@LaraRoseH Your tweets from when I slept have clarified some things for me. It seems to me that a lot of what you say only makes sense if you assume "fan" and "Rose/10 shipper" are synonymous. E.g., the idea that you can't find people to discuss the show with. Which seems impossible given that the audience has grown since 10 left. Likewise the idea ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I drove down to Dekalb, Illinois, to attend a lecture at Northern Illinois University by Dr. Paul Booth, a professor of new media and technology at DePaul University, entitled "Fan I Am: Hyperreal Fandom and Parody." He was speaking on a subject peculiarly near and dear to my heart: Inspector Spacetime fandom.

For those of you who aren' ( Read more... )

Pursuant to yesterday's post about Mass Effect 3:


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The casting of a new companion for Doctor Who was announced today!

Former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has landed the role of the Time Lord's new companion in Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed. Producer Steven Moffat announced the actress will replace Karen Gillan's character Amy Pond when she leaves the show in the next series. Coleman ( Read more... )

It's Doctor Who Day! On this date in 1963, the very first episode of Doctor Who was transmitted by the BBC ( Read more... )

Whoops! Did this up yesterday and forgot to post it.
( The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock )

Ten stories in which Nicholas Courtney portrayed the Brigadier:

1. The Three Companions (Big Finish Productions audio drama)
2. Terror of the Zygons (Doctor Who, season 13)
3. Colony in Space (Doctor Who, season 8)
4. The Web of Fear (Doctor Who, season 5)
5. Invasion of the Bane (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Here is a Doctor Who fanfic you should read because it is awesome:

The Care and Feeding of Tiny Humans (and slightly larger Time Lords)
Doctor Who; Eleven, Amelia Pond, Sarah Jane Smith, River Song; 1141 words

Thanks to honoria for bringing this to my attention.

John Constable (1776-1837)
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds, 1823
Oil on canvas

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Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View from the Chevet, June 1890
Oil on canvas

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