The Empty Writer

...so if the mods would please allow this indulgence, I'd like to invite you to a new emailing list I created:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TimeAndRelativeDimensions

It's for fans of classic and RTD Doctor Who eras. I started it because I was already annoyed that we had to deal with Moffat, now we have confirmation that they're going to have Twilight-influenced Doctor Who. I wanted to create a nice, safe space where people are allowed to be fans of the previous Doctor Whos and not necessarily of the upcoming travesty season in store.

Please share your thoughts on the new trailer!
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Some people here are planning on watching S5 and some are not. Your input and discussion is welcome either way.

I don't know what this means, but it scares the hell out of me. Oh, Moffat, you evil bastard! (And not in the good-RTD-way!) I got this from beauty_within16's journal, who got the information from morrighangw's post (which I can't read as it's flocked) which originally came from cookie2697 (See comment below).
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I don't know how legitimate this is or not, but thebadwolf91 read in her DW magazine that series five will not be series five, but will be series one. Which makes NO FLIPPING SENSE! Rebooting and starting at series one made sense for the relaunch in 2004, but now? I can't think of any reason for it other than Moffat's colossal ego. *sigh*

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

- Lost, "The Constant"
- Battlestar Galactica, "Revelations"
- Doctor Who, "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead"
- Doctor Who, "Turn Left"
- Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog

React as you feel most appropriate.

So, the next Doctor has been sorted out. We know who he is. The question that appears to be on everyone's lips right now is about the next companion.

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So, what's everyone else thinking?

Livejournal didn't like how much I wrote in reply to this post

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As part of their '45 years of Doctor Who celebration in this month's issue, SFX has interviewed several Who fanboys - among them Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, and Paul Cornell. RTD and SM were asked a set of mostly the same questions, whereas the others each wrote up short essays about what Doctor Who means to them. Rarely has the difference between RTD and SM (and others) been so striking as when directly comparing their answers to the same questions. It's kind of curious that SFX calls him a fanboy, because if the interview with him makes anything clear, it's that he's a fanboy of and cares only about himself rather than the show. Where there is true emotion in RTD's interview, there's only self-referentiality and empty 'funny' answers in Moffat's that fall flat and feel hollow.

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