The draw has taken place - and this time we used a large box as there were over 70 entries which is awesome.

Winner is Rachel Hards from London.

I will be running a new giveaway on my blog shortly - and will post details here. But. I will say that it may well be of interest to 11/River shippers...lol...sort of...

Congratulations Rachel.

I'm calling them "giveaways" as opposed to competitions. LOL No question to answer etc ( Read more... )

I've written some meta on the Christmas episode, which is pretty rich in symbolism and myth.

The piece looks at the Doctor in his role as Trickster God, the World Tree mythology and how it it used in this episode, ideas about Ascension and how Madge's destiny mirrors that of River's.

here on my journal

from "The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe".

This aired on "The Graham Norton Show" tonight:

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It's a Christmas cover alright. Odd but innovative ....

( This Is Christmas!!! )

to air in the UK on BBC1 at 7pm on Christmas Day - followed by "Strictly Come Dancing" at 8pm ( Read more... )

2 ways of knowing that it's almost Christmas in the UK: the Christmas Radio Times...and the BBC Christmas trailer.

Here it is - no programme clips just various stars making arses of themselves. Of course, Matt and Karen feature. LOL And what's the betting that's one of Matt's ACTUAL jumpers?

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More goodies from the BBC - a lovely batch of promos for "The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe".

Looks epic.

( Cut for size...and the possibility of expiring from teh sex... )

I'll put it under a cut...but it's not overly spoilery to be honest

( all I want for Christmas... )

And here's a Christmasssy themed cover for this month's issue of DWM, due out on November 17th ...

( Spoilers, Duh! )