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So we just finished watching and
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We're now not even a week behind! Hurray!
Wait . . . what do you mean that's the end of the season? When do we get MOAR?( spoilers )
Wait . . . what do you mean that's the end of the season? When do we get MOAR?( spoilers )
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And by the way, will someone please come get the Rolling Stones out of my head every time I think about the Doctor's companion?
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Sadly, William Russell—Ian Chesterton—has died at the age of 99: obituary from The Guardian.
He had a long life, and he returned for a cameo a couple of years ago; I was thrilled to see him.
May he rest in peace.
He had a long life, and he returned for a cameo a couple of years ago; I was thrilled to see him.
May he rest in peace.
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I'm behind on Doctor Who, and honestly, I didn't feel very inspired to post after this one. It's weird how differently I reacted to this than the one that followed.
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I just discovered today that the next special dropped yesterday, and here I am eight days after seeing "The Star Beast" without having written about it!
I wanted to give myself time to sort out my feelings, because sometimes I change my mind after a bit. Not this time.
Plot? What plot? Very little about the narrative made sense. I don't care. I was totally there for the characters, and I got what I wanted, but now I want more!
I wanted to give myself time to sort out my feelings, because sometimes I change my mind after a bit. Not this time.
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Plot? What plot? Very little about the narrative made sense. I don't care. I was totally there for the characters, and I got what I wanted, but now I want more!
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Ncuti Gatwa has been named the Fourteenth Doctor! I haven't seen him in anything yet, but that was true of almost every Doctor before him. I had seen Jodie Whittaker in Broadchurch and . . . um . . . oh! I had seen Peter Capaldi . . . in Doctor Who! As a different character. And Colin Baker in . . . Doctor Who! (And I saw Peter Capaldi in Torchwood: "Children of Earth" before he became the Doctor, but I'd like to forget that TW: CoE existed, thanks.)
I have friends who love Sex Education and love Ncuti Gatwa in it, and they're excited, so I'm excited too!
I will miss Jodie Whittaker.
But the Wife of Bath says in noting that she has had five husbands, "Welcome the sixte, whan that ever he shal!" My attitude towards Doctors has long been "Welcome the next, when that ever he shal!" (Or she! Or they!)
I have friends who love Sex Education and love Ncuti Gatwa in it, and they're excited, so I'm excited too!
I will miss Jodie Whittaker.
But the Wife of Bath says in noting that she has had five husbands, "Welcome the sixte, whan that ever he shal!" My attitude towards Doctors has long been "Welcome the next, when that ever he shal!" (Or she! Or they!)
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I almost forgot it was on because I'm not used to a DW New Year's special! Fortunately, Brilliant Husband had set the TiVo. (Also, I think BBCA repeats it a load of times, but hey.)
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BBC America is showing a Doctor Who Halloween special today! It airs first at 2:25–3:37 (Eastern Daylight Time), but an "extended version" that seems to be four minutes longer starts around 8 tonight, so I'm tuning in to that one.
There will be subsequent specials instead of a regular season. (I hope it will be better than the specials that ended the Tenth Doctor's run, which I remember not liking but otherwise don't remember much at all, except for his refusal to regenerate and how it ended up happening.)
I don't know how I missed this as the news has apparently been out for about three weeks ("Doctor Who season 13: release date and everything we know" by Matthew Forde, but Brilliant Husband found out and alerted me only last week.
I'm a little sad Progeny won't be here to watch with us, but that has become the normal way of things now that she's adulting and living in another city normally.
There will be subsequent specials instead of a regular season. (I hope it will be better than the specials that ended the Tenth Doctor's run, which I remember not liking but otherwise don't remember much at all, except for his refusal to regenerate and how it ended up happening.)
I don't know how I missed this as the news has apparently been out for about three weeks ("Doctor Who season 13: release date and everything we know" by Matthew Forde, but Brilliant Husband found out and alerted me only last week.
I'm a little sad Progeny won't be here to watch with us, but that has become the normal way of things now that she's adulting and living in another city normally.
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If you have any interest in Doctor Who and/or are wondering who this Lenny Henry dude is and why some of us were so excited to see him in DW:
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I LOVE Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. I LOVE her companions. I want more, more more! And I'll get a new episode tonight.
Until then, my spoilers thoughts on the two most recent episodes:
"The Ghost Monument"( Spoilers! )
"Rosa"( More spoilers! )
Until then, my spoilers thoughts on the two most recent episodes:
"The Ghost Monument"( Spoilers! )
"Rosa"( More spoilers! )
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It feels like we waited a long time for this, doesn't it?
Our Progeny is now almost an adult and hardly does anything with us, but she was very excited to watch the new Doctor Who with us. That made everything that much more intense and exciting.
I'll put everything below cuts so that you don't have to see anything you don't want to. And it's all spoilers, so don't read before you watch (it won't make sense anyway).
( I'll get my complaints out the way )
( What I loved )
Our Progeny is now almost an adult and hardly does anything with us, but she was very excited to watch the new Doctor Who with us. That made everything that much more intense and exciting.
I'll put everything below cuts so that you don't have to see anything you don't want to. And it's all spoilers, so don't read before you watch (it won't make sense anyway).
( I'll get my complaints out the way )
( What I loved )
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Happy New Year, everyone! May 2017 be kinder to you than 2016—even if you had a good 2016!
My New Year's Resolution, carefully formulated mere days before I heard rumors of LJ's impending demise is . . . drum roll, please . . . to post more on LJ!
If the worst happens and LJ goes kaput, please look for me on Drnamwidth instead: http://aelfgyfu-mead.dreamwidth.org. I've backed up my whole LJ there, and we can hide there, as in a bunker.
