The Five(ish) Fangirls - Episode #10: Tangents in the Vortex

It's the Day of the Five(ish) Fangirls! That's right, we've reached our Tenthennial Epiversary Extravanganza! (which is just a bunch of made-up words to say that this is our tenth episode and we're super excited!) This week, we discuss the franchise that brought the five of us together - that's right, we're talking All Things Doctor Who, which is serendipitous since Series 8 is fast approaching. We also talk about the Doctor Who Worldwide Tour, which is currently underway. Plus - it wouldn't be an Epiversary without a few special guests joining the fun!

Also, news of the week - Arrow casting news, Frozen sequel news (sort of), plus a few 10:00 evening news items that do have a silver lining (well, one of them does).

Thank you to all our wonderful listeners! We couldn't have done it without you! Here's to ten episodes, with many many more to come!

Full show notes, download links, and other important information can be found here.

I swear the universe is conspiring against me...

I'm having to go out of town this weekend for some family things and I'll be out of commission for a while - and all these awesome things are happening!!! ARGH!

Real quick - here's what's going down -

1. The Avengers movie is kicking ass and taking names. I hope to see it next week sometime (but if I can sneak away to a movie theater today or tomorrow, I will jump on that opportunity).

2. May the 4th Be With You - Happy Star Wars Day, y'all! (The first of two, since the Star Wars release day anniversary is May 25 and is also considering Geek Pride Day).

3. Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day at the library (and other places too. But mostly the library).

4. The cover for A Memory of Light, the 14th and final Wheel of Time book, was released yesterday. I'll have further analysis later, but suffice it to say that this is the first cover of this series (that isn't an ebook re-release) that actually says to the potential reader "READ ME! I'M AN AWESOME BOOK!" (too bad it took until the END OF THE FREAKING SERIES to finally get such a cover /rant)

5. The Vortex Boys are watching "The Mark of the Rani" tonight for Friday Night Who. Seeing as this is one of my favorite Doctor Who stories (not just a favorite Colin Baker story - a favorite Doctor Who story in general), I'm miffed that I have to miss it.  I'll certainly watch it on my own before they review it on the podcast, but Friday Night Who is my ritual. *sadface*

Universe - next time I have to attend to personal stuff, try not to do anything new and exciting while I'm gone.  Just... make it a boring "Everyone go do yardwork" weekend, mmkay?

AN ANNOUNCEMENT - Friday Night Who Sans the Vortex Boys

Due to previous commitments, the the guys from Traveling the Vortex are taking a break from Friday Night Who this week.  This is understandable - people have lives.  However, I thought (well, they actually suggested it on the podcast) that a bunch of us could organize a FNW for ourselves.  I'm cool with that if there are enough takers.  If enough people show an interest (which, "enough people" could be three or four),  I have a few ideas of what we could watch.  Here are my ideas (all from Classic Who since I'm sure the Vortex Boys have their own schedule for New Who) -

- Meglos (4th Doctor)
- Mark of the Rani (6th Doctor)
- Frontios (5th Doctor)
- The Mind Robber (2nd Doctor)
- The Ark in Space (4th Doctor)

Please vote for one that you would like to see (or if you have another one to suggest, I'm open to that as well).  Whichever one has the most votes is the one we'll watch and I'll post the winner on Thursday (and we'll keep the rest of the list in case the Boys have to take a break some other time).

This will take place Friday, June 24th at 11 pm MDT (midnight CDT) on Twitter - same as usual.  My Twitter handle is @wildcat_media - follow me and look for the hashtags #FridayNightWho

ETA: In my haste to compile a list to choose from, I forgot that some people only have access to episodes on Netflix (that's what I get for only consulting my DVD shelf).  If that's the case, The Mind Robber and The Ark in Space are available on Netflix Instant (but it's not like I would be opposed to watching The Mind Robber again! ^_^)  But if you have something else you'd like considered, I'm all ears!  Leave your suggestions either in the comments or on Twitter.

Happy 25th Episode Traveling the Vortex!

Now that Traveling the Vortex has released their 25th episode, I can post this:


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(Note to Shaun - Nope. They're still just shirts.)

A Quick Note of Thanks...

... to the boys from Traveling the Vortex for featuring my 30 Days of New Who meme on their blog!  I'm really glad they're enjoying it enough to give it a post on their site.  It just started out as something to pass the time until the new season of Doctor Who gets going (I will finish the meme after the premiere - don't worry), but it's nice to get some feedback and recognition from stuff you write.  We bloggers are kind of attention whores.