- red dragon
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24. Gentleman misfit. History enthusiast, aspiring writer. Nix -- short for Phoenix, not Nixon (unfortunately).
Favourite things: Band of Brothers, Star Trek, The Avengers, Calvin and Hobbes, Doctor Who, Tintin, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Merlin, Monty Python, LOTR/The Hobbit, Charlie Brooker, Old Hollywood. Ask me anything Submit
Favourite things: Band of Brothers, Star Trek, The Avengers, Calvin and Hobbes, Doctor Who, Tintin, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Merlin, Monty Python, LOTR/The Hobbit, Charlie Brooker, Old Hollywood. Ask me anything Submit
May 23, 2013
May 22, 2013
I know it’s silly, but I’m heartbroken. I can’t stop thinking about that interview where [Paul McGann] said he felt like his Doctor was ‘tolerated,’ and that he’d been called a ‘waste of a regeneration.’ Love John Hurt, but :(I was just talking to a friend about this, too. And I noted that interview, and it hit me then that he’s going to be deemed even more of a waste of a regeneration. Sure, some fans don’t think like that, but seeing how he’s being treated by the Powers That Be, it seemed to confirm whatever those trolls are saying.
Casting John Hurt as older!Eight or new Nine or whatever, indirectly becomes a statement that spells: YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF THE TITLE ‘DOCTOR’. THOSE TROLLS ARE RIGHT IN SAYING THAT YOU ARE A WASTE. It may not be that severe, and I may just be exaggerating this, but if the BBC doesn’t treat him right, how are other fans going to treat him the same way?
Fair enough, we got 0.2 secs of him in that finale. That’s fine. But not good enough. And me myself, I’m a new Classic Who fan. My first doctor was Tennant. It took me a while to dig through Classic Who stuff. It took me a while to appreciate McGann’s doctor, to love him especially through the audios. I admit that. And I’m truly afraid that new Who fans are not going to experience the amazingness of his talent and his doctor, if Eight was recast or whatever plan Moffat is going with atm with John Hurt.
I admit that the 1996 movie isn’t the best representation of Eight we’re going to see. But that’s the only thing fans will see him in. Fine, there are BF audios. And they are extremely amazing and well made and satisfies everything I ever wanted for Eight.
Except I wanted something more lasting and satisfying for McGann’s Eight visually. He didn’t have the same level of playing field with Eccleston, Tennant and Smith. There could have been more, but that was snatched away from him even before he could begin making his mark.
And for that I resent everything that has ever happened to him and how he was treated by a few folk in the DW fandom/the PTB.
tl;dr — these thoughts might change come November. I know I have to reserve judgement until I’ve seen the anniversary episode. But I’m just angry and I needed to let it out.
by all means, let it out. this is exactly how I feel. (Sorry- really, really, really long post about my feelings below that no one should read)
“I know it’s a bit stupid to feel insulted on behalf of an actor or writer, but it just seems like such a big insult to the actor who has spent the past 15 years playing this character, and the writers who have spent as much time closing the gaps in the Doctor’s history by writing him. “
*sobbing about how PMG is still playing Eight flawlessly, with hours of adventure coming out every single year in audio form, but so small part of fandom seems to notice*
Paul McGann: The Doctor who Waited.
For 17 years. For someone from the Beeb to ring him up.
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May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013
"I’m not J.J. Abrams, who’s ultimately responsible. I’m just his Asian puppet. Which, by the way, is also the title of my autobiography."
—
John Cho (x)
yo my heart is racing at the guts it takes to say something like this knowing full well what could happen. damn!!!!
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(Source: itreallyisthelittlethings, via commanderspock)
May 22, 2013
May 21, 2013
• Accidentally close a tab? Ctrl+Shift+T reopens it.
• Bananas release dopamine, eat them when you’re sad.
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC is the one handed version of CTRL+ALT+DEL
• Don’t brush your teeth hard, it makes them sensitive and removes enamel.
• Don’t like spiders? Put citronella oil on your walls and they will not go there.
