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09 December 2009 @ 07:16 pm
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Off LJ Links
Day Nine of the official site's Adventure Calendar: The Great Big Doctor Who Christmas Quiz.
The Doctor Who News Page has full details of DWM #416.
Day Nine of the SFX Countdown To The End Of Time is a caption contest.
DWO WhoCast episode 149 is now available.
The TV Movie will be re-released on DVD as a special edition in 2010.
BBC iPlayer has The Doctor's Daughter available. (Poss. UK only)
The TARDIS Scanner: Who Tube has a fan shot vid of Derek Jacobi talking about playing the Master.
Doctor Who Online has a 'Win 4 Doctor Who DVD Box-Sets' competition.
Life, Doctor Who & Combom reports on an unexpected TARDIS spotting.
Big Finish reminds us that the Short Trips books won't be available after the end of the year.
Doctor Who Methadone reviews The Fires of Pompeii.


Discussion and Miscellany
[info]helygen links to the preview clip from the extras to the specials DVD box set.
[info]acciochocolate has details of the Atlanta Gallifreyans' December meeting.
[info]principia_coh has three, non-spoilery high res End of Time promo images of David.
[info]thehornedgod quotes the latest instalment of the SFX interview with RTD. Spoilers!
[info]sue_denimme has a picspam, Celebrating Ten #19: The Shakespeare Code.


Challenges/New Communities
Doctor Who Friending Meme.
[info]mattsmithstills announces voting for Challenge #001.


Fanfic

Completed/Single Part fics
Ficlet: Bells by [info]spikewriter (Ten | PG | spoilers for Waters of Mars)
Jack: But Time Didn’t Stop by [info]ericadawn16 (Jack/Ianto, Martha | PG-13)
One good memory by [info]stillxmyxheart (Rose/Ten | G)
Advent Calendar Drabbles #9: Apprehension by [info]azriona (Ten, Rose | PG)
Ficlet: The Man in the Parlour (2/2) by [info]littledoglaughd (Charley, Eight | PG )
Something by [info]sofia_rock (Doctor, Master, Last of the Timelords cast | G)
Mine and Meet your Master by [info]the_redjay (OCs, The Master | PG-13)

Works in Progress
Donna and the Waters of Mars (3/8) by [info]katherine_b (The Doctor, Donna | PG | spoilers for Waters of Mars)
Gentlemen (1/4) by [info]darkestboy (The 3rd Doctor, Jo, the Brigadier, Benton, Yates, The Master, The Monk, more | PG-13)
Doors & Carpets (4/?) by [info]jhumor (Human Doctor/Rose | unrated)
Consci_Fan_Mo (9/?) Gone Fishing by [info]padawanpooh (Six, Peri | G)
Eyes Wide Open (1/?) by [info]wishiknewwho (TenII/Rose | G)


Icons & Graphics
[info]x5649 has 20 End of Time preview icons and a wallpaper Spoilers!
[info]incanta_art has a Waters of Mars wallpaper.
[info]brittahnayy has 8 DW icons.
[info]couleurverte has 5 Tenth Doctor icons and a wallpaper.
[info]everrdeadly has a few DW icons within a multi-fandom post.
[info]kathyh has 30 Doctor Who icons, including both classic and new series images.


Fanart and Creative Endeavours
[info]tardis10 shares a Doctor and Master drawing their friend gave them.
[info]qthewetsprocket has made macros from a couple of End of Time promo images. Spoilers!
[info]tencrush has Dalek and TARDIS cross stitch patterns here, here and here.



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My dad and I got there around 4 or so on Saturday morning (and a word of advice: Never eat McDonald's oatmeal for breakfast, or any other meal. YUCK). Waited in the truck for awhile, then joined the line. At first it was just cold, but then it was raining, and then it was SNOWING. Hard. For three hours. For a while some of us got to sit under a canopy/tent thing belonging to a resourceful lady in line, but we finally had to pack that up when the line moved.

And yet it never once occurred to the BJ's staff to let us into the store, as often as we helpfully suggested it to the staffers who would come out and serve cold Snapple on a freezing day (thanks a lot). They would ask who needed to buy a book or membership, whisk them inside, then whisk them right back out into the line. Not even when the store actually opened would they let us in.

BJ's FAIL.

The only good thing was that there were a few protesters out there with stupid signs, and we could enjoy the thought that they were as cold and wet as we were.

