So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'm just a bit young to have seen Pertwee as a child. Eccleston is a really strong actor, I think, with a surprising range considering how distinctive his voice & ears are.

Tennant was intermittently ok, and I've enjoyed some of his other stuff. I think he was terribly written & badly directed, and the whole thing played more and more to a small section of the audience. I lost interest entirely before the end of Tennant, so I've never seen Smith in the part, but he's far far too young.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I never saw any of Dr Who as a child. Such things weren't available over here. I picked it up after watching Torchwood, to see the bigger picture.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

We weren't allowed to watch ITV as children, so whatever got served up by the BBC was what we watched... I can't imagine some of the original Doctor Who plays well to an adult audience -- it wasn't very sophisticated, as I recall.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I never cared much for the visual tricks. I prefer the plot and the characterizations. If those are good, I don't mean if the monster is a guy in a rubber suit and if I can spot household items used as futuristic tools to steer a spaceship. And some of the Jon Pertwee era stories are really good in that area.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the plots being particularly great during the Tom Baker era but to be honest I don't remember it too clearly.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

From what I could see, the quality was very uneven. Some plots were amazing, others unbearably childish.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'd recalled some of the bad ones...