The Nameless city, an e-book review.

Hi my hot cute girly geeks and boy geeks of course, and how are you guys today? Another Doctor Who 50^th anniversary short story review, this time, the second one. The Nameless city, by Michael Scott.

Don’t forget, also spoilers ahead.

About the book:

• Kindle Edition, 48 pages
• Published February 23rd 2013 by Puffin
• Author: Michael Scott
• Edition language: English
• Series: Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts #2
• Characters: The Second Doctor

 

 

Synopsis according to Goodreads:

When Jamie McCrimmon brings the Second Doctor a mysterious book, little does he realise the danger contained within its pages. The book transports the TARDIS to a terrifying glass city on a distant world, where the Archons are intent on getting revenge on the Time Lord for an ancient grudge.

Eleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children’s fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.

My Thoughts:

As I stated before in my first review of the Doctor Who 50^th anniversary short stories, I haven’t seen the original Doctor Who episodes, besides the one. So I can’t comment on the fact if the author did a good job describing and capturing the essence of the main characters.

But I can however review the story. First of all, I’m not familiar with the author, don’t know him, haven’t read a book he wrote. Sorry about that, if you have any recommendations, just let me know.

I liked the story, but I thought the principle was that these short stories where written for children. Now, because I read a lot of fantasy, sci-fi and such I am familiar with the Necronomicon. Isn’t that a bit to adult and too scary for kids? Don’t get me wrong, it worked in the story, but I did have my moments about it when I read it.

I loved the fact that the Tardis gets a huge part of this story, although I found the solution to repair her a bit easy. It’s nice to know where the Tardis originally came from. And in this case I found my lack of knowledge about the old Doctor Who series bothering me. I don’t know if a lot of the stuff explained in the story is originally from the series or that it’s made up.

Big shout out to another Time-Lord reference! And of course the music of the spheres! That I do know!

One thing, and I had the same with the first story, is that they all feel a bit rushed. I know they are short stories, but it feels sometimes important things are left out in order to keep the pages to a minimum, this story more than the first one.

Buttons aka I want a copy:

 

 

My Rating:

I give it an 8 out of 10. I liked the story, although it didn’t appeal so much to me as the first one. For a new whovian it’s sometime confusing reading about the older Doctors and not knowing who they were. Guess I have to catch up on my classics and maybe after that re-read these short stories.

Love, your own hot cute girly geek, Mendy.

Doctor Who Proms 2013

Hi my hot cute girly geeks and boy geeks of course. No YouTube Sunday today, cause I don’t have enough vids, but something else for this lazy Sunday. The Doctor Who Proms 2013!

Unfortunately I wasn’t there yesterday, but the lovely people from BBC 3 radio made sure all the whovians from all around the world could listen to it live yesterday evening. And if you follow me on twitter you know I did just that.

In one word: Brilliant! I have seen some recordings from earlier Doctor Who Proms, but this is the first time I was in the position to listen to it live. And let me tell you, it was amazing.

Because we celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Doctor Who later this year on the 23^rd of November (also known as my 30^th birthday) it was a special occasion. Murray Gold even wrote a special song for this occasion.

And let’s not forget us tweeting whovians made the Doctor Who Proms a trending topic last night. Never underestimate the power of fangirls / fanboys.

Just about all the monsters where present, Silurians, Judoon, Cybermen, Daleks, Venetian vampires, Sontaran, Weeping Angels, the Silence, Ice Warriors. Oh I can’t wait until the BBC releases the video footage of the proms.

Some familiar faces where there as well, Madame Vastra and Strax, I love Strax, my favourite potato. Who of course was very confused about all the puny humans present.

And of course, the star of the show, the Doctor himself! Together with his companion Clara! Although they did something wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff to get there, at the Royal Albert Hall and something went wrong with the Doctor’s hair…

And special guest was the 5^th Doctor! Together with the first ever companion!

Like I said, I really need the video footage asap, work on that BBC!!!

The music played was old and new. Popular like ‘I am the Doctor’ (one of my favourites) sad and full of feelings, Amy’s goodbye and the 10^th Doctor’s last song ‘Vale Decim’ (still makes me wanna cry every time I hear it). The companions suite, the theme song, the Daleks and many, many more.

Let’s just say listening to it last night, and now relistening to it again, it’s giving me goose bumps. If you missed it last night, you can listen to it right here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2013/july-13/14610 and I urge you to do so.

Before I end this post I need to put in a disclaimer. Normally I don’t bother, but since I nicked all the pictures and vids from the BBC, here is the disclaimer:

Disclaimer: I do not own the music, videos and/or pictures used in this blog. No copyright infringement intended. Everything belongs to their respective owners

Love, your own hot cute girly geek, Mendy

 

 

Hot Cute Girly Geek museum tour: the London Film Museum

Hi my hot cute girly and boy geeks of course, as you could have read in my last post, I’m still busy. I’m hoping that March will bring some peace and quiet in my life, but until then. If I have the time, I’ll write a couple of posts and let them be posted on my blog spread out throughout the week. I’m still catching up with older posts and as promised I would do a post about the film museum I went to last year.

• Name: London Film Museum
• Place: London, UK.
• Location: South Bank.
• Website: http://www.londonfilmmuseum.com/south-bank/
• Date of visit: 26th of September, 2012
• Permanent collection: everything to do with movies
• Current exhibition: Charlie Chaplin
• Price: £13.50

So I went to the London film museum because when I was in London last year I decided to do a Doctor Who related tour of my own. I read online they had Daleks and a TARDIS on display and that was the main reason for me to go. I didn’t expect much of the museum itself and I was really shocked about the entrance fee they asked. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The whole museum is one big geekfest!  I snapped a lot of photos and had to contain my inner geeky squees a lot!

This location of the London film museum is located on the first floor of the Country Hall, next to the London eye. There is also a location at Covent Gardens. But the main one is on South Bank.

Upon entering they had the original Flash Gordon script and a lot of set photographs at display. Cue inner geeky squeak. I love that movie as well as the brilliant music by Queen.

 

 

 

 

 

The film museum has different rooms with themes on display. Like the horror movie room, where you can see stuff from Hellraiser, some creepy heads, a monkey used in 28 days later (I also love zombie movies!)

