The Science of Doctor Who

One good book that I've read (from the local library) is The Science of Doctor Who by Paul Parsons (Icon Books).

I've read a few books like this - about Star Trek, Vampires, Harry Potter, and so on. The good ones make a good read, and the bad ones are merely boring, constantly saying why something from it's source material couldn't work.

And while there's a certain amount of that in this book, I glad to say that it also points to a lot of things from Dr Who that could work! Oddly enough, the TARDIS is one of them, and could use "exotic matter" not only to create vortexes to go through time, but also to be bigger on the inside than the outside!

Not only that, it also points you to the U.N.I.T. website (!), and other interesting documents [warning - 5mb PDF file!].

Overall there's a good coverage of the sorts of issues and ideas that the science of the show has dealt with. The writer is no idle academic who knows science and not the show - they're obviously a fan, and that makes all the difference.

Anti Jack T. Chick Stuff

You do realise that all the Jack T. Chick tracts are online, don't you? You didn't? Go have a look!

There is a certain art about these things, that is so absolutely warped and twisted, that they are almost (but not quite) good. But they aren't alone. There are other tracts out there that aren't Christian (some very anti Chick). Check out:

• The Jack T. Chick Museum of Fine Art

The Jack T. Chick Parody Archive and also check out the links page

Haw Haw Haw and Harmless Fun?, both written and drawn by friends of mine

The Other People text version / short comic  version

Saturnalia

Cthulhu Tract (remnant - good job I downloaded a copy ages ago)

Rockstar's ramblings

Jesus Kills

And the list goes on. Once I finish my Honours, I might just do s "Chick Tract" myself. I say:

Fuck Jack T. Chick and
the horse he rode in on
(or not as the case may be)!