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When the hospital she works at is transported to the moon, medical student Martha Jones joins forces with The Doctor to hunt down an alien fugitive before the oxygen runs out

Adventures in time and space with the Tenth Doctor and his companion Donna Noble.

The TARDIS lands in London on Christmas Eve, 1851 and almost immediately the Doctor hears his name being called. When he meets the woman shouting for him she fails to recognise him and continues calling until another man arrives and claims to be the Doctor and acknowledges the woman, Rosita, as his companion. The Doctor then attempts to help the newcomer lasso a man-size dog-like creature which has a cyber-mask, but it drags them both through the upper floor of a warehouse until Rosita cuts the rope, saving them both from plunging through a high window. The newcomer explains he has lost his memory, and the Doctor assumes he is a later incarnation, and follows him to the house of a murdered vicar, where the new Doctor says he is investigating the murder of the vicar and a teacher called Jackson Lake, and that his memory was wiped when he was attacked by the Cybermen. At the house the Doctor finds primitive memory devices called infostamps and says they have been used by the Cybermen because of the lack of technology in 19th century London. Two Cybermen attack the Doctors, but are destroyed when the new Doctor sets off a feedback loop in one of the infostamps, something he said was the cause of his memory loss. The new Doctor takes the Doctor back to his base, in the stables of an Inn, and shows him his TARDIS, a balloon (Tethered Aerial Release, Designed In Style). The Doctor finds another infostamp in the new Doctor's luggage, this one filled with information about him, and concludes that the new Doctor is really Jackson Lake, but his memory has been over-written with details of the Doctor's life by the infostamp, which itself may have been stolen from the Daleks. Lake's memory starts to return, and he remembers his wife being killed and his son being taken. Meanwhile, Mercy Hartigan, a workhouse matron has joined the Cybermen and had them kill the vicar so all the local gentlemen would attend his funeral; she arrives with the Cybermen to select four of them (the rest are killed) so she can have the children in their workhouses (including Lake's son) as a labour force for the Cybermen, who are building a 'CyberKing' to rule Earth. The Doctor is unable to stop the rise of the 200-foot tall CyberKing, which is controlled by a reluctantly-conditioned Miss Hartigan, but rescues the children. He then uses Lake's balloon TARDIS to get up to the CyberKing throne, where Miss Hartigan is held. He breaks her conditioning, and her human anger destroys the Cybermen. The Doctor uses the Cybermen's own time travel device to drag the CyberKing back into the Void, saving London. The danger over, Lake, his memory now returning, hires Rosita as nursemaid for his son and gets to see inside the real TARDIS, before insisting that the Doctor joins them for Christmas dinner.

In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.

It’s the deepest part of winter, the exact midpoint, Christmas Eve – half way out of the dark. Amy and Rory are trapped on a stricken space liner that’s plummeting through banks of thick icy fog to the surface of the planet below. Only one man has the power to save them; only one man is in possession of a machine that can clear the fog and let them land safely. That man is Kazran Sardick, a rich but lonely old miser who rules Sardicktown with a sky-mast of iron. The Doctor’s only chance of rescuing the ship’s 4,000 passengers is to save Kazran’s soul and show him that life is worth living. For this he needs to go back, way back, to when Kazran was a boy with a life full of promise. But can the Doctor put a song in Kazran’s heart and love in his life, in time for Christmas? Can he bring him out of the dark?

The Doctor returns, alongside newly weds Amy and Rory, to face monsters and mysteries and adventures all across time and space. Together they find themselves in sixties America, battling the invasion the world forgot, then aboard a pirate ship on the high seas of 1696, to solve the mystery of the Siren. In a bubble universe at the edge of reality, the Doctor meets an old friend with a new face.

