A pile o' purchases... Torchwood and Doctor Who...

[fajrdrako]

Yesterday was a red letter day, when it comes to mail. I had, over the past six months or so, ordered a number of things from amazon.ca, and most of it was delayed in arriving in Canada, so the shipping dates kept being pushed back. And then it all came at once, in the past two days. Not to mention stuff from friends. So now I have:

• The series 2 Doctor Who DVD


• Torchwood Border Princes by Dan Abnett


• Torchwood Slow Decay by Andrew Lane


• The Doctor Who Annual 2007, which thrilled me by having both David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston on the cover - I had no idea, the pictures I'd seen just showed Tennant.


• The SFX Magazine with the Torchwood 'badges' from silverwhistle. I took this up to maaseru's place and she and I and maaboroshi perused this and the Forbidden Planet catalogue for about an hour. I kept coming to a dead halt when I came to a certain beautiful figure of Faramir in the middle of the Forbidden Planet catalogue, but we were also all charmed by a lovely replica of Mal Reynold's gun, carefully detailed and hand-polished. "By Nathan Filion himself!" we chortled. And a TARDIS pencil-case. maaboroshi made me promise to bring back the SFX Magazine later because there are so many good movie and TV reviews in it. Not to mention a scrummy picture of Jamie Bamber. Thank you again, silverwhistle, this is a wonderful gift.

Comments

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Yay for season 2 DW! So the Torchwood books are worth reading? And what do you think of the Annual? I was tempted but with so many other things I want...

the Forbidden Planet catalogue

Heh, what would you say if I told you that I already know where the Forbidden Planet is in Edinburgh? ;D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

So the Torchwood books are worth reading?

On the strength of being not quite halfway through the first one, I'd say 'yes'. Very much so. Stand by for further revelations about them as I read.

what do you think of the Annual? I was tempted

Yeah. I was tempted and gave into the temptation. And I can't say I'm sorry, if only for a number of pretty pictures of David Tennant. But you have to put up with pictures of Slitheen and Cybermen too. It's very much geared to the 8-year-old market. There's a long comic book story in it that I haven't had a chance to look at yet; the art seems passable; I'll let you know when I've read it.

what would you say if I told you that I already know where the Forbidden Planet is in Edinburgh? ;D

I would say: so do I! And I've been to the ones in London, Dublin, and even New York, IIRC. So why don't they have branches in Canada, hmm?

Just as well for my budget that they don't, of course.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I would say: so do I! And I've been to the ones in London, Dublin, and even New York, IIRC.

I love the Edinburgh branch - the first one I got to know. The Glasgow one is good, too, but the shop lay-out is more cramped - difficult to see where everything is.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I can't remember going to the branch in Edinburgh, but I must have - ! It must have been there in 2000, and I can't imagine me being in a city with a Forbidden Planet and not going there. Perhaps Lyn and Beulah will remember...

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

It's on South Bridge, near the university.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

How could I have missed it?

(Puzzling)

Maybe I just didn't know it was there.

Maybe it's just as well.