such_heights | Torchwood, Doctor Who and Merlin news, Star Trek meta, and a poll re. ST:TOS rewatch fun

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Torchwood, Doctor Who and Merlin news, Star Trek meta, and a poll re. ST:TOS rewatch fun

I am full of cold and thus good for nothing apart from drinking liquid fruit (I'd say juice, but that would be doing Innocent smoothies a real disservice, mmm), and clicking idly through fandom. Here, let me throw links at you!

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Up and coming series news (lots of mild spoilers of the casting/press release/actor interview variety):

Regarding the new series of Torchwood, we have new trailers up (via James Moran) on the BBC UK and US sites. There's also (via

lefaym) an interview in the Gay Times with John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd, complete with pictures for anyone who's into that sort of thing. *g*

Re. the trailer: zomg creepy, and also oh, Gwen, they're really pulling out all the angst on this one, aren't they? Re. the interview, which admittedly I have only skimmed, I am very pleased to hear that we might actually get scenes that are about Jack and Ianto's relationship, whatever it might be. That would be good.

Regarding the new series of Doctor Who, (via half my flist) the new companion has been announced. Hurray! News of any sort about S5 is exciting. I hope she will actually be a Scottish character. Also, she is pretty. I am sure people have plenty of opinions in more detail than that, but considering we don't know anything about her yet, that would be what we call jumping the gun. But eee, companion!

And finally, regarding the new series of Merlin, the BBC has a press release with lots of casting news, and there are con reports flooding on. I feel that this post is particularly relevant to my interests (via

heathershaped). Lancelot! More Gwen/Morgana good times! My face, it does this --> :D

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liviapenn wrote a really awesome meta post on Star Trek XI and Kirk, Spock, Bones & Uhura: the new OT4 that got me conceptualising dynamics in a whole new and fun way. My eyes are all heart-shaped at this fandom right now. I will probably put together a recs post of some of my absolute favourite Reboot stories in a week or two, but in the meantime you can find an ever-growing collection here on my delicious account.

Speaking of Star Trek. Your opinions, let me canvas them. It seems to me that lots and lots of us are getting very fannish about the new Trek without being familiar with TOS, or are familiar with TOS but have a desire to rewatch it. I have a vague notion of throwing up a post, say, once a week about a particular episode, and there can be picspam and summaries and parodies and fic and icons and discussions and recs, whatever people wanted. I'm leaning towards hosting it on my journal rather than creating a community, because I think that will make it easier for people to dip in and out as they wish. I'd also want to host it all on one journalling site, which makes sense for discussion, and that would probably be Dreamwidth (much longer comment limits, for one thing), and folks without Dreamwidth accounts could participate via OpenID -- though, if you're still after an account, there are invites all over the place right now, so I can definitely either give you one or source one out for you. Also, if people who didn't subscribe to me wanted to participate, they could do so by tracking my star trek rewatch tag, either on Dreamwidth or LJ.

If there's sufficient interest (to be honest, that can pretty much mean 'anyone apart from me') over the weekend, then I will announce the first episode on Monday, and throw up a discussion post next weekend.

Poll notes: clicking 'yes' to any of this isn't a commitment or anything, just a 'sounds good!'. Also, I am looking for the best introductory episode as opposed to the best episode of all time (I am told, for instance, The City On The Edge Of Forever should be watched later on in my discovery adventures) -- as you can see, the ones I have listed are mostly known for the crack. TOS aficionados, I look to you for guidance!

Poll #446 Star Trek Rewatch

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 47

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I would be interested in joining in on a journal-based ST:TOS rewatch.

