He has to eat too...

I thought that this was the best way a great way a good way a funny way a way to introduce you to "My Doctor," the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker from 1974 to 1981.

I don't know where I first saw Doctor Who. It was probably on PBS after Sesame Street or Electric Company, or, most likely ZOOM, which I watched religiously (I wore my long sleeved shirt for every episode. It was purple and orange with white cuffs and I called it my ZOOM shirt), and it makes sense according to the years they were both on (Zoom ran from '72 to '78.) But I digress.

Where was I? Oh yeah! My Doctor - Tom Baker. Don't get me wrong, Christopher Eccleston was great and I was a little skeptical when David Tennant replaced Eccleston after one season, but I soon was saying Christoper who? Oh, I just realized that the last line looked like a joke (who, get it?, who? Doct... nevermind, it wasn't on purpose anyway.) But no, My Doctor was Tom Baker mainly because I was about 6 or 7 years old when I discovered him. Incidentally, I also discovered Star Wars at the same time. Thus, sealing my fate as a nerd, a geek, a science fiction freak, and all around dork forever.

So without any further ado, here he is, the Fourth Doctor:

Like I said, he has to eat too. If one of you utters the word "shill," comments will be turned off for the rest of the day. Don't ruin it for the rest of us.

Oh, in case that wasn't enough for you, he was Prince Koura in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

He was also the narrator on Little Britain. If you don't know what I'm talking about, shame on you.

Cheers!

Daniel

A long time ago...

The video below has so many things that I love in it that my head is about to explode. Scroll down and watch it and when you get back I should have calmed down a bit.

Back already? You didn't watch the whole thing, did you? Whatever, your loss.

All right. I've calmed down enough to explain why that dated looking video is so exciting to me. Where to start? I guess I'll just make a list of the things I love.

1. Star wars
2. "Making of..." videos
3. Computer animation
4. Star Wars
5. Special Effects
6. Videos with super old computers in them
7. Star Wars
8. Examples of computer graphics dating back to 1976
9. Videos that show us what it was like "Back then"
10. Star Wars
11. Film history
12. The history of computer graphics
13. Star Wars
14. Hearing someone saying things like: "That technology didn't exist so we had to invent it."

The video below shows a Star Wars "Making of..." video that contains special effects using Computer graphics on old 1976 computers showing us how it was "Back then" that shows a bit of film history, the birth of computer graphics, Star Wars, I guy saying "unfortunately that reality didn't exist", Star Wars...computer...history...Star...making...Wars...1976...of...computer...uuuuurrrggnnnghhhhhgggg. drooling.

This is Brigitte. Unfortunately, I came home and found Daniel slumped over the keyboard. His head had exploded so, I'm going to have to complete this post for him. He didn't apparently finish the list of the things he loved so I'll finish it for him.

15. Star Wars

16. His wife

17. Good Barbecue

18. Star Wars

Well, that's it for today.

Cheers!

Brigitte