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bimoAnd the tender, delicate saga of blossoming friendship between Governor and young naval officer continues... (Again wrapped in ultra-short prose, and this time also including the Governor's daughter *g*)
PARENTS
He can't possibly reprimand young Miss Swann as though she were one of his midshipmen. So James bites his tongue and looks the other direction, stern-faced but praying that by the time her father re-enters the library the girl will have already finished with what she is doing.
Only weeks later he learns that Elizabeth must have possessed every right to kneel down, rummage and re-arrange as she pleased, for the books on those shelves were entirely hers.
The revelation puzzles him.
James Norrington is the third child of five, and his parents' book cabinet forever a grim, guarded tower.
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teenybuffalo, who was so kind to do the obligatory language check :-)
A handful of random Doctor Who observations:
1) I've already said this toselenak, right after the airing of "Smith and Jones", but will gladly say it again. So good to have this show back, and also this particular incarnation of the Doctor. Bright, verbal, eternally curious, skinny and hyperactive Ten, with all this flighty enthusiasm, self-deceit, grief and barely controlled anger.
2) Martha. Having been not that terribly fond of how streamlined and generic the official PR pictures presented her on the BBC's website, I was pleasantly surprised by how the character has been written and acted so far. Just like during the Christmas Special, the dynamic between Doctor and Companion seems to benefit from the fact that Ten finally has a Companion who wasn't inherited, but instead especially created to match his dramaturgical needs. Based on what I've seen, Martha strikes me as a good person to have around in the midst of chaos. Intelligent, sensible, charming and apparently quite quick on her feet *g*. Freema Ageyman (Sp?)and David Tennant possess a nice on-screen chemistry.
3) Very accidental and random, but isn't it a little bit odd that the opening episodes for season 1, "New Earth" and for season 2, "Smith and Jones" were both set in hospitals?
4) Face of Boe. No, last year's "New Earth" wasn't really my cup of tea (too hectic, too turbulent, full of *really* bad science, in my opinion), but I love the fact that Boe is kept as a recurring character. Anyone else speculating there might be a reason why Boe, imprisoned in his tank, does look so much like the Guild Navigators in David Lynch's version of Dune? Also, I'd like to see Ten's apparent "Lonely God" theme continued.
PARENTS
He can't possibly reprimand young Miss Swann as though she were one of his midshipmen. So James bites his tongue and looks the other direction, stern-faced but praying that by the time her father re-enters the library the girl will have already finished with what she is doing.
Only weeks later he learns that Elizabeth must have possessed every right to kneel down, rummage and re-arrange as she pleased, for the books on those shelves were entirely hers.
The revelation puzzles him.
James Norrington is the third child of five, and his parents' book cabinet forever a grim, guarded tower.
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Lots of thanks to
teenybuffalo, who was so kind to do the obligatory language check :-)A handful of random Doctor Who observations:
1) I've already said this to
selenak, right after the airing of "Smith and Jones", but will gladly say it again. So good to have this show back, and also this particular incarnation of the Doctor. Bright, verbal, eternally curious, skinny and hyperactive Ten, with all this flighty enthusiasm, self-deceit, grief and barely controlled anger.2) Martha. Having been not that terribly fond of how streamlined and generic the official PR pictures presented her on the BBC's website, I was pleasantly surprised by how the character has been written and acted so far. Just like during the Christmas Special, the dynamic between Doctor and Companion seems to benefit from the fact that Ten finally has a Companion who wasn't inherited, but instead especially created to match his dramaturgical needs. Based on what I've seen, Martha strikes me as a good person to have around in the midst of chaos. Intelligent, sensible, charming and apparently quite quick on her feet *g*. Freema Ageyman (Sp?)and David Tennant possess a nice on-screen chemistry.
3) Very accidental and random, but isn't it a little bit odd that the opening episodes for season 1, "New Earth" and for season 2, "Smith and Jones" were both set in hospitals?
4) Face of Boe. No, last year's "New Earth" wasn't really my cup of tea (too hectic, too turbulent, full of *really* bad science, in my opinion), but I love the fact that Boe is kept as a recurring character. Anyone else speculating there might be a reason why Boe, imprisoned in his tank, does look so much like the Guild Navigators in David Lynch's version of Dune? Also, I'd like to see Ten's apparent "Lonely God" theme continued.
