Angry Puppy

Join Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (né Lee and Marc) as they unwrap the mysteries of the Battlestar Galactica mid-season finale and the latest episodes of Doctor Who.

Marc, still giddy that no one correctly answered the latest Mystery Geek Challenge, shares the geek highlights of NewFest and questions Beth Grant’s true commitment to Sparkle Motion.

In this episode:

• Battlestar Galactica: “The Hub” and “Revelations”
• Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Daughter” and “The Unicorn and the Wasp”
• NewFest: Tru Loved, Were The World Mine, Affinity, You Belong to Me,
  Hirsute, Candy Boy, Jose Y Maria, Functional Design, Copain de
  Memoires
• Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Polar Opposites

And, as promised, here are the names hidden in last week’s Mystery Geek Challenge:

• C3P0
• Boba Fett
• Darth Sidious
• General Grievous
• Salacious Crumb
• Bib Fortuna
• Qui-Gon Jinn
• Jabba The Hutt
• R2D2
• Han Solo
• Mace Windu

JUMP! to AfterElton to see our latest episode!

• Cowboy Bebop: Future Blues (No, it’s a new thing!)
• Men, Women and Chainsaws
• Doctor Who: “The Sontaran Stratagem”
• Lost “There’s No Place Like Home” (Part 1)
• Battlestar Galactica “Guess What’s Coming to Dinner”

After all the usual blather, we have special guest Flynn DeMarco, otherwise known as Fruit Brute at GayGamer.net.

And muchas gracias to our friends at GravityFaggot.com for the great t-shirts!

In this week’s abbreviated episode, Marc and Lee bring you a report on the Queer Media and Entertainment Conference, updates to the latest episodes of Lost, Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica and details on voting for the Angry Puppy Hot Geek 10.

Oh, and there’s a painting dog.

There are no headlines this week, but watch this space. I’ll post what we would have talked about over the weekend to make it up to you.

In response to our post on theme songs that really shouldn’t have lyrics, reader Rob posted this clip of John Barrowman humming the Doctor Who theme:

My favorite part is when David Tennant starts an impromptu baseline accompaniment. Does anyone know who the third contestant is?

To this day, I can’t hear the Star Wars theme without humming under my breath, “Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars!”

In honor of that clip, I found some other sci-fi themes that friendly neighborhood geeks have added words to.

If Björk ever does another Medúlla-style album, she should hire this next guy. Check out his a capella Battlestar Galactica theme:

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