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February 7, 2012

30 Day Sci-Fi Challenge -- Day 7

Best Non-Human Character - The Doctor



What is there to say about The Doctor? I could go on and on about how much I love him, but I think the best thing to do is just list some quotes that describe him. Cause the writers are much better than me at explaining how awesome/terrifying/glorious/genius/funny/crazy he is.

Yes I know these are all from the new series. I love classic Who, but I love these quotes. If there are some from classic Who that you'd like to share please post them in the comments!
"I am just a mad man with a box" -- 11th Doctor
"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the Constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I'm the man who is gonna save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?" -- 10th Doctor
"Because I've seen him. He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever... He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe... And... he's wonderful." -- Tim Latimer
"You make them so afraid. When you began, all those years ago, sailing off to see the universe, did you ever think you’d become this? The man who can turn an army around at the mention of his name? Doctor – the word for healer, and wise man, throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know. But if you carry on the way you are, what might that word come to mean? To the people of the Gamma Forests, the word "doctor" means "mighty warrior". How far you’ve come. And now they’ve taken a child. The child of your best friends. And they’re going to turn her into a weapon, just to bring you down. And all this, my love...in fear of you." -- River Song
"It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standin' still. I can feel it; the turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinnin' at 1,000 miles an hour and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're fallin' through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... That's who I am." -- 9th Doctor

February 3, 2012

30 Day Sci-Fi Challenge -- Day 3

Favorite Sci-Fi Book/Story - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy




I don't remember when I first read this book, but whenever it was I know that I fell in love right away. Douglas Adams' dry sense of humor is perfectly British, and so inline with my own that I couldn't put it down. Since then I've read all the books in the series(Originally a trilogy is has 5 books...6 if you count an extra one that I personally don't since I don't think it was written by Adams). The first two are my absolute favorites though. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Restaurant at the End of the Universe are that perfect kind of comedic sci-fi. They are hilarious, but also are pointed in their mocking of everything from imperialism, to education, to the many uses of towels.