You know, I do love the brash ballsy-ness of Doctor Who. I love that it has no compunctions about killing people on Christmas, or evacuating her Majesty out of Buckingham Palace complete with corgi entourage, or having its Big Bad roll out on wheels and have an epic fight with a forklift. Sometimes DW indulges in this inadvisable cracktasticness ( Read more... )

Wanna guess? It's not the controversial treatment of Martha's world-saving and departure, it's not Tinkerbell, it's not the giant reset button, it's not Martha's fam and their inability to do anything interesting, it's not geriatric!Doctor, it's not itty-bitty!Doctor, it's not the BSG rip-offery, it's not the trite political satire, it's not the ( Read more... )

Because the only way to come to terms with Deathly Hallows is...to write Doctor Who fanfiction. Apparently.

Title: Pendulum
Characters: Ten, Martha, Rose, Master
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Doctor Who is not mine.
Word Count: 2,398
Spoilers: Through end of Series 3
Summary: He may travel in a police box, keeping order, or what passes for it in these timeless ( Read more... )

There are plenty of things I want to say about Deathly Hallows, and I think I've finally given myself enough quiet time to ferment some thoughtfulness. So while beginning to put together a review, I thought I'd better work off some of my excess silliness by doing a drive-by post dedicated to SHAMELESS GLOATING. Because I may have failed rather ( Read more... )

No spoilers, promise.

( The deed is done. )

The New Companion.

( You Must See To Believe )

Dear World,

Doctor Who is over, having ended with a whimper instead of that other thing. But at least I have made a startling discovery that needs to be shared -- Doctor Who's storytelling strategy has been cracked by yours truly! Well, you know how this series has basically been a long hard slog through misery, total goofiness, more misery, ( Read more... )

Today we're covering the first three chapters of Chamber of Secrets: "The Worst Birthday," "Dobby's Warning," and "The Burrow" are their names, victimizing Harry and then gloriously rescuing him is their game. Sound familiar? Well it should. It's the plot of the opening of Sorcerer's Stone.

Chamber of Secrets, I’ll have you know, is the sequel to ( Read more... )

Well look at that, with 84 days to go, I have finally finished Sorcerer's Stone. This only puts me two-and-a-half books behind. Does this mean that when the Potter Apocalypse® rolls around and judgment day dawns, I am doomed to be grouped with the throngs who weren't as into Potter as they should have been?  I'd better behave myself from now on, or ( Read more... )

Domestic

International

So you're interested in hearing my well-reasoned thoughts on what these trailers indicate the filmic experience of Order of the Phoenix may be like? My remarks are as follows:

THE AWESOME HAS MADE ME GO BLIND! Umbridge's little-girlish yet hair-raising laugh, THE DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES, Cho and Harry being stupid awkward in the ( Read more... )