I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

Oh my.
I think Moffat delivered, there. After leaving clues like breadcrumbs through past episodes, he actually managed to pull them together into something coherent. And in character. And at the same time, full of the unexpected.
( spoilers, sweetie )

I'm not actually impatient for November, because I think this episode wrapped up a lot of questions, so it gives me a feeling of closure.

In "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe", the Doctor introduces himself as the "Caretaker", since he's trying to keep a low profile, seeing as he's supposed to be dead.

I can't remember - in later episodes, does he fall back into his old habit of introducing himself as the Doctor, or does he just not introduce himself?

I know that in "Hide", he didn't introduce himself, because my brother D, who hadn't seen Doctor Who in ten years, spent the first ten minutes of the episode thinking that the ghost-hunting professor was the Doctor, and the Doctor was the villain. (Strange but true)
So... for other episodes, do any of you recall whether or not the Doctor introduced himself as "the Doctor"?

Hmmm.

Oddly enough, the first thing I noticed was the 70s fashion. (smirk)

Really creepy, in the best Who fashion. There was a point at which I grabbed my niece's hand, because it was so creepy. 8-/
( spoilers will fall into the well )

I have finished it!



I intended this to be a necklace, but it ended up so long that I made it into a belt. Could still be worn as a necklace, though.

How: Chainmaille and beads.
( cutting technical details )

There are eleven sections of yellow beads, and each section has eleven beads.

Symbolism:
Yes, this has symbolism! Else it would not be titled as it is.
Idris is Idris "Sexy" TARDIS (as named in the DW episode "The Doctor's Wife"). The blue beads represent her; varying shapes as she is variable, blue with stars and chatoyancy as she is a space-time ship, and Very Blue.
Her Thief is, of course, the Doctor. The yellow beads represent all his regenerations so far, eleven sections of eleven beads. Also, eleven represents duality and thresholds; there is no Threshold like stepping into the TARDIS with the Doctor.
The spiral is the time vortex that they travel in.

I am quite pleased with it. 8-)

I had the unexpected pleasure of watching this with my family (sister in law and niece, at least); unexpected because I was intending to simply download it on iView and watch it by myself, so I hadn't paid attention to when it was showing. But lo and behold, there I was having Easter Sunday lunch with my brother's family, and he mentioned it was on tonight and would I like to stay and watch it with them. But of course! It's more fun watching stuff in company.
( spoilers will be uploaded )

Overall... a good episode. Creepy in a very Moffat way. Doesn't fall down with the fridge logic. Makes me think thinky thoughts.

Day 2
In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Drop a link to your post in the comments. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

Remember that by fanwork, we are talking about: all forms of creativity. From meta to fic writing to picspamming to hosting a comment-fic-meme to running a challenge, to vidding and podficcing and reccing and pretty much anything you can think of. Crafts, knitted items, repurposed rubber duckies, finger puppets. Pimping posts. Guides to timelines, tattoos, quotes, nit-picky canon guides, episode recaps, synopses, beta work. If you think it's creative, then it definitely fits under the heading "fanwork."

Last year, I did a variety of recs.

This time around I'm going to go for "fanworks other than stories".
( here be recs! )

Intriguing. Lots of cool bits. Some slightly annoying bits. ( spoilers will be melted )

Now to go and read other people's reactions!

Nice, but somewhat unsatisfactory. Someone on my flist said it had the feel of a Sarah-Jane Adventures story, and I agree.
( spoilers will be cubed )

This already gets bonus points for the title.
This was simply fun.
( spoilers will be chomped )

Further thought on a particular thing in New Who Season 6...
( cutting just in case someone hasn't seen the last season )