I Suddenly Remembered My Charlemagne

There's a clown in this one. Stephen Moffat certainly has my number. *shudders*



"Fear me, I've killed hundreds of Time Lords."
"Fear me. I killed all of them."

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

(Though not as much as I was over the Sanctuary teaser, obviously.)

As many of you know, beccatoria celebrated NaNo this year by making a huge pile of vidlets. My personal favourite was called "A Thousand Good-Byes", featuring River Song and the Doctor. The vidlet (which is practically a vid, since it's two minutes long), is just stunning.

A Thousand Good-Byes

As if that wasn't awesome enough, the original prompter tellislant wrote a fic to accompany the video which is EQUALLY STUNNING. It's encompassed the vid, in that it comes at the Doctor/River from both sides, and it's just funny and sad and scary and perfect.

Every New Verse

Also, there's a lovely Star Wars short to "What A Good Boy" by the BNL: Boy & Girl

I'll admit it, when series five of Doctor Who began, I was nervous. I was on my last nerve with the show. I didn't even watch "The End of Time". The only thing that made me think about tuning in was the fact that The Moff was taking over (okay, and that Tennant was gone).

But I did tune in. And as I watching, I realized that I had a feeling welling up inside my chest that I wasn't used to feeling. It was GLEEE. Not happiness, not joy, but GLEEE. Capital G, capital L, capital triple E, GLEEE! I hadn't felt like that since "The Doctor Dances". AND IT WAS AWESOME.

Shortly afterward, I heard the song "Dive", by Steven Curtis Chapman. In addition to the things I could see in myself on a personal level, I could also see Eleven and Amy, and how much I loved watching them. And yes, there are 10 seconds in the very centre of the song that don't work at all, but I've worked around that to the best of my ability (ie. left it blank).

In terms of process, this vid was a bit funny. I had a perfect picture in my head for the "story" of the vid...but the story ends with two minutes left in the song. I was able to shed 30 seconds, but still, quite a bit of shifting on my part.

The good news is that Eleven practically vids himself, and Amy is beyond cute 99% of the time. The bad news is that they DON'T STOP TALKING, so this vid suffers a tiny bit from "talking head" syndrome.

Basically, this is the story of how I met Eleven, how I met Amy, and how much I loved watching them in that first episode. I did cheat a bit and use other episodes, but I tried to stick primarily with scenes from "The Eleventh Hour" where ever I could. There are six or eight clips that I was absolutely set on, and I think they've worked out. The song makes me happy, the vid makes me happy, the show makes me happy! Good times all around.

And notice that this time I tried for short clips! Nothing over five seconds (except for the 10 second black clip, which is on purpose)! ;)

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Or you can download it here.

Even though I spent FOREVER waiting for the Alice in Wonderland stills, I cannot resist the temptation to make an Amy Pond header. So I have.

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Basically, this is two pictures. I edited the crap out of Amy's hair, and added a lens flare, because that's how I roll. The edge shots are the same photo with differences in colour and saturation. Quotation is from Farscape.

Aside from that (and this icon!), nothing else is new.

I have watched SO MANY vids today, f-list, but NONE OF THEM made me smile as much as this one did.

After "The Eleventh Hour" aired, I remember feeling happy. I hadn't felt happy about Doctor Who in what felt like FOREVER. And this vid? ALSO WITH THE HAPPY.

Brand New Day, by humansrsuperior has a peppy song, brilliantly selected clips (most of which match the lyrics rather exactly), and this feeling of JOY to it that just made me smile all day long.

(There are some clips from episodes that I don't think have aired yet...but they aren't spoilery. Also, there are some clips that must be from confidentials, because I certainly don't remember the air guitar, and I think I would have done.)

AN: I am writing for vickysg1 who requested “Crossover with Doctor Who, the Doctor (Ten) and Donna land in Atlantis, no mention of Rose, please.” Man, did I ever panic when I got this prompt! It was fun though. I hope everyone else has as much fun as I did. Doctor Who and Wild West !Lantis to boot.

Thanks to my betas eldanna and lexara! I sort of mashed the results of both together. 

Rating: Kid friendly.

Spoilers: Nothing specific.

Disclaimer: Totally not mine. At all. Even remotely.

Summary: Atlantis gets some unexpected visitors who, in turn, are not visiting what they expect.

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( Same Faces, Different Places )

Gravity_Not_Included, July 14, 2009

I was looking through a file and I found a story I had forgotten I ever wrote. And for some reason, it's Doctor Who. Well, Doctor Who Ish.

AN: er…WHY? I blame TWoP for making me think and lj for not stopping me.

Spoilers: All of Dr. Who (Ten) though vaguely, and The Sarah Jane Adventures

Disclaimer: I am not even British.

Rating: Kid Friendly

Summary: Sarah Jane was never entirely sure how it happened.

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( Tea for Two )

GravityNotIncluded, January 4, 2007

I know only a few of you are Who people. Is there another place I can pass this along?