30 Days of Who
Righto. I'll bite. Even if it took a while to weed out the "episode" vs. "serial" misnomers from this one... and fuckit, I'll see if I'll remember to do this for an entire month, but here goes.
Day 01 - Your favorite quote
8: EXT. ATLANTIS. PALACE. CELL (NIGHT)
(The DOCTOR and JO sit chained to the wall of a straw-lined cell. JO struggles against her manacles.)
DOCTOR: Any luck?
JO: Funnily enough, they didn't include Atlantean chains in my escapology course. No, it's no good. Doctor, what are we going to do?
DOCTOR: (Calmly.) Well, well just have to play it by ear, won't we?
JO: What happens if the Master wins?
DOCTOR: Well, the whole of creation is very delicately balanced in cosmic terms, Jo. If the Master opens the floodgates of Kronos' power, all order and all structure will be swept away, and nothing will be left but chaos.
JO: (Depressed.) Makes it seem so... pointless, really, doesn't it?
DOCTOR: I felt like that once when I was young. It was the blackest day of my life.
JO: Why?
DOCTOR: Ah well, that's another story. Well, I'll tell you about it one day. The point is; that day was not only my blackest, it was also my best.
JO: Mmm? Well, what do you mean?
DOCTOR: Well, when I was a little boy, we used to live in a house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain. And behind our house, there sat under a tree an old man - a hermit, a monk. He'd lived under this tree for half his lifetime, so they said, and he'd learned the secret of life. So, when my black day came, I went and asked him to help me.
JO: And he told you the secret? Well, what was it?
DOCTOR: Well, I'm coming to that, Jo, in my own time. Ah, I'll never forget what it was like up there. All bleak and cold, it was - a few bare rocks with some weeds sprouting from them and some pathetic little patches of sludgy snow. It was just grey. Grey, grey, grey. Well, the tree the old man sat under, that was ancient and twisted and the old man himself was... he was as brittle and as dry as a leaf in the autumn.
JO: But what did he say?
DOCTOR: Nothing, not a word. He just sat there, silently, expressionless, and he listened while I poured out my troubles to him. I was too unhappy even for tears, I remember. And when I'd finished, he lifted a skeletal hand and... he pointed. Do you know what he pointed at?
JO: No.
DOCTOR: A flower. One of those little weeds. Just like a daisy it was. Well, I looked at it for a moment and suddenly I saw it through his eyes. It was simply glowing with life, like a perfectly cut jewel, and the colours! The colours were deeper and richer than you could possibly imagine. It was the daisiest daisy I'd ever seen.
JO: And that was the secret of life? A daisy? (Laughs.) Honestly, Doctor!
DOCTOR: I laughed, too, when I first heard it. So, later, I got up and I ran down that mountain and I found that the rocks weren't grey at all - but they were red, brown and purple and gold. And those pathetic little patches of sludgy snow were shining white. Shining white in the sunlight. (Smiles.) You still frightened, Jo?
JO: (Smiles.) No, not as much as I was.
DOCTOR: That's good. I'm sorry I brought you to Atlantis.
JO: I'm not.
DOCTOR: Thank you.
Day 02 - Your favorite classic series story
Day 03 - Your favorite new series story
Day 04 - Your favorite Doctor
Day 05 - Your favorite companion
Day 06 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 - Your favorite piece of music
Day 08 - A Who-related photo that makes you happy
Day 09 - A Who-related photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 10 - A Who-related photo that you took
Day 11 - Your favorite season (classic or new)
Day 12 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 - Your favorite villain
Day 14 - The villain who scared you the most
Day 15 - Favorite Who-related Tumblr
Day 16 - Your favorite Who-related fanfic
Day 17 - A piece of Who-related fanart
Day 18 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 - The scene that made you cry the most
Day 20 - The character who is most like you
Day 21 - Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 - A Who-related fan site
Day 23 - A Who-related YouTube video
Day 24 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - Favorite who actor
Day 26 - Favorite who actress
Day 27 - A story you wish hadn’t been made
Day 28 - An episode idea you created yourself
Day 29 - Who you think should be the next Doctor
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy
In other news, my respect for Christopher Eccleston has gone up massively.
