Sunday, June 15, 2008

I rewatched yesterday's Doctor Who episode early this morning, and I enjoyed it a lot more the 2nd time around. It's nowhere near my favorite episode, but it's above average in many respects. David Tennant's performance is off the charts. There is a wonderful creepy factor to the story. There are fun references and a lovely cameo. And I don't think I've ever felt so afraid for the Doctor.

I slept very well today. Thankfully.

I finished the new DS9 book. Oh. My. Goddess. Fantastic. So many amazing things in such a short book. The first section of the book, is all about continuing where the last volume (which came out a couple years ago) left off. It was great to see my characters again, with a wonderful cameo by Garak that almost had me in tears; happy tears. There were also some brilliant theories about DS9's Mirror Universe story that made me rexamine them in a new light, and a few brilliant crossovers with Terok Nor Prequel Trilogy! And though there was a cliffhanger ending, I think I might know what's coming, and if I'm right...I'm way cool with it. The 2nd half of the book explains the history of Iliana Ghemor, who's character was described in the series, and has returned in the books, but without explanation, until now. And the answers were worth the wait. Her history dovetailed nicely with the Terok Nor books, while connecting some of my favorite episodes, and then using them to make her charcter even more complex than I had imagined she was!!! And the revelations about Gul Dukat were stunning; dark & brutal; adding even more layers to a charcter that was already extremely complex and rich. And all of this was accomplished in a rather scant number of pages. I'm extremely happy with this volume, and I can't wait for the next one. I'm hoping it will arrive next year. :-0)

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