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  • A survey for our readers

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    Hello everyone, the Historian here, with a request for all of our readers. As we approach the end of the first season, Ketina and I have been considering the future. Not of the Project itself (we’re having too much fun watching each episode!), but the blog posting. There’s no question that we’ve gotten a bit more complicated in posting than in, say, our first episode post, with detailed summaries and overviews/reviews. Ketina has admitted to some blog fatigue; I’m still enjoying it, but there’s no question that each post is a lot of work. They take us, on average, about an hour to put together, not least because of the summaries! And, of course, we’re doing this without any feedback from you folks (some of whom we know, some of whom we don’t). So, as we near our first real landmark, I’m asking each of you to take a moment and leave a comment. Or e-mail us at tadisproject at gmail dot com (yes, tadisproject; typos are bad, especially if you don’t catch them before the entire blog has been set up). Feel free to give us any feedback you’d like, but if you could include something about the following, I’d appreciate it:

    What do you like about the posts? What do you enjoy? What don’t you like? Is there anything you’d like to see us change?

    Do you enjoy the summaries? I make them detailed so, even if you haven’t seen the episode in question, you’ll be able to follow along (especially important with reconstructed episodes). Are they too detailed? And what about the format? (A constant argument between Ketina and myself.) I put it all in one paragraph to make it easily skippable if people want to just jump to the review, but would people like it to be broken up more? How would you prefer to see the summaries, or would you rather do without them altogether?

    As for the reviews, how do you enjoy them? Are they dull, pedantic, whatever, or do you find our insights interesting? Is there anything you can suggest that we’re not doing?

    Please, prove to us that people really are reading and following along! Let us know what you think! I’ll put a link to this post to remind people for the rest of the season (five whole weeks), so please comment or e-mail by then. Thanks from both of your hosts and we’ll see you in a few days for the second episode of “The Reign of Terror.” Until then, and with my thanks for reading this, I remain

    THE HISTORIAN


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  • A welcome and a scheduling note

    Posted on by Historian

    First of all, a hearty welcome to any and all new readers who may have come here via links at The Tardis Newsroom! (And a personal thank you to the Newsroom from Ketina and myself for the plugs!) For those who might find it easier to follow that way, we also have a Livejournal feed for the Project. We’d love new readers, so if you like what you see, feel free to spread the news far and wide.

    Secondly, a note on this week’s schedule for those who only occasionally look in. Due to various circumstances, our viewing/blogging of the next episode won’t be in our normal Friday timeslot. Instead, we’ll be taking a look at episode five of Loose Cannon’s “Marco Polo” reconstruction on Sunday afternoon. Look for the post on Sunday evening!

    Until then, as always, I remain

    THE HISTORIAN


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  • RIP John Scott Martin

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    The Historian here. One of the biggest stars of Doctor Who you’ve probably never heard of, John Scott Martin passed away this January 6th. He probably appeared in more episodes of the show than any other actor, mainly playing various monster roles. He was most famous as a Dalek operator–indeed, it is fitting that we remember him at the same time the TARDIS Project is in the process of covering his first appearance on the show during the original Dalek serial.

    And so, we raise our flagons high to John Scott Martin, 1926-2009–the greatest Exterminator of them all!

    Until next time, I remain

    THE HISTORIAN

    The image is that of Mr. Martin “exposed” behind the scenes of the season four story “Power of the Daleks,” which we will get to! Eventually!


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  • Weather Delay

    Posted on by Historian

    Hello everyone, the Historian here. I felt that I should let those few, those valiant few who are following the progress of the Project know that it looks like our viewing of “The Dead Planet” will be delayed by a few days at the very least. Here at TARDIS Project central, we are in the middle of a series of winter storms that are limiting (among other things) travel, and thus Ketina and I have been unable to meet to view the episode. We have hopes to do so, if not before Christmas, then hopefully shortly after. I apologize for the delay, but even the Doctor can sometimes be at the mercy of atmospheric disturbances, now, can’t he?

    Hopefully, we shall resume the Project soon, but until then, I remain

    THE HISTORIAN


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  • Clarification to the broadcast dates of “An Unearthly Child”

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    In my “Cave of Skulls” post, I mentioned that (due to both the Kennedy assassination the day before and a widespread power outage on 23 November, the day it first aired) “AUC” was reshown on 30 November. It had been my understanding that this caused a delay in transmission of the second episode, but my research for last night’s review claimed that “The Cave of Skulls” was also first aired on 30 November. My curiosity was piqued; was the “repeat transmission” story just old fannish myth? So I did a bit of checking and discovered both stories were correct. The first episode was repeated on 30 November…with the second episode immediately following! It’s not clear to me whether “An Unearthly Child” was shown at an earlier time with the second episode in the regular timeslot or whether “Cave of Skulls” was aired quite late, but…I think I’m going to let that one go.

    While I have all five of you who read this blog here, I do have a question. Ketina and I would find some feedback about our episode postings very informative. What do you like about them? What don’t you like? Would you like to see more information about the production or the story? Would you like a different format? (My section is a bit more free-flow than I’d like right now, so I’d certainly appreciate any ideas you have.) Do you like that we seperate our sections or should we integrate things more? Essentially, what do you like or dislike and what might you like to see? I await any comments with baited breath. Until next time, I remain

    THE HISTORIAN


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