Awake. Found the Doctor Who reading list.

I had the Dr Who papers signed by Sylvester McCoy. Win.
... not this morning, obviously, another time with much more standing in line. oooh, that's when I bought my TARDIS key too. I've been wearing it since.

Reading list from the 2008 course:

Doctor Who
Key Texts: ( Read more... )

So that plus http://beccaelizabeth.livejournal.com/2353133.html#comments is a good start on a reading list for more writing about Doctor Who.


I'll need a bit of bibliography all about what theory I'm applying and some general TV books and suchlike. Stuff about gender if I'm writing about gender. Which seems likely. http://beccaelizabeth.dreamwidth.org/2376832.html Also race. Also other stuff.

One or at most two texts... I was thinking that if I concentrate on stuff newer than 2008 I'll be lucky to find specific essay type stuff about it. If I pick one from classic and one from new then I can do comparing and contrasting. And lots of rewatching. I'll want a multi companion full TARDIS to go with the Ponds. One of the 5 era. With Turlough. And stuff to write about with race and gender. And possibly essays about it somewhere.

Right. I should be getting dressed and catching the bus to college and all that stuff.
I really don't want to be awake yet. If I've had 3 hours sleep I'll be surprised.
The chances of me not only going to college all morning but also getting to the pub this evening are basically nil, unless I get some sleep in the afternoon and get the bus extra times today.

Bus to catch goes at 0735, I should leave here no later than 0715, I have 25 minutes to get dressed and out of here.
I'd say eat breakfast too but I'm still burping soup from last night. Blergh.

College achieved

I went to college. ( Read more... )

Now I have to miss the pub so I can sleep. Sulk.


oh, thing: The Short Story lesson said we can bring short stories we like and we'll study them. What F&SF stories should I bring?
This teacher does the Modernism unit and started off the semester with a short story called My Oedipus Complex. I sort of strongly suspect I'm not going to like much of the reader. But I haven't looked yet.

I don't think I could persuade her that fanfic is for sharing with the class. But it would be fun trying.

Also the theory of what makes short stories a genre is not quite convincing me yet. Apparently it isn't length, because the boundaries are fuzzy. It is something about outsiders, ( Read more... )

Alien names, second try

Nobody thinks Darwin sounds like an alien. Fair enough.

Poll #9352 Name for an offworlder

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Do these names sound like an offworlder

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Yorath
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Which do you like best for our biologist

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