A Doctor Who meme--which I may, or may not have done before, by the way.
1. When did you start watching?
Winter of 1983
1a. Why?
It was Sunday afteroon, and all that was on was (NFL) football and infomercials, so I switched to our local PBS station, and there was this really cool looking dude, and some monsters and stuff...I wasn't hugely into sci-fi, but I was intriqued, and really got into the story right off the bat..always a good sign. Went back the next week, to see what happened, and...never left.
2. What was your first episode?
I think it was one of Tom Baker's first..either Robot or Arc in Space.
3. Which episodes have you seen?
With the exception of the one's gone missing forever, and, very unfortunately, a few of Slyvester McCoy's--they'd stopped airing it here about 6 monthes before the series was cancelled--I've pretty much seen every one, from Hartnell to Tennant, including a few clips from lost episodes.
3a. Favourite?
Oh, how could I possibly ever have a favourite? I have some I do like better than others, but I am not sure I could point to any one in particular and say, "Oh, that's my favourite."
4. Are your friends/family interested in the show?
My late mum tolerated it. I have had a few acquaintences both back in the 80's and now also, who like the programme, and a few friends who are fellow Whovians.
5. Which Doctor is your favourite?
Oh, they're all so fantastic, but I guess it's a tie between Tennant and Tom...with DT sort of edging TB out by a nosehair...or two.
6. Which Doctor is your least favourite?
You know, I don't think I really have one.
7. Which TV companion is your favourite?
Donna Noble, love her...but am still a Sarah Jane fan, as well.
8. Which TV companion is your least favourite?
God, that HAS to be Peri. No offense to the actress, but Peri's American whinging always made me genuinely cringe. I kept praying she'd get zapped by a Dalek just to shut her up.
9. Do you listen to the Big Finish audios?
They are not available where I live, and even if they were, I couldn't afford them unless I win the NY state lotto drawing...of course, I'd have to play first.
9a. If so, which is your favourite?
N/A
9b. Also: which Big Finish companion is your favourite?
N/A
10. Have you listened to any non-Big Finish audios?
I've got a couple of the audios that came out from the Radio Times, of David Tennant's narrative, that's all.
10a. Have a favourite?
The Stone Rose, I really liked that. Well written and Tennant did a great job on the reading.
11. Have you read any of the novels or short stories?
Yes, about a dozen more or less, over the years--I'd read them all, but again, not available in my city--nearest DW bookseller is over 15 miles away...and at $10 a pop nowadays, they are mostly out of my very skimpy book buying budget.
11a. Which was your favourite?
I loved the Timewyrm series-was that in the early 90's? Or late 80's? I never got to read them all, but they were each and everyone, great reading. The last book I read (thanks to a friend), Beautiful Chaos was great, as was Sting of the Zygons.
11b. Have you written any fan fiction stories?
Oh, I guess I've written about a dozen fan fic stories since June of 2006, writing one now, sort of, as I can make the time, or when my muse isn't be sapped by my illness.
11c. Which is your favourite?
To write? I rather enjoyed writing a story called "Grave Danger," and one called "Rain of Terror."
12. Have you read any of the comics?
Sure, back in the 80's they were usually readily availbable, I used to have about a dozen lying about the place...don't know whatever became of them, though.
13. Do you watch any of the spinoffs (e.g. Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures)?
I've seen DVD's of both the spinoff's.
13a. Which is your favourite?
Not sure, they are both OK.
14. Is there any particular episode/book/audio/comic you desperately want to watch/listen to/read?
I am panting to see Planet of the Dead. Book? All of them, ha-ha. Any of the books, I don't care-but being a huge Donna fan, those are on my "must read" list, I suppose. Audio? My Whovian friends often talk about Big Finish audios, but I really don't know much about them. I'm not a huge audio book fan--nothing wrong with them, but I prefer reading to a book as opposed to listening to one. Comics? I've not read a comic in about 15 or 20 years, I really don't know. It's not that I don't like comics anymore, it's just the old none available thing again.
Fandom
1. If you responded above that you write fan fiction, how long have you been writing, do you post your work publicly, and who's your favourite Doctor and/or companion to write about?
Since June of 2006, yes I post (most of) my work on a blog, and I enjoy Doctor/Donna the best.
1a. If so, post a snippet of a work-in-progress (or several)!
That would take too much room. Here's the link to the blog, if anyone wants to be bothered. The stories are all 10th Dr tales, written from '06 to the present, including the current "work in progress", Evil Waters, which I've just begun chapter 8 on.
http://www.davidtennantsdoctor.wordpress.com
2. Do you create Doctor Who icons
Nope, don't have a clue how to do that, and no reason to do it, either.