We were a bunch of frozen popsicles when Sarah's van pulled up, but still managed a rather weak cheer. Caught a glimpse of Todd carrying Trig, and tons of security people. (No eggs or tomatoes this time!) Ten minutes AFTER that, they finally let us in. As we were thawing out and trying to make our hair not look quite so much like wet dog hair, they explained the rules: Only books allowed in the line. No gifts, period. I had something very important I wanted to give Sarah, something that I'd written and had brought in a blue folder, but I had to give it to them, and then I saw that they had stashed it and the other gifts under a table. Very confidence-inducing.

Everything moved very very fast, like assembly-line fast, when the signing started. Todd was taking the books and passing them to Sarah. I quickly explained I had something for her and where it was, and he said he'd see that she got it. So nice!

Continued below . . . )
 
 
08 December 2009 @ 09:03 pm
Do you have a Doctor Who community or a journal that we are not currently linking to? Leave a note in the comments and we'll add you to the [info]who_daily reading list.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Because of the high posting volume and the quantity of information linked in each newsletter, [info]who_daily will no longer link fanfiction that does not have a header. For an example of what a "good" fanfic header is, see the user info. Please note, the fic must have a header with the fic, not just in the link post, in order to be added to the newsletter. Thank you.

Off-LJ Links
Most awesome DW female character poll (link via [info]miss_s_b who would like you to vote for Peri)
The official site has Day 8 of its advent calendar: Whatever happened to Cassie and Jimmy?
Two Minute Time Lord: Chekhov's Sonic Screwdriver
Big Finish announce some new releases
BBC iPlayer are showing 'The Poison Sky' (UK only)
Total Scifi Online review Hornets’ Nest, The Circus of Doom, The Eternal Summer, The Three Companions, Ringpullworld and The Nightmare Fair
Who Tube has Preview clips from Doctor Who The Complete Specials boxed set (specifically Tennant's video diary)
Voyager Online has the opportunity to win the Hornets’ Nest audios
SFX has a list of every time the sonic screw-driver has been used in New Who
Hirst Books features 'Shooty Dog Thing' by Paul Castle and friends
Billie Doux reviews 'The Poison Sky'
HeroPress reviews 'Inferno'
The Daily Drew reviews 'The Mind Robber' episode 2
Den of Geek has 34 new pictures from 'The End of Time' (spoilers)


Discussion & Miscellany
[info]juliet316 asks for thoughts on accepting a new Doctor
[info]shinyjenni has watched 'The Brain of Morbius'
[info]garpu asks how you think series 11 of Bernice Summerfield will resolve
[info]yearn4themoon thinks you should email Craig Ferguson of the Late Late Show in an attempt to get David Tennant back to the US
[info]thereshedances has a DW friending meme
[info]magicallawhas a Top 10 Tennant photoshoot pictures pic-spam

Communities & Challenges
New community: [info]audoctorrose
[info]best_enemies has new drabble prompts
[info]smith_n_jones announces voting for its 'best Martha' icon challenge and announces a new challenge for best text icon featuring Ten and Martha
[info]iconsofrassilon announces the winners of its Romana I challenge
[info]whochorus has a reminder for voting


Fanfiction
Complete
Wind From the Sea, Waves on the Shore by [info]kaffyr [Nine, Rose, TARDIS | PG-13]
kings are cowards by [info]stillxmyxheart [Ten/Rose, Jackie, Jack | PG]
This Boy by [info]goldencinders [Ten/Rose | PG]
Falcon in the Dive by [info]infiniteviking [Ten | G]
Nightmares by [info]galadriella1 [Ten II/Rose | Unrated]
State of Change by [info]spikewriter [Ten II/Rose | PG]
Mismatched by [info]wildwinterwitch [Ten/Rose | T]
Habit by [info]azriona [Ten, OCs | PG]
Salad Days by [info]padawanpooh [Ten/Donna | PG-13]
The Snow Lord, or How Rangifer tarandus Rescued the Tardis by [info]acciochocolate [Ten, reindeer | G]

Works-In-Progress
Doctor Faustus Dances (1/2) by [info]wendymr [Nine, Rose, Jack, John Hart | PG]
Wasted Time (4/5) by [info]cookie2697 [AU!Ten/Rose | R]
Lightning (1/?) by [info]2cbetter2 [Ten/Rose | PG]
Body Language (1/3) by [info]amberfocus [Nine/Rose, Jack | Adult]
Consequences (2/?) by [info]elwa [Ten/Jack, Ten/OC | R]
The Man in the Parlour (1/2) by [info]littledoglaughd [Charley | PG]
Miles to go: My Love, On Christmas Day (4/?) by [info]wishiknewwho [Ten/Rose, OC | G]
Christmas Cards From Four Universes #2: Christmas In Translation (2/4) by [info]dameruth [Ten/Rose/Jack, OC | G]

