, I got a tip-off from an eight-year-old.

Date: 2006-03-29 11:13 am (UTC)

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 11:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Squeeee! indeed!

And I'm so glad you're enjoying Lois! Which ones have you read?

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 11:17 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
Shards, Barrayar and halfway through Warrir's Apprentice now.

There's so MUCH! and it's so good! bookhog heaven!

Date: 2006-03-29 11:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hafren.livejournal.com
I might! And I didn't know about it. Thanks.

Date: 2006-03-29 12:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2006-03-29 12:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Look at that eyebrow. Also, I love the piece of music it's playing, makes me go all gooey.

Date: 2006-03-29 12:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I'll definitely be giving the Dalek a dust.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 12:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Hooray! I'm so glad you're loving them! You have met my favourite character by now, Gregor.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 12:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
He's there, but I haven't really got to know the adult Gregor in any depth yet.

I like Bothari best so far, I think... though I'm also falling for Miles. I always enjoy mad bastards, cheerful or otherwise.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 12:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
You'll get plenty more Gregor in time. Miles is such a great character. Cheerful mad bastards goes for a lot of Barrayarans, I think!

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
Not always cheerful, but so very, very, very interesting. I do love portraits of societies. Why DS9 was the best Trek... /digression

Be interesting to see how Gregor turned out.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Barrayar has a lot in common with Cardassia. What does Cordelia say? "Barrayar eats her children." Same with Cardassia.

Hmm, I need a proper Cardassia icon...

Date: 2006-03-29 01:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] communicator.livejournal.com
strangely panicky feeling that I'm somehow not ready enough for it

You Dr Who fans are crazy :-)

'We are not worthy!'

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Icon problem solved - I knew I had one somewhere!

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:34 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
Which is exactly what I was thinking, from about a third of the way into Shards onwards. I also spotted some parallels with Haven in the Honor Harrington books. David Weber's writing style annoys me a little - all right, a lot - but I did enjoy the political side of those, and the contrast between two societies.

Ever read the Empire Trilogy by Janny Wurts and Raymond E. Feist?

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:36 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
oooh, that's the cover of Worlds of DS9! *fangirlie squee and we-are-not-worthy moment*

write more Cardassian stuff please.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Lots of people mention Bujold and Weber together, and I keep umming and ahing about whether to start the Honor Harrington books, but various people have said there are other authors to try first (I'd like to get through the pile of unread Georgette Heyers for starters!).

The only book I've read by Feist is Magician.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 01:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
Bujold is a much better writer and Honor is a HUGE Mary Sue, but the books are still worth reading - although I was quite content just to borrow them, whereas I will definitely be buying Bujold's... eventually.

The Empire Trilogy's a spinoff from Magician. I thought it was much, much better - it had more thought put into it from the beginning and it came out as a fascinating portrait of a culture rather than a story about a bunch of people in a fairly generic sword-and-sorcery setting. Magician's a good story, mind you, but there's nothing about Midkemia as a world that distinguishes it from a million other dungeons-and-dragons settings.

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Somebody at Trek BBS kindly made it for me and I thought, well, if you've got it, flaunt it!

write more Cardassian stuff please

:-D I have to finish this novel, before either it or Mr A. kills me ;-D

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
The library has some of the Honor books, I'll probably get them from there.

it came out as a fascinating portrait of a culture rather than a story about a bunch of people in a fairly generic sword-and-sorcery setting

I can forgive a lot, if the societies are interesting and well-depicted. I tend not to read a lot of fantasy (early exposure to Tolkien), although I love Bujold's The Curse of Chalion (you must put that one on your list!).

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 02:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
Well, do it as soon as you can. No one else (except Andrew Robinson, and even he went a bit strange in that story in Prophecy and Change) writes about my Cardassia, the layers, the shades of grey, the complications and contradictions.

I keep trying to do it myself, but I'm lazy and have trouble finishing things.

Bothari

Date: 2006-03-29 03:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com
...I knew it. Every time I say someone's my favourite character...

*sad face*

Re: Bothari

Date: 2006-03-29 04:05 pm (UTC)

Re: squeeee!!

Date: 2006-03-29 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Cardassia, the layers, the shades of grey, the complications and contradictions

*sigh* Perfectly put!

Date: 2006-03-29 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com
Yay! Is it a good idea to see the Xmas episode first?

Date: 2006-03-29 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Yes, and I was just about to email you and find out when you're free to come and see it!

Date: 2006-03-29 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qatsi.livejournal.com
Fantastic! I, for one, wasn't aware of this - though I knew it must be soon. Missing it seemed out of the question but I rarely watch anything on BBC1 so can't rely on trailers.

Date: 2006-03-29 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Glad I posted! Once spring arrived, I started to think, "Hm, must be time for New Who..."

Date: 2006-03-29 08:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tlanti.livejournal.com
I hadn't heard the ate as... well... I've been kind of busy. So - thank you for letting me know!! :) It's *very* much appreciated! (Big squee as I'm looking forward to it soooooooo much!!)

Date: 2006-03-29 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kendokamel.livejournal.com
Sweet! That's my birfday!


Oh, wait... I have to wait until next year for it to come out, over here... Poo.

Date: 2006-03-29 10:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Surely the internet will provide?!

Date: 2006-03-29 10:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] jomacmouse.livejournal.com
Isn't that the penguins' job? Or have they gone on strike?

Date: 2006-03-29 10:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
They have their minds on higher matters...

Date: 2006-03-29 10:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Glad I posted and, as you say - squeeee!

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