Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Only thing I can say is...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Non-Spoiler - THAT WAS FRICKIN' AMAZING! THAT was the show I grew up with. Thank you Stephen Moffat.

( SPOILERS DAMMIT! )

I'm home! Really pushed it on the drive up from Cornwall and made it to Heathrow in just over 4 hours. Dropped Jenni off at 2pm for her 4.45 flight, so she had plenty of time. Took me an hour to get home but there were no traffic snarl ups so that was good.

Leeds got promoted!! Woo hoo! We were 1-0 down at halftime and playing with 10 men and I was all "ARGH!" but we came back to win 2-1 and secured the second automatic promotion spot! Go us!! *celebrates*

Just caught up on Dr Who as I missed "Flesh and Stone" last week. Not bad, not bad at all. The Angels still freak me the feck out though :P Now I must scamper for some food before tonight's episode comes on. I do predict I'll nap before I settle in for the Football League Show later :D

Oh and despite the reports of more ash disruption, Jenni's just texted me to say that although her flight was delayed an hour, they're now taking off and she's on her way. Hurrah!! :)

Yeh, not as good as the first two but still had some good moments. Oh wait, I'd best put this under a cut...

( Here Be Spoilers )

So overall, I'm mostly meh. It was watchable just not terribly interesting. And given the enemy, it should have blown my socks off. Still, next week looks verrrrry promising!!

I liked it. Yes, yes, I know, I can see the frothing on my flist but I don't care. I liked it. I am LOOKING FORWARD to the Matt Smith era which I wasn't a year ago (shut up, tyrell and give the guy a chance). I am going to miss Tennant a lot and his scenes with Bernard Cribbens in this episode will rank on any Top Ten List of fave 10th Doc scenes I ever make. I could have wished for less LotR:RotK-style false endings but I can't begrudge the nostalgia because I'm a sucker for it too. Plot holes? Ye gods, were there plot holes big enough to fly a few Tardis's through but I knew that was going to be the case from last week so I had a week to prepare and not care about it :D

Thank you David Tennant for giving us a fabulous Doctor. You had to fill the not inconsiderable shoes of Chris Ecclestone and you exceeded all expectations. Let's hope 11 in 10 is just as good :)

And thank you RTD. There are things you've done I will probably never forgive you for but you brought Dr Who back and there's a whole new generation of fans who wouldn't have existed if it wasn't for you.

Stephen Moffat? To steal a phrase from the ever lovely cookwitch's DW post - bring it on.

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Ye gods, it's a bit parky at the moment, isn't it? It was seriously cold around here last night, local temps were around -3, and if the weather forecast is accurate, that could be -4 tonight. It's making me wish I'd invested in some thermal underwear. Ah well, I'll just have to make do with a hot water bottle and a warm, purring cat for heat :)

I've done my shopping for the week, so at least I don't have to go out again this weekend. I can burrow down and make the most of my last two days of freedom before returning to work. On the plus side, I've got a fair amount of holiday to use up before 1st April, so I'm thinking a break in mid-February is going to be called for (possibly encompassing my birthday, oddly enough). So I just have to hang on for six weeks before loafing can resume. I think I can manage that *snickerfits*

Really looking forward to the announcement of the new Dr Who later this afternoon. jenni411 is away from her compy at the crucial time today and I've had to promise faithfully to text her the news the second I know! Hee! I'm hoping Patterson Joseph gets the nod but this is the Beeb (and RTD), so a surprise is not out of the question. Still, getting a black doctor in the same year as a black US President? I like the symmetry of that :)

Also sort of really looking forward to the American football this weekend. It's Round 1 of the playoffs and the 'Fins are involved (tomorrow). I'm not sure if I can bear to watch :P Brace yourselves - there's either going to be massive amounts of happy squeakings or a bad-tempered, swearword-laden paragraph ranting about incompetent football teams c.f Leeds v. Histon. You've been warned :P

And now I am scampering for hot tea and food! Hurrah!

Another work of genius. Check out the links in that blog to the Tam of Rassilon too, it is a thing of great wonder.

This is shaping up to be absolutely bloody amazing. That is all.