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Review: The Companion Chronicles 3×8 – The Prisoner’s Dilemma

The Prisoner's DilemmaThis particular Companion Chronicle from Big Finish marks the start of two things: first, it’s the first to really start mixing up the idea of the Companion Chronicles and the range’s two-handers; the second is that it’s the prelude to the Key To Time 2 (aka Key 2 Time. Aargh) season that’s going to dominate the Big Finish Doctor Who range for the next five months or so.

Yey?

Based on the exciting game theory problem The Prisoner’s Dilemma, The Prisoner’s Dilemma has Ace and evil “living tracer” Zara stuck in jail together on some random planet or other and they have to get out somehow. The question is, will you care if they do or don’t?

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Sitting Tennant

Today’s Sitting Tennants (from Rullsenberg and Jaradel)

DT on the phone DT sitting down DT at a script read-through

I’m in a bit of a rush this morning and am out all day, so I can’t do the full scoring and awards for last week’s Sitting Tennants – I’ll do that on Monday, assuming I have a working Internet connection in my new flat by then (fingers crossed!). So instead, I’ll just leave you with these pictures to caption over the weekend and next week – two from Ms Rullsenberg and one from Ms Jaradel, which is from the Partners in Crime script read-through.

Away you go!

As always, captions and new submissions for the gallery, please. Remember, you can submit as many (witty) captions as you like for each and every picture, with topical captions (and pictures of David Tennant in current productions) getting extra marks. The wittiest caption for each picture will get double points. And there’s a bonus point for using Gary Numan lyrics appropriately.

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. You can also enter the witting and amusing captions league table by commenting on existing photos in the gallery.

Thursday’s Lost in Hollywood news

Doctor Who

Film

Comic

Theatre

Technology

British TV

Canadian TV

  • Broadcasters’ profits plummet  

US TV

Wednesday’s famous Triffids news

Doctor Who

  • Matt Smith getting paid £1 million for five years’ work
  • Big Finish to record unmade Doctor Who scripts, and Highlander audio books

Comics

  • Marvel to sell comics through iTunes

Film

British TV

US TV

  • More Human Target and Absolutely Fabulous casting
  • More HBO pilot casting
  • FX goes for even more manly pilots
  • Katherine Heigl and TR Knight leaving Grey’s Anatomy
  • ABC doing pilot based on ITV’s No Heroics
  • NBC picks up another comedy pilot, Community
  • United States of Tara gets a second season
  • Clip of Chuck featuring Andy Richter and Jenny McCarthy [US only]
  • Local TV stations planning to end analogue broadcasts early

Tuesday’s gods behaving very badly news

Doctor Who

Awards

Film

  • Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to star in a comedy directed by Nancy Meyers
  • Universal acquires rights to Spencer Quinn’s Dog On It
  • James Mangold to direct a legal thriller about an oil rig disaster
  • Mickey Rourke to star in Walter Hill-directed hitman movie St Vincent
  • New Watchmen TV spots
  • Moneypenny and Q back for next Bond movie?
  • McG trying to get Arnie into Terminator: Salvation

Comics

  • The Shield’s Michael Chiklis to launch comic book about Greek gods returning to the present-day Earth

Theatre

British TV

  • Beeb adding HD programmes to iTunes

US TV