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Aug. 12th, 2005 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenArgh. All my betas are away, in South Carolina or bloody Northumberland. Just got postcard from same from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amchau. I'm glad she's having fun. So, who feels like betaing Doctor femmeslash? (I ought to finish it first. Sigh.)
In other news: Doctor/Jack/Rose ship_manifesto, by yours truly. I had entirely too much fun doing that.
Andgwynnega wrote me Four/Romana II fic! Of Eros and of Dust - all evocative and beautiful and she quotes Auden, who was the only poet I read as a child, and Four is just perfect.
But mostly I am tired and bored and fairly miserable. Colleen'sBIG GAY Birthday Piss-Up is tomorrow night, and it's wrong that the thought fills me with abject horror at having to stay out of bed. I am such a party animal, it kills me.
In short, I have spent all my time this week re-reading![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
shoebox_project (downloaded as pdf, stuck onto laptop and read in bed) and watching televison.
Firstly, Lost. (Do Lost episodes have titles? Enlighten me, good people, as I will be very disappointed if they don't.)
I was expecting to mock, or at least be aggravated. The total cliché of it all - there used to be a Hindi serial with the same plot, I remember - and the way there are all these people and conveniently, you have a doctor, an arch criminal, an air marshal, a pregnant woman, a spoilt brat, a mysterious Chinese guy - ie, all the classic fictional archetypes and no sane and/or ordinary people. But I started liking it regardless, because despite the clichéd aspect and the generic American pretty, it's still a glossy, well-made drama. And, dammit, it makes me want to know what happens next. I was watching it with Clare, Hannah and Emily and when we reached the end, I was amused to note that every single one of us was leaning forwards with mouth open. Sixteen years! I'm tuning in next week.
And Colleen came round yesterday afternoon, after I had limped home, and I wished her a happy birthday and fed her mayonnaise sandwiches. I had, technically, already made my contribution to her birthday present, but I wanted something to actually give her. Shopping on my own tends to make me dither, so I dithered over a TARDIS key necklace for a while, but finally settled on one of the Big Finish Unbound audio plays. Most of the Doctor Who ones seem to concern Eight, but the Unbound series comprise a set of AU scenarios, something you don't often see in professionally produced media, so I was intrigued. They're all pretty cool - what if the Doctor never left Gallifrey, what if he was an ends-justify-the-means kind of person, etc - but my favourite one was what if the Doctor escaped the justice of the Time Lords by regenerating as a woman?
As I said, probably bought it because it amused me, more than anything else (Colleen said, "Things that amuse you either amuse me too or horrify my soul," which is a fair point) and then, post-mayo, we settled down to watch the Doctor Who TV movie on Loki and nearly killed ourselves laughing.
It was a birthday present for Colleen frombalthaser, who deserves canonisation for it. It was so brilliant - so beautifully shot, with Paul McGann as Eight comprising most of that beauty - which such a direful, awful script. "Why San Francisco?" I asked early on. "What reason is there for that?"
"Because it's the Doctor and the Master in the gayest city on Earth!"
The bit where Eight comes to life with Frankenstein in the background - "That's very Jesus Christ," Colleen commented.
Eight then stumbles down the corridor in tastefully positioned shroud. "That's very messianic," I agreed. He stares downwards at the broken shards of a mirror, then drops to his knees.
Later, with frock-coat, Colleen again: "He looks like he should have an opium habit."
(I crushed all the Sherlock Holmes crossover bunnies right there and then, I swear.)
So, in conclusion, Eight is amazing and emo and barmy and just utterly delightful. "These shoes! They're magnificent!" followed by "Stand aside before I shoot myself," is love. The movie as a whole is pretty dreadful (and, strangely, shorter than most Doctor Who stories) but I'm delighted that we saw it. And I should remember to listen to Big Finish on BBC7 later today.
I got The Three Doctors in the post frompinkishmew today! Thanks so much. I love fandom.
I do not love work. Tomorrow, all day. Sigh.
amchau. I'm glad she's having fun. So, who feels like betaing Doctor femmeslash? (I ought to finish it first. Sigh.)In other news: Doctor/Jack/Rose ship_manifesto, by yours truly. I had entirely too much fun doing that.
And
gwynnega wrote me Four/Romana II fic! Of Eros and of Dust - all evocative and beautiful and she quotes Auden, who was the only poet I read as a child, and Four is just perfect.But mostly I am tired and bored and fairly miserable. Colleen's
In short, I have spent all my time this week re-reading
shoebox_project (downloaded as pdf, stuck onto laptop and read in bed) and watching televison. Firstly, Lost. (Do Lost episodes have titles? Enlighten me, good people, as I will be very disappointed if they don't.)
