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Just learned that this other beautiful woman died a week ago today.  She was fantastic in It Conquered the World and other films & TV shows, and was by all accounts a super person.

http://www.beverlygarland.com/bgbio.asp

Should the next regeneration of the Doctor on Doctor Who be a woman? A group of female scientists in the UK insist that he should be, “to increase the awareness of women in science”:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3538551/Doctor-Who-should-be-a-woman-say-female-scientists.html

Well, let’s hope the BBC can rise above such partisan political pressure, which I’m sure they can.  But I’ve thought for some time that it would be pretty neat if the Doctor could be a woman, even if for no longer than just, say, the next Christmas special.  Didn’t Joanna Lumley briefly play a version of the Doctor for one of those children’s charities specials?  As a matter of fact, the list of distinguished - or just plain awesome - female British actresses who could play the Doctor is a pretty long one.  Judi Dench - why not?  Joanna Lumley… brilliant.  Helen Mirren…  Come to think of it, the female Doctor could be a younger model, but I’m thinking a more seasoned version would be the most effective.

As far as raising awareness of women in science, perhaps one should ask the Gallifreyans why more women didn’t become full-fledged Time Lords.  (The only female examples I can think of are Ramona and the Rani… which makes the notion kind of a 50/50 proposition…)

Doctor Who (one of the greatest television shows in history) first appeared 45 years ago this month.

Here’s a nice montage of every storyline from those preceding years, featuring every incarnation of our beloved Time Lord:

It’s not coming out ’til May, but here is the trailer…

…and you can see some cool pics here…

…like this one:

From a good Christmas forum, here’s a frequently-updated list of upcoming holiday shows on various cable channels this season:

http://mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12687

Also, here’s a (completely biased) list of the top 10 Christmas TV Specials.