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The great thing about fandom in the Internet Age is that vicariously experiencing things is getting more and more real-time. And more and more outright real!

[livejournal.com profile] thefannishwaldo liveblogged the Julie Gardener - Stephen Moffat panel (small spoilers for Christmas special at end). There'll be a separate post for the Torchwood panel at some point. So far all she's posted is that there was a "marry, shag, or cliff" game with John, Julie, and Gareth, and Naoko (in which Naoko volunteered to be cliffed - John said he'd shag her first - he'd then shag Julie, but he'd marry Gareth "because I've seen him naked.")

And I don't know who grabbed the minute-long clip of John Barrowman and Naoko Mori singing Miss Saigon with Gareth in the middle.

The OG links to three interviews with Stephen Moffat from Comic Con


In Hamlet news, I'm more than a little appalled that the Tennant website has had to post basic theater etiquette - and I mean REALLY basic stuff, like "don't disturb the actors or the rest of the audience." *facepalm* The RSC/actors (who started it I'm not sure) have also put out a huge set of warnings that they will only sign stuff about Hamlet, not Star Trek or Doctor Who memorabilia. That makes sense enough. However, I'm sure it's the RSC that has added the rider that it must be materials from the RSC shop which does piss me off. For those of us who *have* theater diaries and/or favorite script copies, it seems frankly petty.

Not that anyone could necessarily tell in a glance say, an Arden that came from the RSC vs the Borders downtown DC anyway.

(I have a copy of the Arden complete that has served as notes and theater diary ever since I started going to Stratford Ont. & ushering at the DC Shakes; I've been writing down the dates/locations of the productions and (in the script itself) details of the particularly notable bits of business.)


PS - and since this is suddenly turning into the overarching Who post of the day, the Sun will just print anything they wank onto a page, won't they? The latest article is so full of facepalm fail I don't even know which loose end to start yanking to unravel it. Poor Freema, is she always going to end up being the whipping girl of the Whoniverse? (There was even Yet Another Ugly Rumor about the poor woman at Shore Leave, which was quickly and tidily shot down.)

It's going to be frickin' hilarious in retrospect if she's in both Torchwood and Law and Order: London, as is easily likely considering England's short show seasons. Far more likely than an experienced, professional showrunner somehow assuming that a working actress would turn down work in the hopes of some sort of last-minute "oops, we wrote huge scenes for you but forgot to actually sign you up" contract.

Truly, there is not enough eyeroll in the world.

Date: 2008-07-25 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steviesun.livejournal.com
Okay, now I don't like Ten, it's well known that I don't like him. But but but, I would never be as nasty about Tennent or either Ten as it sounds like some people are being about Martha/Freema. Gah! [bangs head against desk] Now I'm not saying that I'm a huge Martha fan, as much as I respect her, but Freema is fantastic!

Date: 2008-07-25 07:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violetisblue.livejournal.com
Martha, the character, could have been better written/better employed on the show (IMO), but for God's sake, if someone really hates the character that much wouldn't they be thrilled that the actress has (apparently) signed to a part that makes it much less likely we'll be seeing her in the Whoniverse for a while? Particularly with a new producer about to take over? There's a tiny but incredibly nasty contingent on the Forum that seems fixated tearing down Freema and her career ("The Beeb fired her! She only got that acting award because Billie Piper wasn't nominated against her! She only got Survivors and L&O because she's black!"), and Christ, I'm a fan of Freema's and I'm not one-tenth as obsessed with her as they are.

Date: 2008-07-26 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neadods.livejournal.com
The Beeb fired her!

Of all the nasty rumors, that's the one that really knots my knickers. Fired != sent to other flagship shows for another airing nor brought back for close to half the next season. That has to be the most special (and lucrative) definition of "fired" I've ever heard of in my life.

Fired="don't let the door hit your ass on the way out," as the girl who played Kelsea can doubtless tell anyone.

Date: 2008-07-26 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violetisblue.livejournal.com
She was so bad that they fired her, then decided to bring her back multiple times on DW and TW and tried to keep her around for the next season. Their logic does not resemble Earth logic, no.

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