I was expecting to mock, or at least be aggravated. The total cliché of it all - there used to be a Hindi serial with the same plot, I remember - and the way there are all these people and conveniently, you have a doctor, an arch criminal, an air marshal, a pregnant woman, a spoilt brat, a mysterious Chinese guy - ie, all the classic fictional archetypes and no sane and/or ordinary people. But I started liking it regardless, because despite the clichéd aspect and the generic American pretty, it's still a glossy, well-made drama. And, dammit, it makes me want to know what happens next. I was watching it with Clare, Hannah and Emily and when we reached the end, I was amused to note that every single one of us was leaning forwards with mouth open. Sixteen years! I'm tuning in next week.
And Colleen came round yesterday afternoon, after I had limped home, and I wished her a happy birthday and fed her mayonnaise sandwiches. I had, technically, already made my contribution to her birthday present, but I wanted something to actually give her. Shopping on my own tends to make me dither, so I dithered over a TARDIS key necklace for a while, but finally settled on one of the Big Finish Unbound audio plays. Most of the Doctor Who ones seem to concern Eight, but the Unbound series comprise a set of AU scenarios, something you don't often see in professionally produced media, so I was intrigued. They're all pretty cool - what if the Doctor never left Gallifrey, what if he was an ends-justify-the-means kind of person, etc - but my favourite one was what if the Doctor escaped the justice of the Time Lords by regenerating as a woman?
As I said, probably bought it because it amused me, more than anything else (Colleen said, "Things that amuse you either amuse me too or horrify my soul," which is a fair point) and then, post-mayo, we settled down to watch the Doctor Who TV movie on Loki and nearly killed ourselves laughing.
It was a birthday present for Colleen from
balthaser, who deserves canonisation for it. It was so brilliant - so beautifully shot, with Paul McGann as Eight comprising most of that beauty - which such a direful, awful script. "Why San Francisco?" I asked early on. "What reason is there for that?""Because it's the Doctor and the Master in the gayest city on Earth!"
The bit where Eight comes to life with Frankenstein in the background - "That's very Jesus Christ," Colleen commented.
Eight then stumbles down the corridor in tastefully positioned shroud. "That's very messianic," I agreed. He stares downwards at the broken shards of a mirror, then drops to his knees.
Later, with frock-coat, Colleen again: "He looks like he should have an opium habit."
(I crushed all the Sherlock Holmes crossover bunnies right there and then, I swear.)
So, in conclusion, Eight is amazing and emo and barmy and just utterly delightful. "These shoes! They're magnificent!" followed by "Stand aside before I shoot myself," is love. The movie as a whole is pretty dreadful (and, strangely, shorter than most Doctor Who stories) but I'm delighted that we saw it. And I should remember to listen to Big Finish on BBC7 later today.
I got The Three Doctors in the post from
pinkishmew today! Thanks so much. I love fandom.I do not love work. Tomorrow, all day. Sigh.
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on 2005-08-12 04:15 pm (UTC)listing things as they fly past my head...
on 2005-08-12 05:38 pm (UTC)I watched it first time around and went "meh."
Paul Mcganne was by far the best thing to be in that movie *nodsnods*
I wouldn't mind betaing femmeslash if you let me know whos slashing.
I really prefer the idea of the doctor as a male, thanks :D I think big finish did one of their "unbound" series with a female doctor though? Do you want me to check up on that for you and try and find a title?
TARDIS keys are teh S3xx0r :D - just because I didn't say that last week. Was it the same key you were after?
xx
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on 2005-08-12 08:20 pm (UTC)This is random, but...er, do you have any advice on limping? I hit my toe on the bathroom door this morning and parted ways with a bit of toenail. I can't help but limp and it's very tiring. This must sound so strange!
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on 2005-08-12 08:44 pm (UTC)I've really enjoyed the Big Finish audios I've heard so far. Right now I'm listening to their version of Shada, which is rather bizarre, since it's Paul McGann and Lalla Ward, and it has Eight saying the lines that Four should be saying! Although it also has some rather shippy bits they've added between Eight and Romana. Eight goes to Gallifrey, where Romana's now President, and he says things like "I've come to take you away from all this," and "I need you, Romana...and K9," and "Please please please please Romana!" Romana, in turn, says she likes his new body...
Oh, and I'd be happy to beta your femslash if you're still looking for somebody to read it!
