30 Days of Doctor Who: Days 8 and 9

Day 8: Least favorite season
Day 9: Favorite master

Holly and Kelly: Well...now that we're a few days behind already...oy. Back to it! These next two are a consensus made by both of us. Our least favorite season was season 5. Not that it was bad by any means, but the majority of the episode plots in our opinion were just, blah. Not climatic, but some of them were actually just not good at all. We have a few from that season we do enjoy (Amy's Choice and The Lodger being our two favorite). Season 5 also began 11's run; while we do love 11 the season opener was really way too long. So that's about it, really. Overall we were pretty disappointed.

Now when it comes to the Master, there's only one that we have watched, so the winner by default is...The Master! You first meet the Master at the end of season 3, although he's mentioned throughout. His last appearance is at The End of Time. The Master has an interesting back story; he saw all of time and space and was driven mad. He's the only other living Time Lord, other than The Doctor. The Master, AKA Harold Saxon, played by John Simm, is brilliant, one who plays mad very well...like Moriarty from Sherlock. You want to hate him because he's an evil dude, but you can't. It's pitiful in a way. This video below is from Season 3's "The Sound of Drums" and it is by far our favorite Master scene. You see not only his madness, but his brilliance and evil all in one.

The Master, having come from another planet, also relearns a lot about the culture he is now immersed in, having been elected Prime Minister of Great Britain. His new discovery? The Teletubbies. Take a look below.

The Master and Teletubbies

So there you have it! 2 days in one! Thanks for hanging with us on our hiatus, but we're back on regular schedule now...for now. Stay tuned for more Doctor Who related posts.

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Doctor

Holly and Kelly: And the winner by unanimous vote....10!!!!

Don't get me wrong, we love all the doctors we've seen. We started watching when 9 debuted, and we're currently watching 11. We love them both very much. But 10 won over our hearts and then some. And how can't you love him?! He's funny, quirky, lovable and let's face it, he's ridiculously adorable! Not to mention David Tennant plays him so well. Now that we've got that out of the way, why do we love 10 so much? Other than what has been mentioned above, there is so much more to him than his general adorableness. He sees the good in every body, no matter what their back stories are. He chooses his companions because on the outside they're just ordinary people, but he sees potential in them to change the world. And while they're helping him change the world (and themselves), they're changing him too. They become his family.  We love his heart- to him, every life is sacred.  He tries to redeem those who seem too far gone.  

But he's also not perfect. He makes a terrible mistake when he tries to mess with time, and that mistake costs him his life. At first he tries to run from it, but he soon realizes he can't and has to face it. This is also why we like him; we can relate to him. We've lost people in our life, we've made and lost friends and we've wanted to take try and take things back.  We've felt alone even in a room full of people, and that's also a big reason we love him- he seems real to us.  Human, almost.  Speaking of human, he even becomes human for a while (now THAT'S a heck of a storyline if you're interested...)

What can we say? He's our Doctor :)

30 Days of Writing: 5 weird things you like

Kelly: These may not be weird things, but they might be things that you all don't like. But I do! :D

1. Pickles. ANY kind. I love them ALL!!! It's sort of unnatural.

2. A clean kitchen. Seriously. I don't even go to bed until the kitchen is clean.

3. Porches. I get massive porch envy when I go to people's houses. The big wrap-around ones are my favorite! That's the kind I want when I eventually get my own house. We have a wee porch at our place but no furniture (may all checks payable to H and K Porch furniture fund)

4. Sushi. Yes the California Rolls and goodies you get at the grocery store but also the REAL stuff! As in raw fish and everything (Koto in Richmond has it). Don't knock it until you try it; it's actually really good!

5. Vanilla. I love the smell!!!!!!!! It's my favorite. And I like vanilla cake over chocolate, which is unusual because I am a chocolate fiend!

Holly: Don't even ask me to explain some of these.  I just can't.  :P

1. Clean clothes.  I love folding clothes because I love how they smell and feel.  I mean, who doesn't love going to bed in a flowery field?

2. The smell of gas.  Don't ask why.

3. Having songs on my iPod versus entire albums.  I have 350ish songs on my iPod.  None of them are entire albums.  Most of the time when I buy a CD or something there's always a few songs that don't really roll with me like the rest.  If you don't like the song, why put it on your iPod?

4. Accents.  Mostly European ones.  See basically any movie with a British or Irish dude and you'll see why.

5. Reese Cups.  This is weird because I can't stand peanut butter.

Funny Animals Talking

Holly and Kelly: Yet again, we aim to tickle your funny bone with this video that first appeared on Facebook this morning.  We've watched it numerous times and it's still making us laugh.  Enjoy.