Or what to think of a Harry Potter room, with lots of goodies used in the original movies. Seeing I can’t post all the photos I took, here are the most awesome three: The Tri-Wizard cup, golden egg and Ron’s broken wand with letter from his mum. Or what to think of the brooms and books they used for studying. And what about clothes they used in the movie.

Seeing as my latest fascination, or rather addiction to Sherlock, they also have a Sherlock room. Unfortunately not based on the new BBC series, but still.

And how about some Star Wars goodies: Ewok fur, lightsaber, Han Solo.

They also had some pretty amazing outfits from different movies: The mummy returns. Or what to think of the Chronicles of Riddick, freaking awesome!!! And not to forget, Batman begins.

Oh and they had one of the aliens from Alien, as well as the facehuggers.

And look! Even some drawings of Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I swear, whenever you turn the corner in this museum, you are surprised with some more geeky goodies!

Or the shirt Keanu Reeves was wearing in Constantine.

And what to think of the shirt Simon Pegg, uber geek (I bow down to your geekyness sir) he used in Shaun of the Dead.

And a knife Hugo Weaving used in the Matrix.

Oh and look, a Terminators head and shirt from Terminator 2.

How about some Total Recall money (used in the original movie, not that terrible remake!)

And a childhood geeky thing: the sub from thunderbirds! I really need to stop looking at my own pictures, this is getting ridiculous, I’m actually squeeing on the couch again!

I also hope you liked Highlander, here’s a costume used in the movie.

Are there any Superman fans out there? Costume used in Superman Returns.

Or what to think of the armor from a Knights Tale?

And let me end with the main reason I went to the museum in the first place. Daleks and a TARDIS!

Sorry about the picture spamming, but I really loved this museum. It’s worth every penny and you should visit it, if you have the chance!

Until next time. Love, your own hot cute girly geek, Mendy.

All I want for Christmas is Who: the end of time part 2

Hi my fellow whovians, this is my last review of Christmas, a bit late. But In the meantime I had a wonderful Christmas dinner (which I cooked myself) got some nice gifts and gave some nice gifts away, watched the latest Christmas episode (god, still buzzing on the couch right now, keep a look out for that review and watch it again, we have to wait till April next year for another new episode, Damn you Moffat!!!) and now I’m settled on the couch with my cat, comfy clothes, a cold beer, tissues, a plush adipose to keep me company and chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate.

Do I have to say it again? Yes? Ok, this review contains spoilers my sweeties.

We ended the previous episode with a big surprise, the Time Lords are back and now we are taken to see the remains of the broken planet of Gallifrey, scattered in Dalek ships. On the last day of the Time War the remaining Time Lords gather, asking for the Doctor and something he has in his possession ‘the moment’ because they have foreseen him destroying Dalek and Gallifrey alike. Lord President will not die today and will do everything in his power to stop himself of dying. The key to surviving are the Doctor, the Master and Earth…

Back in the Naismith layer, The Doctor and Wilf are captured by the Master and the other Masters turn over the power to the original Master. And someone rings Wilf. But that can’t be, everyone is the Master, except Donna. The Masters locate her and Donna is still remembering until she bursts with energy and faints. The Doctor explains it’s just a defense mechanism. And he still wants to save the Master, trying to convince him, plead with him, although I suspect he somehow knows the Master doesn’t accept his offer.

The Master: Tell me, where’s your Tardis?
The Doctor: You could be so wonderful.
The Master: Where is it?
The Doctor: You’re a genius. You’re stone cold brilliant; you are, I swear, you really are. But you could be so much more. You could be beautiful. With a mind like that, we could travel the stars. It would be my honor. Because you don’t need to own the universe, just see it. Have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space. That’s ownership enough.
The Master: Would it stop then? The noise in my head.
The Doctor: I can help.
The Master: I don’t know what I’d be without that noise.
The Doctor: I wonder what I’d be without you.
The Master: Yeah.

The Master takes us back to his childhood and how he became how he is now. The origin of the beat of the drums, a rhythm of four, the heartbeat of a Time Lord…

The Master still wants the Tardis and tries to compel the Doctor by threatening to kill Wilf, and the master is still bone death stupid:

The Doctor: You’ve got 6 billion pairs of eyes, and you still can’t see the obvious, can you?
The Master: What?
The Doctor: That guard is one inch too tall.

Cacti to the rescue (that’s racist! I know but it such a fun nickname. They rescue Wilf and the Doctor, although keeping him in his wheelie chair thingy, NOT THE STAIRS!!! Yep indeed worst rescue ever. They beam up to the salvage ship of the Cacti, while when the Doctor gets out, destroys the controls.  And sweet old Wilf is still a bit dazzled about being in space. Every Master is searching for the Cacti ship (oh I do love to say Cacti) but can’t find it and the Doctor, the Doctor looks defeated, at last.

The Masters are trying to find the signal of the drums and all 6 billion of them tune into it. Turns out the Time-Lords are behind this and they try to establish a permanent link trough time and space with Earth to escape the Time War and death itself. Wilf is wandering through the Cacti ship and runs into the mystery woman again. She tells him that the Doctor needs to arm himself, Wilf brought his old gun with him, from the war, but also tells the woman that the Doctor doesn’t do guns (well that’s a bit debatable) The Doctor and Wilf talk again, over what happened and the war Wilf was in. The Doctor taking all the blame on himself, seeing humanity as giants. Wilf wants to hand the doctor the gun. But he doesn’t take it, and we get another beautiful and sentimental piece:

The Doctor: I’d be proud.
Wilfred Mott: Of what?
The Doctor: If you were my dad.
Wilfred Mott: Come on, don’t start. But you said, you were told that he would knock four times, and then you die. Well, that’s him, isn’t it? The Master, that noise in his head. The Master is going to kill you.
The Doctor: Yeah.
Wilfred Mott: Then kill him first.
The Doctor: That’s how the Master started. It’s not like I’m an innocent. I’ve taken lives. And I got worse, I got clever. Manipulated people into taking their own. Sometimes I think a Time lord lives too long. I can’t. I just can’t.
Wilfred Mott: If The Master dies, what happens to all the people?
The Doctor: I don’t know.
Wilfred Mott: Doctor, what happens?
The Doctor: The template snaps.
Wilfred Mott: Will they go back to being human, they’re alive and human? Then don’t you dare, sir, don’t you dare put him before them. Now you take this, that’s an order, Doctor. You take the gun; you take the gun and save your life. And please don’t die; you’re the most wonderful man on earth! I don’t want you to die!

