The THT Brain Trust (OK mainly me) were struck by the news that the second special will not be airing until Christmas, and not during some other, earlier, holiday during 2009. We had naively thought that one of the benefits of this gap year would be to realign, slightly, the season schedule to steer away from spring/summer scheme used since 2005 to a more traditional winter/spring sked, taking inherent advantage of the colder weather when people are more house-bound. It made perect sense for the fourth and last of the Tennant specials to run at Christmas, which is after all when he bowed in 2005, and then have the regeneration lead directly, and quickly, into Matt Smith's first season. Because we're being purely reactive here, more information should clarify this in the days and weeks to come.
Still, if you think of it, there might be only two episodes of Doctor Who to span from Journey's End in July 2008 to December 2009. Michael Grade's infamous 18-month hiatus (in reality only a 9-month extension for being off air) seems mild by comparison. This is not to suggest similar circumstances, rather it's just the bleating of an all-too-contented fan.
Well the BBC certainly knows how to gin up interest in the program don't they? It has to be said that the interim period between learning of the impending announcement of Friday to the unveiling Saturday was one of delicious anticipation for the THT Brain Trust. This was truly the first 'Next Doctor' announcement for the internet age. Tennant was named just after the 2005 started rolling and we learned Eccleston was leaving. Eccleston's surprise casting was made without terrific fanfare, and McGann was cast in the formative days of the net. So now Mr .Smith goes to Gallifrey, He brings the relative anonymity of Tom Baker and the exaggerated youth of Davison. It has to be said, at least for this fan–who started watching Doctor Who in 1981–that Matt Smith hadn't even been born! I suspect that says more about me than him. In Moffat We Trust. Matt Smith also poses a bit of a challenge for internet scavengers, at least initially. Not much of a web presence. Still we've begun that process of building out the Matt Smith portion of the Tour
The Season of Specials kicks off in fine style with 
Getting ready to.. er … em… While we should be used to it by now, here at THT Towers we're suffering through the annual post-season withdrawl. We now re-turn our attention to the whole of the site and we're beginning a proper build-up to a site-wide update, one which promises to push the overall image count over a certain threshhold, and offers other navigation and organizational improvements. BTW the end of the Season brought a huge traffic spike. Thanx for your continued patronage!.