The Day of the Doctor // DW 50th Anniversary

Today's the day, folks!  The sun is shining, the tank is clean, and it is the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who Special!!  Ahhhhhhh!!!!  *screams with excitement*  I am so, so EXCITED!!!  Oh dear...I'm really fangirling now.  And why shouldn't I??  It isn't every day that your favorite show turns 50!!  Squeeeee!!!!

Basically, I'm wandering around the house, grinning, skipping, vibrating, rubbing my hands together, and squealing, "50th anniversary! Ten...Rose...Eleven...Eight...warrior...TEN...doo wee oooOOOoooo!!!!"  Yup, such is the extent of my madness.

Can I just say right here, that the whole regeneration idea was BRILLIANT??  Cause it is.  Completely, and utterly brilliant.

For the past few weeks I've been re-watching the entire :new: series starting with Nine, so today will be spent crocheting, sewing, and watching Series 3 and 4.  (Unfortunately, I don't have Series 5, 6, and & from the library yet.  Oh well.)  And squealing.  A lot.  Then...The Day of the Doctor.  If you haven't already, then you need to watch the mini episode, The Night of the Doctor.  A fantastic build up for the 50th anniversary special...

So AWESOME!!!  If only we had TV...unfortunately, I won't be able to see the Day of the Doctor today.  Weep with me, fellow Whovians. ;)

And now, I will leave you with these words of truth...

Happy 50th Anniversary Doctor!!

Doctor Who Blog Party | Fashion Link-up

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Time for the Doctor Who Inspired Fashion Link-Up!!

Firstly, I had WAY too much fun with this.

Secondly, I have no apologies to offer.

Thirdly, I sincerely hope you all do not die of laughter.

Without further ado, my Doctor Who inspired outfit...

Stop laughing!  *snicker*  Okay, when I stop laughing, maybe you all will.  *hehe*  I told you I had way too much fun with this! ;)

Photoshop, you and I make a great team...not to mention DT and I. *grin*

What do you think - companion material?

Basically, this is my "when I run away with the Doctor I will wear this" outfit.

It was definitely inspired by Rose Tyler's style - hoodie, jean jacket and PINK - in the first and second seasons.

And here's me and my Doctor again...;)

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jean jacket - thrifted

pink striped hoodie - thrifted

grey cami - gifted

denim 1/2 circle skirt - made by me

eyelet petticoat - made by me

mary-jane sneakers - keds

Well, I hope you all enjoyed that. *grin*

Make sure to hop over to Ashley's blog and link-up your outfits, too!

Allons-y!

Doctor Who Blog Party | Guest Post {Ten & Rose - Alexandra}

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So Tasha asked me to post on Ten and Rose, and I was more than happy to oblige! This couple as portrayed (as we know) by David Tennant and Billie Piper, have climbed themselves up high on my list of favorite film couples – second only to my Very Favorites, whom as I’m sure you all know if you’ve read my blog before are Percy and Marguerite Blakeney.

Soooo…sheesh…where do I begin?

When I first saw Doctor Who, I really wasn’t prepared at all for how deeply I would become attached to this couple. I mean…it was just a sci-fi show that I was checking out because I enjoy sci-fi and British television. Little did I know, of course, that I would become absolutely hooked to the show, it would quickly become my favorite, and I would completely fall in love with The Doctor and Rose. (I said the Doctor AND Rose. As a couple. Do not accuse me of falling in love with the Doctor. Cuz then I would have to confess because lying is a sin. And it might be embarrassing. I’m so in love with so many fictional guys, it’s crazy.)

Because our library didn’t have Season One, I decided to just start with the second season. Since I had started in the middle of the show, so to speak, it took me a bit to figure out the relationship. I wasn’t sure why Rose was crying or acting all “who are you I don’t know you” or all the talk about his changing and no one knowing who he was. After seeing Christmas Invasion I went back and read through what had happened and saw the mini-episode when Nine regenerated into Ten and figured it all out. New Earth saw me getting very attached to the characters (and beginning to succumb to David’s infectious grin). But by School Reunion(which personally is one of my favorite episodes in DW), when the Doctor promises Rose he’s not going to leave her the way he’s left other people in the past, I realized just how much I loved this show and loved this couple. Through spoilers, some accidentally and some not-so-accidentally discovered, I found out pretty early into it that Rose was somehow going to be separated from him. By the time I had gotten to the two part story commonly referred to by the second part’s title Doomsday, I was so distraught at this couple being separated that I waited a whole month before breaking down and watching it. And of course as all we Whovians did, I sobbed through it. Journey’s End was no different *spoilers*, from the incredible reunion scene (combine my favorite type of reunion, the running-towards-each-other kind, with my second favorite couple? Instant win…) to the heartbreaking second parting.

