The Blog to Nowhere

Oh my god, the first day of the comic book expo and I am exhausted. I don't think I'm coherent enough to a detailed report, but...

1) Participated in the costume parade that kicked off the expo and I ran into a bunch of other Doctor Who cosplayers. So many people wanted our photos. Somehow, a photo of us ended up on the CBC Facebook page. Awesome?

2) The Torchwood cast and a few other expo guests were white hatted at the end of the parade. Basically, they get a white cowboy hat after saying an oath that makes them an honourary citizen of the city. Eve Myles was so crazy excited when she saw the cowboy hat; I swear she lost her mind. :-) She really got into saying the oath and it was all the more hilarious in her Welsh accent. John Barrowman's Twitter is a good source of photos and you can see a pic of him and Eve and Gareth David Lloyd in the hats.

3) Got my photo-op with John Barrowman. He automatically pulled people into a tight hug whether you wanted to or not. :-)

4) And lastly I got my Stargate Atlantis bag signed by Richard Dean Anderson. He was late for some reason, but the crowd happily screamed and cheered when he did show up.

So yeah. I'm hoarse, tired, dehydrated and feeling a little sick because of that. And there's still two days ahead of me. :-P But Nathan Fillion tomorrow! Whoo!

I will, at some point, try to post pictures. Must go to sleep now...

Well, I was one quarter right. John Barrowman is coming to the local comic book expo in April. He's also bringing Eve Myles and Gareth David Lloyd.

Oh, wait, I said one quarter right, didn't I? I guess that means there's a fourth guest I should mention...

The Seventh Doctor himself, Sylvester McCoy!

Whoo, the expo is finally good enough to rate one of the Doctors. :-) I'd offer an official link, but it was only just announced on Radio Free Skaro this afternoon.

It's great that they're finally having Doctor Who guests this year. I would have been super annoyed if they had done the 50th anniversary year without anyone from the show. I hear Sylvester McCoy is a blast to listen and watch and I know John Barrowman will be a hoot. And who knows? Maybe this will open the door for more Doctor Who guests in the future...

Oh yeah, Torchwood. One more episode to go. Man, the ending better be good.

( Spoilers for Torchwood 4x09, "The Gathering" )

I really hope things don't end with Jack dying. Torchwood might not come back, but it would be nice to have Jack show up on Doctor Who again. He could meet River and there could be shenanigans. My god, the trouble those two could get into.

Missed doing a review for Torchwood 4x06, "The Middle Men". Just quickly, I thought there was a lot of sitting in rooms doing nothing. But Esther got a nice moment. And, wow, Jack's coat has become a pick-up line on its own. :-)

But anyway, the latest episode. Bit more happening in this one.

( Spoilers for Torchwood 4x07, "Immortal Sins" )

We're getting close to the end, but I've sort of lost interest. This season isn't as awesome as last season. Probably because last season was half as long and the story really had to move. Plus, Doctor Who is back next week, and really, that's all I care about. ;-)

I can't believe they have John Shiban writing for Torchwood. I remember him from The X-Files and his episodes were notorious for being really bad all the time. Will that be the case now? Who knows.

Frankly, the plot is still dragging. It's like a zombie, lumbering around. And they keep throwing in other things as well. I mean, if this was a regular season, that'd be fine; I like character stuff. But here, it's kind of superfluous. Get to heart of the mysterious conspiracy please.

( Spoilers for Torchwood 4x04, "Escape to LA" )

So, with Doctor Who back August 27, that means there'll be an overlap. For the first time, I think, Torchwood and Doctor Who will be on at the same time. It's not super important or anything, but hey, its more Who related content for the masses.

They should have called this episode "Torchwood on a Plane".

( Spoilers for Torchwood 4x02, "Rendition" )

I haven't read anything about how this season of Torchwood is doing. Is it doing pretty good on Starz?

I didn’t have time to write any comments last night, so everything for “Day Four” I wrote before seeing “Day Five”.

( Spoilers for Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Four )

And "Day Five". Um, yeah. I was kind of hoping it would all end with sunshine and puppies, but I clearly don't know this show very well.

( Spoilers for Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Five )

All in all, it was a good run. I liked the beginning more than the end though. I hope they commission a season four. You can't just leave it like that.

I hadn’t planned on commenting on every part of Children of Earth, but hey, might as well. Nothing else is happening.

( Spoilers for Torchwod: Children of Earth, Day Two )

Onto “Day Three”!

When I saw the new promo pictures for the mini-season of Torchwood, I felt an overwhelming urge to Photoshop in the Doctor. Don't ask me why. As you can see, it sort of spiraled out from there...


The original promo photo was posted by lucy_locket. I couldn't find any versions of the original picture that were big enough for my liking, but thank goodness for other intrepid fans. I'm not 100% completely satisfied with the end result, but I think it works well enough. I couldn't find a high-quality picture of Ten in a sitting position dressed in either of his usual suits, so in my mind, this is Ten II and he and Rose have gone to Cardiff to investigate some unusual activity.

Ten II, Rose, and an alt!Torchwood. There's a story idea somewhere in there...

Whoo hoo, Torchwood is back. :-D Good to see the team back together.