Yet Another Post on Sexism in Moffat's ShowsI have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Steven Moffat is the Ben Steed of his generation. For those not up on their BBC TV writers of thirty-plus years ago, Ben Steed was a writer for Blake’s 7 (among other things), now widely remembered in Blake’s 7 fandom as that sexist pig. This is a shame for ( Read more... )

Fandoms: Blake's 7, Doctor Who
Title: "Sacrifice"
Characters: Avon, Ten, Orac, Slave
Rating: PG for traces of angst
Summary: A quiet moment on Scorpio is interrupted by an annoying visitor.
A/N: This is my help-japan story, won by kerravonsen, who gave me the prompt: Avon and Ten having an argument in which each is partially right. My wonderful beta reader,
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B sent me this fun bit of Doctor Who satire. How did they anticipate Rose like that? :-)

Doctor Who: Series 5 Review

Now that I've seen all but one or two episodes of DW series 5 (I missed a couple in the middle), I'm going to chime in with some sort of assessment. On the whole, I've enjoyed it. Beneath the cut, my good/bad breakdown...

( Spoilers, as River would say, over and over... and over )

I need to do an update, so here is some stuff.

* I finish reading Pale Fire. Pale Fire is to the Russian Revolution as Slaughterhouse 5 is to the firebombing of Dresden.

* Speaking of getting unstuck in time, I also watched The Fountain, which is a very good and interesting movie about coping with death. And very pretty and a bit historical ( Read more... )

I want to add my voice to the great End of Time commentary. In general, I agree with many people: there were good things and bad things, and I agree with many about which things were which.

( Spoilers for Doctor Who: The End of Time )

Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Title: "For the Greater Good"
Characters: Ten, Jack
Rating: PG-13 for themes, angst
Spoilers: Massive spoilers for TW: Children of the Earth, nothing really for DW, except basic New Who premise.
Disclaimer: I claim nothing, not even the stuff I've made up.
Summary: Set after CotT and shortly before The ( Read more... )

I had an all-around good Thanksgiving. (Happy evening of Thanksgiving, all.) Good food and good company all concluded by around 3 p.m. Having successful negotiated the social adventures of the day, I got to lift the weight from my shoulders and bum around in the fannish labyrinth of my mind for several hours. Now, that's a holiday ( Read more... )

From Alan Sepinwall's Interview with Russell T. Davies

AS: Was it a coincidence or by design that all of the major companions during your run were women?

RTD: It's by design, to be honest. The show has had male companions in the past, and there have been times when he's had three or four companions at the same time, but if you strip the show down ( Read more... )

Non-spoilery: disappointed but willing to give it a chance.

( Spoilery )