The Doctor: Never

The Master broadcasts his message, about finding the white point star diamond. The Time Lords are returning and the Doctor finally accepts the gun, running of. The Masters open a pathway to bring back Gallifrey, to bring home the Time-Lords. And Gallifrey rises.

Turns out the Time-lords aren’t that wonderful, and the doctor unfrazzels the asteroid lasers on the salvage ships, giving Wilf orders to return to one last battle and manning one of the lasers. The Cacti don’t want the doctor moving the ship, like that’s gonna help:

The Doctor: There’s an old Earth saying, Captain. A phrase of great power and wisdom and consolation to the soul in times of need.
Addams: What’s that then?
The Doctor: [shouts] Allons-y!

The Masters launch the earth’s missiles on the ship while Wilf and one of the Cacti start shooting at them (Hello Star Wars reference). Back at the Time Lords, we find out that the mystery woman is a Time-Lord herself, an angel of old. And the Doctor is steering the ship towards the Naismith mansion and the Time-Lords are closing in. The Doctor jumps out of the ship into the mansion but didn’t think this plan really trough. Although he’s a lot sturdier then a human being, he looks pretty broken when he makes contact with the floor and is confronted by the Lord President. We also learn the final plan of the Master; he wants to transport himself into every Time Lord, big whoops. But they came prepared and all humans are turned back to themselves again.

Turns out not only the Time-Lords are returning but the whole of Gallifrey as a planet. Now that can’t be good. Wilf is back in the mansion and the Cacti run like hell, seems like a smart move, now earth is about to be knock out of orbit. Only Wilf is brave enough to run towards the doctor, saving one of the scientists in the radiation room, locking himself in. The Doctor tries to explain to the Master what he’s done. Destroying everything in its way and we learn why the Doctor destroyed his race. Why he had to make that sacrifice. While the Lord President wants to kill the Master, the Doctor pulls out his gun, first pointing towards the Lord President and then the Master. You see him thinking, doubting, gathering courage to do what needs to be done, switching between the Master and the Lord President. Is the Doctor strong enough to do what needs to be done, can he make that sacrifice. And he does shoot, but not the obvious choice, he shoots the machine control.

And the Master, the Master saves the Doctor, he doesn’t die, he doesn’t fulfill the prophecy! Gallifrey returns back and the doctor lives, he’s alive!

Four knocks sounds and then it hits the doctor, it’s not over yet. And he hates Wilf for a second, you see him being defeated yet again, but this time it’s final. So much emotion in a split second. Wilf is still in the radiation chamber and the doctor explains that it’s gonna be blasted with radiation any second now. For a moment the Doctor wants to keep Wilf in there, but he can’t. He can’t let someone else sacrifice himself for him. And the Doctor breaks, angry, crying, shouting out to the universe and it isn’t fair. But he still can’t let him die. Because that it who the doctor is. In that moment we see inside his hearts, his deepest regrets and highest moments and Wilf realizes what he is about to do. The Doctor sacrificing himself for Wilfred, dying in the process to do so, the most antagonizing moment to watch him in such pain.

But he walks out of the radiation chamber, “oh now it opens.” And instantly the doctor is healed. But it’s not healing, it’s regenerating. And Wilf just hugs him, because, what can you say in a moment like that, to a man like that. Knowing what he just did.

Donna is still unconscious on the couch, and she wakes up to the sound of the Tardis arriving. And yet again she missed everything… again. The Doctor promises to see Wilf again, leaving him, saying he’s going to get his reward.

He is saying goodbye to his loved ones. The saddest song playing.

Martha and Mickey, rescuing them from a Sontaran sniper. And wait what. What. what? They are married! Never saw that one coming.

Luke and Sarah Jane Smith, while saving Luke from a car, running him almost down.

Captain Jack Harkness, not saving him but hooking him up with none other than Midshipman Frame

Verity Newman, the great granddaughter of Joan Redfern, while she is signing her book ‘a Journal of impossible things.’

Donna, at her wedding, this time she got to say yes. And Wilf, leaving a present for Donna, a lottery ticket, bought by a pound coin, given to him by Donna’s dad, Sylvia Nobles husband.

And then I broke down in tears…

Finally a goodbye to the girl where it all began… Rose.

The doctor tries to get back to the tardis but collapses, Ood Sigma appears, telling him the whole universe will sing him to his sleep. The Doctor all but drags himself back into the tardis. Ood Sigma tells him, “This song is ending, but the story never ends.”

Oh god, I can’t, not anymore, please, this is just the saddest thing ever. I don’t want to watch that ending again. The reason I’ve been postponing this.

Back in his Tardis the Doctor finally starts to regenerate, still trying to fight it, taking the Tardis into outer space, not wanting to give in, not wanting to give up. Those famous last words

I don’t want to go

He almost destroys the Tardis in the process and he turns into the 11^th doctor, the Tardis is crashing and falling back to earth.

It is so hard to explain why these two episodes are the greatest episodes out of the Doctor Who new series. Well, why I think they are. It’s the ending of an era, the last piece of David Tennant, the ultimate climax, the big bang. Building up to it. Seeing the Time Lords, the Master, so much emotion, happy and sad, angry and funny. Saying goodbye to all the wonderful friends he made as the 10^th Doctor, knowing that the universe still loves him, even though he feels betrayed by it. It’s hard to bring it into words, it’s a feeling you have. In my opinion it shows the Doctor, period. The best acting of David Tennant. And I do feel that the last couple of minutes, after the most heartbreaking ending ever, are diminishing that ending. They should have stopped at I don’t want to go. They should have stopped at his regeneration and the destruction of the tardis.

If you haven’t seen this episode yet, do so. And let me know your thoughts about it.

There is one last thing for me to say to you, after this review. Only one word fitting enough to end this:

All I want for Christmas is Who: the Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

Hi my fellow whovians, last year’s Christmas special is up for review, and since I watched just a few weeks ago, I didn’t watch it yet again. And there’s a reason for that. From all the Christmas specials, I like this one the lest. But we’ll come to that. If you’re a geek and into fantasy as well as sci-fi you probably noticed the title of this episode resembles one of the stories from Narnia (or if you haven’t read the books, the first Narnia movie: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) even the episode does have some crossovers with the movie. And this isn’t a particular scary episode, it’s more about love and family and spending that special time with your loved ones. Oh and as always, spoilers!!!

