Thor 2 continues to dominate at the box office, but there is another franchise waiting in the wings to challenge the God of Thunder this coming weekend.  In addition, there's new TV on DVD releases this week that include a classic Doctor Who title that is just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series.  Plus, Kevin Bachelder of the Tuning in to Sci-Fi podcast stops by to offer his thoughts on a favorite movie, Night of the Comet, which is getting a Blu-ray release this week.  There's all this and more, brought to you by Michael Falkner and The Weekly Podioplex.

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Believe it or not, Scott and Arnold survived the zombie attacks featured in our previous episode…but just barely! This time around, our celebration of the 50th anniversary ofDOCTOR WHO begins with a look at fandom – how it not only supported the series during those dark “wilderness” years but how it also helped bring your G2V hosts together and allowed them both to contribute professionally to the universe of our favorite TV series! We focus on the fun, the fantasy, and the fandom with a look at our hero – the Doctor – on screen, in print, and on audio!

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“The Night of the Doctor” Mini Episode – “The Day of the Doctor” Prequel

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Big Finish Productions – Home of Original DOCTOR WHO Audio Dramas

Scott Alan Woodard’s Big Finish DOCTOR WHO Audio Dramas

The Big Finish DOCTOR WHO: SHORT TRIPS book collections (Wikipedia)

Gallifrey One Convention

Chicago TARDIS Convention

L.I. Who Convention

Craig Ferguson – The Lost DOCTOR WHO Cold Open

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The comedy team of Etta Devine and Gabriel Diani already have a bit of notoriety attached to them: Their Kickstarter campaign for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Robotic Edition) — which proposed to publish an edition of the Mark Twain classic with all occurrences of the N-word replaced with the word “robot” — attracted no little attention and enough supporters to not only push them to their goal, but well beyond. With that success under their belt, they’ve embarked on a less unorthodox, but hopefully just as entertaining, Kickstarter campaign for a new end-of-the-world comedy, DIANI & DEVINE MEET THE APOCALYPSE. With a solid technical crew and a cast that includes DEEP SPACE NINE’s Armin Shimerman, BUFFY’s Harry Groener, and LEGEND OF KORRA’s Janet Varney, the project is already well-positioned to bring some mirth to unrestrained devastation, disease, and despair.

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Rejoice!  You have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday season.  Clay and Debby are back with an all new episode.  In it, they're in the car again (a surprisingly useful studio space) and talking about Thanksgiving.  There are preparations to be made in terms of menu, family expectations, and finally Black Friday shopping.  Can Debby get a word in edgewise with the ADD prone Clay?

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Dragnet returns to Presenting the Transcription Feature as Jack Webb once again patrols the streets of Los Angeles in a quest for law and order.  This week, Joe Friday looks into the beating of a woman who has recently joined "The Big Church".  In addition, there are episodes of The Adventures of Superman and The Avengers.

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November 2, 2013
0:29 - Whispers Radio Promo
4:34 - The Adventures of Superman - "Pillar of Fire at Graves End", part 2 - August 7, 1940
17:59 - Dragnet - "Daddy's Girl" - November 2, 1950
49:39 - The Avengers - "The Morning After", part 2

As we’ve previously noted, in the sixties, the revolution wasn’t televised, and film wasn’t always an accurate conduit for measuring the temper of the times. BLACKENSTEIN was meant to ride the then-burgeoning wave of (duh) blaxsploitation films, reaching out to African-American audiences with a story that provided all the elements of popular cinema, yet spoke to their condition with characters who could navigate the dangerous streets of urban America and weren’t afraid of taking the struggle to the Man. Instead, what triple-threat producer/writer/special effects artist Frank R. Saletri delivered was a tale that had little to do with the classic story of the doctor who tampered in God’s domain, but was brimming with bad science, wooden acting, and exceedingly bizarre music cues. Oh, well; at least the camerawork is ambitious.

The Temple of Bad team of Andrea Lipinski, Kevin Lauderdale, Orenthal V. Hawkins, and Dan Persons tuck their afro-picks in their back pockets and sit down to discuss this wayward attempt to knock off Sam Arkoff’s more successful (and arguably better) BLACULA. Their take-away: Not even the funniest talking-dog joke in the world could save this weird, incoherent mess from being the sole credit for most its participants.

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Tonight’s Diners: Scott and Miles

Welcome to the Diner

In tonight’s show, listeners discuss the following: Almost Human, Peter Pan Begins, The Art versus the Artist (Ender's Game Versus Orson Scott Card), Thor, Witches of Eastwick, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, Walking Dead, Arrow, and more.

A rash of kidnappings appears to have Gotham City's Police Department stumped.  All the victims appear to have one thing in common, they wear hats.  That alone points to the machinations of The Mad Hatter.  But what is his scheme?  Why take the people as well as their hats?  What do they have in common?

Joining John to figure out The Mad Hatter's scheme is life-long Batman fan, Linda-Ali Cruz.

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Linda-Ali Cruz is a self-proclaimed GeekGirl whose love of superheroes has inspired her to teach her sons to appreciate the fantastic, in particular, the Caped Crusader and his pantheon of villains.

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Ender's Game had a short run at the box office, having been knocked aside for Thor 2.  The box office figures were very impressive and bode well for the holiday movie season.  Michael Falkner's got the full story, plus new DVD releases and Disney news on this week's Weekly Podioplex.

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Our Critical Assignment series takes a look at a panel on the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Six Million Dollar Man on ABC.  In this panel, John moderates with Cyborgs pal and bionic merchandising guru Matt Hankinson, RevCast host and DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track moderator Gary Mitchel, and writer and Earth Station One Podcast host Bobby Nash, a discussion on the pilot movie, Lee Major's acting chops in the series, the merchandising of the series, plus a whole lot more.  The panel took place at this year's DragonCon in Atlanta.

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