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Yes.
42 (89.4%)

Potentially, with caveats I'll comment about.
5 (10.6%)

Possibly, with deal-breaking caveats I'll comment about.
0 (0.0%)

I think it should be hosted:

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Twice a week.
8 (17.0%)

Once a week.
30 (63.8%)

2-3 times a month.
6 (12.8%)

1-2 times a month.
3 (6.4%)

Once a month.
0 (0.0%)

The best introduction to ST:TOS is:

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Amok Time
7 (31.8%)

Mirror, Mirror
2 (9.1%)

The Naked Time
3 (13.6%)

Shore Leave
2 (9.1%)

The Trouble With Tribbles
15 (68.2%)

Something else not listed above:

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I would be interested in reading or contributing:

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Episode summaries and screencaps
25 (55.6%)

Parody/humour/loving mockery
30 (66.7%)

Meta and in-depth analysis
32 (71.1%)

Fanworks (fic/art/vids)
22 (48.9%)

Graphics
12 (26.7%)

Recs and links
25 (55.6%)

General discussion
42 (93.3%)

Something else awesome we could do:

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i am not at all familiar with TOS (watched 1x01 just a few days ago, as a matter of fact!), but am obvs willing to pop in for fannish squee! :D &hearts

Yaaay! I have seen a grand total of three and a half episodes, so. I would much rather continue my journey with friends. (Also, re. streaming it is all on YouTube, official-like!)

I've only seen a few episodes of TOS so I'm definitely up for a watch/rewatch - do you know if the episodes are streaming anywhere?

skywardprodigal left me a link to Joost, actually- it's over at my pimp post from, uh. two days ago? :D that's where i watched 1x01, anyway!

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heathershaped - 2009-05-29 20:57 (UTC) - Expand

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such_heights - 2009-05-29 22:13 (UTC) - Expand

OH HAI. I feel like I am failing here, but I just want to say that you are awesome and your fannish interests are also awesome. ♥

Aww, why thank you. No fail at all, hi yourself! I must say, I am very taken with your new icon. :D

I would love this so, so much. I haven't seen TOS in forever, and even then I only watched a handful of episodes (Voyager was my show, hee). I'm actually really looking forward to this, if it gets off the ground. :D

Hurray, I'm really excited that there's interest! Aw, Voyager - I grew up on a mix of that, Next Gen and DS9. Time to complete my collection, I think!

Hey, I know you from H_E (I'm skirmish_of_wit on LJ) and I have just realized that we share approximately 800 fandoms. Therefore, I have subscribed to your ~~newsletter~~ journal. :) Hi!

Oh hey there! *waves*

This is in no way intended to suggest this excellent idea not go ahead, but I thought you all might enjoy also reading these TOS caps and recaps from the first season and a half.

cimness did them a couple of years ago.

That sounds like a really good resource, thanks! *bookmarks*

Here via

musesfool, and if it's okay, I just subscribed to keep an eye on this idea.

I'm familiar with the movies, especially IV, but have only seen a couple episodes of TOS a long time ago and would love to become more familiar with it.

That's perfectly fine, hi! Glad to have you on board.

This sounds fun, fun, fun! I have also subscribed to keep an eye on how this develops. Yay!

Hello there, and hurray!

Hello! I'm here from

musesfool as well. I've been watching and sort-of blogging about TOS for the first time in my journal, but I'm not very far in. I'd love to do it in a more organized group!

Great! I was watching alone, and then thinking it would be much more fun to do with other fans. :D

As long as it didn't start up right away, I would be totally down with something like this. It sounds like a great way to get properly acquainted with TOS. Also, a lot of fun.

I think the first thing will be on Friday? I am hoping to make everything as easy as possible to dip in and out of, whenever you've got the time. Yay!

i've actually just added TOS to my netflix watch instantly queue, so i'd defs be down with something like this, provided good-natured mockery was welcomed. i've only seen a very tiny number of episodes before, and they definitely bring that out in me, ha.

Great! And no, seriously, TOS is hysterical -- sometimes intentional, sometimes not so much. Mockery is kind of obligatory. :D

I actually just started rewatching TOS (with my roommate who has never watched it).

Excellent! :D

What happens for those of us not in the US? This may already have been answered, I am a little braindead from sitting in the sun all day!

Oh, damn, I only just realised it was country-specific -- I'm in the UK myself, curses! Okay, I'm going to come up with a few work arounds.

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lately - 2009-05-31 19:42 (UTC) - Expand

I think if you're going to do a rewatch, you have to start at the beginning. Otherwise, if you skip around, you're going to hit on discussion topics that require referencing past episodes, and if people haven't seen them yet...