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on 2005-08-13 07:01 am (UTC)I'd be glad to beta, or to wait for it to just be finished.
I always had a fondness for the movie. Dreadful script, but McGann was lovely in it. I still have the "shoot myself" and "These shoes! They fit perfectly!" in my signature file because I adored his delivery.
So yes, listen to the audios on BBC7 or Listen Again. Most of the monthly audio releases are one-off adventures, but the 8th doctor ones are a continuing storyline that I quite like. I'm amused that they're skipping Minuet in Hell as inappropriate for broadcast, though. They're quite right. I was surprised anything even approaching canonical in the Who-verse got that raunchy!
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on 2005-08-13 08:23 am (UTC)Re: listing things as they fly past my head...
on 2005-08-13 08:26 am (UTC)Preferring the Doctor as a male might put you off the beta, though; the fic features Rose and the girl!Doctor I've written about before. The Unbound audio (I gave it to Colleen for her birthday) didn't give me the idea but did amuse me because clearly that means I'm not the only one to have had the same idea!
It's the same key I was after, yes, but I don't have the money at the moment. It is v.cool, though. :)
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on 2005-08-13 08:30 am (UTC)Advice on limping? I have lots of advice on limping! Most of which comprises "do it as little as possible." When you must stand up, use all surfaces, bannisters, walls, chairs, to hang off, and don't wear shoes in the house. Lean on your friends. Literally. And be aware - I'm sure you must be - that it's much more energy-intensive than walking, and your other joints and muscles are taking some of the pain as well.
*sigh* Of all things to be an expert on. Hope your limp goes away pronto. :)
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on 2005-08-13 08:41 am (UTC)Oh, how weird! Eight and Romana! But the ship sounds delightful. I'm really well and truly on this bandwagon now; I must remember what you've said for the next time I have any spare money flying about.
Oh, and I'd be happy to beta your femslash if you're still looking for somebody to read it!
Oh, yes, please. I don't seem to have any betas left! Should I just email it like last time?
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on 2005-08-13 08:43 am (UTC)McGann was lovely, you're right. The delivery! So funny and so sweet.
I'm really enjoying the BBC7 broadcasts. What happens in Minuet in Hell to make it unsuitable?
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on 2005-08-13 08:48 am (UTC)Yay! :-)
Should I just email it like last time?
Sure!
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on 2005-08-13 09:45 am (UTC)Re: listing things as they fly past my head...
on 2005-08-13 10:07 am (UTC)I think there was a ot of sp-eculation a few years ago, people saying "OMFG THE NEXT DOCTOR HAS TO BE A WOMAN". And if I'm honest, I can see that Gallifreyans would have no real reason for teh sexes, being as how a lot of them were loom-born anyway (the big houses anyway) so it wouldn't matter what sex they became, really. It's just that I'm of the thinking that he personally must prefer being male. I mean, 10 incarnations and all of them male? :D I don't mind so much reading stuff with female doctor, but my brain will automatically assign it to an Alternate Universe (hopefully not the same one my Jackmuse is from) :D
I've just realised I didn't pick my key up from around my simba toy's neck this morning. Then I realised that actually, I was using it as a boomark so it's right there. *nods* It is indeed very pretty. The only problem I have with it is the chain - it's the type with little metal balls all up the chain and at the back is a clasp to slot them into - unfortunatley I have a mole on the back of my neck and the clasp catches on it. So I have to have the clasp down by the key itself, which makes me paranoid I'll lose it. I really need to get a proper cord for it.
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on 2005-08-13 03:45 pm (UTC)His companion is forced to work in a bordello / S&M club, approximately. A satanistic bordello, too.
It's a shame to skip it, as the Brigadier is in it and comes off very well, too. Though that apparently introduces a continuity error with the Virgin books, which I mostly haven't read. The only drawback from my point of view was some of the shaky American accents.
Re: listing things as they fly past my head...
on 2005-08-13 03:56 pm (UTC)Re: listing things as they fly past my head...
on 2005-08-13 05:18 pm (UTC)If you're really curious, I recommend
Re: listing things as they fly past my head...
on 2005-08-15 06:25 am (UTC)xx
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on 2005-08-21 12:32 am (UTC)Eek! I'm sorry I wasn't available, but flattered you thought of me. --Anyway, I assume I'm the South Carolina one, because honestly, who else goes to South Carolina? No one, that's who. In any case, you know I'm always happy to beta for you when I am around.
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on 2005-08-21 01:05 pm (UTC)Yes, it was you in South Carolina! *g* It has been much too quiet without you.