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 | Guest Post {Felt Doctor Dolls - Vicki}

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Hi everyone! I'm Vicki, and I blog over at Decked Out in Ruffles, sharing my faith, my love of fashion, vintage, sewing, and all things geeky. I'm a homeschool graduate turned college girl, and I am a huge, huge Doctor Who fan. Today I'm going to show y'all my first Doctor Who inspired craft, and share the story behind it. Allons-y!

Once there was a girl who discovered a  show on Netflix that seemed different than anything she'd ever seen before. It was British, it had aliens, and it had a blue box that was bigger on the inside and could traverse both time and space. So she said to herself, "I'll watch one episode: just one." And within minutes she was hooked. One episode turned into two, then three. She fell head over heels in love with the Doctor. It took her awhile to realize that she had met him several times before, years ago, when she was little, while watching reruns of past seasons (the ones with Peter Davison) with her dad, another fan. More than anything, she wanted the Doctor to appear outside her doorstep and whisk her away on a wild adventure, but to her dismay, he never came. She felt she needed her own Doctor, and, after some Pinterest inspiration, she set to work stitching her very own representations of the Doctor's 10th and 11th regenerations out of felt. And this is what came of that:

Ten was the first felt doll I'd ever sewn, and I was immensely proud of him, despite the fact that he was slightly lopsided and his trousers didn't quite fit. He had the hair and my favorite blue suit--oh, and Converse, of course!

I love Eleven and Ten almost equally, and so I knew I had to make one of Eleven too! They get along quite well together, though they do tend to squabble about who has the best hair or the best catch phrase and which episodes should be watched. Often they're too busy fighting aliens and saving the world to be too bothered by each other's company (though it is quite the paradox!).

Anyway! I modeled these two after a free pattern I discovered for simple felt dolls (which you can find here...I just added my own adjustments). I plan on doing a tutorial of some kind on my blog in the future, but in the meantime, if you'd like to try your hand at making your own, it's not very difficult at all, especially if you use this pattern as a base and build off it.

I hope you all enjoyed this post! I know I had loads of fun making it! If you like, feel free to hop on over to my blog and say hello. Thanks so much to Tasha for having me on her lovely blog, and to her and Ashley for hosting such an amazing blog party! 

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And thank you Vicki for sharing your adorable felt dolls with us!  They're both amazing - I love Ten's hair!!  Actually, they both have amazing hair;)  I know what's on my "to make next" list! :)

p.s.

Don't forget to hop over to Ashley's blog - she's sharing an awesome giveaway with you all today!

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! :)

Miscellany

I'm enjoying wonderful weather here - it's cool in the mornings and evenings but pleasantly warm and sunny during the day.  Love this early fall weather so much...except for the days getting shorter.  I'm going to miss our badminton evenings at Farragut very much.

Yesterday, I got to go canoeing on the lake with friends.

More pictures coming later. :)

After I washed my hair this morning, I stepped out in the sun on the front porch to speed up the drying process.  I'd not been there a minute when I heard stones rattling on the hill across from our driveway to my left, and looked up to see a huge bull moose with an impressive rack coming down the hill.  Um, wow!  I hopped inside quickly, partially because I didn't want to be outside with a bull moose (they can be quite dangerous) and partially to tell everyone there was a moose outside.  That sort of made my day. :)

Sorry, but I didn't get any pictures - he walked down the driveway and back into the bushes before I could get the camera.

I finally had the opportunity to watch The Hunger Games last week.  Wow!  That was a seriously awesome movie.  It totally did justice to the book, in my opinion.  Great casting and acting.

We had a totally awesome movie night on Wednesday watching The Avengers.  Now there's a totally awesome movie, one which I would watch over and over and over again.  I love watching movies with good friends, especially when it's one you've all seen before.  Then you can talk and laugh and make up alternate story lines for the characters without disturbing anyone.  So much fun! :D

And, as if I haven't had enough epic-ness in my life, I got Series 6 of Doctor Who from the library today!  I'm not saying how many episodes I've watched already, but more than three. *grin*

My lambs will be heading off to the butcher's on October 11th.  I've been focusing on getting them fattened up and ready for that - I cannot wait to have our freezer full of meat!  And after that, the ewes will be heading out for their month long holiday, visiting Earl the ram.   Life on the farm goes on.

