Sunday 7

It's not a classic 7 at this point, because I can't list things I've accomplished this week per se, but I can list all the things that I'm going to haul to get done today - it's looking like the rain is going to spike my Tangled Skein run with fandance.

( Today I shall... )

Top Posting - A subtle thing that's being overlooked.

All of the reviews for Ood that I've seen - including my own - are not discussing a moment that was very powerful and important, if for no other reason that we don't see much of it in Who these days:

( There's no sin in trying something and not liking it )

x-posted to marriedonmars

Rec & Review

Sorry about the spam, but there were a bunch of things I wanted to pass on:

I echo the latest calufrax recommendation: Dating in the Workplace, an all-era video/Big Finish crackfic about the ins and outs of romantic relationships in the TARDIS - the companions', the Doctor's, and more. The last bit is probably funnier if you're familiar with the comic/Big Finish companions, but it's not a dealbreaker if you aren't.


Book Review for The Many Hands:

The Many Hands by Dale Smith starts off beautifully. The Doctor is suitably Doctorish, and Martha is everything I'd hoped in her portrayal: smitten, yes, but also competent, brave, and medically minded. As she ran, she kept her mind busy by listing the organization of the human lung... She counted off the diseases that affected the lungs, alphabetically. She kept getting stuck after oedema. THIS is the woman who told Joan Redfern to talk to the hand and all the bones in it!

As a Martha fan, I also appreciate that the Doctor is shown appreciating her, even if he doesn't say anything directly to her. Suits both canon and what I'd like to think he was thinking.

This grasp of characterization continues with the original characters, including a soldier and a minister who, in lesser hands, would be a martinet and either a hypocrite or a fundie loony, but in Smith's are men of principle and intelligence. Characterization is fabulous!

Smith also has an amusing way of not so much breaking the fourth wall as putting the occasional dent in it, with side references to David's real life worked cleverly into the circumstances so that they don't seem wedged in or throw you out of the book - they just provide a bit of a giggle.

And the plot is suitably gothic - the dead walk, and there's an anatomist who seems to be breeding Addams-family-style Things in his basement. Doctor Who! Zombies! Even a Gelth reference!

Cool! The setup is so fabulous that the rave review was written in my mind by the halfway point, and I told persiflage_1 "he's going to have to fumble really badly to put me off it at this point."

( ...Aaaand then Smith fumbled. REALLY badly. )

Such a fantastic setup, and Smith doesn't just fumble the dismount, he positively face-plants. On the other hand, odds are good that in future I'll be rereading the first half for the sheer joy of it, and bailing before the skientific, hystorical wreck.

Recipes

Sorry about the spam, but I thought I should split these last two posts, as they aim at different demographics of the f-list.

Three recipes I've tried with success today:

( Italian Wedding Soup )

( 2-Serving Bread Pudding (adaptable) )

( 2-Serving Egg Strata (adaptable) )