“The Five Doctors” is a special adventure between the 20th and the 21st season of “Doctor Who” classic series, which aired on November 25, 1983, featuring the First Doctor, the Second Doctor, the Third Doctor, the Fourth Doctor, the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Susan and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. It follows “The King’s Demons”, it was written by Terrance Dicks and directed by Peter Moffatt.
Amanda Tapping was born on August 28, 1965 in Rochford, Essex, England. When she was three years old her family moved to Ontario, Canada. She’s famous especially for playing Samantha Carter in the Stargate franchise and Helen Magnus in the TV show “Sanctuary”, of which she was also an executive producer. In recent years she’s mostly working as a director.
An article published in the journal “Environmental Research Letters” describes a NASA research that used data collected by various satellites to assess the impact of American cities on the rise in temperatures. The conclusions are that in large cities the temperature is from 1° to 3° Celsius (1.8 to 5.4°Fahrenheit) higher than that of the neighboring areas rich in vegetation.
The tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been imposed by the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) a 28-day ban and a $25,000 fine for his offense against Stan Wawrinka on August 13 during their match in the tournament in Montreal. This punishment has a conditional suspension, which means that will be enforced if over the next six months he gets punished again for physical and verbal abuses or if he accumulates fines to $5,000.
Alice Hastings Bradley, this was her birth name, was born on August 24, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In the second half of the ’60s, she started writing science fiction by using the pseudonym James Tiptree Jr. to protect her academic reputation but also because a male name seemed a good way to blend in a male dominated field. She’s known especially for her short fiction, having written only two novels. She died tragically on May 19, 1987 committing suicide after killing her husband, who was very ill.