 

We start off in 1938, Christmas Eve, Madge Arwell investigates something that fell out of the sky and she finds a man in a spacesuit. She decides helping out the spaceman with its helmet on backwards (oh silly, silly Doctor) by getting him back to a blue police box. The spaceman tells her he wants to repay her for her kindness; all she has to do is make a wish.

Three years later we find Madge in the middle of the Second World War and her husband is a fighter pilot. He is flying his plane blind and has no means to land safe; looking at a picture of his wife he apologizes.

Marge receives a telegram, telling her, her husband is lost at sea and declared deceased. Not wanting to upset her children, and forever remembering Christmas with the dead of their father, she decides not to tell them. Because of the bombing, the family is to leave for Uncle Digby’s estate and the last dinner at home, the children break a wishbone and Madge makes a silent wish for help.

Arriving at the estate of Uncle Digby the family is greeted by the Doctor, explaining he is the caretaker and since Madge never seen the Doctor (because of the whole spacesuit / helmet on backwards) she doesn’t recognize him. The Doctor get’s everyone inside and takes them for a tour of the house, showing the most wonderful and ludicrous things he did to ‘upgrade’ the house so it’s more fun now. Moving chairs in the TV room, lemonade out of the tap and the most awesome children’s bedroom with toys and no beds but hammocks, cause hammocks are cool! Madge is on edge and stricken with grief and shouts at the Doctor to stop this insane behavior. The children are send of and Madge explains what happened. Before they can continue the conversation the children scream in delight. They found the Christmas tree the Doctor has put up, and also the enormous present besides it.

Children are nosy and Madge her children are no exception, Cyril, the boy, sneaks out of bed to open the big present. (Lily wanted to do so also, but she got distracted by a strange noise coming from the attic.) What is it with these children? Can’t they wait till they’re allowed to open the presents? I love presents but I’ve always contained myself and never opened one to early, although I have the nasty habit of guessing what’s inside before opening.

So Cyril finds not a present but a portal inside the box and crawls trough, finding a snow covered world. He also finds ornaments growing on the trees and picks one. But seeing a face on it, he hastily drops is. The ornament hatched and something comes out of it.

Back at the house, Lily finds the Doctor in the attic, lying about the TARDIS being a wardrobe to her. The Doctor inquires about Cyril and when they go look for him, he’s missing from his hammock. The rush towards the Christmas tree and see Cyril re-entering the present/portal and follow him.  Because of some timey wimey stuff they find that Cyril is long gone and the Doctor and Lily follow his footsteps in the snow.

Marge wakes up and finds the caretaker and both her children gone, and she also finds the present / portal. She crawls trough it. She finds 3 Harvest Rangers, and they explain she needs to leave because of the acid rain coming down to melt the trees for fuel. She tricks them in thinking she’s harmless and forces them into helping her find her kids.

Meanwhile back in the forest, the footsteps lead towards a large tower. Cyril is already inside and on the top floor, facing a wooden queen and as soon as he sits on the throne, she puts a crown on his head. The Doctor and Lily also go upstairs and are followed by the wooden king. The Doctor tries his sonic, but as you know, his sonic doesn’t do wood. They find Cyril in the top and the Doctor questions the king and queen. They are trying to evacuate the forest, but they need some kind of vessel.

Meanwhile back at Marge, she is inside this big robot thingy and tries to locate their children. But before the female ranger can help her properly, all three rangers are beamed out of there, so Madge decides the ‘drive’ the robot herself, following the signal. And eventually trashing the robot next to the tower.

The king and queen decide Madge is the one they’ll use as vessel for the forest life and the top of the tower, together with the inhabitants finds themselves in the vortex. The Doctor urges Madge to think of home in order to ‘pilot’ them back safe. She does so but then stumbles onto memories of her husband and how he died. The children are shocked to learn their father is death, but before any real questions can be asked they find themselves back at Uncle Digby’s mansion with a great flash of light.

While Madge tries to comfort her children and tries to explain about their dad, the Doctor pops out of the space ship only to come rushing in to get the family. They need to see something. Madge’s husband of all people is standing next to his plane on the Digby lawn. And the Doctor explains to Madge that her love led her husband into the time vortex and the blinding light was used as guide back home.

Back at the mansion the Doctor prepares to leave, but Madge asks him to stay for Christmas dinner. He tells her he can’t and Madge assumes he must have a family of his own to get to. When the Doctor tells them his friends thing they are death, Marge orders him to go to them.

He does so and stands before a TARDIS blue door, when he knocks; Amy opens with a water gun in her hand, thinking there are Christmas carolers for her door again. (That’s not very nice Mrs. Pond!) Finally after a sentimental moment, the Doctor asks if they have room for one more at their Christmas dinner and Amy replies they always set and extra plate for him. The Doctor is surprised to find tears on his face and enters the home of the Ponds to enjoy in their festivities.

Like I said, this isn’t one of my favorite Christmas specials; maybe because it’s all too mushy, but I don’t like the monsters, the Doctor doesn’t really seem as the Doctor. Madge is annoying and a little bit crazy, the kids are even more annoying and I don’t know, it’s just a feeling.

But have a look out for the second last review of today, the Snowman!

Love, your hot cute girly whovian, Mendy

All I want for Christmas is Who: the Next Doctor

Hi my fellow Whovians, it pains me to say I forgot this particular Christmas episode. Yep, sorry, I’m a bad Whovian. But the thing is, it’s an episode you forget that easily. It’s not thrilling, not exciting, and nothing special; (besides the Cybermen) it doesn’t stick. But I’m still gonna watch it in order to review it.

So sit back, grab some eggnog and enjoy the reading. As always, there are spoilers, so be warned my sweeties!

Victorian England, Christmas Eve and it’s snowing, the Tardis materializes. The Doctor steps out, enjoys the scenery, Christmas carolers and everything. Until a girl screams: DOCTOR!!! (Why do all the girls scream for the doctor? Never understood that.) So he rushed towards the woman in distress, sees some spooky doors at the point of breaking down and urges the woman to get behind. Only she screams again for the Doctor. To answer with those famous words: What? What? What? (Oh come on, I know you read those words in his voice). Big surprise, there are 2 doctors. And he has a sonic, and a Tardis, and is a Time-Lord and he says Allons-y! Can I opt again for a three times What?

