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GT for Sunday the 16th of April 2017
Welcome to the Sunday the 16th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!
Editor's Note: yesterday was new episode day! Woo! Today's edition is therefore reaction/review heavy and fanwork light. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution if you are spoilerphobic and haven't seen the episode yet.
- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -Short reaction posts by individuals: Full Reviews (obvious spoiler alert is obvious): Lists of easter eggs and continuity references: The OED blog about their decision to add "sonic Screwdriver" to the dictionary The Mary Sue comment on the OED story. The Gallifrey Times share two trailers for next time.
- Podcasts and Audiovisual -
- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks
- Fanworks -
GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:
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Editor's Note: yesterday was new episode day! Woo! Today's edition is therefore reaction/review heavy and fanwork light. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution if you are spoilerphobic and haven't seen the episode yet.
- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -
- Community Reactions to last night's show on:
- Here's mine (I liked it). I also did a poll.
- Here's nostalgia (she liked it too).
- such_heights also liked it
- Ars Technica liked some bits of it but not others
- Den of Geek thought it was a solid start to the series.
- Blogtor Who thought it was blooming brilliant
- beccaelizabeth was uncomfortable with how the character of Heather was handled.
- jesuswasbatman really enjoyed it.
- lizbee thought it was DELIGHTFUL.
- Doctor Who News thought it was a strong opener to the series
- The Grauniad thought it was one of the freshest series openers in years
- Podcasts and Audiovisual -
- Doctor Who: the Fan Show have an Aftershow discussion with Pearl Mackie and Steven Moffat.
- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks
- alafaye is trying to revive torchwood_fest and has updated the rules here. In all hopefulness I have therefore moved it from the Inactive comms list to the Active comms list.
- Fanworks -
GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:
- Lissy Strata has some caps with infotext from the 1996 movie.
- Stephadoo has GIFfed the Doctor running
- MlleBennet has a Bill GIFset.
- Capadliiful has GIFfed the "do you know any scifi" moment.
GT aims to cover Doctor Who Universe news and fan activity on Dreamwidth and beyond. If you'd like to be added to our watch list, please leave a comment here. Questions? If you can't find the answer on our profile, you can contact the editors by commenting on any edition of the newsletter.