I'm a slayer, ask me how.

Finally watched Kill the Moon and...I dunno, I think I might be done with Doctor Who. It wasn't a bad episode, but it felt like ground we had already covered multiple times with 10 and 11. I have the next episode ready to watch but I'm just sorta..meh about it.

On the other hand, I did keep going with SHIELD (had it on in the background while running around in Final Fantasy) and I feel like it's setting up some interesting plot lines.

OAUT is still just a show. Not compelling enough for me to get excited about but it makes for good breakfast watching.

And coming completely out of left field, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles SHOCKED me with a twist ending. I was not expecting so many feels from a Nickelodeon cartoon!

...er, I guess Korra is back too? Haven't watched any of the new episodes yet. Whoops.

So, I haven't had a chance to type up anything Doctor Who related yet since Capaldi joined the team...so I think it's about time I did a quick run down of thoughts and feels etc.




Deep Breath was a decent enough introduction. I felt it took far too long to get started. Of course, they wanted to start off the new series with bang, but a dinosaur? Random. I, of course, appreciated it later when The Doctor echoed the T-Rex's plea near the end. Oh I feel like Vastra is starting to get over-used, though I did enjoy the banter. (though did they say "we're married" like a 100 times in that episode? I think we knew they were married from before...and it just kept coming up again and again...it was distracting to me.)
ANYWAY once the main story got going (about the time they met up at the restaurant) I was having fun. I do like the clues and hints that are being laid out for us for the season. The theme of The Doctor being angry and struggling with it, wanting to know whose face he has. Why he is Scottish? The BIG questions.

Sadly, I wasn't as thrilled with Into the Dalek but I'm also not a fan of Daleks in general. I know they are near and dear to Classic Who fans but I'm just never satisfied with their episodes. Again, some definite hints and groundwork laid for later on in the season, (is it still foreshadowing if you can see it coming?). And all the strange "soldier" talk was just...it never really felt right with the rest of the script, I can't remember the Doctor ever being so HOSTILE. When he met up with the monks during the weeping angels episodes in Series 5, he wasn't cruel to them. I know he's supposed to be angry this season but it felt out of character. I'm just going to pretend most of that episode never happened.

Tonight's episode, Robots of Sherwood was just stupid fun. Like Clara, I have a soft spot for Robin Hood. Always have. And I liked his sparring with The Doctor, who The Doctor clearly felt threatened by being proven wrong (yet again) and Clara pretty much saving the day at the end. It was just nice to have a light episode with lots of laughs.

And I loved that final moment between The Doctor and Robin, especially the one line, which I immediately wrote down in my book of quotes:

History is a burden. Stories can make us fly.



To sum up: trying to stay positive, feeling better after this last episode, guess I'll keep watching.

My friends who are #DoctorWho fans will like this: I just saw a woman in a skirt covered with Tardises (Is that plural correct?) at @aacpl.

— Jennifer Donatelli (@jldonatelli) April 23, 2014

Guess who this person was tweeting about.

To make it more hilarious, our head of social media was tweeting back at this patron the whole time, unaware that I was sitting NEXT TO HER wearing said skirt.

I blame sabrinanymph for reminding me I even had these action figures anymore. They were in a box of X-Files stuff, banished to the back of my closet. But if you want to get a buzz from "likes" on Instagram or "reblogs" on Tumblr, you could do worse than Mulder and Scully...

Thoughts I jotted down while watching DWS6E05:The Rebel Flesh

( spoilers DUH! )

Just realized I have typing this up before typing up my Doctor's Wife thoughts...I liked that episode a lot more and want to watch it again. This one is sort of "meh" for me. Feel bad for the writer -- who wants to follow Neil Gaiman's episode??? NOT ME!

So, I'm sure this has been pointed out elsewhere but I'm going to type it here and pretend it's an original thought:

Anyone ever notice how much Superman and Doctor Who have in common?

Both alien.
Both the last of their kind.
Both hide their true name.
Both have an love and respect for humanity.
Both only help humanity when it can't help itself.
Neither of them wants to hurt or kill anyone (especially humans).

And andy_wolverton pointed out that both have fascinations with small booth-shaped boxes (phone booth and police call box).

I was reading the new take on Superman "Earth One" last night and I've been watching Series 4 of Doctor Who, with Doctor and Donna. Most recently I watched "The Doctor's Daughter" and "Midnight" (which, oddly enough, guest starred both King Arthur [from Excalibur] and Merlin [from TV series] - but I digress) and both of these episodes had The Doctor trying to get the humans around him to find peaceful ways to end conflicts. In the "Doctor's Daughter" he gives that little speech at the end about how they should found their civilization around the fact that he wouldn't shoot King Arthur the General. And it seemed like the sort of position Superman would find himself in - with an easy chance to take revenge on someone who hurt him, and he would show mercy instead.

thoughts? Is Doctor Who Britain's response to the American Superman myth? Does The Doctor represent the same things to British viewers as Superman does to American? My Superman knowledge only comes from a smattering of comic books and the movies (and a little bit of Smallville but I take that with a grain of salty Tom Welling goodness).

andy_wolverton suggested I turn this into a book, so if anyone knows a publisher willing to pay me to sit around and read Superman comics and watch Doctor Who all day, please leave the contact information here! LOL!

Okay, maybe I should just Google it and see if someone has already written an entire novel on this subject.

It's LOL-tastic. :)

So, I am all caught up on the fifth "season" of Doctor Who. A reminder, this is my first Doctor. I was walking around Shore Leave and looking at Doctor Who stuff and if he didn't have on a bowtie I would say "no, that's not MY Doctor". I'm seriously in love with both The Doctor and Amy Pond...and I guess even Rory (he's like a poor man's Alan Tudyk).

I really loved the entire season. Even with all the other TV I have waiting for me on the DVR, I'm tempted to just rewatch Doctor Who and relive the magic. I loved the first meeting of The Doctor and Amy. I thought the Angels were some of the creepiest creatures to come along in awhile. I cried at the end of Vincent & The Doctor. And the finale? Whoa. I loved the entire season.

I feel a livejournal layout change coming on...yes...I feel it might be time to let Kahlan take a break and bring on The Doctor. Heck, I've already changed the background on my desktop to the official Doctor Who wallpaper.

that's all really, too late for any deep thoughts on the subject, I just wanted to say something. I can't believe we have to wait until Christmas for a new episode!!!! But I guess quality of quantity is the name of the game.

Why has no one made a "Raggedy Doctor" doll??? I mean, seriously, it would be the easiest thing to market....I'm just sayin', if I had any sewing skillz, I would be all over that!