Driving Into The Unknown

"Buster's Drive" (t-shirt) by Fernando Sala

"Doctor Drive" (t-shirt) by Fernando Sala

"I Hunt, Therefore I Am" (t-shirt) \ "The Song Remains The Same" (t-shirt) by Twenty27 Design

Triptych: The Privilege

"The Day of the Doctor" by Floriane & Co

"The Moment" by Shumaza

"Great Men" by APSketches

Triptych: The Game of the Doctor

"Doctor Whovio" (t-shirt) by Ryan Astle

"The Doctor, The Game" by pixel pwn

"Knitting Across Time and Space" (t-shirt) by RebelArts

Showcase: Matt Ferguson's Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Series

"Doctor #1: William"

"Doctor #2: Patrick"

"Doctor #3: Jon"

"Doctor #4: Tom"

"Doctor #5: Peter"

"Doctor #6: Colin"

"Doctor #7: Sylvester"

"Doctor #8: Paul"

"The War Doctor"

"Doctor #9: Christopher"

"Doctor #10: David"

"Doctor #11: Matt"

In anticipation of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, I've been reading Marc Hearn's "Doctor Who: The Vault - Treasures From The First 50 Years" - which, by the way, is an absolutely outstanding coffee-table book, packed with tons of anecdotes and ephemera from the last half-century - and I've garnered a certain perspective on, and appreciation for, all of the actors who have played The Doctor since the show's inception. While I have seen at least one episode per Doctor in my time, my knowledge of the earlier years of the show is far from exhaustive, and the book provides excellent insight into the people who made Doctor Who happen, both in front of and behind the camera, for all its many decades.

Matt Ferguson's 50th Anniversary tribute to the Doctors does a great job of capturing each one's personality and style, from William Hartnell to Matt Smith (You'll also note that the background for each is inspired by the opening credits for that Doctor.) It just feels like a great, dignified summation of a show that has run (more or less) for five decades and been the proving ground for more than a few larger-than-life personalities.

Here's to another fifty years, Doctor!

[Matt Ferguson at Bottleneck]

Triptych: Bending the Rules of Space and Time for 50 Years

"50 Years of Time Lords" (t-shirt) by Crystal Fontan

"Klimt Box" (t-shirt) by Frederick Hoffman

"Timey Wimey" (t-shirt) by thatrobert

Showcase: The Time Lord Trilogy by Creative Outpouring

[Creative Outpouring on Facebook]

Showcase: Games That Could Have Been, by Marinko Milosevski

I would play the hell out of all of these.

[Games That Could Have Been
by Marinko Milosevski]

Triptych: Free Fallin'

"Falling In The Deep" by Father Kojak

"Infinite Adventure" (t-shirt) by Karen Hallion

"Time Lord Infinite" (t-shirt) by Magmata Studios

Triptych: Lords of Adventure Time

"Adventure Time Lords" (t-shirt) by Busted Tees (based on an idea by Giancarlo Molina)

"Adventure Time Artifacts" by Mikeel Araña

"Adventure" by Matthew Waite

Triptych: Infinite Feedback Loop

"TARDIS Forever" by Grafx-Guy

"The Time Boys" (t-shirt) by Harry Gordon

"Infinite Who" (t-shirt) by VictorsBeard

Triptych: When The Doc Strikes Twelve

"Doc Around The Clock" by Nik Holmes

"The Satan Pit: Tintin Style" by Rick Eades

"Lucky Oswald" (t-shirt) by Billy Allison

Triptych: Something Old, Something New, Something TARDIS, Something Blue

"Isometric TARDIS" by neronix17

"Who Paisley" (t-shirt) by zomboy

"Timey Wimey" (t-shirt) by OfficeInk

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few weeks. I did, however, successfully get married, go on my honeymoon to San Francisco, and get caught up on two weeks worth of backlog at work. So while I can't guarantee I'll have multiple updates every day for a while, I definitely haven't gone away for good.

Triptych: 900 Years, 900 Posts

"This Is How We Get Daleks!" (t-shirt) by Harebrained

"The Physician In The Fez" (t-shirt) by TragicHero

"Whovi-Os" (t-shirt) by Bamboota

Yes, this is my 900th post. 900! Holy handgrenades!