James Bree has died.

This makes my old-school Who heart sad. :(

So, it's announced (and if you think you can avoid spoilers for 11 months, you're insane. It's all over the news). He's relatively unknown, he's 26 years old, he's...

(head falls off)

Ow.

(puts head back on)

I like to think I can just lie back and trust in Moffatt & co. and mock the whiners, but... FUCK, that's young. Tennant was my age, which I can just about accept, but Matt Smith's almost 10 years younger than me. I had thought after Tennant, the Tom Baker of the modern age, they'd go in a totally opposite direction. He must have had a hell of an audition.

To be fair, I have not seen the Pullman things he's done, so I'm going by his publicity shots. Which look... eh. I think I'd best wait for the photo shoot, and see who the companion is (I agree I'd love to see Donna's reaction to him, but do think if she's getting 'fixed', it'll be before RTD leaves, slate wiped clean, etc.). And I agree with someone else on LJ who said with his age, we're unlikely to get River Song romance here.

We've now got over 11 months to worry about this, so I won't bother. Still... damn, that's one young Doctor.

Has the 11/Donna porn community been created yet? ^_-

Lawrence Miles has a new blog, this one discussing the vapidness of TV programming in general rather than simply getting annoyed that Doctor Who isn't like it was in the 70s anymore. It's quite amusing, if offensive in parts (this is Lawrence). You'll likely get more out of it if you're a Brit, as you'll know who and what he's talking about. :)

http://therandomnesstimes.blogspot.com/

http://tencrush.livejournal.com/127243.html

Word. Wordy McWord with a side of YES GODDAMMIT.

Spoiler cut (bad language/imagery warning, I'm not a happy camper):

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At least there's fixfic?

First off, the new Perfect Girl Evolution manga chapter has the most adorkable Ranmaru you have ever seen.

Second, the 2nd Collection Sixth Doctor comics collection is out this week from Panini. The price is a bit steep, but the 6th Doctor comics were the highlight of the entire run, with some truly deft writing and art. It also contains The World Shapers, the final 6th Doctor comic, which was written by a young guy named Grant Morrison. Whatever happened to him?...

OK, they got me. I was not expecting that.

We'll see what happens next week. :)

So RTD is stepping down as Who producer after 2009, and Steven 'Are you my mummy?' Moffatt takes over. This is pretty much what everyone was expecting and, with a few sexism issues aside, I think most people are pleased. It will be interesting to see how things develop - especially regarding the ever-present specter of Rose that hangs over the series atm.

Got my Muppet DVD, and watches the Spike Milligan episode. It's utterly hilarious, and could never, ever be made today. The premise is that, because they found the Muppet Show is broadcast in 108 countries, they're doing a tribute to internationalism. But this isn't the modern kid-friendly Muppets, this is Henson's true Muppets. So we get the nations all trying to kill each other, and casual unconscious racism like the African Muppet with the bone through the face and the Japanese version of Oklahoma with the L-R reversals. (We know we berong to the rand!). And the Swedish Chef playing an accordion.

Into all this wanders Spike, who basically does his usual insanity. They pair him with Sam the Eagle for much of the show, which works great. Sam tries to praise Britain, but Spike's 'true Englishman' is not up to his standards. The Muppet Newsman tries to do a news broadcast with Spike translating into foreign, which involves a lot of mime and a lot of Newsman abuse. Spike's 'Intergalactic Brotherhood of Man (Including Things) skit defies description, and I found it hilarious that Spike was monumentally cruel to Lew Zealand and got away with it.

Then the finale. It's a Small World. With Iraqi girl Muppets covered head to toe in black, with French Muppets standing around the Eiffel tower, and just every stereotype known to man. And Spike, getting shoved off stage by Sam but coming back as a different stereotyped nationality. The most boggling is his Chinaman, complete with buck teeth and Fu Manchu mustache. When Sam throws him off the stage, Spike hits him with a boxing glove (Boxer Rebellion, get it?) Then he pulls out a tam-o-shanter, puts it on, and gives a Nazi salute. While wearing a T-shirt that says 'Kuwait' in Arabic (Spike's BBC series at the time was 'Q8'.) The chaos continues into the closing credits, with Spike laying on the stage and sleeping, after one brief Native American parody, as they hadn't been offended yet.

It's the most un-PC Muppet show ever. I love it to bits.

Well, that was... OK. Pretty good.

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Really not looking forward to next week. Gareth Roberts, and from what I've heard in interviews he made it very funny. God save us from funny Gareth Roberts. >_>