It took me a long time to accept the clone, by the way. Until a combination of a pin on Pinterest and a conversation with my sister (and some Deep Thinking on my part) reminded me that Rose was in love with Ten, more or less. And soon after the Doctor left, he regenerated. Basically Rose has all that is left of Ten, and she gets to stay with him for the rest of her life and he’ll never leave her or change again. And that really made me feel better about it on her end. Still didn’t change how broken I was for the Doctor, though.         

So what is it I absolutely adore about this couple?

If I had to sum it all up in one thing, I would say that I love the sweet, almost innocent romantic relationship they have. They’re almost like two kids in love, just so happy and…gah. Sniff. Anyway. They just both love being around each other, grinning goofily like two teenagers every time they’re together. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge sucker for a heart-racing passionate romance, but there’s something so completely adorable about the sweet, slightly awkward relationship Ten and Rose share in the second season that blossoms and develops into the very truest of true love. I think the worst part is that we have a feeling from the beginning that it’s doomed from the first time she realizes there’s been other companions, and that he can’t grow old with her. And yet we want it so badly to work out so that he doesn’t have to be lonely anymore and he can finally have some kind of happiness in life. And of course that doesn’t happen, and we’re left with them separated and us in a puddle of tears.   

And the Doctor is never quite the same after he loses her – he kind of loses that wide-eyed puppy-dog exuberance that he has in the beginning. I watched the second season again with my brother and sister after seeing the Tennant years through once before, and I was struck at how young and exuberant Ten looked then, how contrasted it was with his worn, tired and heartsick look at the end of season four, and it all started the day he lost Rose.

It’s terribly morbid how much I love making my heart hurt. :-D I had a literal ache at the end of both Doomsday and Journey’s End. I mean, really, Ten gets such a stinking deal in life. It is a tribute to excellent writing and superb acting that you get so sucked in and emotionally invested in their adorable and ultimately tragic story. And although I know that the Doctor eventually moves on (which I still haven’t quite accepted yet), I can’t help but feel that his love for Rose was different from anyone else. You see it in that grin he gets when Donna reminds him that Rose is back, that adorable giggle (come on, I’m not the only one that loves that scene!) when Rose tells him that she has done everything she did “so she could come back”. I mean…how much bigger can you get than a love that spans time and space? Can’t get much better than that. J 

They compliment each other, lift each other up, and ultimately change each other for the better, which I think is the vital sign of a good relationship of any kind – but especially a romantic one. Comparing the Doctor and Rose in the beginning with the Doctor and Rose at the end of Season Four, it’s fascinating to see the change – a change that might never had happened if they had never met. 

Of course, no matter how well written a couple may be, you can never truly believe in them without the hard work, talent, and most importantly chemistry between the two lead actors portraying the characters. The chemistry that David and Billie have both off and on screen is at least half of the appeal of the couple. My pictures of them on Pinterest are usually captioned “The Adorable Ones” because to be honest, “adorable” sums up the whole David-Billie/Ten-Rose relationship. From the moment she first takes his hand to the heartbreak in their eyes inDoomsday to the kiss between 10.5 and Rose (and why did Ten not only never get to tell her he loved her, but never kissed her?! That was just plain ol’ wrong, people. He kissed all his other companions, for pete’s sake), David and Billie perfectly capture every nuance and emotion that makes this couple so above-and-beyond amazing.  

What makes a show isn’t just great special effects or a good script, or a great director. In the end it’s the characters that we care about, their journey through life and relationships. We enjoy getting to know them and see how they grow both as individuals and with each other. We want to root for them getting together, and cry when something goes wrong, and cheer when everything turns out all right…or sort of, in this case. ;) We all long for a kind of love that stands through tough times, never lets go when things seem impossible, and never ends no matter what happens or wherever the other goes. The kind of love that is a smile across the room, the light in each other’s eyes, and the kind that just knows how much the other cares without even having to say it (even if we desperately want them to!).

And when it all boils down to it, that’s what I love so much about Ten and Rose.

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I’m Alexandra and I am twenty-three years old, a Christian, a daughter, sister, vocal student and piano teacher. My obsessions are reading voraciously (classics are my specialty), singing, playing the piano, anything and everything British, talking, The Scarlet Pimpernel,costume reproduction, musical theatre, Pinterest, and of course Doctor Who.

