Russell T. Davies... OBE

[fajrdrako]

This is so very cool.

Lots of my favourite writers have won Hugo Awards and Pulitzer Prizes and the like, but an OBE? Not so much.

The man was influenced by Marvel Comics: of course I love his work.

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[majkia.livejournal.com]

Oh WOW!!!!!! Thanks for pointing it out!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I think it's wonderful news, and I love it when writers of material in the popular media are honoured rather than scorned.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

And now we know one of the influences behind the creation of the Valiant...and certainly, the man's due his congratulations!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

we know one of the influences behind the creation of the Valiant

Well of course! I always love it when Davies' sources show. Especially when the source are things I too have loved.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

That so rocks. :-)

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Order of the British Empire. I knew what that was. I just don't quite know what it means...! Has he been knighted? Or is this just a very exclusive honor?

Either way, quite fitting for the man who played such a key role in bringing back Doctor Who and making him utterly cool and wonderful.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It's wonderful. Just... wonderful.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I just don't quite know what it means...! Has he been knighted? Or is this just a very exclusive honor?

It is a very exclusive honour. In Davies' case, it's less than a knighthood, but more than a kick in the pants. We have the same, more or less, the Order of Canada, conferred by the Governor-General. My old boss, Mrs. Murray, got the Order of Canada.

Basically it's given to people who have done exceptional good for the country - often people with accomplishment in the arts, or in volunteer organizations.

Wikipedia says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBE), "It is the most junior of the British orders of chivalry and has more members than any other."

Its motto is "For God and the Empire". That sounds like something Yvonne Hartman would say!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Ah! thank you for explaining. Now, if it ever comes up at work, I can say, "Well, it is my understanding that having an OBE conferred upon a person is an honor awarded for exceptional good done for the country..." and so on. hee

I do indeed like the idea that the Queen (or someone she trusts) does acknowledge that Doctor Who being excellent is a very important thing for the Empire! I love that notion. It is so civilized!

"For God and the Empire." Immediately I think of the episode in which someone comes through and helps save the day, despite being a Cyberperson, while proudly calling out, "For Queen and country!!!"

Mm. And, um, who is Yvonne Hartman?

My battery is fading... alas! must turn it off and head home. Maybe call you Sunday, see how the foot reacts to full gravity, eh?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

"Well, it is my understanding that having an OBE conferred upon a person is an honor awarded for exceptional good done for the country..." and so on. hee

So you can!

I love that notion. It is so civilized!

I do too. It really is... important, I think, for a country that it's songs and stories and TV shows be of good quality. And even more, there's something about Doctor Who that is essentially English, or British - it really does reflect the values and humour of its nation. Insofar as that is possible when (obviously) different people have different ideas within the nation. But it speaks for the country in a certain way.

Immediately I think of the episode in which someone comes through and helps save the day, despite being a Cyberperson, while proudly calling out, "For Queen and country!!!"

Mm. And, um, who is Yvonne Hartman?

Yvonne Hartman was the Cyberperson who said that. [g] Yup, you got it. She was head of Torchwood One, in London, before the Cybermen got her in the Doctor Who episode "Doomsday", the one where Rose Tyler fell into the alternate universe.

Maybe call you Sunday, see how the foot reacts to full gravity, eh?

I am trying not to feel trepidatious.