3. Recommend a fanfic/icon/fanvid/fancomic/fancreation!
I'd rather not, thanks. I think people should choose their own paths to follow, in regards to what they read, watch or hear. Just Google it, there's loads of stuff out there; from the brilliant, to the good and mediocre, to really crappy easy-reader Who-trash/porn.
4. Have you been to any Doctor Who conventions?
Oh heck yeah, back in the 80's, I went to cons in Albany, Manhattan and Boston, and our local club put on a few smaller cons, ourselves. But, tho' I wish with all my heart I could go, I've not been to a convention in about 20 years.
5. Have you ever dressed up as a Doctor Who character?
Yup. Just the once, though. I won't say who as, as I looked quite lame.
6. Do you own any Doctor Who merchandise?
I adore Dr Who merchandise, I'm such a fan-girl that were I well-heeled, I probably would have shelves lined with the stuff. I used to have a handful of items, but it sort of got lost somewhere along the way, during a couple of moves. I do have an old Tom Baker Target poster, from the 1980's, and a signed post card of DT and an ancient tee-shirt of Jon Pertwee's Doctor, that probably should have been bined years ago, but I haven't had the heart to part with it.
7. Are you a fan of Russell T Davies?
Oh sure, of course I am, bless him. He's THE MAN. He brought back Who! All hail RTD!
I don't always agree with his choices--don't always understand his thinking-- but then, as I've often said, that day I find myself agreeing with everything some person does, that's the day I'll know that I've gone brain dead.
I have to tell you that, whether I like, love, question or thoroughly dislike something that RTD writes, I have to say that the man does make me think, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that!
7a. Steven Moffat?
He's briliant as well, but in an entirely different sort of way. He's just as inventive and immaginative as RTD, but he's a bit more straight-forward sci-fi-ish, I think, with his stories. Which is great, no complaints about that!
7b. Paul Cornell?
I am only vauguely familar with his work, but I really think he writes a more strightforward sci-fi, and I'm not really a sci-fi geek, so I'm not as enamoured with his writing...that said, he's still a wonderful writer, and I am by no means finding fault with him, it's just a matter of my personal tastes.
8. What say you to Season 6b?
Ey? I have no idea what this is referencing. I'm a bit of a hermit.
9. The UNIT dating controversy?
What, UNIT can't date or something? Aw, that's too bad. I liked that kiss between the brigadier and that woman at the end of the Sontaran episode, they made a nice couple.
10. The Blinovitch Limitation effect?
Yeah, what about it? You got a hangup about the BLE? I'm cool with it, myself.
11. Multi-Doctor episodes?
In a word: FAR-OUT.
12. What's your favourite Doctor Who technobabble?
Oh gosh, it has to be the old standby, "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow." I'm so glad RTD let DT say that! I was chuffed! (God, I am so hopelessly Whovian.)
13. Have you watched other TV shows exclusively because of the presence of Doctor Who actors?
No a lot, once or twice maybe...I remember watching Tenko 'cos Lousie Jameson was in it--that was brilliant, by the way.
14. Have you met any of the actors?
The actor who played Harry Sulivan--well, I shook his hand as I went down a line, not sure if that counts as "met.". I almost met Lousie Jameson, but just missed her.
14a. Travelled to any filming locations?
I would give an arm and a leg and part of the other arm, to do that--but then, I would't be able to go!
15. What do you think of The Curse of Fatal Death?
Aw, it was just brilliant, I laughed 'till I cried, bless SM.
16. Do you have any fannish opinions that you think are fairly unpopular?
As many of you know, as much as I love his acting, I am not sxually attracted to the tenth Doctor--I don't drool over David Tennant. And while I think Billie Piper is great, I am very much not a Rose Shipper, and some less than mature fans seem to take umbridge over that.
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17. What's your favourite pairing?
Doctor/Donna
18. Least Favourite?
Doctor/Peri
19. Have you ever touched an actual prop from the programme?
Yes, I sat in Bessie, Dr Who's car (see the pic on my "about me" page), and I once touched a 70's Tardis console.
20. Have you ever dreamed about Doctor Who?
Actually, yes I have, once or twice, usually after watching a video or reading Who book, before bedtime...though, on one occasion, it might have been the aftereffects of eating the General Tso's chicken from the Main Moon takeaway.
21b. What about fantasies? Got any Dr Who daydreams you want to share?
Whoops, didn't copy-paste that last question, but I will answer it now...
Not really...I live my Dr Who dreams through my fan-fiction, I suppose. Though I do have this fantasty where the BBC rings me up and wants me to write a script...nahh--just kidding, no, I really don't lie there on my bed, daydreaming about Dr Who, other than thinking about stories to write...well, sometimes I think about alternative endings to episodes, or things I'd with they'd bring back, but not sure that qualifies as fantasies...I don't have any errotic dreams or anything of that sort...at least, none that I'd admit to....
