Speaking of things Moffat, Biyi and I watched a Doctor Who ep last night (a rare occurrence, she's not a fan of scary monsters), and we had a discussion about the "Next Time" teaser at the end.

Me: "Oh, the next episode is one of the highest-rated Doctor Who adventures ever. First place, on many lists."
Biyi: "Oh, I think I recognise those monsters. They're the, um... The Blinking Angels, that's it."
Me: "...The Weeping Angels."
Biyi: "Whatever."

The Monstrous Regiment!

That made me giggle, because of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes novels written by Laurie King. The second one is called "A Monstrous Regiment of Women."

The Monstrous Regiment!

This made me smile so hard. I wonder who is the Pratchett fan.

Pratchett is what I thought of, too, but its cuter as a Laurie King reference! The internet tells me they are all alluding to a 16th century religious tract.

Actually, there was a pamphlet by John Knox that used that phrase first. Never read it, but have seen it referenced elsewhere.

a 16th century religious tract.

Ooohhh...off to google.

I did google, but given my browser history, ALL the references I found were TP related.

It's mentioned in the Wikipedia article for the Pratchett novel, that could get you started.

Oh my. I'm there now.

Actually, there was a pamphlet by John Knox that used that phrase first. Never read it, but have seen it referenced elsewhere.

That's where the Laurie King novel got it, yeah.

John Knox, yeah, that's the one. All I could remember was "anti-Catholic" and now I'm not even sure that's right.