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Riona ([personal profile] rionaleonhart) wrote2006-08-10 08:44 am

RAGE.


So. I've been following Doctor Who, missing Captain Jack hugely but secure in the knowledge that at least he'll be in the 2007 series. And then the BBC releases this.

Returning cast members include John Barrowman who will be making an appearance in the series finale.

What?

No, seriously. What?

I have no idea how I managed to fall completely and hopelessly and utterly in love with a character who only appeared in five episodes, but I did. I spent the entirety of the 2006 series desperately hoping that he would put in an appearance despite the BBC's claims to the contrary, but he didn't. Admittedly hoping for something that the BBC had explicitly denied may have been a bit silly, but I hoped for it regardless. We had been promised that he would return in 2007, however, so I was patient.

And now we find out that he's only going to be in the finale?

We're not even promised anything remotely substantial! 'Make an appearance' is an alarming phrase - as other people have mentioned, Tennant 'made an appearance' in Parting of the Ways. At best, it sounds like he'll show up at the very end, say 'hi' and then the credits will roll and we'll have to wait until 2008 for any real Captain Jack-ness. At worst, it sounds like he'll show up briefly and then leave Doctor Who again, never to return.

I AM INDESCRIBABLY DISTRESSED BY THIS. I LOVE CAPTAIN JACK AND CANNOT ENDURE BEING SO CRUELLY DEPRIVED OF HIM. I didn't like this year's series nearly as much as last year's, and, while that may be mainly because of the change in Doctors, Captain Jack being present would undoubtedly have improved it.

I WANT HIM BACK I WANT HIM BACK DAMMIT. THE OT3 BEING DESTROYED WASN'T ENOUGH? YOU HAVE TO MAKE US WAIT UNTIL THE FINALE FOR JACK TO RETURN? ONE EPISODE, TWO AT THE MOST, AND HE'S JUST 'MAKING AN APPEARANCE'? SO NOT FAIR.

Martha had better be the awesomest companion ever. And also Mickey and Jake should come back even though that would make no sense whatsoever. Come on, BBC, enough cruelty. Do something unexpectedly nice for once.

If Torchwood is not fantastic, I will destroy the BBC offices.


In less rage-filled news, I am now really very curious about how many fandoms Top Gear can be crossed over with. [livejournal.com profile] kadrin's written the beginning of a Top Gear/Utena fic, [livejournal.com profile] dracothelizard is working on Top Gear/Stargate/Doctor Who (the Stig is a Timelord whose TARDIS has the form of a Reliant Robin! Genius!), and I've written a quite alarming amount of a Top Gear/Harry Potter fic and may have sort of written a Top Gear/Silent Hill snippet for [livejournal.com profile] gayjunglefever's birthday. I've never known such an unlikely crossover fandom.

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2006-08-11 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You know Third Rock then? :D

It just seemed like something he'd say, he probably doesn't know how doctorates work and needing two for one subject just seems silly to him, I think.
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[identity profile] littlemoose.livejournal.com 2006-08-11 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Know and love!

It's exactly what he'd think, and any excuse to lord it over someone...

[identity profile] dracothelizard.livejournal.com 2006-08-12 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
I think that eventually Jeremy would 'win', but only because Sally got tired of it and told Dick to get back in the car and back it up.

Either that, or she starts threathening Jeremy with whatever's lying around in the car (quite possibly Harry) until he backs up.