Reviews of Chicks Dig Time Lords are sounding the same note as the editors did at the Gally panel: that female Doctor Who fans are diverse, with a range of experiences and viewpoints, and that there's room for all of us. It's not mere hot air, either. Tara and Lynne could've omitted my contribution, or demanded major alterations to the contentious ( Read more... )

Thanks to howlingquietly, here's a tiny sound clip from Delta and the Bannermen 2, including Burton and Ray's exchange in Welsh. I'm now pretty sure she says, "O, mae'n wir, mae'n wir" - "Oh, it's true, it's true!" - but I still have no idea what he says ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any idea what Ray and Burton are saying in their Welsh exchange in episode two? (Ray may possibly say "O mae'n gwir, mae'n gwir!", but I wouldn't want to swear to it.) I might be able to locate an mp3 of the lines if it'll help.

XKCD explains what it's like to be a former Doctor Who companion.

Teh Moff feels gingerly around the Doctor's gender the way you might wiggle around a loose tooth you can't quite get to fall out:"... dozens of other actors [besides Matt Smith] were seen - of many different ages and backgrounds... not all of the actors who went for the role were white... What does Steven make of those who opposed the idea of the ( Read more... )

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lolarious article about cat strollers. "'I originally bought them a leash and trained them at home with it but they kept lying down.'" "Asked if she was planning to have a child, Ms Marino said: "'As you can see, we need one.'"

You can tell the good Captain is offworld: Jack has been knocked off the top spot for babies' names.

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jvowles wrote a gorgeous thank you to the Doctor Who cast and crew.

By complete contrast, I somehow stumbled across m_wesley's 2007 giggle-inducing review of the The Pit.

Pakistan's hijra will now have a legally defined gender of their own.

A remarkable podcast about William Cooper, the Aboriginal activist who ( Read more... )

We call you who goes down with the sun into darkness / Yet arises in light

holy flaming cow