A primitive conversion beast thingy barge through the doors and the next doctor follows it, followed by the real Doctor. Can I just say the primitive conversion beasties look really awful. It’s a man in a gorilla suit with a Cybermen mask on his face. Both doctors lose the beastie and find themselves rolling over the floor, laughing. Not to the amusement of companion Rosita. The real Doctor thinks the next Doctor is also real, but a later regeneration of him. Just to keep it not confusing I guess. The real Doctor decides to play along and introduces himself as John Smith, while next Doctor explains what’s been happening, there are Cybermen, creatures from outer space, and a funny reply from David, “Really?” But next doctor is also missing some memories. And there is the mention of not blinking (I love that episode).

But something is really, really wrong. Even the Cybermen don’t recognize David Doctor as the real Doctor. (Dun dun dun, the plot thickens) The next doctor keeps sending Rosita back to the Tardis and we find out his sonic screwdriver isn’t sonic at all, just a regular screwdriver, which makes noise while tapping at against wood. (Hey this screwdriver does do wood!) Both Doctors enter the house of the deceased Reverend. They find infostamps, a sort of information storage unit, USB stick and slide projector combined.

The next doctor is starting to remember more and more, and also holding one of the infostamps the night he lost his memory. But before he can continue, the Cybermen arrive. So that means, run! The Doctor will be Deleted, Delete!!! There is something wrong with the memory banks of the Cybermen. And the Cybermen are destroyed by the next doctor.

We switch scenes to the funeral of the Reverend, and a lady in red shows up, my god the shame, the disgrace, a lady at the graveside, and looking like a harlot! And the Cybermen arrive, together with their cyber doggies, called Cybershade. The grievers at the graveside are being deleted. All but a few…

The next doctor takes the real doctor and Rosita back to his hide-out. And the TARDIS, hmm, this one doesn’t look bigger on the inside. Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style. The real doctor finally works out how the next Doctor became the Doctor. The surviving grievers are fitted with earplugs that control their actions. And David Doctor explains everything to Next Doctor.  And he starts to remember what happened.

A strange bleeping sound interrupts them and the Doctor finds out the Cybermen are moving. The Next Doctor decides, in spite not being the Doctor anymore, to help the real Doctor. The real Doctor and Rosita find the children of London being taken by the controlled grievers. The Doctor and Rosita sneak in and find the lady in red, Hartigan. Who has not been converted. The Cybermen still don’t recognize David Doctor as the proper Doctor until he hands them an infostamp, containing all the information about the Doctor. And the doctor needs to be deleted, so maybe not the right choice after all.

The children are, as explained by Hartigan to be used as workforce, and to bring about the birth of ‘it.’ The Cyberking will Rise! The next doctor saves the day and the Doctor and Rosita and they team up properly now. Hartigan is being taken towards a conversion machine, even though the Cybermen promised her not to be converted, guessed they lied then. And she is converted into the Cyberking. (Love the demon eyes by the way). Doctor, Doctor and Rosita find the children working on some huge engine and help set them free, while the Cybermen await their orders from the Cyberking. The Cyberking is somewhat different; she/he/it has emotions. Now that is scary.

The Next Doctor finds his son amongst the children while the factory is burning and exploding around them. And the real Doctor saves him, such an emotional moment. Rosita makes sure the children are save until something emerges from the Thames, a huge Cybermen, the exoskeleton of the Cyberking, ready to destroy the earth. While it stomps trough the streets of London, destroying everything in its way, the real Doctor runs towards the fake tardis. (Can you still keep up with all the real, fake and next bits?) And takes it up in the air, she’s flying. The Cyberking becomes aware of the doctor and the Doctor offers her a choice to live and find her a new world, a new home. Naturally, like a proper doctor who monster, she reclines. So the doctor has to stop her. He clearly doesn’t want to and has no other option. “You made me into this.” He shoots the infostamps on the Cyberking, not destroying it, but opening Hartigans mind, letting her see what she’s done, what’s she’s become. While the doctor is sorry, oh so sorry. And then they explode.

The Doctor turns the Cyberking robot into the void, so it wouldn’t squash the good people of London and the Next Doctor gives a speech, tanking the real doctor, oh and look, it started snowing again. The Doctor is once again invited for a Christmas dinner, but his sad eyes say no. The Next Doctor get’s to see the Tardis, the real Tardis. And again the lack of a companion is mentioned again, and we see another glimpse into the Doctors hearts, this sad lonely boy. And for once he accepts the invitation to join the Christmas. Doctor and Doctor walk of together on the streets of London.

Well, this story has its moments, with the Cybermen and David as the Doctor, and the ending, but still. Not one of my favorites!

Until the next review.

Love, your hot cute girly geek, Mendy

All I want for Christmas is Who – The Christmas Invasion

Hello my fellow Whovians, this is a review of The Christmas Invasion, a Doctor Who Christmas special. And yes, this contains spoilers, so be warned my sweeties!

The Christmas Invasion aired in the UK on Christmas day in 2005 and is the first official Christmas special and the first official episode with David Tennant as the 10^th Doctor.

We start off with a nice little scene were Jacky Tyler is decoration her house and Mickey is tinkering away in the auto shop listening to Christmas music. Until they hear that familiar sound of a TARDIS with the brakes still on. They rush outside, anxious to see their beloved Rose again, but when the door opens a very scrawny guy with freckles, floppy hair and brown eyes stumbles out, just able to mutter the words “Merry Christmas” to them before he collapses. (My David does look good in a leather Jacket.)

Rose comes out after that and Jacky and Mickey are dumbstruck and ask for the Doctor. Rose is just a mess of blubbering tears (my god she does cry a lot in this episode, grow some balls woman!) and explains to them this is the Doctor. They haul him inside and put him in a pair of pajamas from some vague ‘friend’ of Jacky, who has been spending the night, yeah right! The Doctor is out cold, if not for the fact that he gasps little golden clouds, which is actually regenerative energy as we learn later, and doesn’t respond to anything.