Day 01 - Your favorite quote
8: EXT. ATLANTIS. PALACE. CELL (NIGHT)
(The DOCTOR and JO sit chained to the wall of a straw-lined cell. JO struggles against her manacles.)
DOCTOR: Any luck?
JO: Funnily enough, they didn't include Atlantean chains in my escapology course. No, it's no good. Doctor, what are we going to do?
DOCTOR: (Calmly.) Well, well just have to play it by ear, won't we?
JO: What happens if the Master wins?
DOCTOR: Well, the whole of creation is very delicately balanced in cosmic terms, Jo. If the Master opens the floodgates of Kronos' power, all order and all structure will be swept away, and nothing will be left but chaos.
JO: (Depressed.) Makes it seem so... pointless, really, doesn't it?
DOCTOR: I felt like that once when I was young. It was the blackest day of my life.
JO: Why?
DOCTOR: Ah well, that's another story. Well, I'll tell you about it one day. The point is; that day was not only my blackest, it was also my best.
JO: Mmm? Well, what do you mean?
DOCTOR: Well, when I was a little boy, we used to live in a house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain. And behind our house, there sat under a tree an old man - a hermit, a monk. He'd lived under this tree for half his lifetime, so they said, and he'd learned the secret of life. So, when my black day came, I went and asked him to help me.
JO: And he told you the secret? Well, what was it?
DOCTOR: Well, I'm coming to that, Jo, in my own time. Ah, I'll never forget what it was like up there. All bleak and cold, it was - a few bare rocks with some weeds sprouting from them and some pathetic little patches of sludgy snow. It was just grey. Grey, grey, grey. Well, the tree the old man sat under, that was ancient and twisted and the old man himself was... he was as brittle and as dry as a leaf in the autumn.
JO: But what did he say?
DOCTOR: Nothing, not a word. He just sat there, silently, expressionless, and he listened while I poured out my troubles to him. I was too unhappy even for tears, I remember. And when I'd finished, he lifted a skeletal hand and... he pointed. Do you know what he pointed at?
JO: No.
DOCTOR: A flower. One of those little weeds. Just like a daisy it was. Well, I looked at it for a moment and suddenly I saw it through his eyes. It was simply glowing with life, like a perfectly cut jewel, and the colours! The colours were deeper and richer than you could possibly imagine. It was the daisiest daisy I'd ever seen.
JO: And that was the secret of life? A daisy? (Laughs.) Honestly, Doctor!
DOCTOR: I laughed, too, when I first heard it. So, later, I got up and I ran down that mountain and I found that the rocks weren't grey at all - but they were red, brown and purple and gold. And those pathetic little patches of sludgy snow were shining white. Shining white in the sunlight. (Smiles.) You still frightened, Jo?
JO: (Smiles.) No, not as much as I was.
DOCTOR: That's good. I'm sorry I brought you to Atlantis.
JO: I'm not.
DOCTOR: Thank you.
Day 02 - Your favorite classic series story
Day 03 - Your favorite new series story
Day 04 - Your favorite Doctor
Day 05 - Your favorite companion
Day 06 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 - Your favorite piece of music
Day 08 - A Who-related photo that makes you happy
Day 09 - A Who-related photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 10 - A Who-related photo that you took
Day 11 - Your favorite season (classic or new)
Day 12 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 - Your favorite villain
Day 14 - The villain who scared you the most
Day 15 - Favorite Who-related Tumblr
Day 16 - Your favorite Who-related fanfic
Day 17 - A piece of Who-related fanart
Day 18 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 - The scene that made you cry the most
Day 20 - The character who is most like you
Day 21 - Your Doctor Who OTP
Day 22 - A Who-related fan site
Day 23 - A Who-related YouTube video
Day 24 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - Favorite who actor
Day 26 - Favorite who actress
Day 27 - A story you wish hadn’t been made
Day 28 - An episode idea you created yourself
Day 29 - Who you think should be the next Doctor
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy
In other news, my respect for Christopher Eccleston has gone up massively.