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Today’s Google Doodle is a fun game in honor of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary
- uptown 13y agoExcept in the US.
- timje1 13y agoThere's a link in the article. It's not even a very long article...
- uptown 13y agoI'm not disputing that - just pointing out that I'm surprised they didn't include the US in this one since there's a non-trivial percentage of the population that would have enjoyed it.
- RBerenguel 13y agoCulprit: time zones. Not Google.
- jasonlfunk 13y agoToday is also the 50th anniversary of the assignation of JFK. There probably would have been backlash to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr Who instead, so they decided to just do nothing.
- pit 13y agoMan, I would hate to see that Google Doodle.
- DanBC 13y ago50th anniversary of the death of CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley.
- maxerickson 13y agoIt's (nearly) tomorrow in Singapore. I imagine the U.S. will see it when we get there.
- martijn_himself 13y agoNot to spoil the fun but does anyone know if there is a URL I can use that will display the plain Google search page without the Doodle?
- untothebreach 13y agoI guess it depends on where you are...here in the U.S., www.google.com doesn't show me any doodle, I had to go to the link in the article to see it. Maybe try [https://encrypted.google.com/ https://encrypted.google.com/]?
- marquis 13y agoDirect link to see it: https://www.google.com.sg https://www.google.com.sg I grew up watching Doctor Who, hiding behind the sofa when there were Daleks. I can't play this game without shivering.
- untothebreach 13y agoThat's awesome. I heard an interview with Neil Gaiman where he describes a similar response to the Daleks. I have heard that DW is technically considered a kids show in the U.K., which surprised me because it seems a bit scary for kids, at times.
- arethuza 13y agoBeing scared witless by DW at a tender age is practically a national tradition here in the UK.
- awjr 13y agoA cushion was a mandatory tool while watching it as a kid. I can even remember hiding behind the sofa. For some reason I have an image of some sort of jelly fish monster, a lighthouse, Tom Baker, and myself hiding behind the sofa. What's quite funny is that my daughter loves it but refuses to watch ANY episode with the Angels in it, well not without me in the room. That's the way it should be :) (Blink get's to me. Awesome writing.)
- mayanksinghal 13y agoBlink was a awesome episode. I have used it to convert at least 4 civvies into Whovians. However, I think Doctor Who is getting less and less scary and more and more dramatic/epic. Oh the other hand, I started watching DW when I was already 20 years old - I don't think Daleks are that scary to 20 year olds as they are to 8 year olds :)
- arethuza 13y ago
- aaron695 13y agoHaving had this for 8 hours at work it was a pain in the arse (Especially since I use chrome) Google is not a game, if I want to play games I'll do it in my own time. I don't need more distractions shoved down my throat. [edit] And for those who don't get it, it's a massive image continuously moving on your browser you can't easily get rid of. (Ironically I changed to the uk version of Google to get rid of it)
- stevejalim 13y agohttps://encrypted.google.com https://encrypted.google.com doesn't have the doodle, if that helps in the future
- simias 13y agoWhy don't you use your browser's search bar? I hadn't seen this doodle until I saw this post on HN because I never ever load google's homepage anymore.
- aaron695 13y agoOn chrome, same same. Default blank tab is image.
- bane 13y agoor you could just go to another...I don't know...less distracting web page.
- epo 13y agoDoctor Who was first broadcast in the UK on November the 23rd 1963. To be accurate the Google doodle shouldn't be visible in your country before the 23rd. That said, it is early afternoon of the 22nd in the UK, the doodle wasn't visible on google.co.uk late morning but it is now.
- pvnick 13y agoOh. My. God. it's almost here. Snuck up on me! Gotta quickly rewatch the last couple episodes.
- rohitv 13y agoAnd here's the js source: https://www.google.ca/logos/2013/drwho/drwho13-3.js https://www.google.ca/logos/2013/drwho/drwho13-3.js
- sbisson 13y agoIt's somewhat reminiscent of the ROM-based BBC Micro game Doctor Who and The Mines of Terror. Minus the programmable robot cat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Mines_of_Terror http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Mines_of_Ter...