The Eleven Doctors...

47 Years of Doctor Who in 6 Minutes, which manages to express a lot of the things I don't like about Doctor Who. Except for Amy Pond's short skirts; I like them.

Kind of fun, though.

And I get warm fuzzies when I see Nine, so I guess I'm still smitten.

Elisabeth Sladen...

Elisabeth Sladen died today.

This is such very sad news. I thought she was amazing. She played one of the few roles I can think of, of a woman over sixty - heck, a woman over fifty - who can be the star of her own adventure show without any compunction, and without playing a stereotypical role.

She made me feel good about myself, and made me feel good about aging. And now... she won't ever age any more.

And I won't get to see another episode where she meets up with the Doctor, or with Captain Jack.

Camelot: 1x02, "The Sword and the Crown"

Tonight I (at last) watched episode 2 of Camelot.

And again, I loved it. I love clueless, lucky Arthur, and scheming dark Merlin, and goth Morgan. This one had Arthur pulling the sword out of the stone - in the middle of a waterfall. Hints at Merlin's immortality. King Lot turning on Morgan because she dissed him in front of his men. Guinevere meets Arthur, and already there's a love triangle with Leontes.

It isn't medieval fantasy so much as twenty-first century Goth fantasy, but that's okay. I liek the style, I like the melodrama, and I particularly like it that it's a fairly original take - I can't predict where it's going.

Smiling happily to think there's more....