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by Rick Norwood
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The American Indian, at least in the Iroquois Confederation, always discussed every important issue
twice, once straight and once stoned. I write my columns using that same philosophy, which I highly
recommend. My personal drug of choice is bourbon. Let me know,
at www.sfsite.com/forum, what yours is.
The next half season begins in September.
Shown in Britain on March 18, 2011, as part of the Comic Relief fund raiser, was a Doctor Who
spoof, "Space/Time," by Steven Moffat. It was not shown in the US, as far as I know, but should be on the DVD.
An earlier Comic Relief special featured one of the greatest Doctor Who
episodes of all time, "The Curse of the Fatal Death," with Rowen Atkinson playing the Doctor. "The Curse
of the Fatal Death" is available on VHS but not on DVD. It is worth digging out your old VHS player
to watch. There have also been short Doctor Who episodes for the Children in Need
charity specials, and these are available on the Doctor Who DVDs for their respective
years, 2005, "Children in Need" (7 minutes) by Russell T. Davies, and 2007, the very favorably
reviewed "Time Crash" (8 minutes) by Steven Moffat.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
Doctor Who returns April 23. I missed listing it in the April issue, so here is
a list of the episodes announced so far in the new season.
April 23
Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Wife" by Mark Gatiss and Neil Gaiman
 
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