A few times a year, I get to go over to the Spitzer Science Center at Cal Tech, and do some voice over work for these wonderful educational shorts. I'm really proud to be a small part of IRrelevant Astronomy; we're making science accessible and entertaining, and hopefully inspiring people to learn more about our universe.
A few days ago, the most recent episode I did was released. It's called DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
In this one, I play a character who may be familiar to some of you, called The Physician. I hope you enjoy it.
And as long as I have your attention, I thought I'd share a few astronomy-related links that I find educational, inspiring, entertaining, or all of the above:
- NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Blog
- NASA Television on YouTube
- Heavens Above (real-time ISS and satellite data)
- r/space at Reddit.
Have fun, and keep looking up.
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tardis= porta poty
epic troll
Dr. Who references and poop jokes in space . . . gotta love it.
LOL. Cool!
Nice seeing the Eagle Transporter out there.
White Star from Babylon 5 out in the field at about 7 minutes in.
This is cool, Wil! Lol 🙂
So, are you secretely hoping to run into the real-life equivalents of Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon whenever you’re at CalTech? 😉
“Biological Matter Detected” = new t-shirt slogan? 😉
This is so incredibly cool, Wil. Thanks for sharing – “I’m a robot – I *know* what binary means!” :-))
Every. Single. Time.
Silly and awesome way to learn a few things. Loved it, Wil!
Very nice.
It just needed the “DO NOT WANT” subtitle at the end.
How blessed you must feel to be a part of so many wonderful and meaningful opportunities that your life has brought you! Thanks for sharing!
I really, really am grateful, and I make an effort every single day to be thankful for what I have.
“The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next the power of that force”… Brilliant. Also loved the assorted geekery in the form of so many well known space vehicles in the disc. Thanks for sharing, sounds like you had a lot of fun.
I have to admit, I’m ridiculously jealous that you get to do things like this. That segment was brilliant!
Is the Ed Wasser that voiced the robot the same Ed Wasser that played Mr Morden in Babylon 5?
Panama hat, scarf, polka-dot tie, celery, fez…
Wow. Awesome.
I’m a huge fan of APOD. It’s the one site besides my email that I have to visit. It’s like my daily dose of gloriousness.
Yep, it’s the same Ed Wasser!
How did I only just now notice that that was supposed to be a fez on top of the hat? o_O
Yeah, APOD is one of my priority feeds, too.
Also, a group of friends only yesterday discussed what the TARDIS would look like if Doctor Who had originally be written in the current day rather than the early 60s. Several people, myself included, suggested a portaloo but that was eventually discarded because too many people would constantly try to use it so we decided on a white van with a “Police Aware” notice on it.
It’s a TURDIS!
I covered this exact topic this year on my planetary Science course with the Open University.
It was good to see Prometheus there in the background :).
That was a great way to spend 10 minutes! And a little Native Flute snuck in there too…very nice. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Awesome! If you ever find yourself in El Paso or southern NM with a day to spare, let me know and I can take you up to Apache Point Observatory, my wife’s work place, as featured on Mythbusters. She was the final segment on the Lunar Landing Conspiracy show.
The porto-potty TARDIS always surprises those who enter it because it smells so much worse on the inside.
Ahahaha. Nice.
That’s pretty awesome. Enjoyed all the Easter eggs.
-bill
PS Turdis haha
Hard pressed to say which I love more: the TURDIS or Physician Buttinski’s outfit.
He’s clearly the AU hobo Doctor- wearing others’ cast-offs and living in a loo.
So. Awesome. It makes me want to be a science teacher so I can show it to more than just my kids. Where can I get the Turdis Ballerina for Christmas?
I love IRrelevant Astronomy, and am secretly in love with IR-2! You ought to do an episode with your former Toy Soldier roommate, “Dr. Sean Astin,” who has also done several episodes!
This is mostly funny to me because that’s what I call my husband: The Destroyer (of Worlds). Like from Stargate, except not from Stargate because he’s not a creepy old woman creating diseases. He is just clumsy and steps on me and breaks things. I can not wait to show him this.
Also the Star Wars bit in there was hilariously awesomesauce.
Exceedingly cool, Wil. I especially love reading the “Special Thanks” credits, because I’m a geek that way (and in other ways). I’m always wondering if I’m going to know someone in the credits, and this time I do. Yay!