Trying to find my way

I log in to Gallifrey Base after some time and the first thing I read is that Mary Tamm died on 25th of July. I didn't even knew she was ill. She played one of my all time favorite Doctor Who companions Romana.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jul/26/doctor-who-mary-tamm-dies

Apart from visiting and being visited by friends and family and watching/listening to x-massy stuff (the already mentioned history flic, Nightmare before Christmas, Gremlins, Love actully, Loriot ... the usuall suspects) I re-listened the audio drama series Caine. One reason is that a lot of time passes between the episode releases (they did about 2 or 3 episodes a year) and they released the last and tenth part just recently. So before listening to the grand finale (aproppiately named "Apocalypso") I descided to listen to the whole story again. I suspect there is no hope for a sequel because they published an obituary for him on the offical website.

( Stephen Caine RIP )

I finally watched the fist epsiode of the V remake. Not as bad as I expected, but not great either. It was ok, I think I will give it a chance and watch one or two more episodes and see how it developes.

Of course I also watched Doctor Who - The End of Time Part 1. I'm not sure about what to think about it, it really felt like just the opening of a bigger story. And until I know how RTD resolves these plots I don't know if I like it or not.
( Spoilers )

To close this entry have two funny EOT Part 1 related entries on ihasatardis.

James Bond mystery solved
EOT Part 1 the Masters story told in a handful of very fitting pictures from other films, series, etc.

Watching the SDCC Trailer for the Doctor Who x-mas special didn't only make me excited about the characters seen in it, it also made me laugh at the end. Again they gave us a trailer with the doctor walking away from an explosion (or fire?) in slo-mo. Absolutly uber-cool, and hilarious. Hey RTD, the Doctor is not James Bond - although both changed their appearance while remaining the same person since the 60s :-)

I like a good slo-mo-walking-xplosion scene, but you can overdo it. And some guys even made a song about this :D

I was in the mood for some vids and got lost on youtube.

Here's the SGA vid I told you about lexi599 Hadschi Halef Omar http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8n4jYMNoY
All kinds of awesome this vid. Unfortunately you have to understand German and know both series (Stargate Atlantis and Karl Mays novels or the films) to fully appreaciate it.

Well I started to look for Doctor/Romana vids and found a few and other clips related to them. I think I'm alone on my flist shipping the two but here are the vids anyway. Get ready for Ten, Four, Nine, Romana I, Romana II and Donna ... oh and Duggan ^_^

( Enjoy! )

The SGA vids are technically a lot better. Partly because of the way better material (much DW isn't available on DVD and its a lot older) and I guess the DW fandoms has ... well not so many good vidders. Although I bet there are some well done Ten/Rose vids ... but that s not really my thing.

I wanted to post this two weeks ago, but always forgot.

I already specualted about the plot idea behind Doctor Who episode 4.06 after I saw the preview. I'm glad I was right. Plus after this episode I want fanfiction with Wolverine and the Doctor just talking about something they have in common now :-)
Some more blah and scans with Logan and Laura ... (SPOILERS for the episode)
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Nearly spilled my tea over the keyboard while reading this:
Dear Editor: "My name is Larraine from the Bronx and I think Lois should be spanked."

And here are some macros about the doctor trying fantasy roleplaying.

*giggles*

[no spoilers for current Doctor Who aka season 4]

I read the Doctor Who article in the April issue of DeathRay (one of the two sci-fi magazines that poped up after Dreamwatch became an online-only magazine) and they write that in the DVD commentary (3rd season) to "Last of the Time Lords" RTD calls the hand taking the ring "the hand of the Rani". Is that true???
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THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!
I was always a bit at odds with the Doctor being now the last his of kind in the new series. On the one hand it gives the Doctor a great character development and a darker side. But on the other hand I miss Gallifrey.
I bet RTD just wanted to avoid using those cheesy old costumes. Fashion sense doesn't seem to be a major Time Lord trait ;-)
I would love a return of the Rani. (Hmmm Donna and her bitchfighting *smirks* LOL)
Maybe they brought back the master instead, because the Rani would cause a problem for "a kids show". It would create a kind of Adam & Eve situation. So would the return of Romana. Who, if the audio plays are not canon, might still be alive an well in E-space (another dimension). So it would be less, well, delicate if there are more survivors. (Although a "no survivors situation" would be perfect for the Doctor or the Rani to use that "I wouldn't make out with you if you were the last man/woman left on earth!" phrase ^_^)
I would love to see hints of more Time Lords and Ladys having survived. Yes, that would be a kind of retcon. But they already brought back lots and lots of Daleks.
I wasn't surprised that there was a Dalek survivor in the episode "Dalek". If there's a last Time Lord then why not a last dalek? But then hundreds of them show up. Sure they can multiply fast but apparently there were ways to escape the time war. So tehre could be Gallifreyan survivors...
And if I could make a wish for future seasons, I would love a child of former companion Leela and Commander Andred (a Gallifreyan) as new companion or recurring character.
As much as I love Romana, her return would be complicated. Something maybe better left in the realm of slash-fanfiction ;-)
And if some of the Time Lords return I hope he doesn't have to kill them again. That would be too dark and to extrme IMO. Logically that should lead the Doctor on the same psychological road as Vorenus in Rome - really dark madness and depression. So I hope that RTD never pulls out that plot for an episode ...
Although Time Lords make good villains, I quote the Doctor himself here:

From The Trial of a Time Lord 1
The Doctor : [To the Time Lords] "In all my travellings throughout the universe, I have battled against evil, against power-mad conspirators. I should have stayed here! The oldest civilisation, decadent, degenerate and rotten to the core! Power-mad conspirators, Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen - they're still in the nursery compared to us! Ten million years of absolute power - that's what it takes to be really corrupt!"

But I would prefer if he would reason with them or appeal to their feelings instead of doing the Time Lord annihilation all over again.


( BTW, loved Donna in 4.04 again. (SPOILERS for season 4) )

(no spoilers, ramblings about old series)
( Kahvi talks about the Doctor )

Hat jemand heute Doctor Who auf Pro7 geschaut? Ich habe nur die zweite Folge gesehen (hat mich übrigens daran erinnert wie gut diese Folge ist, selbst synchronisiert). Ich fand die Stimmen arg gewöhnungsbedürftig und die Stimme des Doctors am unpassensten (viel zu ruhig), die Nebenrollen hatten dagegen sehr gute Stimmen ... seltsam. Inhaltlich war es auch ganz passabel übersetzt. Die Begriffe sind gut umgesetzt, inhaltlich stimmt alles - wie erwartet hinkt natürlich die Übersetzung des Humors. Ich denke ich werde noch ein wenig die Einschaltquoten unterstützen um die Wholose Zeit zu überbrücken, den synchronisierten Jack werde ich mir aber wohl nicht anschauen.