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PANIC. Stretch. Lots of stretching. Like gum. Or spaghetti. An infinitely long piece of human spaghetti. Call for help. Then remember that sounds doesn't travel in a vaccum. Consider how neat that Stargate episode is, where a black hole attaches to the Stargate and tries to such the Earth through. Remind myself that Romulans use…
Continue reading ➞ Things I Would Do If I Was Falling Into A Black Hole
I always find it a bit weird to be so saddened by the death of someone I don't know, even though it makes perfect sense: just because you don't know someone doesn't mean they can't affect your life, bring you joy, inspire you, give you comfort. They're still a part of your life, and when…
Continue reading ➞ Five Brilliant Odo Moments in Deep Space Nine
An Admiral hails you. They're probably going to betray you and Starfleet principles. Half of the senior staff are giving acting lessons. Half of the senior staff play a musical instrument. None of them offer music lessons. The Captain is wearing a red shirt. The walls are beige. They are closing in. Beigely. The holodeck…
Continue reading ➞ How To Tell If You Are In Star Trek The Next Generation
And by Christmas films, I mean the films I most love and adore watching during the festive season. Some have snow - I think one might actually have Christmas - most do not. But they are movies I would find Very Weird to watch outside of December. There would be A Wrongness to it. So,…
A week of posts! So a bit of a break tonight, plus I've just finished a three hour Dungeons and Dragons session. Thus, pics. The loch on quite the winter-y morning, all ice and mist. Same loch, different day. Very, very different day. And one winter afternoon, the sun already going down. ###
Today we consider hats. Not merely any hats, but the splendid hats of Doctor Who that have helped to create worlds. So that means (magnificent as, say, the Doctor's hat in The Reign of Terror is) hats from the real world are not included, no matter how dashing it looks perched on the head of…
Continue reading ➞ The Most Excellent and Awesome Worldbuilding Hats of Doctor Who
After yesterday's post required a wee bit more work than I expected (I started out "oh, I know all about this, let's go!" and them ended up trying to check everything in a fit of paranoia) today's one is nice and straightforward. And a meme once again nicked off Twitter: my Top 5 Doctor Who…