Happy Trails, y'all!  

Doctor Who {Series 5} | Review

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

I love my library, but the painful truth is that it takes FOREVER for requests to come in.  Particularly when you request Doctor Who.  There must be more Whovians around than you'd think, because there are always several holds in ahead of mine.  

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

And then...it's there.  The next series.  At the library, waiting for me to pick it up, bring it home, and watch it...I've usually finished it within two days.   But that means I get to watch it over again before I have to bring it back.  *sheepish grin*  That's the sad, painful truth right there, folks.

I FINALLY got Series 5.  This was a big moment.  My FIRST introduction to the Doctor's 11th regeneration.   I'll admit that I was extremely hesitant to move on to series 5.  Just couldn't imagine anyone coming after Ten, flying through time and space in the TARDIS.  Also I'm completely, hopelessly in love with  David Tennant, for obvious reasons...

I mean, hello people, this guy is adorable...not to mention gorgeous.  And if anyone was born to play the Doctor, it's David.

Ahem, moving on...
So I held off for a while, but curiosity finally won out.

Warning: spoilers ahead!

And...I saw him.

Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor

And I thought, "This guy is absolutely insane!"  That's when I knew that he was the Doctor.  Maybe not my Doctor, but he is absolutely the Doctor.   Absolutely a mad man with a box.  And still absolutely wonderful.
All things considered, I thought Matt Smith did a splendid job as the Doctor.  The main thing I missed (well, aside from DT;), was depth.  Matt's Doctor definitely doesn't have as much depth to his character as either Eccleston's or Tennant's performances.  However, he does have some pretty good dialog and fantastic moments, so I can forgive that.  Besides, not everyone can be David Tennant;)

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Karen Gillan as Amy Pond

Amy Pond - the girl who waited.
I'm still deciding how I feel about Amy.  I envy her hair - always did wish I was ginger - and I love how spunky she is, but...she doesn't seem to appreciate Rory like she should.  I'm not saying she doesn't love him, I'm just saying she doesn't fully realize how amazing he is.  Besides, all is forgiven when you hear Amy's Scottish accent!  I'm lovin' it!!!

Karen is absolutely adorable here with her Amy Pond action figure! :)

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Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams

Because Rory...well, I'm in love with Rory Williams.  He totally did not impress me in the first episode, but any guy who duels a vampire using a broomstick is awesome in my book.  And he protected Amy for 2,000 years, dressed as a centurion, no less!!   *melt*  He will forever love Amy.  It's beautiful.
And I will forever love Rory.

Amy and Rory

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Alex Kingston as River Song

And now we're starting to find out more about the mysterious River Song, who made her first appearance in Silence in the Library-Forest of the Dead with the 10th Doctor.  His first meeting and her last - time travel is such fun;)  Of course, I already know where her story is heading.  It's impossible to be on Pinterest and not see spoilers. ;)

We've got the usual reoccurring monsters/aliens/enemies - the Daleks (will they never be completely destroyed??), Cybermen, Weeping Angels (thank you Moffat for freaking me out every time I even see a picture of an angel now!  I wasn't paranoid enough - I needed that.), and in the series finale the gangs all there with the Sontarans and every other enemy of the Doctor you can think of.

In this series, we've been handed over to Steven Moffat, the evil genius who now produces and writes  Doctor Who.  He certainly enjoys tormenting us poor Whovians...and Sherlockians too, for that matter.  But he's brilliant.  Love his complex plots.  Instead of turning into vegetables watching TV, you're forced to think.  Love it!!  However, it does seem as if there is more what I would consider to be adult themes in this series.  Nothing absolutely inappropriate, but a few things that I wouldn't be comfortable having young kids watch...but then, I don't think I'd be comfortable having young kids watch any of the new Doctor Who, no matter which series.  

The Ninth, Eleventh and Tenth regenerations of the Doctor.

On the whole, I enjoyed Series 5 very, very much.  Aside from feeling slightly disoriented with the new face of the Doctor, his new sonic screwdriver, and the new interior for the TARDIS, it was very good.  Well written, good characters and good plots.  I'm definitely looking forward to watching Series 6!

Happy Trails, y'all!