KnitChick's Crafty Ramblings

Day 18 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Hmm... well since today (well, technically yesterday now) was Big Finish Day and I splurged on four Doctor Who audios from them, let's make this a Big Finish post! I'll talk about some of my faves, and if you like Big Finish please tell me what ones you think are good so I have ideas what to grab during the next sale or at Chicago TARDIS!

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So anyway that's a selection of audiobooks I like! Tell me what else is good and I should start looking for! (I do have a bunch more that I didn't list here, because they weren't spectacular or I haven't listened to them yet - there's about *counts* wow, 34 audiobooks in my iTunes that I haven't listened to yet, most of them Doctor Who).

Now that I'm back... time to return to this!

Day 16 – Your Favorite Who-Related FanFic

Oooh that's a tough one. I have to give two and they're really series rather than single stories.

faithharkness has a whole AU, the Hannah-verse, that I adore. Grace is the main story (which is long but OMG so worth the read! Trust me!!!), but it was the list fics of everything Hannah learned working at Torchwood that hooked me initially. I don't even remember how I stumbled on them but I just remember reading the list going "Who is this Hannah character? I love her, but seriously why do they let her answer the phones?" :) Read anything by faithharkness, you'll not regret it!

My other pick is Children in Time by huskyfriends. And the sequel Children Through Time that's still in progress. Yeah I'm a bit biased considering Lynnae is totally based on me and I also have helped brainstorm a lot of what's in that series but it's still an awesome book. The first book was written for last year's TARDIS Big Bang, the first part of the sequel for Scifi Big Bang, the second part for this year's TARDIS Big Bang, and she's doing the rest for Torchwood Big Bang. It's again a very long story (the first book is over the 80K mark) but SOOOOO worth it!

Day 14 – The Villain Who Scared You the Most

The Vashta Nerada. I think mostly because I am a librarian, I work in a library, and when the lights went out at work the other day my first thought was "OH NO THE VASHTA NERADA!"

Doesn't take much to freak me out ;) especially when it's Moffat's writing. He's too dang talented!

I really need to stop forgetting this... it's gonna take me a month and a half to finish this, especially since I'm gonna be offline Wed thru Sun!

Day 13 – Your Favorite Villain

Ooo that is a toughie. The Master is awesome, especially Ainley and Simm (my two fave Masters!) and for that matter, a whole lot of villains are great.

But I'm gonna have to go with the Daleks. I just love them so much, even if the "cup of tea" line in Victory of the Daleks totally ruined their killer image ;) But I love the new Power Ranger Daleks (see icon), and yes, I've knitted enough of them to be a fan.

I'm behind... this weekend was way too busy to work on this. :)

Day 11 – Your Favorite Season (Classic or New)

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Day 07 – Your Favorite Piece of Music

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(p.s. this mood really sums up how I feel right now.... owwie.)

(again, posting kind of early cuz I'll be out all day tomorrow too)

Day 05 – Your Favorite Companion

Gee... I wonder... *points to userpic full of John Barrowman pictures*


Again, like I said one of the other days, it was "Utopia" that got me really hooked on Doctor Who and Jack that really pulled me in. I cosplay Jack most of the time, and I just love the character. Jack got me into Torchwood as well (though then I turned into an Ianto girl because Gareth is just that amazing).

Day 03 – Your Favorite New Series Episode


My top favourites include "Smith & Jones", "Partners in Crime", "Shakespeare Code", "Empty Child", and "Tooth and Claw", but if I had to pick one favourite it would be "Utopia".

The very first episodes of Doctor Who I saw were "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" back when they first aired in the States back in August 2007. Then I missed a few weeks and the next episode I saw was "Utopia". I liked the Dalek episodes, but it was Utopia that really hooked me and turned me into a fan, right from Jack chasing down the TARDIS and clinging on for dear life. :) Yep, that's why I'm such a Jack fan, because that was what hooked me.

"Smith & Jones" I like because of the interaction between Martha and Ten, and the story line is interesting.
"Shakespeare Code" because I love Shakespeare. And OMG the flirting between Ten and Shakespeare is LOVE! Plus, Harry Potter references FTW!!!
"Empty Child" for very obvious reasons. Jack, Jack and oh yeah, JACK! :D
"Tooth & Claw" because it's in Scotland! And Ten speaks with a Scottish accent! Yes that's all it takes for me to love that episode. Though I do enjoy Queen Victoria...I think that may be partly why the Queen plays such a big role in my Torchwood universe.
"Partners in Crime" because Donna is the BEST and I just love how for half the episode they keep missing each other by a hair. It's just too awesome.

Saw this over on rengeek's journal and thought I'd snag it. I've been neglecting my posting a bit lately anyway.

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I HAVE REACHED THE HALF WAY MARK ON MY SCARF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

I'm making a season 13 Doctor Who scarf using the pattern at wittylittleknitter.com, in KnitPicks Telemark sport weight wool. It's turning out nicely, especially now that I'm past the tan stripe!



I'll post pictures later, but if you're dying to see I've got a couple up on Flickr (though not of the bronze stripe in progress yet)