special episode of Doctor Who

special episode of Doctor Who

1969年10月5日，当这五个英国佬和一个美国佬第一次胡言乱语恬不知耻地出现在BBC电视台上时，整个英伦三岛都傻了眼。从这天开始，在之后短短的四年间，“巨蟒剧团”及其六位成员的名字通过《飞翔的马戏团》这套空前成功的电视喜剧节目，很快成为了英国现代文化的一个标志。也正是从《飞向的马戏团》开始，“巨蟒”逐渐为世界所熟知，并以自己独特的幽默方式开创了一种至今仍被全世界(尤其是好莱坞)广泛效仿和套用的喜剧类型。 《飞翔的马戏团》从形式上看类似于今天的电视小品，但它绝不受任何一种规范或模式的约束，我们从头至尾也看不到一个惯用的伎俩或模式化的重复。6个高智商活宝的创作灵感永远天马行空随兴所至，每一集的内容或破碎或连贯，可能是几个独立的故事，可能是几条相互交叉的线索，也可能是一堆毫无瓜葛的碎片。只要是他们灵机一动想到的东西，全都大胆地用摄影机拍摄了下来。除了极个别偶尔客串的朋友(在迫不得已的情况下他们必须需要的“性感美女”角色，都是由“真正的”女演员卡萝尔-克力夫兰扮演的)，整套剧中几乎所有有台词的角色都是活宝们亲自上阵，你所能像想到的各式奇装异服的打扮几乎全被他们尝试过了。 《飞翔的马戏团》嘲弄取笑，有时甚至是恶意羞辱的对象包括历史人物、哲学理论、政治立场、宗教教义、社会现象、公众意识等等。从维多利亚女王到普通的英国家庭妇女，从电视媒体制造的泡沫到日常生活中实实在在的细枝末节都是他们信手拈来的素材。而“巨蟒”对暴力或性等争议话题的处理也非常巧妙，既不会显得遮遮掩掩，也让审查机构无可奈何，这其中当然少不了泰里-基廉巧思妙想穿插剧中的卡通制作的功劳。 事实上，初看《飞翔的马戏团》或任何一部“巨蟒制造”的观众很可能会感到难以适应。乡土气极重的杜撰英国口音和有时显得十分白痴的行为和聒噪的对白会让人不知所云，而且节目中很大一部分内容也的确是纯属白痴的胡闹和小丑式的插科打诨。而这节目妙就妙在，这些貌似毫无价值的胡话连篇中经常会迸发出让人惊叹的绝妙创意，从极粗俗的角度彻底揭露人类文明中所有道貌岸然的嘴脸。大概所谓“大智若愚”的最高境界就在于此了。

1969年10月5日，当这五个英国佬和一个美国佬第一次胡言乱语恬不知耻地出现在BBC电视台上时，整个英伦三岛都傻了眼。从这天开始，在之后短短的四年间，“巨蟒剧团”及其六位成员的名字通过《飞翔的马戏团》这套空前成功的电视喜剧节目，很快成为了英国现代文化的一个标志。也正是从《飞向的马戏团》开始，“巨蟒”逐渐为世界所熟知，并以自己独特的幽默方式开创了一种至今仍被全世界(尤其是好莱坞)广泛效仿和套用的喜剧类型。 《飞翔的马戏团》从形式上看类似于今天的电视小品，但它绝不受任何一种规范或模式的约束，我们从头至尾也看不到一个惯用的伎俩或模式化的重复。6个高智商活宝的创作灵感永远天马行空随兴所至，每一集的内容或破碎或连贯，可能是几个独立的故事，可能是几条相互交叉的线索，也可能是一堆毫无瓜葛的碎片。只要是他们灵机一动想到的东西，全都大胆地用摄影机拍摄了下来。除了极个别偶尔客串的朋友(在迫不得已的情况下他们必须需要的“性感美女”角色，都是由“真正的”女演员卡萝尔-克力夫兰扮演的)，整套剧中几乎所有有台词的角色都是活宝们亲自上阵，你所能像想到的各式奇装异服的打扮几乎全被他们尝试过了。 《飞翔的马戏团》嘲弄取笑，有时甚至是恶意羞辱的对象包括历史人物、哲学理论、政治立场、宗教教义、社会现象、公众意识等等。从维多利亚女王到普通的英国家庭妇女，从电视媒体制造的泡沫到日常生活中实实在在的细枝末节都是他们信手拈来的素材。而“巨蟒”对暴力或性等争议话题的处理也非常巧妙，既不会显得遮遮掩掩，也让审查机构无可奈何，这其中当然少不了泰里-基廉巧思妙想穿插剧中的卡通制作的功劳。 事实上，初看《飞翔的马戏团》或任何一部“巨蟒制造”的观众很可能会感到难以适应。乡土气极重的杜撰英国口音和有时显得十分白痴的行为和聒噪的对白会让人不知所云，而且节目中很大一部分内容也的确是纯属白痴的胡闹和小丑式的插科打诨。而这节目妙就妙在，这些貌似毫无价值的胡话连篇中经常会迸发出让人惊叹的绝妙创意，从极粗俗的角度彻底揭露人类文明中所有道貌岸然的嘴脸。大概所谓“大智若愚”的最高境界就在于此了。

