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GT for Sunday the 14th of May 2017
Welcome to the Sunday the 14th of May edition of Gallifrey Times!
Editor's Note: I haven't watched Oxygen yet because I had to be on a train when the show was on, but I gather it was quite good...?
- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -
- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -
- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks -
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Editor's Note: I haven't watched Oxygen yet because I had to be on a train when the show was on, but I gather it was quite good...?
- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -
- The BBC's Official Oxygen page is up, featuring interviews, behind the scenes videos, the quiz, the Fact File and more!
- Oxygen Reaction and Squee posts
- jjpor has who_at_50's here.
- The Gallifrey Times has a reactipoll.
- Blogtor Who has a roundup of Twitter reactions.
- I posted doctorwho's reactipoll here.
- Oxygen Reviews
- The Grauniad says Doctor Who has rarely been so hilarious, so harrowing – and so unapologetically left-wing.
- Blogtor Who says it's an intense horror story.
- Den of Geek says it would be fair to say that Oxygen was something of a triumph.
- Doctor Who News says it had the feel of an instant classic.
- jesuswasbatman says the people who were upset two weeks ago will be utterly infuriated over this.
- lizbee has it was tense, scary, and took the show's Anti Capitalist Agenda into space.
- beccaelizabeth says it was creepy to proper scary in the middle, political, and stripped the Doctor down to basics even further than usual.
- Ars Technica says it's reminiscent of classic Star Trek episodes that score an A-plus for science fiction, while still finding time to scrutinise modern day prejudices..
- Oxygen Extra Content
- Den of Geek lists Geeky Spots and Easter Eggs.
- Blogtor Who has a comparison of the Oxygen Spacesuits with lots of spacesuits from Old Who.
- The Gallifrey Times has the overnight viewing figures
- Blogtor Who has a preview of Titan Comics Tenth Doctor Year Three #5.
- beccaelizabeth has some thoughts about the morality of time travel in various fictional universes, including Doctor Who.
- The Gallifrey Times have the final results of their Knock Knock poll.
- boji has some belated meta for The Pilot, Smile, and Thin Ice and some thoughts about some casting rumours in doctorwho.
- purplecat has a page from a comic in which "John and Gillian meet their Grandfather, Dr. Who!".
- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -
- The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel has the Next Time trailer for Extremis.
- Doctor Who: Time and Space (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 211 reviews Knock Knock and previews Oxygen.
- Who 37 (audio podcast) Episode 105 reviews Knock Knock.
- The Doctor Who Show (audio podcast) has Episode 7 of their You and Who feature and their review of Oxygen.
- Gallifrey Stands (audio podcast) Episode 161 is an interview with Daphne Ashbrook.
- Tin Dog Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 667 is a review of The Shape of Things to Come From BigFinish.
- Tim's Take On (audio podcast) Episode 383 is a review of "Oxegen".
- Who's On Target (audio podcast) reviews Knock Knock.
- Doctor Who: The Sonic Toolbox (audio podcast) Episode 235 discusses Oxygen.
- Doctor Who Fifty Years ago (audio podcast) Episode 35 discusses The Faceless Ones Episode 5: Contrasts.
- Doctor Who The Fan show (YouTube channel) has interviews with Jamie Mathieson, Mimi Ndiweni & Kieran Bew.
- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks -
GT aims to cover Doctor Who Universe news and fan activity on Dreamwidth and beyond. If you'd like to be added to our watch list, please leave a comment here. Questions? If you can't find the answer on our profile, you can contact the editors by commenting on any edition of the newsletter.