Rose fuzzes over him, listening to his two hearts (since when does Rose have a medical degree) and explain to ‘mum’ that she fell in love with an alien (cue the Kelly Family music) and that he has 2 hearts and apparently also change his appearance with a loud bang and sparkles.

Mickey, as the deluded boyfriend he is, takes Rose out in the city for some Christmas shopping while they run into a group of eerie looking Santa’s playing Christmas songs. Turns out that Santa is a bit more dangerous this year and they retreat back into the flat after being attacked by these crazy Santa robots.

Back home they discover the ‘lovely’ white fake Christmas tree is being replaced with a nice big green one. Jacky, being blond as she is. “Oh Rose I thought you bought that for me, since you were out shopping.” Ok since when does the quick delivery ever means instant delivery? And they are now attacked by a killer Christmas tree. Oh how I love this episode, killer Santa’s, killer Christmas trees, Christmas will never be the same, thank you Mr. Davies!

Rose screams for the Doctor like a proper companion and he wakes up long enough to sonic the tree, leaving a nice cartoon shaped tree size in the wall. The Doctor rushes outside and finds the creepy killer Santa’s standing outside the flat, staring at them. The Doctor calls them ‘pilot fish’ and has a few gut twisting moments when he collapses in pain, along with an apple joke (an apple a day keeps the Doctor away) and tells his three companions that something bigger is coming before collapsing into unconsciousness again.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister, “My name is Harriet Jones,” yeah we know! (And why is it that just about everyone is called Jones?) Prepare for Guinevere one to land on Mars and the live broadcast of this event. Only to be amazed when an alien face appears on screen and starts some angry speech.  Harriet calls in the help of UNIT and her; my you do have a cute bum, assistant to start working on a translation. Because apparently these aren’t Martians, well duh Sherlock (oh sorry, wrong TV show) and Harriet makes inquiries about Torchwood, since there is no word of the Doctor. Mind you, this is Torchwood one we are talking about, based in London, not Torchwood three with a certain hot Captain in a long grey coat (couldn’t resist).

Meanwhile Mickey hacked into UNIT (someone forgot to delete certain entry codes) and Rose finds out she can’t understand a word the Sycorax are saying, since the TARDIS always translate just about everything, which makes her more and more concerned about the Doctor, while he still is taking a nice, peaceful post-regenerate nap.

The alien spaceship is speeding towards earth and that cute assistant translates the message that has been send out. They are dealing with the Sycorax, and they demand surrender of the humans, or how they say it themselves, the cattle. Harriet Jones refuses to surrender and the Sycorax retaliate by mesmerizing a third of the human population and compel them to find the highest point to stand on.

Harriet Jones doesn’t know what to do any more so in an act of desperation she turns towards the public, urging them to keep calm, mentioning that the Queen’s Christmas speech is cancelled (the royal family is standing on the roof) and calls out for the Doctor. I’m just wondering, don’t these people have rooms with doors and locks; were they can lock up their loved ones trying to reach a roof?

And then the Sycorax ship enters the earth’s atmosphere. Rose freaks out and she wants the Doctor to be safe, so together with Mickey and Jacky they get the Doctor back in the TARDIS while he remains unconscious. Jacky is left behind because she is fussing over getting more food and supplies in the TARDIS, although she left some already there, including a thermos with tea. (Remember, this is important, but then again tea is always important. I haul huge quantities back from the UK whenever I’m there. I love Typhoo tea and you can’t get it in Holland.) The TARDIS in the mean time is being transported on the Sycorax ship, together with Harriet Jones, prime minister (yes we know!) the cute assistant, and two others. They die soon as they try to stand up against the Sycorax, because the demand total surrender, so names are not that important.

Rose steps out of the TARDIS and is in for a surprise, seeing the Sycorax face to face, and like a proper damsel in distress she screams, which causes Mickey to drop the thermos of tea and follow her. The tea spills of course, setting of sparks in the console room and the Doctor breaths in the fumes.

Then Rose tries to bluff her way out of the whole Sycorax situation by yelling random stuff she learned from the Doctor on her travels. Which of course doesn’t work. And suddenly she can understand the Sycorax, the TARDIS is working properly again and the Doctor is awake, opening the doors in that cute striped pajama, saying: “did you miss me?”

And now we get to see the Doctor, David Tennant as the Doctor, for the first time properly. Ranting, chatting, bouncing, laughing, bashing, and jumping up and down in the Sycorax ship, trying to figure out who he is. And there is this big shiny red button. What is it with men and buttons, and why do they have the urge to push it? But it’s a good thing he does, because unlike what the Sycorax told before, it doesn’t let the people jump of the buildings, but releases them from their power. The Sycorax still want to claim the earth but the Doctor says he wants to fight their leader in single combat.

They have a swordfight, leasing trough the ship and outside, and the Doctor loses his hand, luckily he is still in his regenerating process and grows it back. (That’s the story behind the hand in a jar which we see in more episodes later and also in Torchwood) Finally he wins the challenge and gets and oath from the leader to leave earth alone and never come back again. The minute the Doctor turns his back, the leader retaliates, but the Doctor wouldn’t be the Doctor is he couldn’t solve that one, so he sends the Sycorax leader to his death. The Sycorax are send on their way, and the Doctor brings back everyone to London.

Harriet Jones, Prime Minister (oh god, just shut up already, WE KNOW!) asks the Doctor about more alien life in the universe, and the Doctor tells her about it. Then cutesy assistant gets the call Torchwood is ready and Harriet Jones gives the order to fire, and destroys the Sycorax ship.  To say the Doctor is furious about this, is an understatement. When Harriet asks if the Doctor is considered a threat he warns her that he can bring down the British government with just six words, so he leans over to the hot assistant and whispers: “Don’t you think she looks tired?”

Jacky, Rose, Mickey and the Doctor enjoy a proper Christmas dinner and one of my favorite scenes comes up. The Doctor in the TARDIS Wardrobe picks out his famous brown pinstripe suit and long coat while we see other famous clothing from all the ages of Doctor Who. It’s an amazing scene, so well shot and fun to see the fourth Doctor’s scarf and other famous clothing items. Meanwhile Harriet Jones is trying to explain to the public she’s not sick. When the Doctor goes back to the TARDIS it’s snowing, or as he explains it, it’s not snow but the ash of the Sycorax ship. (It never snows properly in London at Christmas).  And Rose ones more joins him, off to another adventure.

