Colour me optimistic. I was really hoping it would be Patteson Joseph, but this guy…well, I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I dunno if he can act. Hopefully he can.
He didn’t look quite…time-lordy enough during his interview. Still, give him a good costume and a better hairdo and we’ll see…
Yay! Next Doctor announcement tomorrow! :)
I got Russell T Davies’ The Writer’s Tale for Christmas. It’s a darn good read. I thought I’d share some tidbits, in (mostly) bullet-point form.
– Elton Pope was originally going to be in Journey’s End. RTD never explains why he wasn’t. That would have been awesome, though.
-RTD fancies Russell Tovey (Midshipman Frame) like mad. He was originally going to be in Journey’s End as well, at the Shadow Proclamation I think, before being exterminated by a Dalek. It didn’t happen because Russell Tovey was doing a play instead.
-The original idea for the Shadow Proclamation was to have loads and loads of monsters, all the ones from the series so far, running around. Obviously it didn’t happen, but I think that would have been awesome. Margaret Siltheen would have shown up and had a line.
-It took RTD a very long time to be happy with the last Doctor/Rose scene in Journey’s End.
The walls of the universe are open enough for her to pop to and fro. She’s always wanted to get him back, so why does she stay on Bad Wolf Bay? The hardest thing of all in that scene- and Billie might yet have problems with it- is getting Rose to walk away from the TARDIS in the first place, disguised by that funny Jackie dialogue. That, indeed, is the problems with the whole scene, that Rose has to act out of character to stay on Bad Wolf Bay. She’s utterly, marvellously selfish, and would push past anyone to get to her Doctor.
I got the feeling that he still wasn’t happy with it when it was finished. He didn’t say so, but I dunno, I have a feeling.
-Cut dialogue from The Unicorn and the Wasp (RTD is attempting to fit as many Agata Christie book titles into the dialogue as possible):
DONNA:
It’s like Ten Little-
DOCTOR:
Niggles aside, let’s look in the library.
I’m not the only one who would’ve been exceedingly uncomfortable with that, am I?
-George Lucas approached RTD to write an episode of the Star Wars TV show. He didn’t approach him enough though, cos he’s not doing it. Even though that would’ve been cool.
-RTD really hates the criticism ‘lazy writing’. Which is fair enough.
-On a similar note, Helen Raynor was really upset at the harsh reaction to her as a writer after Daleks In Manhattan.
-Regarding the interview that went round a while ago, where Martha was described as ‘second-best’, RTD was annoyed that what he said was taken out of context.
That’s all I’ve got. The book’s worth buying though, it’s really quite interesting.
The best bit was when the GIANT MOTHERFUCKING ROBOT showed up.
Also:
David Morrissey was great and now I am shipping Jackson/Ten. Somehow I imagine I’m not the only one.
I hate that Rose got a shoutout (get over it, already!) but this was made up for by Donna and (oddly) Sally getting one too.
I loved the Ten Doctors montage.
I loved that for once there’s a pretty much entirely happy ending. Bizzarely, I’m wondering about the DWM comic strip, though. In that, the Doctor just got a new companion, but in this he’s angsty and companionless. Does the comic strip come after, then?
I wonder if Mr Milligan is meant to be the ancestor of Tom Milligan.
Again: giant robot.
Credit if you want (it’s nice!), comment if you want, don’t hotlink, more stuff at Starlit Blue. :)
Textures by me and lookslikerain
Some of the screencaps are from Time and Space
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Title: Anchor
Author: sarah531
Rating: PG13ish
Fandom: Doctor Who
Notes: Written for the Minor Characters at tindogs_fic, for lackadaisydilly who wondered “What is Jackie and Pete’s son like in the parallel world?” :)
Summary: Eight-year-old Tony Tyler falls ill, and begins to question the world around him. Er, may have turned out slightly darker than I intended.
8 of Freema Agyeman, 5 of Doctor Who (series four) and 7 of Torchwood. Enjoy. :)
Credit if you want, comment if you want, don’t hotlink, more stuff at the shiny new Starlit Blue…
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for a hundred indecisions by _thirty2flavors
Rose and her new Doctor end up discussing what became of Donna Noble. The voices are down perfectly, and oh, it’s so sad. Lovely but sad, and makes you hurt for the Doctor even when he’s done such questionable things.
Realization hits her like a bucket of cold water and she raises her eyebrows. “Oh, my God – she’s not even going to have a choice, is she?”
The New Adventures Of Supertemp by athousandwinds
Donna post-Series Four. Something lovely and uplifting after Journey’s End, featuring some characters you’d expect to see and one you might not. Gets Donna down perfectly too; her memories are gone but she’s still her. And she deserves a happy ending.
Donna Noble,” he says, still laughing. “Good for you, Donna. Good for you.”
Threads That Are Golden Don’t Break Easily by paperclipbitch
I haven’t the words to describe how much I love this: it’s a Torchwood/Narnia crossover and not only does it work but it works beautifully. I’m not much of a Narnia fan but I’ve always been fascinated with the problem of Susan, and here she takes center stage and a whole new twist is put on her actions.
Susan frowns at him, as their waitress brings them salads to begin. “You’re not from around here either,” she says firmly. “You’re not from America. I don’t know where you’re from. Maybe not even this planet.”
(offical) Doctor Who Personality Test. I got Rose, who did you get? :)
With screencaps from marishna, here. :)
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Enjoy. :D