On Saturday night I found myself watching The X Factor. Before each performance, they show a series of clips of the contestant, involving a lot of hair-tossing and gazing into the camera in a sultry way. I thought I recognised the music during this montage (at 2.00) and have finally placed it - it's from the Doctor Who mid-series trailer (at 0.36 ( Read more... )

They cancelled Pushing Daisies.

This probably means the chances of the new series showing in the UK are pretty slim.

On a different note, having seen this clip, I am at a complete loss as to how people still don't find Edward Cullen psychotic. The film possibly manages to make him even more stunningly creepy than the book.

( Giant, enormous Doctor Who spoilers under the cut. )

Rating: All.
Characters/Pairings: Nine, Rose, Jackie.
Spoilers: Assuming you've seen series one, you're good.
Summary: ‘You’re moodier than normal,’ Rose said.
Notes: Written for the onetrueshipfest with the prompt "The Doctor nearly has a fatal accident with aspirin."

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Rating: All.
Characters/Pairing: Ten, Rose.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: She is examining different packets of cereal when there is a loud crash and he reappears, his manic glee replaced by - well, something even more manic and gleeful, if she’s honest, and she’s suddenly very, very aware that they are not going to get to the dairy aisle any time today ( Read more... )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/081029_news_04

I... well. I kind of suspected it would happen soon. But I still think my heart skipped a couple of beats when he said it. And I may have to cry.

After several weeks of deliberation, I finally took the plunge and signed up to NaNoWriMo. And unlike with doctor_rose_las I'm not scared at all.

I love the way my priorities are in this really sensible order. It goes: fanfic, other writing, that school business...

I was just looking on the HMV website for Smallville series seven and found this:

RRP £49.99 your saving £15.00I realise that it is a sign of how weird I am that the fact that either there is a sad lack of punctuation or they've used the incorrect version of a word upsets me so much, but it does ( Read more... )

Stolen from rosa_writes.

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech.

Westley: Give us the gate key.

Yellin: I have no gate key.

Inigo: Fezzik, tear his arms off.

Yellin: Oh, you mean this gate key.

Because clearly, he wins.

Question from a Twilight fan: Robert, will you suck my blood out ( Read more... )