Doctor Who and Smallville: there had to be a connection!

[fajrdrako]

Watching the Doctor Who episode "Boom Town" yesterday, I noticed that in the restaurant in Cardiff, Rose and the Doctor were drinking Ty Nant, in those distinctive blue bottles. Just like Lex Luthor in Smallville.

A small fannish thrill.

Comments

[ide-cyan.livejournal.com]

Ty Nant *is* Welsh.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. That's the point. I'm not claiming any grand coincidence, just that I love his sort of detail, linking favourite characters and scenes in my mind. On some level, it's all the same universe.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Since it is a Welsh mineral water, I'm rather more surprised at Lex drinking it than them (being in Cardiff)!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I wasn't so much surprised, as pleased.

With Lex, it was a sign of esoteric foreign tastes - no ordinary Perrier for him - and coloured glass was a sort of motif of the character, especially in Superman colours of blue, yellow and red.

Ty Nant is available in Ottawa if you know where to look - somewhat more expensive than Canadian water, but the bottles are lovely.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

This was indeed cool and fun to see.

I myself have been watching "The Unquiet Dead," and am getting all kinds of interesting thoughts about Gwen of Torchwood in present-day Cardiff, and Gwyneth the girl with second sight in 1869 Cardiff. I do like that episode (I know you've said you don't, not particularly), and will be watching it again, happily.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

There's been some interesting fannish speculation about Gwen and Gwyneth, with no real conclusions.

I just don't think the episode does justice to Charles Dickens (though it's wonderful that the Doctor is a fan), and I don't think it's as well written as some of the later ones - and I didn't particularly like Gwyneth. Which is weird because I like Gwen.