Kate O'Mara Passing

I am sadden to learn that Kate O'Mara passed away today. Kate played the evil Time Lord, Rani in "Mark of the Rani" and "Time of the Rani". She was probably best known for her role on "Dynasty".

The Rani was such a great character. When we first meet her in "Mark of the Rani". She's really not evil, she's just a scientist doing research. She just didn't have much regards to human life. She thought she was better then the humans. They were lab rats. That really doesn't make her evil. It's kinda like how we test things on animals. It would have been nice if her character was used more, but it was toward the end of the show, so it's hard to blame them. 

In my opinion, the Rani had one of the best TARDIS console rooms ever. It was beautiful. It even had, what looked like the rings from Superman II instead of the column in the center of the console. Come to think of it, it's the only TARDIS owned by a female we have ever seen. It shows that her eye for decoration was much better then the Doctor, Master and the Monk. I wonder how Romana  would have decorated her TARDIS?

Kate O'Mara will be missed dearly by the Doctor Who community. 

East Coast Who Coming to AwesomeCon

April 18-20, 2014 in Washington, DC will be the site of Awesome Con, a pop culture gathering of all things geekdom. We here at East Coast Who are happy to say that we will be attending and reporting all the happenings back to our fans. Now we here at East Coast Who tend to gravitate toward the world of Dr Who and Awesome Con has us covered.

Billie Piper aka, Rose Tyler companion of Eccleston and Tennant will be a guest at Awesome Con. I am stoked about meeting Billie Piper. You just don't get many opportunities to meet her and get her autograph. I realize, I will have to wait in line but it will be worth it.

Simon Fisher-Becker better known as Dorium Maldovar will also be a guest. You might better know him as the Blue guy during Matt Smith's run as the Doctor. Last we saw of his character, he was just a head in a box. Simon also has a one man show called "My Dalek has a Puncture" that is touring the UK.

Lastly, Ernie Hudson peaks our interest. Yes, he was a Ghostbuster, but he also was on Torchwood " Miracle Day" as Stuart Owens opposite of everyone's favorite Captain Jack Harkness.

Awesome Con has a big list of celebrities, voice actors & comic writers and artists that will be attending. We are honored to be covering this event for our fans and hope to maybe snag an interview with one of the Dr Who actors. Keep your fingers crossed. You can learn all about Awesome Con at their site http://awesomecondc.com/  If you see us walking around Awesome Con wearing our East Coast Who shirts, come over and say hi and we will get you a free pin.

Forgotten Legend

Most of us fans of Dr Who know the actors names that play the Doctors and his companions. Some of us more hardcore fans can tell you some of the writers, producers and even script editors. But not many of us know who Christopher Barry was until he passed away this week. He was a brillaint director and worked on some of the biggest episodes of the classic series. He directed the first episodes of the 2nd and 4th Doctors, The Daemons, the Brain of Morbius and directed The Daleks. In The Daleks, he gave us one of the greatest scenes and moments of Dr Who, when we end the episode of Barbara screaming and all we see is the plunger of the Dalek. Absolutely brilliant. The scene still gives me goosebumps and I can't imagine what people were thinking in 1963, when they saw this. Christopher Barry should be celebrated right there up with any of the actors, writers and producers of the show. He was that important and will be missed by the whole Who Universe.

Brand New Gospel of Gallifrey Column

Just posted the newest edition of Gospel of Gallifrey. TJ examines the new Doctor, Peter Capaldi. Click here to enjoy.

Video History of Dr Who Contest

We need your help. We have a new monthly video history of Dr Who done by our newest contributor, Katie. What's the problem you ask? We need a name for it. That's where you guys come in. What should we call this? The winner will win an East Coast Who pin and an autographed card of John Levene who played Sgt Benton of UNIT during the 3rd and 4th Doctor eras.

Watch the video below and think of a cool name that we can call this monthly video. Submit your name ideas to eastcoastwho@yahoo.com with your name and mailing address. Katie will be selecting one winner from the entries. Contest ends on February 8th, 2014. Good Luck.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to the 4th Doctor, Tom Baker.

Review "Time of the Doctor"

Time of the Doctor is the last episode for Matt Smith's Doctor and he went down with a fight. He literally fought just about every enemy he has on Trenzalore. By the way, Trenzalore is a great name for a planet. Now, the town called Christmas on Trenzalore is stupid. You win some, you lose some.

This episode was good mix of comedy (Sontarans having trouble with their invisibility), action and some very important things that will change Dr Who forever. We learn that Matt Smith is the last regeneration of the Doctor. Not a big fan of this. You would have thought if he's the last, then they could have built up a whole season of him facing his own mortality. They would have been heart wrenching. Instead he just says that he's the last and explains why. Which it would have been  nice for a flash back of when Tennant regenerated for newer fans. Then the Time Lords give him a new set of regenerations. This I don't mind. This is not a new concept. The Time Lords offered this to the Master in the Five Doctors special.

I think this episode had lots of potential, but didn't live up to it. There was too much stuff packed into this one episode. They should have made this a 2 part episode and really expanded on the battles on Trenzalore. I wanted to see the Doctor team-up with the Silence, not just a quick clip of it. They had a great story and didn't take the time to really show it. Disappointing.

I have to admit, even though I'm not a big fan of Matt Smith, I did shed a tear when he was saying goodbye. It's hard to say goodbye to any of the Doctors. What's nice about Dr Who is that it's not the end of the Doctor. He will be back making us laugh, making us cry and saving the universe just like he has since 1963. Who knows, we might see Matt Smith again one day. I enjoyed Peter Capladi's short time on the episode. I hope they keep it that he doesn't remember how to fly the Tardis. I always loved the classic Dr Who, when the fans and even the Doctor didn't know where he would end up. The more recent Doctors have become very good at flying the Tardis, but I love that this Doctor forgets how.

Overall, I give Time of the Doctor a 2.5 out of 5 Tardis's. It had lots of potential, but they crammed too much into a short period of time.