In the early 70's until the early 80's I use to watch 

episodes of Doctor Who on our local Public TV

station.   Hosted by Canadian Sci-Fi author Judith

Merril we had episodes from the time of Jon Pertwee

onwards.   I remember some of the Pertwee years

and I watched some of Peter Davison too ... but the

episodes that I never missed featured the fourth Doctor

... MY Doctor .... Tom Baker.

When the newest incarnations of the Doctor began

with introduction of Christopher Eccleston I watched 

the premier episode but somehow wasn't as enchanted 

with his portrayal of the Doctor and did not continue

with the show.   I would probably have liked

David Tennant's Doctor a lot but never managed

to catch most of his episodes, nor those of his 

successor Matt Smith.

I did make a point to watch the episode during the Tennant 

years featuring the return to the series of my favourite Who 

companion Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen 

and found it to be quite an emotional reunion for me.

As a Buffy fan I was also delighted that the villain for

that episode was played by Anthony Stuart Head.  He

played "nasty" really well in that show.   Oh, and K9

featured in that episode as well.   I was in my happy 

place.

Well, the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who was 

celebrated last weekend with a special episode

which ran here Saturday afternoon on Space

channel.   DH and I made a point of watching

and we enjoyed it thoroughly.    DH had 

kept up with the new Doctor Who episodes

even though I hadn't so he was familiar with

the 10th and 11th Doctors and their histories.

But the part of the 50th anniversary special 

that had me bouncing up and down on the 

couch ... and in tears of joy... was at the 

very end when Matt Smith had an encounter

with an elderly gentleman with curly white 

hair and a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

Of the surviving Doctors from the "old"

days the only one the creators chose to 

bring back was my Doctor ... Tom Baker.

Happy, happy, happy.

Then a friend provided me with this link

to a half hour long special made by Peter

Davison featuring the other three surviving

Doctors who were not included in the 50th

anniversary special and it is a wonderful,

affectionate send up of it all.   If you 

are a Who fan and haven't seen this yet

you must watch it!   It's chock full of 

cameos, inside jokes and fun adventure

with Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester

McCoy trying their darnedest to make

some sort of appearance in the special.

Enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m3kfy

What I've been reading lately.

A series that I first began reading

back in 2012 which was my first encounter

with author Jacqueline Carey. This was her very 

first book and it knocked my socks off.    

Epic fantasy at it's most lyrical, enchanting and

mesmerizing with an alternative Earth history 

written in incredible detail.   If you love

the stories of George R.R. Martin then you

might be interested in this very talented female

author's take on epic fantasy ... and Carey

publishes much more frequently then Martin.

I've reread books one and two in this series

and am well into book three right now.

Once of those series you don't want to end.

No stitching, no doodling and no scrap

booking going on right now.  I'm in Christmas

mode which means ticking off my "to do"

list for the season.   Just finished the overseas

letters and cards and will be starting the local

cards after I've finished this post and a short

break for lunch.   My tummy's growling

so I'll wish you a happy weekend and

head for the kitchen!

Cheers!