I blog about costume dramas, musicals, costume reproduction, classic literature and everything else in my life at Of Trims and Frills and Furbelows, and have the honor of contributing to The Day Dream, the best (in my humble opinion!) Scarlet Pimpernel fanblog on the web!  

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Thank you so much for sharing, Ally!  I loved reading your thoughts on Ten & Rose and I agree completely!

Doctor Who Party Link-Up | Tasha's answers

Now it's my turn to answer the party questions and link-up. :)
{I didn't have time to before, so I went back through and added pictures.}

1| If you decided to name your first born child after any Doctor Who character, male or female, who would it be?  Rose.  I've always loved that name anyway, but especially now. ;)

2| What is your favourite colour of the Doctor's shoes?  The red ones...although I do love it when he wears the black ones with his tux.  Style points;)

3| Look around yourself and name the one thing that is TARDIS blue in your house!  There's a tea tray in our kitchen that has a decidedly TARDIS blue background.

4| If you could pick who plays the Twelfth Doctor which actor would you choose and why?  Oh dear...hard question!  I'd love to see Tom Hiddleston in DW somehow, but as the Doctor, I'm not so sure.  If he was the Doctor though, I think he'd be amazing!  He's got quite an acting range, he's definitely quirky and would bring something to the role.   I'd like to see who the BBC picks, though.  They've done pretty well so far, in my opinion;)

5| The Doctor is going back in time again, which historical era should he visit?  France during the Reign of Terror.  Maybe he'd bump into The Scarlet Pimpernel!  That would be awesomeness overload!!! :D

6| Would you REALLY go with the Doctor in the TARDIS?  I've thought about this one before.  If he could absolutely guarantee that I'd be back home the same day I left, then yes, I would...but going by his track record, I'd say the chances of that actually happening are pretty slim.  So, I'd have to say no.  I mean, if he looked like David Tennant I'd be seriously tempted, but I'm quite content and happy where I am, really.   I've got my family, my friends, and my sheep, why would I want to leave all of that? :)

7| Who's your favorite Doctor and why?  Ten.  David-of-the-epic-hair aside, I just love his personality, his outfit, the way he runs around the TARDIS pulling on levers and bashing things with his rubber mallet, his epic hair, how he repeats "what?" all the time, and just everything really.  However, that doesn't mean I don't like the other regenerations.  I love them all really.  They're all completely brilliant, and I'm especially fond of Nine, as he was my first Doctor.

8| Would you be afraid to spend Christmas in London?  Nope.  It would be exciting, and if anything did go wrong I know the Doctor would put it all right somehow.  I have complete faith in his awesomeness. *grin*

9| Do you look at an ordinary screwdriver and think 'this could be a bit more sonic?'  Every time.  It's a habit now.

10| Angel statues, plastic mannequins, Christmas trees - what ordinary everyday object would you love to make an object of terror to Whovians were you Steven Moffat?  Ooh, let me think...staplers.   Or traffic-lights.  Or cuckoo clocks.  Or chickens.  Or fake potted plants.  Or cell phones.  =O

11| The TARDIS lands in your garden and the Doctor steps out. What is the first thing you say to him?  *jaw drop*  It's YOU!!!!  *big hug*  What took you so long?!  *pulling him back into the TARDIS*   What are you waiting for?!  Allons-y!! *huge grin*

12| Who is your favorite actor who has played the Doctor so far and why?  The one and only David Tennant!!  Because David is the most brilliant actor I have ever seen.  Period.  End of story.  You can all go home now.  There is such depth in every character he plays.  And those sad brown eyes get me every time.  That coupled with his epic hair and adorable smile. Also, I love it that David is such a DW fanboy.  I mean, he's watched this show since he was 4 and that was when he decided to become an actor.  He wanted to be the Doctor.   And he was.  He was brilliant.

13| Have you seen any Classic Doctor Who? If so, which Doctor/episode(s) is your favorite?  I've seen Robot with Tom Baker (4th Doctor) and An Unearthly Child with William Hartnell (1st Doctor).  I enjoyed them both, but I liked Robot better.  Actually, I just LOVED Tom Baker as the Doctor.  He was awesome! And Sarah Jane Smith is so cute and spunky.  Love her so much.

14| Which are the creepiest, scariest and all-out meanest baddies in all the Who-niverse?  The Silence are pretty darn creepy...

