Children in Need Doctor Who
New Doctor Who on Friday! Undoubtedly not very much, but it's nice to have. A prologue (NOT A PREQUEL, BBC SITE) to this year's Christmas Special, and a preview of the Special, or, as we generally call them, an advert. STILL. Looking forward QUITE A LOT to this Christmas Special, both for The Latest One and due to shiny, shiny guest stars.
I am, however, going HMM at this publicity shot of the Doctor. STOP LOOKING AT ME WITH YOUR NARROWED EYES AND GLOOMY COSTUME, DOCTOR. MORE CHEER PLEASE.
There was also a thing about Neil Gaiman writing another episode and it has Cybermen and oh they are going to be SCARY AGAIN. Like they were in...whenever they were last scary. I don't know. Probably there was a time. One of my uncles used to freak the feck out about them and run out of the room, so says my Mum. So, y'know. Mostly I'm disappointed because "scary" doesn't mean "make them exactly like they were in the eighties". I LOVE EIGHTIES CYBERMEN SO MUCH.
I saw the trailer for the final season of Spartacus, WAR OF THE DAMNED, and it was awesome. It's just shot after shot of ridic OTT violence with ridic OTT blood. I'm relatively squeamish, but find the violence in Spartacus so cartoonish it never squicks me. BUT OH THE SPARTACUS DUDES I LOVE THEM. Even though they killed some of them and I DID NOT APPROVE. And they've taken away Lucretia and Ilithyia and their beautiful, perfect friendship of LIES AND BETRAYAL. But Crixus and Naevia are all alive and well and emotionally well-balanced I'm sure, and are going to have a heartwarming ending of happiness. Yes.
I am, however, going HMM at this publicity shot of the Doctor. STOP LOOKING AT ME WITH YOUR NARROWED EYES AND GLOOMY COSTUME, DOCTOR. MORE CHEER PLEASE.
There was also a thing about Neil Gaiman writing another episode and it has Cybermen and oh they are going to be SCARY AGAIN. Like they were in...whenever they were last scary. I don't know. Probably there was a time. One of my uncles used to freak the feck out about them and run out of the room, so says my Mum. So, y'know. Mostly I'm disappointed because "scary" doesn't mean "make them exactly like they were in the eighties". I LOVE EIGHTIES CYBERMEN SO MUCH.
I saw the trailer for the final season of Spartacus, WAR OF THE DAMNED, and it was awesome. It's just shot after shot of ridic OTT violence with ridic OTT blood. I'm relatively squeamish, but find the violence in Spartacus so cartoonish it never squicks me. BUT OH THE SPARTACUS DUDES I LOVE THEM. Even though they killed some of them and I DID NOT APPROVE. And they've taken away Lucretia and Ilithyia and their beautiful, perfect friendship of LIES AND BETRAYAL. But Crixus and Naevia are all alive and well and emotionally well-balanced I'm sure, and are going to have a heartwarming ending of happiness. Yes.