rionaleonhart

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.

kadrin's written the beginning of a Top Gear/Utena fic,

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

gayjunglefever's birthday. I've never known such an unlikely crossover fandom.

Threaded | Flat

Dammit. This is really disappointing, but also exactly what I've been expecting all along. I had a feeling the stuff about him being back for season three was too good to be true.

That is unbelievably LAME. I can't say I'm entirely surprised, though. Rubbish BBC.

Don't panic, dearest. Torchwood will be awesome. Awesome awesome awesome. And that's thirteen whole episodes of Jack!

In less rage-filled news, I am now really very curious about how many fandoms Top Gear can be crossed over with.

...even as your crack-y crossover friend? WOMAN, YOU'RE COMPLETELY INSANE.

I sometimes feel like the only one in fandom who doesn't love Jack. I don't dislike him, he just does nada for me in the interest department. Then my brother watched Doctor Who and felt the same, so perhaps it's a genetic thing.

I'm more upset at the Doctor's stupid blue suit. It looks stupid. I liked the brown. Loved the brown. Wanted to do dirty things to the brown. Er, with him in it, obviously.

And what's all this about Top Gear/Silent Hill? Because it worries me. Not as much as Jeremy Clarkson/Stephen Fry, but still quite worrying!

The Stig as a Time Lord? As you said, genius. I expect to see at least one of these.

Also, I trust that there is the Anglia involved in the Harry Potter fic. And now I am wondering how well flying cars do at Quidditch, which... has kind of amused me, really. To understate it a bit.

(I am in denial about the Jack news as of right now. Mind you, I suspect that it will be their season finale trump card, much as Cybermen and so on have been. Possibly the Face of Boe will be this next season's.)

I am now really very curious about how many fandoms Top Gear can be crossed over with.

James followed the shaking line of Jeremy's pointing finger, and felt his jaw drop.

"Is that a wolf?"

"If you're seeing wolves in the center of Chicago," muttered Richard, distractedly, as he fished in his pockets for the keys to the Porsche, (how the hell did Jeremy draw the new Zonda for this one anyway, cheating bloody bastard...) "then I'm demanding they test you and the coffee you were drinking before you get bac... that's a wolf!"

"There's a wolf in the Zonda. Hammond, is this your idea of revenge?"

"How the hell do you work that one out?!"

"I'm terribly sorry about this, gentlemen. Diefenbaker, out! No, I don't care that the suspension's better than in the GTO, I don't think you'll convince Ray to give it up, somehow."

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject