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Matt and Marilyn
I haven’t watched much Doctor Who at all. Growing up in the ’80s I was familiar with the Tom Baker era but often avoided it as the monsters always freaked me out. Then after a lengthy absence I saw the 1996 Paul McGann telemovie and after another lengthy absence I saw the first few episodes of the current, and widely loved, relaunch, initially starring Christopher Eccleston. I haven’t seen any since, until the current series’ Christmas special starring new Doctor Matt Smith.
I must say, I was impressed. Smith plays the Time Lord with manchild affection, and the story was emotionally mature and jumped right into the action. Essentially, a spaceship is about to crashland, but the man controlling the planet won’t give them safe passage, because he’s a grumpy old man, played by Michael Gambon. With its time travelling premise, and the great concept of using it to change the man’s mind and heart through many past Christmas Eves, it was a great and wild idea.
In one of those aforementioned time travels, the Doctor attended a party at Frank Sinatra’s house and became surprisingly engaged to Marilyn Monroe, not that we see her. It’s a throwaway joke, but obviously fans of the show latched onto it and exercised their power to alter Monroe’s bio on Wikipedia! Classic.
Read the full story here and here’s a look at the temporary alteration.
With all the other historical figures that have appeared, or been mentioned, on the show, I wonder if this has been tried with other celebrities.
More Hot Toys Iron Man Mods
At Tomopop are 2 pages of stunningly detailed Iron Man modifications from that recent Hot Toys 10th anniversary exhibition in Tokyo. Check out Tony Stark’s new duds right here.
Death of Spider-Man on iPhone and Print Simultaneously
Now this is big news. Like they did with Ultimate Thor #1, Marvel are releasing every ish of Spidey’s death to comic shops and digital stores at the same time. The press release is below, but fear not – this is the Ultimate version of Spider-Man that’s being killed (presumably temporarily) not the Spider-Man from the main Marvel Universe. This is good news for those who like reading their comics on a screen as much as paper, and for Marvel to choose such a high profile story for this move, obviously they believe in the future of their expanding digital customers.
Marvel Announces DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN On The Marvel Comics App
Groundbreaking New Storyline Hits the Marvel Comics App in February
Marvel is proud to announce that every issue of the hotly-anticipated DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN will be available day & date on the Marvel Comics app, available via iTunes for the iPad, iPhone & iPod touch. Superstar creators Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar , Leinil Yu and Mark Bagley bring you the most controversial comic book story of the century!
DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN launches in February, running through issues of both Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Avengers vs New Ultimates and changing the way you see the Ultimate Universe…because there are no rules!
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #153 [DoSM Prelude]
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by SARA PICHELLI & DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Rated T+ …$3.99
On-Sale—2/2/11
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #154 [DoSM Prelude]
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by SARA PICHELLI & DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Rated T+ …$3.99
On-Sale—2/23/11
ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #1 (of 6)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by LEINIL YU
Rated T+ …$3.99
On-Sale—2/9/11
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