so, I watched Doctor Who, The Eleventh Hour & liked it! :o

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I just watched the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who and it was damn good! I shouldn't be surprised as everyone's been raving about it for years BUT I've seen two of the Tennant Christmas specials and I really did not get the appeal. Frankly, I thought they were awful.

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i tried watching a bit of the one with Billie Piper in it. i didn't detest it but i just didn't get into it, i guess. i think i dropped it for Queer as Folk or something. so um i really can't comment from viewing experience but i wanted to comment anyway because i feel like i haven't commented on your journal in too long! ♥

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The bits I saw & didn't get were around when Billie Piper was in it (I don't think she was actually in them though). The UK Queer of Folk was created by the same guy who was running the production of DW at that time though so it's kind of ironic that you dropped one Russel T Davies show for another!

It does feel like it's been a while - understandable what with the moving and the internetlessness. It's lovely to see you here again though! ♥

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lol that is hilarious. really seriously different shows, right there :P

JUST REMEMBER I ALWAYS LOVE YOU!!!! i'll comment nonsense all over the show from now on :P

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I know, right? I can see a similar comedic sense in them, I think. But you wouldn't guess the same guy would be behind both shows, would you? XD

I KNOW IT! AND ILYT! ♥ do your worst! XD I'm working away at the BBC today otherwise I would propose a commentspam extraordinaire!

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yeah, really really wouldn't XD he must be a total whiz at creating things for specific target audiences.

BBC funtimes 8D gonna do anything spectacular in your break? (how much longer is your break?) any gigs? i just spent the weekend (after a full night out in Nagoya) in my apartment, i'm so lame! hehe, but i needed it, and now i'm mostly unpacked :))

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I don't know about that. I think it's more that Doctor Who is something he grew up with (as was the case with most British kids) and so I guess it comes from a different part of his life. Plus, wasn't Vince like scarily Doctor Who obsessed in QAF? Also, he did like a DW spinoff which had a major gay storyline in it. :3

Funtimes, indeed. Monday morning meeting in 3 minutes! Woot! Not doing anything spectacular. Only two weeks left! I keep seeing gigs I fancy but I've not actually been to any. I should. Chilling in your apartment is totally a valid way to spend a weekend. Gotta familiarise yourself with your new surroundings. (:

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yeah, true, that's pretty funny (the Dr Who in-joke thing). i tried watching the spin-off but didn't even get to the gay bits (sob, maybe i'll try again later). still, it's two pretty different demographics that i'd imagine watching Dr Who and QAF.

hehe good luck! two weeks, oh long as uni holidays....still lots of time for gigs if there's a good one! speaking of gigs, INORAN is playing Nagoya on a saturday, doors open at 5. i'll hoping to hell my saturday night schedule stays open but i'm afraid i have a late class starting in may. omg i can't miss him, i CAAAAN'T ;A;

i got six classes in a row tomorrow...hope my probably-not-enough-planning works out >.>; (will go in early, methinks). yeah i feel bad though because i haven't really seen much of gifu itself yet! next weekend i think i'll check out the castle :))

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I remember when they were first advertising the spin-off. It looked like a rubbish X-Files wannabe. The fandom is massive though. In terms of demographics, DW & QAF are definitely different although Dr Who is so massive over here that I reckon the crossover is considerable, too.

This holiday has been seriously massive. 5 weeks in total. It's crazy. I really hope you get to see INORAN! It'd be sooo sucky if your schedule messed it up for you. )): Seeing Ino would be EPIC!

Six classes in a row? Ouch. I hope they go smoothly but I'm guessing the fact that they're new classes for you will mean it could go either way as you can't really know what they atmosphere'll be like and what kind of level they're all at. Still, wait and see, I guess! I hope the castle's as magic as Himeji.