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I've mentioned this film before (July '09), but as I've watched it again today, I wanted to give a bit more detail.

 

Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965) -- Film with Peter Cushing as "Doctor Who" -- A revised retelling for American audiences of the seven-part serial that ran from December 1963 to February 1964, with (I think) the first appearance of the Daleks in color.

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The sequel to the film mentiond in the previous post:

 

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) -- Peter Cushing plays the Doctor once more in a retelling of the six-part serial from 1964.

 

When the Tenth Doctor makes a reference in the fourth series of the new shows that "someone has tried to steal the Earth before" -- this is the event he's talking about.

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Doctor Who - 093 - The Invisible Enemy (1977) -- First appearance of K-9.

 

Doctor Who - 094 - Image of the Fendahl (1977)

 

And for the daily change of pace: Kung-Fu Panda, Kung-Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five, and the Kung-Fu Panda Holiday Special.

po has a holiday special?
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po has a holiday special?

 

That he does, it aired on NBC back on the 24th of November (DVRs are just awesome). It covers the events leading up to the Winter Feast.

 

Doctor Who - 095 - The Sun Makers (1977)

 

Doctor Who - 096 - Underworld (1978)

 

Season 01, Epsiodes 01-10 of American Dad!

 

Season 05, Epsiode 12 and the webseries Dark Echo of Dexter

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Doctor Who - 097 - The Invasion of Time (1978) -- While airing in 1978 this serial and the previous one (Underworld) carry 1977 copyright dates. Leela and K-9 remain behind when the Doctor departs.

 

Doctor Who - 098 - The Ribos Operation (1978) -- Introduces the companion Romana and K-9 Mk-II, first segment of the "Key to Time" storyline.

 

Season 01 Epsiodes 11-16 and Season 06 Episode 08 of American Dad!

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Doctor Who - 099 - The Pirate Planet (1978) -- Written by Douglas Adams

 

Doctor Who - 100 - The Stones of Blood (1978)

 

That brings the season & episode count to Season 16, Episode 12 of Doctor Who

 

Doctor Who at the Proms (2008) and Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)

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Just finished, on the second of two nights, the Civil War epic Gettysburg. The first thing you have to know about the movie is that it is long -- about four and a half or even five hours total. It was originally planned as a miniseries for cable and released in theaters as an afterthought.

 

That said, it's a really good movie. Its central conceit is that it deals with the stories of two men on opposite sides of the battle: Confederate general James "Pete" Longstreet and Union colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a former college professor who commands the 20th Maine Infantry regiment. Each has major challenges to face: Chamberlain must somehow deal with a group of mutineers from another Maine regiment, while Longstreet has all the problems of commanding a corps -- including the fact that the commanding general of the army, Robert E. Lee, is not really listening to his well-founded advice. Eventually Chamberlain must hold the very edge of the Union line at a hill called Little Round Top with an under-strength regiment and no help coming, while Longstreet must command the doomed attack known to history as Pickett's Charge. Why does one man succeed and the other fail? That is the central question asked by this movie.

 

Given the length of the film, there are many subplots, from the intellectual limits of Pickett (graduated dead last in his class at West Point), played for comic effect, to the story of Armistead and Hancock, officers who were best of friends before the war who find themselves with the agonizing prospect of facing each other in battle. then there's Buford, the Union cavalry officer whose delaying action on the first day saves the Union army. There's some very good work from Sam Elliot in the role.

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