15| Who is/are your favorite Companion(s) and why?  I love them all, with the exception of Captain Jack Harkness, but Rose Tyler and Sarah Jane are my favorites.   I love Rose and the Doctor.  They loved and needed each other so much and completely trusted one another.  *sniffle*  She made him better.  *sob*
And Rory!!  I absolutely adore Rory. :)

16| Did you cry more watching Doomsday or The Angels Take Manhattan?   I have yet to see The Angels Take Manhattan.  Poor me.  I sobbed buckets watching Doomsday.  My heart breaks again every single time I watch it, see screencaps from it, or even hear the soundtrack theme.  It's so beautifully tragic.   I love and hate it all at once, but I watch it over and over again.

17| What is your favorite quote from the show?
This is my timey wimey detector...it goes 'ding' when there's stuff.  And it can boil an egg at thirty paces, whether you want it to or not actually.  Also I've learned to stay away from hens.  It's not pretty when they blow. - Ten

Beans are evil. -Eleven

If we're going to die, let's die looking like  a Peruvian folk band. -Amy

I give you air from my lungs. -Nine

18| Which Doctor (including all previous regenerations) would you most like to be the companion of, and why?   Ten.  David Tennant.  End of story.

19| Which of the following are you more scared of, the Daleks, Cybermen, or the Weeping Angles?  The Cybermen.  It creeps me out that they can turn you into one of them, with no emotions or feelings or pain.  I really can't think of anything more horrible than that.  *shudder*  Seriously, just kill me or zap me into the past and let me live to death.  Don't take away the things that make me human.

20| Who are some of your favorite guest stars in the series?  I love Sophia Myles as Reinette from The Girl in the Fireplace.  Just love that episode, really.  Makes me cry.  I like crying over tragic endings.  And of course Carey Mulligan as Sally Sparrow in Blink!  One of my favorite actresses.  I would have LOVED to have seen her as a companion!   Georgia Moffet as Jenny in The Doctor's Daughter.  'Cause she's David Tennant's wife and she's absolutely adorable.   Colin Morgan as Jethro in Midnight, because he's also Merlin in Merlin.   David Morrissey in The New Doctor.   Pure awesomeness right there.  Michael Gambon in A Christmas Carol.  Just love him, he's so brilliant.  And I'll stop there, for everyone's sake.  Doctor Who always has a simply fantastic supporting cast.


21| What was your first experience with Doctor Who and how did you hear about the series?  I think it was in May of this year that I discovered the wonderful world of the Doctor and fell in love.  I kept hearing about this show called Doctor Who on different blogs and seeing pins on Pinterest, and I thought, "British sci-fi?  That looks like something I'd enjoy."  I started at the beginning of the new show with the Ninth Doctor.  10 minutes into the first episode and I was completely hooked.  The rest, as they say, is history. ;)

22| The Ninth Doctor said, 'Fantastic!', Ten said, 'Allons-y', and Eleven says, 'Geronimo'; what would you like to be the signature exclamation of the Twelfth Doctor?  Ooh, what a question!!  Let me think...you know, I really cannot think of anything.  I'll leave that up to the brilliant DW screenwriters.

23| If you were trapped in an episode, which one would it be?  The Idiot's Lantern.  1950's - love it!!!

24| Which is your favorite episode with each Doctor (Nine, Ten and Eleven)?  Nine - Rose, Dalek, Father's Day, or The Empty Child-The Doctor Dances.   Ten - Christmas Invasion, Tooth & Claw, Doomsday, The Runaway Bride, Human Nature, Blink!, The Doctor's Daughter, or Voyage of the Damned (I seriously love them all, but those are the one's I've watched the most:).  Eleven - Vincent and The Doctor or Let's Kill Hitler.

25| After watching a certain Doctor Who episode, did you summon up the courage to try fish sticks and custard?  No, I haven't.  But the, I haven't exactly had the opportunity present itself.  If that ever happens, then yes, I will give it a try!

There you go!  I'm having fun reading everyone's answers! :)

Wallpaper Wednesday | My Doctor {vol. 2}

Annndd, I almost forgot it was Wednesday.

Wellll, I didn't forget it was Wednesday really, I just forgot to share my latest wallpaper creations until now.

*smile*

So, Vol. 2 of the My Doctor series.  

I didn't get as many wallpapers completed as I wanted to, so these will have to suffice.   Kellie and I are going to have a booth for our shops at a local-ish antique/craft event in a few weeks, so I've been rather busy creating new items to sell.  More on that later...  As a result I haven't had as much time to play around with graphic design on my computer, and in order to get everything done in time I'll be taking a break from Wallpaper Wednesday next week.

