I love Dr Who but the BBC are IDIOTS.

... there are rights to intellectual property, but they should be primarily commercial in nature. I can understand certain things like shutting down TV-links. But others?

The BBC just ordered the removal of Dr. Who knitting patterns from the net.

YOU DON'T ATTACK SOMEONE FOR NON-PROFIT FANART. (The people who sold her designs on Ebay, yes. Not her.) It's a part of loving a show. The fan community encourages interest in a program. A lot of these programs spread, especially in other countries, by word of mouth. (example one here) It is just STUPID to discourage the very people you want to buy your program.

Or, you know, they may just decide to stop spending money on you. Hmm... last time I gave the BBC money... oh! Before they shut down TV-links! What do ya know.

Hey, he's a good actor.

Impatient for Einstein and Eddington, getting excited about Hamlet...

Patrick Stewart playing Claudio, Penny Downie playing Gertrude, Oliver Ford Davies playing Polonius, Mariah Gale playing Ophelia, David Tennant playing Hamlet...

"And just as I was playing around with the idea I was watching TV, and David Tennant was on ‘Who do you think you Are’ on BBC1. He happened to go to a church in Northern Ireland, where they had been doing some work, and excavating the church floor. And there amongst the planks on the floor was a skull. And David, dressed in this great coat, picked it up and I thought – that’s like an audition for Hamlet." - Greg Doran, RSC director.

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Rachel's wearing my Romana scarf.

Poetry

I just watched Recovery. Really, really amazing movie. I cried a bunch.

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Sometimes
When I think I'm sick of you
When I'm going through the motions
When I'm sure that you just aren't there
Sometimes
When the sex is nothing
Bite my lip and wait until it's over
When your touch makes my skin crawl
I'm sure it's you
And all just you
You're not enough for me.

And what an idiot I am
Because I can't distinguish between your thoughts and mine
For when I think you hate my guts, it's me
Who hates my own
My awkward body
My snapping voice
The sickly smell of my breath in the morning
My horrid self
I'm not the woman I knew
My stomach churns and I turn off

A man is turned on by seeing a woman
A woman is turned on by seeing herself.

I'm sorry darling.
Especially - that hurt look in your eyes
When you think I'd be lovely
If I'd just stop grumbling
And whining
And yelling
And just tell you what's wrong

If only I knew.