'Doctor Who's Day Roundup: Toon Town
Welcome to this week's Doctor Who's Day roundup, a gallery of Gallifreyan gorgeousness taken from the past week or so on the internet and social media.
And we begin this week by paying tribute to some of Doctor Who's greatest cartoonists, not just the fans who've rendered the Doctor, companions and enemies through the medium of cartoon art, like this:
https://twitter.com/doctorwhoitafc/status/1004746405519482882
https://twitter.com/WhoviVortex/status/968684225972133888
But especially the artist who created these wonderful (and silly) Doctor Who cartoons. Like these comedy Daleks:
https://twitter.com/roystoncartoons/status/985505817926557701
https://twitter.com/ToneCartoons/status/308522222539132928
https://twitter.com/garethlpowell/status/887915987697324036
And this, the Doctor's rock 'n' roll influence:
https://twitter.com/TillToons/status/745459576007450624
These are ALL wonderful:
https://twitter.com/rainesz/status/1006039439112527872
https://twitter.com/rainesz/status/1006254925611855872
And look, you don't even need to be able to draw:
https://twitter.com/reverend61a/status/1005809851224731649
https://twitter.com/wickedfox13/status/1005550544071487488
Here's what else has been going on in space and time this week:
• A welcome return for Jenny, the Doctor's daughter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJbex1uDpos
• A legitimate question to which there is only one correct answer. Or possibly two:
https://twitter.com/BBCiPlayer/status/1005435343229935616
• William Hartnell's copy of the first Doctor Who script has been sold:
https://twitter.com/BBCSussex/status/991992558678151168
• Twelve on a table:
https://twitter.com/Fronkensteen/status/1005861249501016064
• The Third Doctor era arrives on Twitch:
https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1005139941423271938
https://twitter.com/MarcDLewisArt/status/1006243880784842762
• Beware of Missy, the devil woman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKG_Tjt5Zk
• Rose Tyler is a work of art:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj5bVtEhEpU/
• Your chance to send a welcome message to Jodie Whittaker:
https://twitter.com/BBCAMERICA/status/1003790755511431169
• And look! The new Doctor is already on her way:
https://twitter.com/RadioTimes/status/994606166264221698
• Canada! Your Doctor awaits!
https://twitter.com/CineplexEvents/status/1006204674540752896
• Here he is with Leela in 19th century London, for "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq29u82KW_w
• A digital Twelve:
https://twitter.com/AlexologyArt/status/1005517791322083328
• Young Karen Gillan dances to NSYNC:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjx7pHZBspd/
• Graduation, Gallifrey-style:
https://twitter.com/Yayxlife/status/1005561391061848065
• Pink Floyd and the fish people grapple with artron energy:
https://twitter.com/anglophenia/status/1006292790840561665
• The Fourth Doctor meets "The Robots of Death"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHnTlPHkBw
• There's a Dalek all-clear in Waterloo, London:
https://twitter.com/claytonhickman/status/1005911982221021185
• Eleven's last moments:
https://twitter.com/doctorwhoitafc/status/1006101775668187137
• And Twelve's:
https://twitter.com/frameofmymind/status/1005748340032598016
https://twitter.com/LloydMillsArt/status/1004790826457796608
• Let's go out with something truly space-age. Musical YouTuber GeorgeCMusic asks what the Doctor Who theme would sound like if covered by electronic music pioneer Tomita? Here's an answer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEiR9FXDdzo
TTFN!