A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

最短的Britcom经典 —— Fawlty Towers 1971年，仍在Monty Python's Flying Circus剧组的Jonn Cleese和其他几位MP成员在英国著名滨海风景地Torquay拍戏时，碰到一位态度粗鲁、脾气恶劣的旅馆主人。Jone Cleese根据这一经历，创作了喜剧剧集Doctor at large中的一集No Ill Feeling!。该剧集的制作人当即认为该创意可以发展成一部情景喜剧，而John Cleese直到一段时间以后他已离开MPFC剧组，并受BBC邀请创作自己的剧集时，才将这一建议付诸行动。 Fawlty Towers由John Cleese和他当时的妻子Connie Booth共同创意并编剧，并且均出演主要角色。该剧集以Torquay一家小旅馆Fawlty Towers为背景，主要人物包括John Cleese饰演的旅馆主人，笨手笨脚、脾气糟糕、极度老派、市侩而且怕老婆到死的Basil Fawlty；爱唠叨、笑声可怕、能让比自己高一个半头的老公噤若寒蝉的旅馆女主人Sybil Fawlty；Connie Booth饰演的经常被搅进老板倒霉事的临时女侍Polly；以及Basil为了省钱而雇佣的、听不懂几句英文、经常遭老板拳脚相向的西班牙侍者兼小厮Manuel。由这四位经营的Fawlty Towers可想而知是经常陷入窘境难以自拔了，而旅馆的几位长住客人和各色过往人等则常常成为其中的牺牲品。 John Cleese夫妇对Fawlty Towers的创作投入了极大精力，力求在各集之间保持一致的风格和水准，同时求精不求多，创作了第一季共6集之后即停手。1975年第一季在BBC2台播出，反响不能说是巨大，某些评论还持批评态度，而到了第一次重播时，受到观众和评论界的广泛好评，BBC因而邀请Cleese夫妇将该剧集延续下去。婚姻已经开始走下坡路的John Cleese和Connie Booth经过慎重考虑，决定在保持第一季风格和水平的前提下续写一季共6集。第二季的创作丝毫没有因为第一季的成功而开始草率马虎、敷衍了事，同时也没有受到两人个人生活风波的影响。1979年，第二季在BBC2台播出，由于和第一季已经相去4年，而且因电视台员工罢工导致播出档期打乱，评论界反响一般，认为较前季水平有差距。然而随着时间迁移，多次的重播使观众可以完整欣赏全剧，绝大多数的评论都承认这两季共12集保持了一致的高水准，浑然一体。获奖方面，第一季和第二季均获得当年BAFTA最佳喜剧剧集奖，John Cleese并在1980年获BAFTA最佳轻喜剧表演奖。 与其它一些经典英国情景喜剧多季大长篇不同，Fawlty Towers一共只有短短两季12集6个小时，然而三十年来一直深受观众喜爱，不仅在英国时常重播，而且在大洋彼岸的美国和加拿大也极受欢迎。在美国，除了播出BBC原版外，还有若干次不成功的翻拍尝试。2003年，在BBC举办的最受欢迎英国情景喜剧网络评选中，这部短小精致的剧集以17万票排名第5，英国电影学院BFI 2000年组织的英国最佳电视节目评选中此剧集排名第一，而剧集DVD 版在AMAZON的顾客评价中也获得4.5~5颗星的高分。 2005年，BBC还特别制作了节目'Fawlty Towers'@30以庆祝此剧30周年。

When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell) identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married; never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door. Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of ‘Ludwig’. This genre bending detective series follows full-time luddite, John 'Ludwig' Taylor, as he assumes the identity of his missing twin brother in a bid to track him down and bring him home. However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing - when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team the stakes are much higher. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life?

一岁的哈利・波特失去父母后，神秘地出现在姨父姨妈家的门前。哈利在姨父家饱受欺凌，度过十年极其痛苦的日子。姨父和姨妈好似凶神恶煞，他们那混世魔王儿子达力――一个肥胖、娇惯、欺负人的大块头，更是经常对哈利拳脚相加。哈利的“房间”是位于楼梯口的一个又暗又小的碗橱。十年来，从来没有人为他过过生日。 但是在他十一岁生日那天，一切都发生了变化，信使猫头鹰带来了一封神秘的信：邀请哈利去一个他――以及所有读到哈利故事的人――会觉得永远难忘的、不可思议的地方――霍格沃茨魔法学校。 在魔法学校，哈利不仅找着了朋友、学会了空中飞行，骑着一把型号为光轮2000的飞天扫帚打魁地球，还得到了一件隐形衣。他发现那里的一切――从上课到吃饭到睡觉都充满了魔力，但是一块魔石出现了，它与哈利的命运息息相关……

