Archive for July, 2007

Wasting time with another meme

Posted on in Memes, My Life.

A-Z meme via [info]lonemagpie

[A] – AVAILABLE: No
[B] – BIRTHDAY: September 14th
[C] – CONFUSED: Frequently
[D] – LAST DRINK YOU HAD: Coke Zero
[E] – EASIEST THING TO DO: Swear.
[F] – FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP/BAND: Adam Ant
[G] – GUMMY BEARS OR GUMMY WORMS: What?
[H] – HOMETOWN: Newdigate (and it’s not a funny name)
[I] – INSTRUMENTS: Neither surgical nor musical.
[J] – JUICE: Of what?
[K] – KILLED SOMEONE: No.
[L] – LONGEST CAR RIDE: Surrey to Scotland.
[M] – MILKSHAKE FLAVOUR: No thanks.
[N] – NUMBER OF PETS: One weasel.
[O] – ONE WISH: My proper life back
[P] – PEOPLE WHO YOU HUNG OUT WITH LAST: Spent the weekend with [info]pink_weasel, before that was armcurl‘s leaving do with some guys from work.
[Q] – QUIET OR LOUD: Yes.
[R] – REASONS TO SMILE: Many
[S] – SURGERIES YOU’VE HAD: None.
[T] – TIME YOU WAKE UP: About 7am
[U] – UNDERWEAR: Most days.
[V] – VIOLENT: Yes, but not so much physically so in recent years.
[W] – WORST HABIT: Short tempered.
[X] – X-RAYS YOU’VE HAD: Chest, hand, teeth.
[Y] – YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMAL: Cats
[Z] – ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo.

Very True Mood: (relaxed) relaxed

The Dancers at the Heart of Time

Posted on in Doctor Who, Memes.

When you see this post, quote from Doctor Who on your blog/journal.

Points at the top of the page, I have a quote from Doctor Who there all the time, but here’s another one:
“My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don’t like my tie.”

Anyway, The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords — A bulging set of homages to SF/Fantasy – Harry Potter/Wizard of Earthsea; Captain Scarlet; Peter Pan; Flash Gordon; Return of the Jedi.

Harold Saxon, PM seems more based on John Culshaw’s Tony Blair in Dead Ringers than the real thing, and the “Britain, Britain, Britain” opening to one of his speeches was highly reminiscent of Tom Baker’s voice overs for Little Britain.

All of which briefly makes it all seem like some sort of attempt to screw with the minds of the media studies/crossover/slash/post modernism/irony obessessed sectors of fandom. Which actually makes me like it slightly more.

( talking about actual plot points that may be spoilers  )

A final observation: In many ways the John Nathan Turner years didn’t happen as far as Russell T Davies is concerned. Most of the references to the Master’s and Doctor’s past came from the Third Doctor era. The depiction of the Time Lords picks up in 60s and 70s aspects and avoids the 80s (not such a bad move). The returning villains (Autons, Daleks, Cybermen (sort of), Macra, The Master) all predate 1975. The way the Daleks and Cybermen are portrayed owes more to their early appearances than their later ones. The Doctor’s lost at least a few decades and probably a few hundred years if he’s ‘only’ 900-odd in the new series. Just how much of his history did the Time War wipe clean away?

Very True Mood: (thoughtful) thoughtful