WHEEEE OOOOH OOOOOOOH!

[grassangel]

THIS MERITS CAPS. LARGE ONES


BECAUSE THE NEW DOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN



WHY YES, HE HAS.

LINK HAS PICTURES. OBVIOUSLY.
Also, Ruby in the Smoke was made into a drama? And I wasn't told?

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[dawnduskdancer.livejournal.com]

Also, Ruby in the Smoke was made into a drama? And I wasn't told?
I thought you knew. There are some tie-in versions of the novels (same text, but with Billie Piper on the cover) in Wellington Library. They've only done the first two but intend to adapt all four. As far as I know they've never aired in New Zealand and I don't even know if the DVDs are available here.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

It's been over four years since I've read the books and... I don't go to the Wellington library that often so... haven't seen them.
I have faith in UKTV bringing them over, at some point. (If not some other channel because, come on, it's PHILLIP PULLMAN. Even if most people go 'Oh, Northern Lights writer'.)

[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

He looks like Morpheus.

He looks like Morpheus.

WHY does he look like Morpheus?

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

I think it's the messy hair (in the photos later on in the article, especially the one where his eyes are in shadow) and the black t-shirt/coat combo. With the straight-ish messy hair. (Because curly-ish hair = Neil Gaiman himself and curly long hair = Gordon.)

[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

But also the cheekbones. The eyes in shadow helps too. And -
You know, if he wears a long black coat with flame-ish patterns around the bottom I will die laughing. Or something.

Also do you have any Circle of Magic fic recs? No cross-circle (obvsly).

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... yeah, the high cheekbones do lend to Morpheus lookalike-ism.
Hahaha, I think I'd laugh too if that happened. (Which begs the question, what will the Doctor wear in this incarnation?)

I don't regularly read Circle fic. There's 1 in my ff.net favourites that's supposed to be Briar/Tris but I found was very easy to read as friendship fic.
There's also this (http://whiteshark.livejournal.com/14566.html) which is a depressing and short Sandry fic.

[shadowsinfire.livejournal.com]

Also the lighting in the official pic. And it makes him look older than Ten. ...It is a good question.

I don't like that fic ): too sad +I don't think it's exactly in character. Cannot imagine any of them actually wanting to die. I'll look up the one in your favourites.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

The lighting makes him look SO much older. His hairstyle is also funky in it. The whole thing kind of makes him look scary.
Well, at least we have one thing to look forward to, the new Doctor's wardrobe!

The other fic may be a bit too shippy for your tastes, I don't know. (The LJ one was pretty much "Oh hay! There's one in my memories. LINK"

[bearlyhapnin.livejournal.com]

O_o And I thought David Tennant was creepy. This new guy looks much creepier.

Maybe its just not a great picture.

I've been thinking of netflixing all the Dr. Who seasons and watching it from the beginning. I loved the season with Christopher Eccleston. What was he? The 9th doctor?

(what is Ruby in the Smoke?)

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

I think it's just the publicity photo and the lighting. If you scroll down further, he looks less scary and more normal.

Yup, Eccleston was the 9th doctor.

Ruby in the Smoke is the first book in the Sally Lockhart mysteries written by Phillip Pullman. They're set in Victorian London although they do tend to concern other countries as well. (The first book concerns Chinese triad gangs and opium dens.)
A considerable bit darker than His Dark Materials series.

[bearlyhapnin.livejournal.com]

Hopefully that's the case.

And sorry to say I've never actually heard of Phillip Pullman outside of this post and the comments on it. :\

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

...

You've never read The Northen Lights AKA The Golden Compass?

[bearlyhapnin.livejournal.com]

uh... no. I haven't even watched The Golden Compass... I didn't like what I was hearing about it, so I won't check it out.

But I never knew who wrote it before. I'll be certain to stay away from his books then.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh, please don't discount him as a writer just for things you've heard about one of his books (that was turned into a movie) or even about that particular series.
Even if you do disagree with his religious views, he is a good writer and his children's books are entertaining (and don't contain a bit of 'religious proproganda' although they perhaps contain a bit of feminism) and the Sally Lockhart Mysteries are ENTIRELY different from His Dark Materials trilogy. (Unless, again, you don't like a character being feminist in Victorian times or a character being rather liberal in their views.)

[bearlyhapnin.livejournal.com]

I just really don't want to support someone who is so vehemently against my beliefs... he's certainly entitled to his opinion, but from what I've gathered he doesn't just believe differently from me, but also goes out of his way to ATTACK my views.

Feminism doesn't bother me, but the anti-Christian elements in his other books do.