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Two quick mid-book reviews:

The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner: A Doctor Who 10/Rose adventure. Rather disappointing in comparison to her Winner Takes All adventure. This is far more rough and simplistic - *very* obviously a children's book and not that well told. There's almost none of the character stuff that made Winner so delightful. This was probably written before there was much "Tennie" to work with, which is part of the problem, so I'm going to give her another chance when her next Who book comes out in September.

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig. This is just sheer silly. Fun, glorious, unrepentant Regency romance/cloak and dagger espionage/bedroom farce silly, and therefore quite delightful. Don't expect depth, meaningfulness, or angst. Do expect to snicker a lot. A marvelous bubblebath and bubbly drink book.

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I think my fandom is killing me, vampire-style. On Saturday I was up until 1am rewatching "School Reunion" and finishing "Wendys." Last night I was up until midnight so I could post "A Good Life."

So. Tired!

My brain just broke

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll cry with laughter. There is now a community for the antics of someone's Doctor Nine and Doctor Ten action figures.

Don't expect logic. Don't expect plot. Do expect special effects that rank right up there with Who circa 1964 and a fair amount of totally unworksafe plastic on plastic action. Also dialog like:
Nine: ... I think you look odd. What's with the scarf?
Ten: Sits pretty cunning, don't you think?
Nine: Are you over compensating, like Four was?

If you want to shriek with laughter over the sorts of things that happen when a bored slashfan pulls out all the stops - and all the action figures - check it out. My ribs were hurting by the time the My Little Ponies showed up.

And over on time_and_chips, ebonybeach posts a link to a still from this Saturday's episode and asks the vital question where are her hands?