Crossovers
Never Monday by [info]ninamazing [Rose/Mitchell | PG-13 | crossover with Being Human]


Icons & Graphics
[info]jane_prefect has 7 icons and 3 wallpapers featuring John Simm (spoilers)
[info]the_tenzo has 2 wallpapers/calendars of David Tennant's TV appearances in Dec/Jan (UK and US)
[info]daquien has 4 icons from the DW Xmas BBC 1 ident
[info]sapphire_child has various DW icons, including spoilers for WoM
[info]rhipowered has 9 icons from the DW Xmas BBC 1 ident
[info]la_esmeralda has 19 icons of Ten and Martha


Fanart and Creative Endeavors
[info]snowgrouse has Ten/Simm!Master crack doodles (NSFW)
[info]kirrilee_t has 25 Matt Smith icons
[info]tencrush has created a Dalek cross-stitch pattern
 
 

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Hey everyone! So I'm the girl in the interview that I posted before lol And I just wanted to tell my story about meeting Sarah and the nice favor she did for me.

So I woke up at 3:40 am and got at the mall at 4:55 and I was about 97th-120th in line outside the Mall of America. I was waiting with my dad who was wearing his Carrharts and I was wearing my snowmobile Arctic cat jacket (it kept me SO warm). So at 6:00 am we got to go inside and get our wristbands! We checked in our books and sat on the floor. I got to meet a lot of cool people and it was just a bunch of fun!

At 7 am my mom arrived and this very nice woman let her get into line with us! So my, my dad and my mom waited in line and talked to people until 11:45 am when Sarah arrived!! She surprised us early and she had Trig, Todd, her mom and dad and her aunt Katie with her. I have a cute video of hyper Trig "waving" to the crowd :) Everyone went crazy and screamed, we were so so excited. People were yelling/singing "I dont know if you been told, but Sarah Palin's Goin' Rogue!!" lol

So we were so excited to see Sarah and Todd! I had my bead book with me with all the fan quotes in it and the bracelets, I really needed to give this letter and book to her but this mean meeeeaaan lady yelled at me "IF YOU WANNA GO ON STAGE GIVE ME THAT BOOK!" I was so so heartbroken that I wouldnt be able to give Sarah this book that I worked so hard on so I threw the fricken book in the basket and walked up the stairs.

I was still happy to see Sarah! She shook my hand after I shook Todd's and she said to me:

"Hi, What's your name?"
Me: "Brittany."
Sarah: "And Brittany, how old are you?"
Me: "Im 18!"
Sarah: "Are you a senior in high school?"
Me: "No, Im actually a freshman in college!"
Sarah: "And what are you studying?"
Me: "Political Science."
She perked up and smiled, "Oh great! We need more like you!"
Me: "Sarah, I actually made something for you, but they wouldn't let me bring it up."
Sarah: "Oh! Well, get Doug... I want to see it."
So I was so happy and I was being pushed off stage. I found some guy on her staff and my mom grabbed my book out of the basket.
This very nice guy on her staff let me go back on stage when I told him that Sarah said I could. He actually escorted me to the front of the line.

I got back up to the table, holding my book and Todd nudged Sarah and pointed to me, he said:

"Oh you got it!!!"
Me: "Yea I got it!"
Sarah: "Hey Brittany!"
Me: "Here, Sarah, this is a book that I put together with little letters to you, and everyone picked a bead to represent their statements."
Sarah: She paged through it and her face was priceless, she was surprised and she loved it. "Thank you! This is great! I can share these bracelets with my girls!"
Me: "Thank you, Sarah!" I smiled.
Sarah: "I love you, Brittany!!!" Shakes my hand again.

At this time I was just pumped when I left and so excited then the FOX news team rushed over to me and asked for a follow up. Overall, It was the BEST BEST BEST day ever! :) Thanks for reading my story you guys! :)

 
 
09 December 2009 @ 12:36 am


Fun- you can see some of the mannerisms he'd later use as The Master. Although there's still no bettering John Hurt's version in I, Claudius.
 
 
 

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08 December 2009 @ 09:04 am
Check out the video at this link -- it's done by the awesome James Lileks, who's a Palin fan himself (although here he's wearing his neutral journalist hat).

Also, RINGLETS! Love 'em! (I noticed them in your video too, trendy_bree.) I hope this is something she does often enough that we can have a tag for it! :-)
 
 
07 December 2009 @ 10:06 pm
Ok you guys! I gave Sarah the book and she loved it plus a news team FOX9 interviewed me and got a video of me giving her OUR BEAD BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Watch the whole video. Im the girl with the glasses and white shirt!