I am optimistic, however, so I will post here.
I've been around, and I'm sorry I haven't been more visible. I've been reading posts and generally replying, but things got away from me early this year, and I kept feeling as if I couldn't post to LJ until I posted more to LJ to explain where I'd been, but some of these will be friends-locked entries, and . . . and . . . and. . . .
There will be posts.
There will be more posts about the tv I'm watching. Brief version, with more to follow: ( just a taste )
My New Year's Resolution, carefully formulated mere days before I heard rumors of LJ's impending demise is . . . drum roll, please . . . to post more on LJ!
If the worst happens and LJ goes kaput, please look for me on Drnamwidth instead: http://aelfgyfu-mead.dreamwidth.org. I've backed up my whole LJ there, and we can hide there, as in a bunker.
I am optimistic, however, so I will post here.
I've been around, and I'm sorry I haven't been more visible. I've been reading posts and generally replying, but things got away from me early this year, and I kept feeling as if I couldn't post to LJ until I posted more to LJ to explain where I'd been, but some of these will be friends-locked entries, and . . . and . . . and. . . .
There will be posts.
There will be more posts about the tv I'm watching. Brief version, with more to follow: ( just a taste )
We saw the Doctor Who Christmas special and enjoyed it. It was pretty silly even for DW, but I loved the characters (well, not sure about Nardole, but certainly Grant), and I had forgotten what a wonderful face Peter Capaldi has. A lot of DW is people reacting to one another, and this Doctor is so much fun to watch reacting! "Some situations are just too ridiculous to be allowed to continue" has been filed for future reference. I'm sure it will come in useful often.
We've also started "The Power of the Daleks." We TiVo'd it off BBC America, but it was wiped from our TiVo! Apparently the machine decided we'd hit our limit of five items, but in fact we hadn't; the folder had nothing in it. A friend pointed out that we can still watch on BBCA's website, so we've been doing that, despite the very painful repetition of the same two commercials at each of the frequent commercial breaks: one for the show we are watching, which seems quite beside the point, and one for s1 of Dirk Gently, which we already watched in full, and if one ad per episode didn't convince us to watch, why would five?
So my longings for real seasons are back. Have you all already seen this little Radio Times article with a two-minute scene with the new companion, Bill (played by Pearl Mackie)?? I just ran across it today looking for an update on when the new season will start.
I didn't find any reliable update, just a quote from Peter Capaldi that he thinks it will start up again in April. Now I want to see more of Bill! And the Doctor!
We've also started "The Power of the Daleks." We TiVo'd it off BBC America, but it was wiped from our TiVo! Apparently the machine decided we'd hit our limit of five items, but in fact we hadn't; the folder had nothing in it. A friend pointed out that we can still watch on BBCA's website, so we've been doing that, despite the very painful repetition of the same two commercials at each of the frequent commercial breaks: one for the show we are watching, which seems quite beside the point, and one for s1 of Dirk Gently, which we already watched in full, and if one ad per episode didn't convince us to watch, why would five?
So my longings for real seasons are back. Have you all already seen this little Radio Times article with a two-minute scene with the new companion, Bill (played by Pearl Mackie)?? I just ran across it today looking for an update on when the new season will start.
I didn't find any reliable update, just a quote from Peter Capaldi that he thinks it will start up again in April. Now I want to see more of Bill! And the Doctor!
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I heard about that author suggesting that Idris Elba was "too street" to play Bond. (The author has apologized.)
I was thinking, "Wasn't Sean Connery pretty street when he got the role as Bond?", so naturally I went to IMDb. It's a big of a mixed bag: Connery was doing some Shakespeare in the 50s but also something called "The Boy with the Meat Axe" on Armchair Theatre.
And then I found Hell Drivers. Seriously? It sounds pretty run-of-the-mill, but look at the cast!
Stanley Baker: Mr. Rochester from the 1956 Jane Eyre
Herbert Lom: Dreyfus from the Pink Panther movies (and a whole lot of other roles in other things)
Patrick McGoohan!
William Hartnell!
Jill Ireland
David McCallum!
Sean Connery!
It looks like a fan girl's paradise! Has anyone seen this?
(For that matter: has anyone seen "The Boy with the Meat Axe"?)
I was thinking, "Wasn't Sean Connery pretty street when he got the role as Bond?", so naturally I went to IMDb. It's a big of a mixed bag: Connery was doing some Shakespeare in the 50s but also something called "The Boy with the Meat Axe" on Armchair Theatre.
And then I found Hell Drivers. Seriously? It sounds pretty run-of-the-mill, but look at the cast!
Stanley Baker: Mr. Rochester from the 1956 Jane Eyre
Herbert Lom: Dreyfus from the Pink Panther movies (and a whole lot of other roles in other things)
Patrick McGoohan!
William Hartnell!
Jill Ireland
David McCallum!
Sean Connery!
It looks like a fan girl's paradise! Has anyone seen this?
(For that matter: has anyone seen "The Boy with the Meat Axe"?)
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I know I haven't posted much in 2014. I've been reading a lot more than I've been writing, if that's any help! To try to get back into LJ, I'm reusing this meme from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
astrogirl2. I am, however, apparently incapable of giving a single answer to most of the questions. ( Below a cut for length )
astrogirl2. I am, however, apparently incapable of giving a single answer to most of the questions. ( Below a cut for length ). . . but I can't seem to find the right image. As I said elsewhere, I think that's why I have almost no icons of Doctors, though I have several of companions. I'm not sure what the right image is. I'm not even certain I'd know it if I saw it.
Anyway, I saw "Listen," and here's my reaction: ( spoilers! )
Anyway, I saw "Listen," and here's my reaction: ( spoilers! )
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