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[icepixie]

I can't do it, y'all. I watched the first fifteen minutes of the latest DW episode, and I can't bring myself to watch the rest. Does anyone not know how that will end? If so, have you ever seen or read any other sci-fi, ever?

But Martha looked pretty in her party dress. That's nice.

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General question for PC users: is there a way to exchange the functions of the control key and...um...I think it's the option key? The one next to the space bar. Command/open-apple on a Mac. They're exactly the opposite of what I'm used to after two decades of Mac keyboards, and it's been driving me batty at work. I've heard murmurings about some way to do this sort of thing around the internets, but I fail at Google today. I'd prefer not to have to download a program to do this. Is there something in the control panel to do it, maybe?

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[icepixie]

Um... isn't that kind of the whole premise of the new series? You may be out of luck there.

It didn't used to be! I think what I really want is for the current Doctor to be less freaking emo.

Pfft. Right.

Pipe dream, I know.

Although she did get to tell him off again this week.

Yay!

THE ENTIRE EPISODE. Pretty much. Giant runaway train of subtext.

Perhaps like certain other runaway trains?

More visual than anything (except for meeting Mrs. Jones - did you get that far?)

I got that far. That, in part, was what made me stop watching.

And... if Martha winds up pregnant, there's canonical evidence that it could be the Doctor's? VIA SCIENCE. Seriously.

...I AM NEVER WATCHING THIS SHOW AGAIN.

(Also looks handy for when people spill entire cups of coffee into their keyboards and are too cheap to get new ones, heh...)

True, true... I think i'm going to use it to automate some of the stuff I have to do for every package, actually. That would be awesome. Oooh, I'm gonna play with this tomorrow.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I think what I really want is for the current Doctor to be less freaking emo.

Hey, I would *enjoy* the emo, IF ONLY IT WENT SOMEWHERE. I was so excited with Gridlock, because he went a step beyond the usual "woe is me for vague reasons!" to "woe is me for this reason which I'm finally going to more fully articulate for once after two years and then perhaps move on!" But... no. It's just getting repetitive without adding anything. If they were to *expand* on it, I would be all over that like stink on cheese.

Pipe dream, I know.

I think a good Martha-backstory ep would do a lot to improve the annoying pining thing. Right now all we really know about her is that she's usefully science-y (yay!) and pining (boo!). If she had a personality beyond that, it'd help...

Perhaps like certain other runaway trains?

Can anvils run?

That, in part, was what made me stop watching.

It was amusing, in a "wait, what show am I watching?" kinda way...

...I AM NEVER WATCHING THIS SHOW AGAIN.

Well, Suddenly Transgenic Timelord-esque Martha would be a better bet (they get stuck in a gene-hacking blender machine for a few seconds because he, um, takes a little too long fiddling around with... his screwdriver... under her dress....um....), but.... no really, watch it, it's fun!

Oooh, I'm gonna play with this tomorrow.

Toys!

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I would *enjoy* the emo, IF ONLY IT WENT SOMEWHERE.

Ehh...maybe. At this point, though, I just think it's overdone and way, way past time to move on. I suppose I should be grateful he's stopped talking about Rose, though.

I think a good Martha-backstory ep would do a lot to improve the annoying pining thing.

Would it have to involve her incredibly annoying family? If so count me out. If you could do it without Mama Annoying coming along for the ride, then it might be interesting.

[icepixie]

I would be okay with explaining/expanding on the emo, but what I really want is for it to be gone. Sigh.

Martha as a Time Lord would be AWESOME. New Romana, yo.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I think what I really want is for the current Doctor to be less freaking emo.

Amen! I thought, upon first seeing Ten, that the lingering "waaaaaahhhh" went away with the regeneration (and hell, even Nine didn't get this bad). I thought "Hey, look! Cute! Fun!" and that the whole Harriet Jones thing was just a flukey regeneration thing. And then what we got, well...there's a reason I stopped writing Ten!fic, which was basically that my idea of Ten and Rusty's turned out to be radically different, and I don't especially enjoy writing characters who start shouting on a dime.

I got that far. That, in part, was what made me stop watching.

Yeah, the whole "Every companion has a family" thing really needs to go away. We've seen it once. We don't need to see them go through the same things every single time there's a new companion. Enough with this "grounding the series via companion families" nonsense--I'd like my show a little less grounded, actually (especially if it means we get the hell away from Earth, hahaha)

...I AM NEVER WATCHING THIS SHOW AGAIN.

Yeah, that'll be jumping the shark for sure. If that happens, I'll definitely be burying my head in old-school/Big Finish, possibly indefinitely.