What is it with films and televisions shows travelling backwards and forwards in time? No matter how vaguely science fiction or fantasy-themed our favourite shows, they often have time travelling themes lying below the surface (for better or worse). Here are just some of the not especially great reasons for the Time Travel theme:

Padding Out The Show

Some of our favourite time travelling epics actually use time-travel as a device simply to generate content. This is especially true of those franchises that just run and run. Doctor Who springs instantly to mind: at the beginning, its use of historical and science fiction settings was only really an excuse to show educational programming with a dramatic skew. As the audience showed themselves receptive to the Science-Fiction theme, the ability to pick absolutely any time period kept Doctor Who fresh. Sick of visiting Romans? Visit the Egyptians. Sick of the Daleks? Create a new villain, add a hundred years or a billion miles and visit whatever creature you fancy creating.

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Now I posted about this briefly on my blog for my musings via my BlackBerry last night after watching the episode 7 of Doctor Who, “A Good Man Goes To War”, but I thought that sesing there are alot of my good fellow bloggers that enjoy Blazing Minds and a few of you that enjoy Sci-Fi, I thought I should expand slightly about last nights episode of Doctor Who and it’s haunting image at the end of the show!

Ok, Where To Start

Last night was one of those Doctor Who episodes that had me on the edge of my seat, with the battle of Demons Run where the Doctor called in the troops to repay their debts to him in an effort to save Amy Pond and her baby Melody Pond.

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Now I’m not sure if this is actually true or it is some gossip going around, but I have heard that Lily Allen is up for the part of the new Doctor Who Assistant, so with the new Doctor (Matt Smith) there will be Lily Allen!

Lily Allen has been up for the role in 2007 but, lost out to Catherine Tate when she became the Time Lord’s Assistant in a Christmas special and then in the last series.

Others that are illegibly up for the role of the new assistant are Rachel Stevens and Kelly Brook, so only time will tell, as I said earlier, this is all gossip that I have heard, but if anyone else knows if it’s true or can someone shine some light on the rumour then I would love to know

Well it was announced earlier tonight that the new Doctor Who will be Matt Smith, who I hear you shout, well let’s see shall we.

Matt Smith is in fact the youngest doctor out of all eleven at the age of 26, but don’t get too excited just yet as we won’t actually see him until Spring 2010, David Tennant still has four hour long specials to complete before handing of the key to the TARDIS!

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