Sorry about the long review, I try to keep it shorter for the other ones, but I really like this Christmas episode. The first one with David Tennant, seeing him playing the Doctor for the first time. Him bouncing around the Sycorax ship, his severed hand, the constant Harriet Jones jokes, the TARDIS wardrobe, what’s not to love?

Until the next review my lovely geeks.

Lots of love, your own hot cute girly and Christmassy geek, Mendy.

YouTube Sunday anyone???

Hi my hot cute girly and boy geeks. How’s life?

Mine is pretty much boring. I’m still at home, recovering from surgery, and I have my good and bad days. A.k.a. in a little bit of pain or in a lot of pain. But the surgery went well and every day I can do a little bit more. But if you have any tips for me to watch or to do at home, while lying on the couch, cause I still can’t sit straight for no more than 15 minutes at the moment, I love to hear about it. Writing is also a bit challenging but since I have all this spare time left; I’ll try to write more for my blog. So I came up with a new theme for those lazy Sunday’s. I don’t know how you geeks normally spent your Sundays but I just like to veg out on the couch, watch TV or funny YouTube video’s on my laptop and boy are there some cool video’s out there. So I’ll try to post 3 till 5 video’s a week, with of course a geeky or nerdy theme. Is this something you’d like? Just let me know.

This week’s video’s are:

• Nintendohemian Rhapsody: what do you get when you combine the all time classic Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody, with Nintendo and two absolutely brilliant nerds, well this: http://youtu.be/ESq27B9YI4Q
• Klingon Style: we all heard the new song gangham style; this is the Klingon version of it. Yes those Trekkies are crazy:  http://youtu.be/CayMeza487M
• The Star Wars that I used to know:  another parody on a song, this time Somebody I used to know, Star Wars style, just watch and enjoy: http://youtu.be/qJlbPXZEpRE
• I built my own Tardis: I think I posted this one before, but still. Yes I know it’s a long video but this geeky girl is awesome and my personal hero! Can I keep her? http://youtu.be/rtWUrJU46M8

That’s it for this week, if you have any tips for next week, or comments about the blog, I love to hear from my readers, just leave a reply and let me know what you think about the new theme for Sunday.

Love your hot cute girly geek, Mendy

How to survive the Doctor Who hiatus till Christmas, or what I did in London!!!

Hi hot cute girly and boy geeks of mine. Tonight is the final episode of Doctor Who, till Christmas!!! I know, it’s terrible! I just watched it and I’m a sobbing mess right now. How do we whovians are gonna survive this! Well, since you’re asking. I have some pretty crazy ideas about that.

First crazy idea and my personal favorite. Go to London and create a Doctor Who tour of your own.  And now you sure want some ideas of where to go. I know most of the filming of Doctor Who was done in Cardiff. But it mentions London a lot, so why not pine over your favorite Doctor in good old London and visit the following places:

So before you start, make sure you have your mp3 player stocked with Doctor Who music, your sonic screwdriver ready (because you can’t be sure what you’ll come across with) and for an in between snack, buy a bag of Jelly babies.

First stop the London film museum: http://www.londonfilmmuseum.com/south-bank/ costs: £13.50 I thought the London film museum would be some stuffy old crap and about the history of the British film industry, but it’s actually pretty cool. They have lots and lots of cool stuff from a lot of movies I like. (Be sure to look out for my London Film museum post) and they have of course Doctor Who stuff:

You can also see a TARDIS at London Film Museum. This TARDIS belongs to Peter Cushing, who used it in the 1965 film Dr Who And The Daleks. And of course the Daleks!!!

Next stop, since you are close by. The London Eye: http://www.londoneye.com/ costs: just pictures are free!

The London Eye doubled as the transmitter for the Nestene Consciousness in the episode Rose (2005). Take a trip on the eye to see London from the sky. The pods are very space age!

And just across the bridge is the Big Ben. Costs: free! Oh where is an invisible spaceship when you need it… sigh. (Season 1, episode “The Empty Child”) By the way, they did a pretty good job restoring the clock tower after that Slitheen craft destroyed it in 2006 (Season 1, episode “Aliens of London”)

Haven’t seen enough yet? Go visit the British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/ costs: free! Now I hear you guys talking, the British Museum, Doctor Who? Yep. I accidently came across it myself. Besides all sorts of cool stuff, if you like history, just like me, they actually have something of Doctor Who in the museum. Remember, the Runaway bride Christmas special? The 10^th Doctor creates a diversion where money is flying out of a cash point. Well, they created specially made Doctor Who money for that.

Another great sight to visit it the Shakespeare globe theater: http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/ costs £13.50 and make sure to wait for the guided tour. Besides learning all sorts of things about the theater and Shakespeare. The theater was also used as a set during the third season in episode “The Shakespeare Code” Oh and David Tennant got married at the Globe Theater.

Still not enough? Go to Earl’s Court. It’s a tube station and walk outside. Blimey, someone parked their TARDIS there. Wonder who left it?

The next stop was on my way into central London from the place I was staying. Battersea Power Station. Yep, where the Cybermen tried to convert the human race into more Cybermen in the second season during a two part episode “Rise of the Cybermen” and “The Age of Steel.

There are a lot more sights to be seen in London, for more ideas check: http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/culture/doctor-who-in-london or ask the guy at the Doctor Who merchandise stand in Covent Garden. Unfortunately, I run out of time. But I will return to London, but first Cardiff for me next year.

Merchandise:

If you want some cool Doctor Who merchandise, you can go to forbidden planet:  http://forbiddenplanet.com/ or my personal favorite Covent Garden. At Covent Garden there is a stand filled with all sorts of cool Doctor Who merchandise, and the guy running it, is a big Whovian himself. I bought a lot from him. He also owns a store and there is a website: http://www.scificollector.co.uk/

Second crazy idea. Ok, so you did the whole London thing, but still got some time left until Christmas, what’s next?

