The art of (not) dying...

Got this meme from fandom_me: When you see this on your friendslist quote Doctor Who - old or current.

And fandom_me herself took what is probably my favourite Doctor Who quote of all time - and it's not even spoken by the Doctor! But that's okay. In a series chock-full of great quotes, it's easy to find one:

You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. That maybe you survive.

From "The End of the World", written by Russell T. Davies.

Grrrr...

I just spent more than two hours on the phone to one of my tech-support friends trying to get iTunes to install on my computer. With no luck whatsoever. It isn't the first multi-hour session spent working on the problem, either.

I want to kick the comptuer. Which is a wonderful computer in every other way. Does everything I want or need. Except this.

I'm going to go read some fanfic now. Or maybe write some.

Article about Doctor Who...

Thanks to rivier, who posted to this lovely article from Times Online about Doctor Who, specifically the last couple of episodes and the excitement about the season's last episode. Such clock-watching, such antici-pation, such excitement in Trafalgar Square.

It’s quintessential to being British. says Caitlin Moran, in surge of patriotic Doctor Who fervour, while I scratch my head over some of her references. Bread and cheese I know, but who/what is Jolene? Who is Keyser Söze?

I agree with her about the comparison of seasons. Season 2 was heart-wrenching, but season 3 has a dynamic build that enthralls me in quite another way. It's perpetual motion. Not a roller coaster ride at all, more like climbing Everest at a run. Running, always running.

What Caitlin Moran doesn't mention, and which has filled my week with joy, is the sudden surge of fanfic triggered by the plotline, the appearance of the Master two weeks ago, and the complicated relationship possibilities. All those permutations of Doctor/Jack/Martha/Saxon/Lucy. For the first time in months, I have plenty to read.

I did like Moran's line, "The people working on it have a passion for it, unlike any other show on Earth." I think this is true, especially if you factor in the passion and excitement of the fans who are watching. I've never seen anything like it; a shared cultural experience that might more be compared to the coming of The Beatles than to Star Trek or other TV shows.

Birthday

To wijsgeer:






Have a wonderful day! And a great year too: with good friends, good thoughts, good health and good books.