(I've seen them all, multiple times, but it's been a looooong time! :-P)

Also, here's a handy-dandy list of eps from the Memory-Alpha wiki - a great place for all things Trek!

Yeah, I hear you -- the series as a whole is so episodic that I think that we should be all right starting out with Tribbles, which seems to be winning at the moment. Overall I'll need to figure out the best way of keeping some sort of continuity so we don't skip around like you say.

Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that page! Memory-Alpha is my new favourite site, so useful.

Hi, I'm here from musesfool too, and I think this sounds like total fun.

Great, hye there!

Haha, I'm also here via musesfool: hello! This sounds wonderful, especially since I was about to shanghai a couple non-fan friends and make them watch early trek with me - but now I can do it with the entirely willing! :)

Hurray! We can all be geeks together.

I'm totally in for this; I was going to do a rewatch on my own anyway. *excited*

Yay, I'm glad you're excited! :D

Okay, the Doctor's new companion? Absolutely adorable. And ginger! And adorable. I love her already. I don't care if that makes me shallow either :D She has a very sweet face.

Also: Mackenzie Crook! On Merlin! I did a squirm of glee, because that can't not be awesome.

Doesn't she look lovely? Hurray!

I totally did a little Mackenzie Crook dance as well, that is very exciting.

New companion is gorgeous I like her!

Isn't she just? :D

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magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com - 2009-05-30 10:09 (UTC) - Expand

Well you already know my feelings about new companion - they are all shallow and delighted feelings. Also Merlin - squee. And meta squee. And Star Trek squee (so much love for this at the moment and for the fandom and ridiculous crushes on all the actors - I'm fitting a cinema rewatch in this weekend).

Also I'd definitely be interested in a Star Trek rewatch (or in my case mostly first watch) - so count me in. And, out of interest, any suggestions where a reawakened Trekkie might be able to download episodes less than legally? Thought you might have some ideas and I already have a massive list of episodes I want to track down.

I've been toying over the Who rewatch idea as well recently, trying to work out how best to make it work.

Also, if you could point me in the direction of a dreamwidth account, would be appreciated.

loves you

Also - meant to say that also massive Torchwood squee - because Children of Earth is looking awesome and yet also filling me with massive trepidation, because it's all so dark. *meep* Please to not be hurting my team.

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such_heights - 2009-05-29 22:24 (UTC) - Expand

I'm very pleased with the new companion. I'm glad she's new. I think the best way to go with Eleven is to give him a clean slate.

Oh, absolutely -- I'm curious as to whether any of the other New Who characters will stick around in any capacity, especially if SJA and Torchwood are ongoing. We shall see!

Yay for awesome together-ish fannishness. I love when we all go squee over the same things. Merlin, Whoniverse, Star Trek...

*eeep*

I love and adore ST: TOS so much, and as a public service feel I ought to state that, incidentally, ALL the original eps are available for free on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/show/startrek

(At least in the U.S. ... try it out for me, and tell me if it's true for you too?)

Hurray! And thanks so much for that YouTube link, it looks like it's working beautifully so I'll spread it around. :D

*first response* I can't take the poll since I'm not on dreamwidth but I would be all in for the TOS rewatch!

Awesome! If you want to take polls/generally participate on Dreamwidth the OpenID link is here (essentially your LJ account gets validated as a user) or I can send you an invite if you'd like?

2- Can't wait for Torchwood
3- I really like the look of the new companion, She's ginger!
4- yeeeeeeeeees Gwen/Lancelot!

\o/! Re. 4, I am just going to have to up the stakes to an OT5 now, aren't I. :D

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sunnyrea.livejournal.com - 2009-05-29 22:30 (UTC) - Expand

Random thoughts:

New companion is HOT. I totally, totally would. Also I really really hope they make the character Scottish! But as Steven M is Scottish, I think it is quite likely :) Finally, we're taking the series back from Wales! Yessss! heehee ;)

Hurray! And it would be good to go to locales other than London, I think.

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