Famous people...

[fajrdrako]

When I was doing the Friday Five, I listed 'famous' people I would like to meet, defining "famous" as people I know of in a public way - all of them writers whose work I admire.

I would like to add Ron Moore (of Battlestar Galactica) and Russell T. Davies (of Doctor Who snd Queer as Folk) to my list.

Comments

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Just watched The Doctor Dances with my mum. She loved it damn near as much as I did. She also thanks you for getting me into these shows. :D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you both enjoyed The Doctor Dances. I love that - like the whole "Weapons factory of Villangard" thing, and Jack's, "Well, I've got a banana, and in a pinch you could put up some shelves." Or the exchange:

The Doctor: We were... talking about dancing.
Capt. Jack Harkness: Didn't look like talking.
Rose: Didn't feel like dancing.

and best of all:

Doctor: Who am I to argue with history?
Rose: Usually the first in line.

Now, stop me before I quote the whole episode.

I'm so glad you're enjoying it, and that your mother is too.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Doctor: Who am I to argue with history?
Rose: Usually the first in line.

Their respective grins off of this line are probably two of my favorite moments of the whole thing so far. So much conveyed in such a simple expression.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

heir respective grins off of this line are probably two of my favorite moments of the whole thing so far.

Oh my goodness yes.

So much conveyed in such a simple expression.

So much understanding, and feeling. Just a wonderful moment in just about every way. She knows him so well at this point - and he knows her.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

... cuts himself shaving, does half an hour on species he's better than...

That line reveals so much about their time together that we don't get to see. When you know a-- er...-- man cuts himself shaving when he's worried, you know that-- man-- well, by God.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

That line reveals so much about their time together that we don't get to see.

Yes - one of those glimpses, a hint. A sort of mundane intimacy and mutual sharing of their lives. So ordinary, between most other couples - but so very extraordinary, with these two. And I find that a very humanizing line, even though it emphasizes the Doctor's alienness.