in which the companion had to put together an interdimensional IKEA shelf (while being threatened by robots) and the Doctor was being impersonated by a conman travelling in a toilet. o.O

I've been listening to Doctor Who audioplays at work, and aside from the occasional bit of extreme crackiness (Frobisher - a companion who's a giant shapeshifting penguin), and the occasional bit of uncalled-for Radiohead dissing, and the fact that the Daleks make my ears bleed, I'm quite impressed.

I've been watching the last season of Ten and I'm also in the middle of the third season of Four, and here's some random stuff I've scribbled down on a scrap of paper:

Timelord writing. Nice. Especially the letter that looks like a little mouse, complete with tail and teensy round ears. (The Deadly Assassin)The Doctor - in Gallifreyan formal garb ( Read more... )

Planet of Hats.

Oh David Tennant.
Oh Russel T Davies.
Why so uneven?

N/T

I think I've found a workable arrangement of episodes to get a new viewer (with some patience and some geek cred) into 11th Doc Who, while allowing them to catch all or most of the most important thematic and emotional resonances. Essentially, this means treating eps from earlier series like flashbacks (with the fifth series as the present from ( Read more... )

will not do for you:

Help you to wake up gently.

What waking up and immediately putting on a DW audio book and going back to bed *will* do for you:

Make you have the most extraordinary Doctor-filled dreams (when you should be up and working). In my case, the scenario was partly lifted from Christopher Priest's Inverted World, which (sort of) is ( Read more... )

Two faces just made for joy.

Discuss.

(Matt Smith has comic-book eyes when he smiles/grins.)

Order in which I've watched Doctor Who, so far:

1. series of the 4th Doctor: in 2003 or 2004
9th Doctor: at time of first airing, 2005
3rd Doctor (all five series): early to mid 2010 (with some 1st and 2nd Doctor interspersed)
3. series of the 10th Doctor: some five or so eps watched in mid to late 2010
11th Doctor: just before Christmas 2010 ( Read more... )