Nice turn of phrases

[cdave]

Phrases that have caught my eye in the last 24 hours:

Describing an automatic carwash as a "Get Eaten by Cthulhu" attraction.

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it’s funny because it’s offensive. Much like Chris Rock, or Michael Jackson’s face.

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makyo was

reminded of
a remark I saw on usenet a few years back. Someone had said something gormless and/or wrong, and had been called on it. They'd replied, defensively, "Well I'm entitled to my opinion" to which another poster had replied "No you're not - you're entitled to your *informed* opinion".

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iBon sent me the following:

Moff facts that may (or may not) prove interesting down the line:
- Sally Sparrow has gained substantial backing on the forums as potential companion material, ever since the broadcast last year of Blink (writer S. Moffat).
- Speaking of potentially recurring female characters, RTD originally intended to leave Jenny permanently killed off a couple of weeks ago until being asked not to do so (by S. Moffat).
- During promotion for the recent BBC dramatisation of Jekyll (writer S. Moffat), lead star James Nesbit was asked about rumours he would take on the role of the 11th Doctor. He didn't want to link himself to "David Tennant's gig", instead changing the subject and saying "he'd love to work with S. Moffat again, who's a fantastic writer".
- In 1999, Joanna Lumley played a *female* incarnation of the Doctor - which only a heretic could suggest might be possible for a Time Lord - in Comic Relief's The Curse of Fatal Death (writer S. Moffat).

Anyway, that's enough Moff facts. None of them will probably lead to anything anyway. And none are as entertaining as the Vin Diesel Facts either.

If RTD is to go, it's as good an appointment as they could possibly have made.

Moffat, that is, not Vin Diesel.

Comments

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

No 2 is veeeeeery inteeresting!!! Oooh. Any bets on La Moff writing her as a scarily assertive bi-lesbian? (Oh yes we have quite a different gay agenda coming soon..)
No 3 would oh so work too.

[cdave]

Re: 2 That would make a great kids TV spin off :)

Re: 3 It would but I hope it doesn't have too. Don't say if you know otherwise!

I'm normally very spoiler intolerant, but iBon knows the difference between idle speculation and spoilers.

[(Anonymous)]

I know nuffink honest! haven't had tinme to find out spoilers. I wondered actually how YOu knew about no 2? I asumed RTD designed her explicitl;y as a spin off..

But Moffat writing teen Buffy! that would be So Cool! with Gina Bellman as her girlfriend and geek best pal!

In an average living room, there are 1047 things that The Moff could use to kill you.....

[(Anonymous)]

Source for number two is the podcast commentary from The Doctor's Daughter. From Rusty's own lips, no less.

Okay, so there's an implication that Moffat convinced him to revive her purely because RTD keeps killing everybody and it seemed a bit sad/wrong to bump Jenny off when she was quite likeable - and no more. But even before this week's news broke, one forum-goer (among many) said: "Hmm. If one wasn't careful, one might wonder how to interpret that information....."

Also, it's notable that the pro-Sparrow crowd has quietened somewhat since Jenny's appearance. Perhaps Carey Mulligan will end up kicking herself she didn't wear leather trousers or chuck in some backflips.

And yeah, it's all speculation. There's currently no evidence (to my knowledge) to suggest any of these are going anywhere. But who knows, perhaps somewhere down the line......? ;)

iBon