( Rambling on the Olympics Ceremony )

Well, all in all, I think it's a good beggining. It's as dramatic as can be and I'm sure it'll be interesting to see how they wrk this one out (it seems impossible to find a way out! Not without violating some of the established Rules of Time-travelling ( Read more... )

Well, I was blown away.

( SPOILERS! )

( I liked it. Careful with the spoilers! )

This was on who_daily yesterday, but you might have scrolled down past it anyway. It is a very long essay that explores the questions of life and death and the issues of humanity and immortality across the RTD era of Doctor Who & Torchwood. It is the most interesting thing I've ever read in this fandom. It perfectly conveys every reason why I loved ( Read more... )

( Cut for lenght )

So, finally, what I've been saying I'd do since May. I'm reviewing Doctor Who's fifth season.

( Episodes 1 to 9. )

So, Doctor Who came back once again three weeks ago- with new everything. I had high hopes placed on Moffat- he wrote some of my favourite episodes: The Empty Child, Blink, Silence in the Library&The Forest of the Dead- so I was looking forward to it and prepared to love it as much as I loved the RTD era. Sadly, so far, it hasn't quite filled my ( Read more... )

My time is up. I'll be on a plane in thirty-eight hours, and tomorrow will be crazy, so if I want to post the review for The End of Time Part Two before going abroad, I must do it tonight.

I'll have to face it and try to control my emotional reactions.

I probably won't.

( Remember, lots of caps and spoilers (do we still warn for spoilers, though?) )

The End of Time is past now. I have cried an awful lot, I got drunk, I mourned, I read a few reviews but still I am not quite capable of a truly objective review. Watching The End of Time was quite a personal experience, so that is what you'll get here. A recount of my own reactions and, I hope, as much criticism as I can manage right now ( Read more... )