But enough about that - time for some Doctor Who wallpaper!

Allons-y!

The Lazarus Experiment is probably one of my least favorite episodes, but honestly, how can you resist the Doctor playing the pipe organ?!  Not me...

Actually, I think these four are some of my very favorites. :)

{all pictures link to their full size images and are also available on the For You page}

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I hope you all had a simply marvelous Wednesday!

Happy Trails!

Wallpaper Wednesday | My Doctor... {vol. 1}

Okay...Wallpaper Wednesday...again.

Is it just me, or does it feel like Wednesday comes around terribly quickly?  Seriously, it feels like it was just yesterday.  No other day of the week does that to me.  Maybe it's the way I have to conciously say wed-nes-day when spelling it.  Maybe because it's the middle of the week.  Maybe because I have to have glorious new wallpapers ready to share with my adoring fans.  *grin*  Or maybe it's a wee bit of all three.  I don't know.  Wow - I think deep thoughts, don't I?  While I'm thinking deep thoughts...does anyone else hate that Blogger works best with Google Chrome?  Because I'm kind of starting to hate Chrome.  It's driving me nuts.  Especially because it doesn't seem quite as compatible with Pinterest.  Or maybe that's just my computer.  Could be.  I think my computer has a secret mission to take over the world...or at least the internet...which is basically taking over the world.  It's in league with Net Nanny.  I'm sure of it.  And I've been watching waaaaayyyy to much Doctor Who, haven't I?

Ahem.  Moving on...

In this wallpaper series, as I said before, I'm focusing on David Tennant as the Doctor (was that a 'squeee' I heard from Alexandra?).  All of those special, quirky, heart breaking, hilarious, brilliant moments that make him our Doctor.  So, without further ado, My Doctor...

{obviously Ten's not the only one with a sonic screwdriver, but boy, can he use it!}

I didn't think it could get any better than the 3D glasses, but I was wrong...

- all pictures link to their full sized images and are also available on the For You page -

I found the Gallifreyan font here.
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And now it's your turn!

What are your favorite Ten moments?

I'll create and share as many My Doctor wallpapers as I can next week:)

A few that I'm hoping to make would be...
My Doctor...runs...a lot.
My Doctor...can play a pipe organ. (from The Lazarus Experiment)
My Doctor...says Allons-y!
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Have a marvelous Wednesday, everyone!!

p.s.
These two wallpapers somehow didn't make it into last weeks post...

Wallpaper Wednesday | Doctor Who {vol. 4}

Today is Wednesday.  That fact just now dawned on me.   It's time for Wallpaper Wednesday and Volume 4 of my Doctor Who wallpaper series!  My blogging break was perfect in that it gave me time to finish watching Series 4...three times, actually. *blush* Ahem, yes...and I LOVED every single minute of it!!
The reunion scene between Rose and Ten?  LOVE!!!  My favorite DW scene ever, no question.  And yes, I cried...a lot.  Between the reunion, Donna's tragic departure, and Ten's lonely, sad brown eyes, I was a mess. 


Anyway, I now have some S4 inspired wallpaper, too.  Yay!!

But, we're going to be starting off with this one of Nine and Rose...

Okay, so I LOVE this scene.  I can't even begin to say how much I love this scene.  The Doctor, doing what he's wanted to do since he first meet Rose.  Also, it's one of the best movie kisses I've seen in a long time.

Just sayin'.

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This next one...well, it may very well be my favorite.  Ever.

Ahh!  Isn't that just the cutest picture, ever?!  Love it.  Just LOVE it.

I can never get enough of the 3D glasses.  Never, ever...

And a few of Ten and Sarah Jane Smith...

And some random ones...just because:)

Because this part makes me laugh so hard...

I loved Time Crash - the 5th and 10th Doctors together?!  Pretty much awesome.

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- all pictures link to their full sized images and will be available on the For You page soon -

And that wraps up Vol. 4 of the Doctor Who series.
I know there are a few requests that I didn't get to, for which I am sorry...so sorry.  I will be making more Doctor Who wallpapers in the future - you can count on that - and will get to those requests then, never fear!  There are just way to many good lines and fantastic scenes in this series to get them all, anyway:)

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Next week, I'll be sharing a new series entitled My Doctor, focusing on David Tennant as The Doctor.
*squeal*
I know you're going to love it:)

Happy Trails!