MACRA

TENNANT

Just got this newspiece regarding Nativity 2, also confirmed by Doctor Who Magazine. Things are moving ahead for a very anticipated sequel to one of the best Christmas films of all time.

Today DavidTennant.com confirms David for NATIVITY! 2:

"Nativity 2
A few months back we reported on the possibility of David appearing in Nativity 2 for BBC Films. Well we can now confirm that David's next film project will be Nativity 2. Ian McNiece will play his character's father and filming is due to begin next week, although it's not known when David will be starting on set.

Thanks to Cassandra."

source: visit David Tennant site

WHO

Who's YOUR Doctor Who?

I've watched Doctor Who material featuring all 11 regenerations. From Hartnell to Smith, Doctor Who is a show I enjoy whoever is driving the TARDIS.

If I had to pick a favourite, the 4th Doctor (Tom Baker) would easily be that choice.

Why: The 4th Doctor has been visually the longest serving on the show and in my view cemented as the most iconic of the bunch. This Doctor also been accompanied by some of the most memorable travelling companions. Like with the other Doctors the dress sense only this time featuring a long overcoat and a stupendously long scarf.

Highlighted adventures/moments include: Genesis of the Daleks, The Key to Time saga, Brain of Morbius and Robot.

Fancy a Jelly Baby? :D

INTERGALACTIC

Doctor Wholiday’s Bible Club, Blog #4: Space Juice and Coolness

Day Four of The Doctor Wholiday spectacular saw more gunging, crafts, partying and loads of fun.

Today I found ‘Tardis-Former’, a young lad who answers to the name Ethan. I presented him with what I like to call from this day forth: The Ken Flatt Coolness Award. If you achieve coolness, you get a special prize. The Ken Flatt’s Coolness Award was in the form of a Transformers: Animated figure of Elite Guard Bumblebee. Ethan loved it! (and yes fellow collectors, it was C-10 packaging!)

I think ‘The Ken’s Coolness Award’ will take off in September to be bestowed on any kid in TGI that is simply outstanding in a brilliant and creative way. Creativity is something I greatly encourage in anyone and being cool is by doing many different good things.

OK… Achieving coolness is a ‘Parker Lewis Can’t Lose’ reference. I just drew from it for the greater good. Heck, why not!

Today was about assembling our team collage. Each collage is an assembled banner for each of the 6 teams. 100’s of Doctor Who magazines and other sci-fi material was lined up by our 6 planetary groups to mutilate into their perspective works of beauty. Planet Mercury’s (Group 6) collage has a Slitheen’s head stuck to a Dalek body. I took some pictures of the brilliant collaborative work which can be viewed in my Facebook Dr Wholiday’s photo album.

Speaking of great work! The custom Tardis the kids are making are made using Tetrapak drink cartons as the base. Those things are non-recyclable. Great use for them I say! The Tardis models are coming along really well and should finalised at the end of the week. I’m really proud of all the work in general this week.

Fellow space pilot Will Purnell and myself spent a good afternoon on the highlights video of the event featuring some key moments of the week. We’re hoping you’ll all enjoy this fun-filled video package which will be aired tomorrow and uploaded to Facebook land for the more global audience. The song Star-Breather is just simply awesome and a great description for the man upstairs.

I’m right now having to gather some spare clothes x 2 and towels x 4 for possible double duty in the gunge tank tomorrow. The last day too, and what a day it is going to be! I am sure the Doctor (Wholiday) will leave a lasting impression as the summer holidays draw to a close.

I best make the most of it.

===KEN

“My friend, you have achieved Coolness! “
- Parker Lewis.

COSPLAY

Doctor Wholiday’s Bible Club, Blog #3: Enter The Tardis-Former!

Wednesday’s instalment of Doctor Wholiday’s Bible Club featured a fancy dress contest. The Dressed up cast of characters included: A White Power Ranger (SPD/DekaRanger version), Darth Vader without a helmet, Sky, Stars, Dalek Sect, The 10th Doctor, K 4 ½ (a puppy version of K-9), Martha Jones, A Spaceman, Spiderman, and various other alien species.

A special mention goes to my favourite costume which was a young lad dressed as a Tardis. He looked like a Transformer with his head, arms and legs sticking out each end. I christened the boy Tardis-Former! I helped Tardis-Former walk around the catwalk runway to model his gear to everyone as I tried to keep his Tardis light (which was a hat) from falling off his head.

As I helped Tardis Former out of his box, he brandished quite proudly a Transformers: Animated shirt. As he didn’t win a prize, I am sure I can whip up something special for tomorrow. That kid has good taste!

A Transforming Tardis! What a great concept!

George the Dalek came along later and claimed 3 more human victims. The gunge today looked more solid than usual. Perhaps they are mixing up a stronger batch down in the lab.

Towards the end, photo opportunities came along and the queue to have a picture taken with either Doctor Wholiday, George, or a Cyberman (or any combination of either) was packed but orderly. I got a snapshot done with The Dalek about to zap me with his egg-whisk gun.

