CONTORTED PASTA

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we here at Contorted Pasta usually attempt to avoid anything that might lead to Politics like the plague. Though I suppose one has to visit the plague every once in a while to remember what makes it so ... plaguey ...



In other news, isn't Doctor Who awesome! Here, have a Look from Ten, he's giving them out for free. I'm nearly done Season 2* which means moving on to Season 3 and we all know what that means ... OH YES, The Lazarus Experiment! Never mind all that ... shippy stuff. At least I hope that's how it'll work out. Mad Scientist Mark Gatiss trumps hours and hours of hormones, right? Right? Amourous fanon invading my canon, grumble grumble mutter and sneer ... If things get too bad at least I can hit up the library for whatever Old Who they might have.

So I fixed the picture ... I say, he is fun to draw. It helps being a live action cartoon character, I suppose. My goodness, am I ever productive today. :P

*and I call myself a fan!

Time for another installment in our recurring series of assorted BBC radio links!

1. On the Outside It Looked Like An Old-Fashioned Police Box
Mark Gatiss discusses the novelizations of Doctor Who episodes back in ye olden days before DVDs. There's a great bit at the end regarding character development and why we are never allowed to get inside the Doctor's head (but nevertheless he is such a strong character, go fig!). Good till Tuesday. (Mark Gatiss!)

2. Old Harry's Game
Something you will never ever see Stateside: a sitcom set in Hell. Think Screwtape Letters meets Terry Pratchett. This is the first episode I ever heard! The line about terror being an abstract noun hooked me for life. Good till Wednesday.

3. Off the Page: Trivia
A panel of experts talks about the place of trivia in our minds and day-to-day lives, the differences between male and female brains, the education system and Random Facts vs The Big Picture, and all sorts of fun thinky stuff. Good till Monday.

4. Empath Man
This was the Afternoon Reading on Radio 4 last week; luckily its author recorded his own little podcasty-thing so it's still available. Empath Man, superhero for a new millennium! Bringing down bad guys with listening skills and self-actualization! Originally three parts, I could only find the first, but the first is my favourite so that's okay. ... except that bluejeans07 just found Part 2!

Has anyone else noticed the new controls on the iPlayer?* They're so nice! It hardly skips or drops the stream anymore, either! And it does that thing it used to do way back before the new system where it'll remember where you left off on a show. [happy sigh]

*How blithely I assume everyone spends as much time on the iPlayer as I do...

HOORAY!

Finally, someone put Web of Caves on YouTube. This is the Dr Who spoof that almost gave me a stroke (not literally)! I couldn't actually watch most of it the first time through because I was laughing too maniacally.

BE IT KNOWN that I designed my version of Moist about a year before seeing this. Hence the reaction. I must thank Mr Gatiss, though, for providing such an excellent hair model so I didn't have to make complete guesswork out of the fringe.

So much glee. So much.

The last episode of SHADA is up. Works till Sunday. At which point there will be a NEW series! Huzzah!

From the first season to The First Season ...

The library, bless it, had in their scanty DVD collection the very first Doctor Who series, from 1963. So I checked it out. Run away now, while you still have the chance!

( Viva le William Hartnell )

Itsy bitsy website update: I've finally put those pictures I drew at Christmastime on the Order of the Phoenix page (the OotP pictures, I mean, obviously; not all of them). A bigger update is coming when I finish converting the Odds & Ends section to list format, which will include the website debut of the rest of the HP stuff I drew this Christmas. The non-HP stuff is probably all up on the Miscellany page that was updated a few weeks ago, but if you can think of anything missing, please notify me.

Hey HP movie fans! Did you know Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) is in Shada? I'm not just lying to get you to listen to it, honest!
While you're there, The 99p Challenge is very amusing, and so is The Sunday Format and The Very World of Milton Jones. Go play!

I Saw 'The Empty Child'! (EDIT 12:52 pm 04 Aug - AND 'The Doctor Dances'!)( Incoherent Babbling )

The end: Guards! Guards! Episode 6/6

The end of the beginning: Doctor Who: Shada Episode 2/6

EDIT [2:02 pm 26 July]
Holy cow! The've got Only You Can Save Mankind next week! The Pratchett fun never ends!