Steven Moffat is stepping down as showrunner, to be replace by Chris Chibnall.

( Reaction under cut due to use of gifs. The short version is that I'm mostly very happy for the change, but with some ambivalence )

I have a lot of thoughts about Doctor Who, y'all.  I'd let myself fall very behind this season, but I watched Sleep No More and Face the Raven a few nights ago, then Heaven Sent, Hell Bent, and The Husbands of River Song all in a Christmas binge with my family.  Here are some very general spoiler-free thoughts outside a cut first, then episode- ( Read more... )

After seeing it on andrea_deer's journal, I've just signed up for a fannish festival/challenge/event/thing that I think is a great idea.


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First, there's a fun multifandom ficathon going on write now.


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Meme time!  This one is swiped from the_redjay:  at the moment, what songs remind you of your OTPs? Since usually one of the first signs that I'm going to intensely ship a couple is that I start mentally compiling a playlist, I couldn't resist this meme.  I'm forcing myself to stick to one song per ship.  Links go to some way to listen to the song, either on ( Read more... )

I haven't enjoyed an episode of Doctor Who this much in a long while ( Read more... )

We have a new Doctor!  A new start!  Alas, it seems like my disconnect from recent Doctor Who was due to showrunner more than actor playing the Doctor, and that hasn't changed.  Still, this was an okay episode with some things I very much enjoyed in this episode in addition to the things that I disliked.

The Good-Peter Capaldi as the Doctor.  He ( Read more... )

I am apparently Grumpy Fan in relation to Doctor Who.  While there were definitely some things I enjoyed, if you are looking for unadulterated squee you might want to scroll past.

[Spoilery reaction to ]Sadly, "The Time of the Doctor" carries on the tradition from "The End of Time" of sending off a popular Doctor with an overstuffed wreck of a final episode.  I wish ( Read more... )

Just before the 50th anniversary special last week, I re-watched a few of Clara's episodes to remind myself of the recent plot arcs, and I also watched "School Reunion" from S2 because it's among my favorite Ten and Rose episodes and because of the theme of connecting this show's past and future.  In "School Reunion," there's an exchange that I ( Read more... )

I'm somewhat late to the reaction party due to traveling and now staying with family, but I want to post my thoughts about The Day of the Doctor.

[Spoilers for the Day of the Doctor. There is squeeing here, but also some critiques and grouchiness]The quick version is that while I really enjoyed the episode, finding it funny, moving, and well acted, I still really wish Moffat had found a different story to tell ( Read more... )