Doctor Wholiday also gave out Jelly Babies in true 4th Doctor homage fashion! Awesome!

Wednesday was all in all another fun-packed day. Roll on tomorrow.

WARDROBE

Doctor Wholiday’s Bible Club, Blog #2: Rules and Daleks.

Day two of the Doctor Wholiday Extravaganza week saw the unveiling and debut of George the Dalek!

After yesterday’s gunging, it was obvious that a rogue Dalek had followed our resident timelord Doctor Wholiday across the cosmos to take part in the fun. Monday we only heard a voice taking over the questions, but Tuesday George made himself known to everyone. As George established himself to everyone, two more victims were claimed by the gunge chamber.

The Elim church building has seen many things, marriages, dedications, baptisms etc, but a Dalek running down the walkway is a first! So many cameras were on standby to capture this moment.

Doctor Wholiday taught the kids about Rules as The Tardis showed us an onscreen flashback of when God wrote the 10 Commandments and gave them to Moses. Moses looked a little like Charlton Heston too. =). I think I’ve seen that flashback somewhere before haha.

I also jammed onstage with the inflatable band. This time I was on keyboards. Lots of fun! All in all today was another fun and frolics filled day at Doctor Wholiday’s Bible Club. Tomorrow is fancy dress, although I don’t have a costume. My Casey Jones outfit was retired after it scared too many children last time I wore it to a church event. I’m sure if I can find the makeshift poncho, my Samba Di Amigo maracas and sombrero ‘El Bandito’ can ride again. Tomorrow will be interesting to see what and who the kids and other helpers will turn up as.

STRUCTURE

Doctor Wholiday’s Bible Club, Blog #1: Gunge and Buildings.

So it is the last week of April 2009 and what a great way to round it off than spend the mornings having a blast at Doctor Who-liday’s Bible Club.

Right now I have the bragging rights to boast that my local Church Building (Elim Pentecostal) currently looks like a Doctor Who convention. The decoration right now is phenomenal and I think I can honestly say this is the best thing my church has ever done!

Now when I mean Church, I mean the community not a building.

It kind of brings back memories of 10 years ago when a certain Transforming robot convention was held at the St Barnabas Center in Clapham London hosted by the missus (and me). Great times and a great building which on Sundays is used as a church!

Back on topic…

10 years ago, something like Doctor Who-liday would have never been taken into consideration at Elim. It would have only taken one Negative Nancy in the congregation to throw a xenophobic hissy-fit to spoil things for the creative majority.

The thought of a church building event probably would also have spark a negative reaction to some. I partially attribute this to a world-view that a church is a ‘religious’ place, when really most ‘church’ buildings are used for other things besides *cough* religion. Going inside a garage doesn’t turn one into car now, does it? 

Attitudes on all ends are improving...

Onto the bit about having fun…




I am this week alongside the great TGI Crew having a great time with Keynsham’s youth putting on a fantastic event with fun, gunge, activities and yes a smidgen of gospel too. What really matters is that the kids are having a fantastic time and enjoying the week.

I was also the first victim of George The Dalek’s gunge tank towards the end of the morning. The Dalek voice in the church hall hosted a Q and A (with some help from Dr Wholiday) where I messed up a Skaro related question. For my lack of a good answer I was splattered in blue translucent alien gunge to the delight of the crowd.

George the Dalek did not reveal himself yet, but his voice was heard over the speakers. Tuesday however is a different story and we have a runway ready for our 6 foot alien dustbin guest.

Our groups for games have also been amusedly divided into the Sontarans, Daleks and Cyberman. Seeing 3 large groups of kids in sequence doing the “Sontar-Ha!”, “You Will Be Deleted” and “Exterminate” soundbytes for their teams is a sight to behold.

I’m really looking forward to Tuesday.

Good fun! Next blog soon.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, The Church has left the building!”

CLIP

Something I made today

EASTERCON

Today on this fine Easter Saturday I attended the Transmasters UK Eastercon 2008 in Cardiff. I met up with a bunch of pals from TMUK and we hit the town visiting various places in Cardiff including the Dr Who Exhibition, various Torchwood locations, took a water taxi around Cardiff Bay and stopped off for food at the Eli Jenkins pub.

I found it amusing in the pub when a few of us got Transformers out to which we received a few odd looks from the locals. I love it! - All part of the pride of being a grown up professional fanboy. Bulkhead was popular as was Nick’s ‘Brave Series’ Captain Shark, sorry going on there too much.

In general a great Transformers meetup with some Dr Who and easter eggs mixed in too.
In addition I took a ton of pictures from the Dr Who exhibition which I will upload in due course. The Blink angel was probably the most popular display model there and whilst the Daleks, Cybermen and Ood had their own features the Blink angel just had to stand there and do nothing (doing its thing). Pretty Ironic.

T’was an awesome day. Thanks amigos!