Doctor Who is the longest running Science Fiction show in television history (Guinness World Records) and a British cultural phenomenon. The show features a time traveling alien with two hearts, known only as the Doctor. Now in his 11th Regeneration, the Doctor travels the universe with a succession of (mostly) earthly companions in the TARDIS -- a sentient, time-space vehicle disguised to look exactly like a blue British Police Call Box circa 1963, the year that the series premiered. On February 14th and 21st, in association with BBC Home Entertainment, the Rockland Public Library will be screening two episodes featuring Tom Baker (the 4th Doctor) and David Tennant (the 10th Doctor), two of the most popular Doctors in the series.
On Thursday FEBRUARY 14 at 6:30 PM the library will present a DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING of THE SUN MAKERS
Far in the distant future, Earth has become uninhabitable, forcing mankind to colonize first Mars, and then Pluto. No longer the coldest body in the Solar System, Pluto is now warmed by a series of artificial suns. But access to the sunlight is limited to a select few, while the majority of the citizens of the vast Megropolis cities are being overworked and overtaxed by the ruling elite. When the TARDIS lands on Pluto, the Doctor (Tom Baker), Leela and K-9 discover that the human race has been moved off Earth to do the bidding of the Company, a ruthless intergalactic conglomerate. It is up to the Doctor to uncover the secret of the Company's head, the Collector. Robert Holmes wrote this satire after experiencing a frustrating audit by the Inland Revenue services -- Britain’s version of our IRS. The episode features splendidly over-the-top theatrical performances from Richard Leech and Henry Woolf as the ultra-capitalist villains and Tom Baker is in fine form as the Doctor. Screened by permission of BBC Home Entertainment.
On Thursday FEBRUARY 21 at 6:30 PM the library will present a DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING of Blink
with a post-screening discussion with Bill Halpin & Saskia Huising.
When Sally Sparrow enters an old abandoned mansion to take photographs, things are not exactly what they seem…or are they? Can the Doctor (David Tennant) help her find out? Well, yes...and no. Steven Moffat’s Blink won two BAFTA Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, as well as science fiction’s prestigious Hugo Award. In addition, actress Carey Mulligan won the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode. Blink was voted the second best Doctor Who story in the show’s long history. It is also one of the most ingenious time travel tales ever filmed. Screened by permission of BBC Home Entertainment.
Special accommodations for persons with disabilities can be made with 48 hours notice. Please call the Library at 594-0310.
These evenings are part of a continuing Thursday evening series of literary, film and musical offerings sponsored by the Rockland Public Library & The Friends of the Rockland Public Library. Admission is free.
Views expressed in public programs at the library are those of the presenters, and not necessarily those of the Rockland Public Library.
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