Well, you can always throw a cool cosplay party with your fellow whovian friends. Dress up as your favorite character and go watch some episodes on DVD, like on Saturday night. To keep that special Doctor Who feeling inside yourself. But dressing up every Saturday night is a bit much for some. So for our creative Whovians why not do this:

Third crazy idea: crafts, make your own Adipose. I sure am going to try that. For patterns and how to guide look here: http://crafty-tardis.livejournal.com/89662.html  Also, check out the Dorkadore site, they have lovely stuff on how to create cool Doctor Who stuff and also other Geeky things.

Fourth and crazy idea: Doctor Who cupcakes. A lot of people try this so you can find cool pics online. I even tried some myself.

Fifth and final idea: for the geeky knitters. Why buy the Doctor Who scarf if you can knit your own. And here’s how to do it: http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/ just in time for Christmas. That would be a cool present for a fellow whovian friend!

So I hope you find this guise helpful and if you try some of these things, let me know how it went. I want pics and details lovely geeks.

Love, your hot cute girly geek Mendy

PS: yes I did made all those cupcakes myself and yes, all the pictures in this post are taken by me in London this week and the merchandise is bought by me.

Doctor Who, the 10th Doctor!!!

Hi hot cute girly and boy geeks of mine!

So, in my last post I promised I’ll do a review and my thoughts about all the Doctors separately, so here is the 10^th Doctor. But before I begin, some other news.

I made a deal with Theta, an awesome guest blogger on this site (you should check out his own blog!) to do a weekly review about all the new Doctor Who episodes. So be on the lookout for that. Also, I’ll be going to London in a couple of weeks, be prepared for a lot of geeky feedback on that! I plan on doing some Doctor Who sightseeing, the musical We Will Rock You, with of course a review, the British Museum. Oh my Cas so excited, wanna see the Rosetta stone. I’m really interested in the ancient history of Egypt and this will make my day. And… I’m going to see Darren Hayes live in concert. Darren Hayes is the former lead singer from the band Savage Garden. And I’m a fan for nearly 17 year now, but never been to a concert. This was the main reason I booked my trip to London in the first place. Also been very busy with Gishwhes, the greatest international scavenger hunt the world has ever seen. I have a kick-ass team and the grant prize this year is a sleepover in a haunted Scottish castle. And if we win this, me and my fellow Whovians are gonna try to extend our trip and spend a couple of days in Cardiff!!! Squee!!!  And last but not least. Thank god the summer hiatus is almost over and a lot of my favorite TV shows are returning, or already are on TV. Warehouse 13, Grimm, Doctor Who and, SUPERNATURAL IS RETURNING WITH SEASON 8!!! This October, I can’t wait!!!

Ok, sorry about the not so Doctor Who stuff. But I’ll start on my review/post thing now. And as always, there may be some SPOILERS involved!

The 10^th Doctor, played by David Tennant (what’s in a name) is as I stated before, my Doctor. Even before I started watching the episodes I knew about Doctor Who, come on, not a complete idjit here! And I loved him. I love the way he looks in his stripes suite, long coat and the converse shoes. How his hair is always scruffy and the way he talks. The man is babbling and rambling, being cheeky and have you ever paid close attention to his mouth? How his lips and tongue move when he speaks? And those wiggling eyebrows? Please do so! It’s mesmerizing to look at… Ok getting a little bit distracted as a fangirl.

This Doctor is in my opinion a little bit darker then Christopher played it. The emotions are a bit stronger. Even though this Doctor also contains himself most of the time. But this Doctor is even more in love with Rose, the looks the two of them share are classic! The things left unsaid! (I mean, he burns up a sun, just to say goodbye). But also his sorrow and grieve is more real. More human, sort to speak. On of my favorite episodes with the 10the Doctor is ‘the girl in the fireplace.’ The most obvious part about why I love it, is the romance stuff. Yes, I’m a girl, and sometimes I’m a sucker for romance. The Doctor falls in love with Reinette (Madame de Pompadour) a part brilliantly played by Sophia Myles. But she is one of the few who really get’s an inside in the Doctor when they telepathically bond. Oh the lonely boy part, just about breaks my nerdy little heart. And it’s also a recurring theme for this Doctor. And even though they don’t share that much actual time with each other, I believe the love is deep for both of them. And the kiss! My god! Normally you see that the girl in the story is overwhelmed and left standing with wibbly wobbly knees, but this time it’s the Doctor and it’s adoring!

Every Doctor has his own catchphrase or thing, which makes him that particular Doctor. Like the converse shoes the 10^th Doctor wears and of course the Allons-y, which is a French catchphrase meaning ‘let’s go.’ And another thing this Doctor often says is I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. He knows he has to do things he doesn’t like. That being a Time-Lord brings with him a path of destruction, and hard decisions. I truly believe he feels sorry. He doesn’t want to kill other species; he doesn’t want to be judge, jury and executioner. And he certainly doesn’t want other people getting hurt on his account. Also know catchphrases are ‘What,’ (and notice when you read it, you read it just the way the Doctor pronounces it. ‘Well,’ when he is trying to clarify his own mistakes. ‘Molto bene’ meaning very good in Italian but not that often used. Favorite catchphrase still being Allons-y.

Coming back at the lonely remark I made earlier. The Doctor is indeed lonely, with this particular Doctor it is more said and more shown, but he is a lonely little boy. He is the last of his race (yeah I know about the Master, but please indulge me on this), responsible for killing the Time Lords in order to destroy the Daleks. And because he can regenerate, and by now more then 900 years old, he has to say goodbye to a lot of people. And I think that is the reason he, and the other Doctors, don’t let people get close to him. Because losing the people you love, saying goodbye to them hurts. And we do it a lot in one human lifetime, think about this when you’ve been doing it for 900 years. I would build a wall around my heart to protect it. But then again, he also needs people, companions with him. In order to protect the people the Doctor meets and to hold him back. This 10^th Doctor has a lot of anger and rage in him, along with feelings for revenge and little patience with stupidity and aliens/people who hurt the ones he loves. Just look at Harriet Jones, and the episode ‘The family of love’ were each family member get’s a personal and eternal punishment. And that’s where the companions come in. To stop the Doctor for a moment and let him think about the decisions he is about to make. If it is just or just plain old execution style.

I could go on and on about the 10^th Doctor, about his cute babbling and rambling, about his way to explain complicated stuff really simple. Honestly, you didn’t think I would forget the wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff now did you.

And with that remark I’ll leave you. Until the next post sweeties!

Love, your hot cute girly geek, Mendy

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