Wednesday, July 16, 2008

My stomach is doing a bit better, but now my head is killing me. My midrin hasn't killed this one like it usually does, though it's muted it a bit. And my stomach, while feeling loads better, is still squeamish.

Cool Spoiler Free Fact about the finale of Doctor Who: it's now been confirmed that "Journey's End" was the most watched program the week that it aired, with a rating of 10.57 million viewers. This is the first time in Doctor Who's 45 year history that the program has achieved this position, and it did so by a clear margin of more that 1.5 million viewers! The previous Who episodes that came even close to this honor include the previous episode ("The Stolen Earth") and last year's Christmas Special ("Voyage of the Damned"), both of which came in 2nd place, which were the highest the show had charted since the classic years. The highest the classic series charted was the 4th Doctor story, The Arc in Space, Part II, which came in 5th place, and aired in 1975. The final 2 episodes of Season 30 (or Season 4, depending on your definition) also achieved the highest ever audience appreciation index figure, with an incredible score of 91 for both segments. To put that in some kind of perspective, for a minority program on a digital channel to score over 90 is unusual. For the most watched program of the week to score this high is unprecedented and a massive achievement, making the final 2 episodes, and thusly the final 3 Part Story ("Turn Left" got an AI rating of 88, which equals Excellence, and was the 4th most watched program) the most successful episodes of Doctor Who ever made!

I've slept on & off in the last few hours. Also worked on some collages for my collage. It's this new thing I've been doing, making collages on photoshop and then mixing them up in the collage of my room. This way I can use more pictures I like, some of which look crappy if blown up. I also get to use some sexy pix that I can edit slightly so to a achieve a pg rating that won't freak out family members. Plus I get to do neat themes. It's fun.

I've also been reading more in the last 48 hours that I had been. I read 8 chapters of Harry Potter; 1 chapter of Xanth; 1 chapter of Terok Nor. I've set aside the New Frontier book I was reading, as I'd only read the prologue, and can get back to that one whenever I choose. In some ways I'd like to delay the reading of that one, just because I now have fewing New Frontier books to read, than I've already read, which saddens me, as it's a truly great series of books.

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