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calliopes_pen) wrote2010-04-18 02:37 pm
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Victory of the Daleks Review, And A Couple Fannish Items
Io9 asks when you realized you were a geek. I’ve always been one, and was never bothered by the fact. For all I know, I realized it when I was 2, and reading the dictionary for fun—and X-Men comics, of course.
When BBC America aired The Ultimate Guide last night (which I missed, unfortunately, and haven’t found a download for yet) it apparently included a scene from The Time of Angels. You can watch it at Blogtor Who here.
ETA: Oh, and I don't need to find a download for The Ultimate Guide after all. BBC America is airing it again at 3 PM.
I kept expecting Jack to wander by, because he’s been to World War II four times now, in the Blitz at least twice. With Tosh, with the Doctor and Rose, when he was frozen in the Hub, and when he lived through it while waiting for the Doctor. This, oddly enough, led to a conversation whereseandc dared me to try to get someone on my friends list to make an icon that says “There are four Jack’s!” In the vein of Picard screaming “There are four lights!” Possibly four unexpected naked Jack's.
Someone on my friends list said--since it was the Blitz--that they were surprised a tiny Rose Tyler wasn’t spotted hanging from a blimp. I would have laughed. Picture it: The Eleventh Doctor looks out a window, spots Jack across the way watching with binoculars. Looks up, spots Rose dangling from a blimp. Shakes his head, mutters about timelines and Reapers, and wanders away, dragging a very confused Amy with him. Since it’s just too crowded, and he can't afford to run into his Ninth self.
I still don’t really care about Amy that much, but I want to. It’s like there’s really nothing there for me to be interested in when it comes to her. I liked Little Amelia more in a few minutes than I’ve felt anything towards Amy so far.
I loved the Dalek asking if it could serve them some tea. However, if the Doctor accepted that tea I think it would be best to see whether or not it was poisoned.
I had never heard of a Jammy Dodger before now. I guess they don’t have those around here. Then again, even if we did have them I wouldn’t know, since I don’t eat anything sweet.
The multi-colored Daleks made me think of a few things. Power Rangers, the Color Kids from Rainbow Brite, and Captain Planet. I admit I laughed the moment I saw them, and that probably wasn’t the reaction they were going for. I kept waiting for a MegaZord type of creature, or whatever the Power Rangers robots were called when they combined. Kind of like the Cyberking in The Next Doctor.
I had a moment when they were flying around in space, where I wondered if they would burn up on reentry. That, and I briefly expected an Independence Day moment, with someone crashing into the ship. Didn’t happen, and I’m glad of that.
The guy the Daleks made...he won’t have an entirely normal life with his girlfriend. Take off his shirt, and she’ll either freak out or just be very, very confused. Metal, not skin. What happens if he accidentally blows up despite that function being supposedly fixed? Did anyone think of that?
When BBC America aired The Ultimate Guide last night (which I missed, unfortunately, and haven’t found a download for yet) it apparently included a scene from The Time of Angels. You can watch it at Blogtor Who here.
ETA: Oh, and I don't need to find a download for The Ultimate Guide after all. BBC America is airing it again at 3 PM.
I kept expecting Jack to wander by, because he’s been to World War II four times now, in the Blitz at least twice. With Tosh, with the Doctor and Rose, when he was frozen in the Hub, and when he lived through it while waiting for the Doctor. This, oddly enough, led to a conversation where
seandc dared me to try to get someone on my friends list to make an icon that says “There are four Jack’s!” In the vein of Picard screaming “There are four lights!” Possibly four unexpected naked Jack's. Someone on my friends list said--since it was the Blitz--that they were surprised a tiny Rose Tyler wasn’t spotted hanging from a blimp. I would have laughed. Picture it: The Eleventh Doctor looks out a window, spots Jack across the way watching with binoculars. Looks up, spots Rose dangling from a blimp. Shakes his head, mutters about timelines and Reapers, and wanders away, dragging a very confused Amy with him. Since it’s just too crowded, and he can't afford to run into his Ninth self.
I still don’t really care about Amy that much, but I want to. It’s like there’s really nothing there for me to be interested in when it comes to her. I liked Little Amelia more in a few minutes than I’ve felt anything towards Amy so far.
I loved the Dalek asking if it could serve them some tea. However, if the Doctor accepted that tea I think it would be best to see whether or not it was poisoned.
I had never heard of a Jammy Dodger before now. I guess they don’t have those around here. Then again, even if we did have them I wouldn’t know, since I don’t eat anything sweet.
The multi-colored Daleks made me think of a few things. Power Rangers, the Color Kids from Rainbow Brite, and Captain Planet. I admit I laughed the moment I saw them, and that probably wasn’t the reaction they were going for. I kept waiting for a MegaZord type of creature, or whatever the Power Rangers robots were called when they combined. Kind of like the Cyberking in The Next Doctor.
I had a moment when they were flying around in space, where I wondered if they would burn up on reentry. That, and I briefly expected an Independence Day moment, with someone crashing into the ship. Didn’t happen, and I’m glad of that.
The guy the Daleks made...he won’t have an entirely normal life with his girlfriend. Take off his shirt, and she’ll either freak out or just be very, very confused. Metal, not skin. What happens if he accidentally blows up despite that function being supposedly fixed? Did anyone think of that?