《哈利·波特与密室》是“哈利·波特”系列的第二部。 哈利·波特在霍格沃茨魔法学校学习一年之后，暑假开始了。他在姨父姨妈家熬过痛苦的假期。正当他准备打点行装去学校时，小精灵多比前来发出警告：如果哈利返回霍格沃茨，灾难将会临头。 但哈利义无返顾地回到了霍格沃茨，新来的吉罗德·洛哈特教授装腔作势，让他作呕；游荡在女生舆洗室里的幽灵“哭泣的桃金娘”搅得他不得安宁；低年级的小女生金妮对他投来关切目光常令他尴尬不已；小男生科林·克里维“追星”式的跟踪又经常使他落荒而逃。 但是，这一切仅仅是灾难的序曲。正如多比所预言的，哈利遭受了重重磨难，经历了种种危险，难解之谜又使他煞费苦心：霍格沃茨的学生接二连三地变成了石头。这一切是品德败坏的学生德拉科·马尔福精心策划的杰作？还是忠厚善良的海格无心铸成的大错？或者另有人将在霍格沃茨制造更大的阴谋？这一切又是否与传说中的密室有关？哈利决心揭开谜底……

《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》是“哈利·波特”系列的第三部。 哈利·波特在霍格沃茨魔法学校已经度过了不平凡的两年，而且早已听说魔法世界中有一座守备森严的阿兹卡班监狱，里面关押着一个臭名昭著的囚徒，名字叫小天狼星布莱克。传言布莱克是“黑魔法”高手伏地魔——杀害哈利父母的凶手——的忠实信徒，曾经用一句魔咒接连结束了十三条性命。不幸的是，布莱克逃出了阿兹卡班，一心追寻哈利。布莱克在睡梦中仍然呓语不休：“他在霍格沃茨……他在霍格沃茨。” 哈利·波特虽然身在魔法学校的城堡内，既有朋友的赤诚帮助，也有老师的悉心呵护，但校园内危机四伏，哈利的生命时时受到威胁。一天，布莱克终于站到了哈利的面前……

《哈利·波特与火焰杯》是“哈利·波特”系列的第四部。 哈利·波特在霍格沃茨魔法学校经过三年的学习和磨炼，逐渐成长为一个出色的巫师。新学年开始前，哈利和好朋友罗恩，赫敏一起去观看精彩的魁地奇世界杯赛，无意间发现了消失十三年的黑魔标记。哈利的心头笼上了一团浓重的阴云，但三个少年依然拥有他们自己的伊甸园。然而，少男少女的心思是那样难以捉摸，三人之间的美好友情竟是那样一波三折，忽晴忽雨……哈利渴望与美丽的秋·张共同走进一个美丽的故事，但这个朦朦胧胧的憧憬却遭受了小小的失意。他要做一个普普通通的四年级魔法学生，可不幸的是，哈利注定永远都不可能平平常常——即使拿魔法界的标准来衡量。黑魔的阴影始终挥之不去，种种暗藏杀机的神秘事件将哈利一步步推向了伏地魔的魔爪。哈利渴望在百年不遇的三强争霸赛中战胜自我，完成三个惊险艰巨的魔法项目，谁知整个竞赛竟是一个天大的黑魔法阴谋。……

《哈利·波特与凤凰社》是“哈利·波特”系列的第五部。 漫长的暑假，哈利·波特被困在女贞路4号，意外地遭到摄魂怪的袭击……逃过一劫的哈利被护送到伦敦一个秘密的地方，在那里他见了自己的教父小天狼星布莱克、前任黑魔法防御术课教师卢平、疯眼汉穆迪以及他的朋友赫敏和罗恩。他只是知道邓布利多与凤凰社成员正在加紧秘密活动，以对抗日益强大的伏地魔。但是，所有的人都不愿向他透露更多的情况…… 哈利在茫然与愤怒中来到霍格沃茨，然而令他不解的是，邓布利多不愿见他，海格不知去向。更糟糕的是，哈利越来越频繁地在梦中看见一道长长的走廊，每当他快要走进长廊尽头的一扇门时，他都会头痛欲裂地从梦中惊醒，觉得自己身体里蠕动着一条大蛇…… 魔法部派来了一位专横跋扈的高级调查官，对学校各项事务横加干涉，并最终赶走了邓布利多校长，打伤了麦格教授，整个学校笼罩在一片混乱和压抑之中…… 大蛇的影子在哈利的脑海里越来越清晰，伏地魔走近了哈利……这时，邓布利多告诉他一个天大的秘密……