• Drink one glass of water for every alcoholic drink you have, you’ll get drunk without getting a hangover.
• Get clear ice cubes by boiling water before freezing it
• Heal paper cuts and immediately stop the pain with chapstick.
• If you accidentally write on your dry erase board with a permanent marker, scribble over it with a dry eraser marker to remove it.
• If your shoes smell, put them in the freezer overnight, it will kill the bacteria.
• Make bug bites stop itching with a banana peel.
• Make a paper longer with 12-point text, but 14-point periods and commas.
• Need to get around a blocked website at work? Try replacing the http:// with https://
• Never send your resume as a word file (unless asked) Instead, print it to a pdf file, it’s much cleaner and professional looking.
• Pick a flavor of gum you don’t normally chew, and chew it while studying during a test.
• Place a piece of bread in a container with your homemade cookies and they will stay soft.
• Put a dry towel into a dryer with wet clothes, they will dry faster.
• Put toothpaste on a pimple and it will dry out.
• Practise fake smiling in the mirror every day before going to work/school, you’ll genuinely start to feel happier.
• Rub canola/olive oil on knives before cutting onions, you won’t cry, alternatively chew gum and you won’t either.
• Short on time with a wrinkled dress shirt? Hang it up in the bathroom to steam it flat.
• The night before, place things you don’t want to forget the next morning on top of your shoes.
• Use hydrogen peroxide to remove blood stains from clothing.
• When cleaning windows use newspapers or coffee filters instead of paper towels, they will not leave streaks.
• When microwaving bread products/pizza put a glass of water in with it, it will keep your bread for going spongy.
• When you move into a new place you’re renting, take pictures of any and all damage, then post them on facebook (privately if preferred) so you can use the reference date as proof you didn’t do it.
• When searching plane tickets online delete your cookies prior, prices go up when you visit a site multiple times.
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May 20, 2013
I wanna write Paul McGann a really nice letter and tell him he’ll always be my Doctor no matter what.
Does anyone have an address I could write to?
As confirmed last november by McGannLibrary:
Thanks, Lt Hearts! (Also I note your tag re: him not replying — it’s alright. I figured that I’d still write him something anyway. :D)
May 20, 2013
I wanna write Paul McGann a really nice letter and tell him he’ll always be my Doctor no matter what.
Does anyone have an address I could write to?
May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
For the remaining people that don’t think the Eighth Doctor was the one involved in the Time War (and yes, there are posts saying that in the Eighth Doctor tag). It’s there written in black and white. McGann was the one who ended the Time War, it was what ‘happened’ to his incarnation, and Eccleston’s stuff happened ‘immediately after’. Officially licensed by the BBC.
Unfortunately, “Officially licenced by the BBC” =/= canon.
Until last night, the Eighth Doctor was the one to End the Time War, but only because that assumption was never contradicted onscreen, and Matt Smith was unrefuteably identified as the Eleventh Doctor(and we can all count).
Now it seems we may be given an alternative explanation - and the onscreen canon takes precedence.
I’m still not sure how I feel about this, but I know I’d feel a whole lot more positive if there was a slight hint that Paul McGann will be in the 50th.
Onscreen =/= canon either.
Because guess what? Canon doesn’t exist in Doctor Who! The only time that canon has ever been mentioned by the BBC was in a press release about the Adventure Games saying that they were canon! And that’s if we believe random press release writers to have the authority to declare canon. The only people with that kind of authority were Sidney Newman and Verity Lambert, and they never spoke of it.
Officially licensed is about the only rule about what counts, and even that’s not stuck to hard and fast. Unofficial stuff has been referenced over and over in official stuff. And nobody has ever said that on-screen trumps off-screen. That’s why we have a chameleon circuit rather than a camouflage unit. Target Novels > Televised Pertwee.
Basically, Doctor Who is the anti-canon.
I also need to point out that Richard E. Grant’s Shalka Doctor was also officially licensed by the BBC. Until they decided that it’s going to be ditched. So, yeah. ‘Officially licenced’ really doesn’t mean much.
At this point I’m just pessimistic about everything.
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