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dbskyler ([personal profile] dbskyler) wrote2011-04-04 11:45 pm

joyous things

Doctor Who S6 will be starting in less than three weeks!!!! And it's getting broadcast here on the same day as in the UK! WHEEEEEE!!!!!!

I'll be reccing Calufrax that week, and I've got to figure out what to rec on April 23rd. Would that be a particularly good day to do an Eleven-era rec, or a particularly bad day? Any thoughts? What about the day before, and the day after?

I got my package of stuff from amazon.co.uk! I don't know why, but it's much more exciting to get a package from overseas than to get the same package in regular domestic mail. I've started reading "The Writer's Tale," and I'm really enjoying it. The book could have been "The Producer's Tale," as some of the more interesting things (to me, anyway) are about how decisions for the show got made. For example, there's a section on getting Catherine Tate for S4, which starts off with RTD saying "Well, of course she won't do it, she doesn't have time," and then progressing through to the "OMG, she's going to do it" stage with all the changes that entailed to the S4 plans. There was similar stuff about planning the post-S4 specials, including a) a regeneration if DT left and b) no regeneration if he decided to stay on. Although the book is purportedly about writing, and was written by RTD, I now have a much better sense of what Julie Gardner did for the show than I used to.

I've started work on my [community profile] help_japan Man From U.N.C.L.E. fic for [personal profile] curuchamion. It feels like Yuletide, only better, because I don't have to keep the fandom a secret and I can ask curu questions whenever I want. I'm excited, because today I got the first idea for the fic. I don't have the whole shape of it yet, but it's nice that ideas are coming to me already, and I haven't even finished my re-watch yet.

[identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com 2011-04-07 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
p.s. -- please do NOT over-tire yourself on silly_sfx's account! It should be fun, and I'm really not worried about it. Whenever you're ready to start it up will be fine with me, seriously. :D
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2011-04-11 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Thanks. I will try not to do anything silly, although it is ridiculousy easy for me to overtire myself at the minute. However, manageable low-pressure goals to have are a good thing and 'type up silly sfx list from notebook' is good. But, yes, you mustn't hold your breath or anything, 'cos it could be sometime!