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I've made no secret around these parts of the fact that "A Good Man Goes to War" has left me in a right funk. And I know I'm not the only one! If you're anything like me, though, perhaps you are tired of your funk. Maybe you would like to have your show back and to just be excited about it again. Remember how this felt?:

tardis float


No, me either, really. But I want to. So I've made a big ol' rec list of Doctor Who stuff what has made me happy of late, and I share it with you now in the hopes that one or more of us may again be squeeful in advance of the rest of the season!



FANFICTION:

Night Terrors by Lyricwritesprose on Teaspoon (Rory + Eleven, 8500 words, PG) The Doctor helps Rory deal with recurring nightmares in an unusual manner. One of the best Eleven-era fics I've ever read, and no summary can do it justice. Perfect Rory p.o.v. Fantastic Eleven. Some fascinating scifi elements. And just generally beautiful and amazing and everything! Read it, ALL OF YOU. (Recced to me by [livejournal.com profile] ladymercury_10.)


Boxing Day by Lyricwritesprose on Teaspoon (Wilf + Eleven, 6800 words, PG) WILF and ELEVEN. I'll repeat: WILF and ELEVEN. I feel like that's all any reasonable person should need to rush off and go read this, but I'll reassure you that it's everything you'd want it to be and by the same author as 'Night Terrors' and very nearly as good. (Recced to me by [personal profile] elisi.)


The Hazards of Time Travel (and Flirting with Strangers) by [livejournal.com profile] cinderbella333 (Amy + River, 870 words, PG) In which Amy realizes she's been hitting on her own daughter. One of the best and most hilarious things to come out of the AGMGTW reveal, with perhaps a bit of subtle, meta-y consolation for anyone who suddenly discovered they'd accidentally written incest fic, oops. Even if the premise sounds awkward and awful to you, read it anyway. Trust me.


You're Just My Cup of Tea, Or: Domesticity is Setting In by [livejournal.com profile] dollsome (River/Eleven, 1000 words, PG) The Doctor, River, and teacups. Flirting ensues! Again, some more. UTTERLY DELIGHTFUL IN ALL WAYS. Someone once called me "the queen of Eleven/River banter," but I gleefully cede the title.


Untitled Doctor Who/Matilda crossover by [livejournal.com profile] seaweedie (Matilda + Eleven, 1000 words, G) Eleven meets Matilda Honey. Yes, Matilda. From the Roald Dahl book. If the very idea of this doesn't fill you with ecstatic glee, please don't tell me about it because I will have to stop knowing you. The only disappointment here is how short it is.


To Be Continued by [livejournal.com profile] honeynoir (River, 600 words, PG) I have a few personal crusades in Who fandom. One is to convince everyone that "The Beast Below" is an amazing episode. Another is to defend River's ending in the Library from all nay-sayers, which I shall do ALL THE MORE STRIDENTLY the louder and longer everybody complains about it. This is my favorite "River in the Library computer" fic: thoughtful and unsentimental about the limitations of being in a computer but not dismissive and really quite positive overall.



VISUAL STUFFS:

Kitty Who comics by tinysprout on Tumblr ([livejournal.com profile] owlsie) Little cartoons of the characters as cats. Too cute for anyone's good. Click the link for more.

kitty who


The Ponds Disapprove of You
by tardis-owl on Tumblr ([livejournal.com profile] owlsie again) Matching mother-daughter scorn! Click to embiggen:

disapprove


Doctor Who icons by [livejournal.com profile] encorevous (link goes to tag) Can the world really support so much pretty?:
 
baby idris amy stars eleven tardis
smooch cleaves amy more amy more smooch


Gifs: Stewart and Colbert react to Doctor Who by [livejournal.com profile] di_br The fake news people express what we're all feeling:
 
moffat!



VIDS:

Howl by [personal profile] such_heights and [personal profile] purplefringe (Amy, Rory, River) Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers. Alright, I'm breaking my own rules a bit here. This isn't so much squeeful as cathartic. But catharsis is good too. A harsh look at the Pond family's relationship to the Doctor. It is, however, squeefully good.


Sandcastles in the Sand by [livejournal.com profile] winninghearts (Doctor/Rose) Wrong era of the show. Doesn't matter. If you like Doctor Who. If you like How I Met Your Mother (song by Robin Sparkles!). If you like Doctor/Rose. If you hate Doctor/Rose. If you love to hate Doctor/Rose. Watch this vid--it works for all.


Last Friday Night by [livejournal.com profile] aheartthen (Eleven, Amy, Rory, River) Team TARDIS + Katy Perry. Hijinks ensue. It's like Texts from the TARDIS in vid form.

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Date: 9 Aug 2011 03:05 pm (UTC)
juniperphoenix: Amy and the Doctor at Musée d'Orsay (DW: Companions)
From: [personal profile] juniperphoenix
*gleefully consumes*

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Date: 7 Aug 2011 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cinderbella333.livejournal.com
Thank you very much for recommending my piece! I'm so happy that you enjoyed it that much! And I look forward to checking out the other pieces you have recommended here. I'm definitely trying to get amped up for the second half of S6. I'm right there with you about AGMGTW. Thanks for compiling these.

