Wheee to the PD news! ::marks calendar::
As for Claudia Black playing the Doctor: "Lots of planets have a South."
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Theodosia - Jul 16, 2008 9:56:57 am PDT #3666 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
WindSparrow - Jul 16, 2008 10:45:22 am PDT #3667 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I rather feel like I'm coming across as a dickhead now, just for saying that this matters to me - obviously you can like whomsoever you like for your own game of Fantasy Doctor Casting. For me, because the show is special to me as almost the only (and certainly the most significant) piece of onscreen SciFi produced by my people, it would make me sad to have The Doctor played by someone imported.
Doctor Who is quintessentially British. So I don't think you are wrong, or that you are being peevish. You are trying to hold up a tradition that you value, and which would feel less true to you if certain aspects got changed. For what it's worth, I do not believe the showrunners will disappoint you in this. If I believed for a second that they would actually in fact cast Claudia Black as the Doctor, I might have a few misgivings myself.
...Barrowman's popular image, which starts with his showman's grin, an expert line in saucy banter and a reported fondness for showing everyone (especially co-stars who are trying to film a scene) his penis.
Do you think we can get John Barrowman to come to a F2F... If it's ok for straight girls to go a couple sheets to the wind and start making out with other girls in spite of liking boys, surely it would be ok for him to come to Prom, get a few sheets to the wind, and start making out with girls in spite of liking boys. Right?
sumi - Jul 16, 2008 1:19:56 pm PDT #3668 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
So odd. Sciffy is showing Joan of Arcadia on Friday Nights before Doctor Who.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2008 1:28:53 pm PDT #3669 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I'm DVRing it to watch. Old show given to me an episode at a time! How convenient!
But I can't help wondering whether SciFi is spoiling me. Is God really a robot?
quester - Jul 16, 2008 6:17:51 pm PDT #3670 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Typo Boy - Jul 16, 2008 7:13:21 pm PDT #3671 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I do think Claudia Black would make a great Rani.
WindSparrow - Jul 16, 2008 10:49:43 pm PDT #3672 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I do think Claudia Black would make a great Rani.
Now, see, I said this out loud yesterday, and Daniel gave me Spock eyebrow.
Typo Boy - Jul 17, 2008 2:04:03 pm PDT #3673 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Now, see, I said this out loud yesterday, and Daniel gave me Spock eyebrow.
That was because you were being completely logical.
WindSparrow - Jul 17, 2008 8:54:41 pm PDT #3674 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
That was because you were being completely logical.
smooches Typo Boy.
Fay - Jul 18, 2008 3:53:49 am PDT #3675 of 30001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
...aaand now I think Barrowman should totally come to the Prom. I mean, bigtime. This is the first and only time it has occurred to me to want a random celeb-type personage to be in any way involved with an F2F, but he does seem to be living the F2F joi de vivre (which I can't spell) wholesomeish Bacchanalian revelry thing, and one feels that he'd fit in rather well, kilt and all.
The Rani! Oh, fabulous - somehow I'd forgotten about her. Yes - Claudia Black would indeed be a fabulous choice for the Rani.