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Date: 7 Aug 2011 04:43 am (UTC)
owlboy: (Eleven/River - lover or killer?)
From: [personal profile] owlboy
omg you recc'ed me (ego poofs up)

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Date: 7 Aug 2011 05:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dweomeroflight.livejournal.com
Yay I've been trying to find that Howl fan vid again for ages!

Also, hilarious gif is hilarious!

Are you in a funk because you have to wait or because you don't like where s6 is going? *is confused and feels foolish*

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Date: 7 Aug 2011 09:40 am (UTC)
elisi: Edwin and Charles (Hands by speckleberry)
From: [personal profile] elisi
Remember how this felt?
Yes:



But I want to. So I've made a big ol' rec list of Doctor Who stuff what has made me happy of late
♥ ♥ ♥

Oh and I have (very slowly, stupid work), started writing my big mammoth meta about EVERYTHING. Am hoping I'll have it done before the show starts up again... *crosses fingers*
Edited Date: 7 Aug 2011 03:53 pm (UTC)

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Date: 7 Aug 2011 07:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] honeynoir.livejournal.com
Yay! *bookmarks bookmarks bookmaaaarks*

~sends happy vibes

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Date: 7 Aug 2011 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] honeynoir.livejournal.com
I'm positive I will! Am <3-ing [livejournal.com profile] owlsie's comics right now, in fact.

Thanks for the rec, btw! Also, people think The Beast Below is bad o_O?

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Date: 8 Aug 2011 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com
Yay, recs! Everyone seems to be doing them lately. Perhaps I shall have to put together a recs post of my own.

That teacup story is adorable! I found it by some roundabout means a while ago and loved it. :)

Have you seen the Amy-centric vid [livejournal.com profile] winninghearts did? It has the best twinkly music and really captures how magical the show can be. Um, let me find you the link in case you haven't seen it. Here it is. EDIT: LJ seems to be having trouble with embedded videos. Here's the link to YouTube in case the page is borked.

I know what you mean about being in a funk. I haven't enjoyed this season nearly as much as I did S5. I feel like it's not just that Amy's been sidelined, but the fun and magic are to some extent being replaced with big mysteries I don't care as much about. I did like AGMGTW, but the reveal didn't do a whole lot for me. Maybe Moffat can pull out something amazing in the second half--things weren't looking so good around this time last season, what with Rory suddenly getting erased from time and space and all.

Edited Date: 8 Aug 2011 01:29 am (UTC)

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Date: 8 Aug 2011 01:30 am (UTC)

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Date: 8 Aug 2011 07:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com
And we are all immensely grateful that you did! I'll admit I never look through Teaspoon stuff myself

*is confused* Oh! No, I didn't mean the one I recced you from the Teaspoon, I meant [livejournal.com profile] dollsome's one about River and the Doctor and the teacups. :P

I hold out hope, though, that they are just burried rather than forgotten, and that we'll be seeing them again--"halfway out of the dark" and all that!

Yes! That is an excellent hope, and I shall adopt it. :) If they do come back, I suspect they shall be all the more exciting for being held up against the dark beginning of the season.

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Date: 8 Aug 2011 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com
Oh, cool! What fairy tale elements did you see in AGMGTW? (That, incidentally, would probably make for an excellent meta if you have the time/interest required to write it up.) Were there fairy tale elements in the rest of the season, would you say?

Yes, it would be like a great big Christmas present! I'm just so afraid that something awful is going to happen and nobody will live happily ever after. It would be so much more awful than just having a sad ending, like so many companions get, because our expectations have already been set by last season's wonderfully, unreasonably happy ending.

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Date: 9 Aug 2011 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beerbad.livejournal.com
THANK YOU FOR THE RECS. I have way too many tabs open now.

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Date: 10 Aug 2011 12:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com
Oh, that's all very interesting! Thanks for explaining. I hadn't noticed most of those things, but now that you mention them, they do seem very fairy tale. :)

Yeah, it's been a bit weird bouncing back and forth from fairy tale logic to horror-inflected scifi and back again. I feel like some of the more absurd elements of Doctor Who have been back this season as well--the sort of campy things that were more common during the RTD-era (and probably before that, but I haven't watched much classic Who).

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Date: 10 Aug 2011 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com
Um, well, the first thing that comes to mind is when River jumps off the building knowing the Doctor will catch her. It's a really cool set up, but then the payoff is a bit silly--the TARDIS parks sideways, she turns over into a diving position, and there is an audible splash. Compare to the "flying into the TARDIS" scene in The Time of Angels, which was also lighthearted, but not so goofy. I don't know...I mean, I did enjoy the campy, cheap SFX parts of DW, which I am given to understand are sort of its heritage, but after Moffat's much more polished episodes in S5, I kind of don't want to go back.