tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post8525365990774509298..comments2024-02-25T09:46:28.218-05:00Comments on The Park Bench: Tuesday Odds & Ends: Akira, Neil Gaiman, Blackadder meets Doctor Who, and giant woolly ratsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-75881930875528374602009-09-15T10:35:16.922-05:002009-09-15T10:35:16.922-05:00So I am the only one who kinda hoped the rats woul...So I am the only one who kinda hoped the rats would be Jeff Smith's <a href="http://www.cbldf.com/Bone_Rat_Creature_Color_Print_Signed_by_Smith_p/prnt-boneratclrs.htm" rel="nofollow"> stupid, stupid rat creatures</a>?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791914604898998749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-25421871453131997112009-09-11T11:01:07.990-05:002009-09-11T11:01:07.990-05:00I had to get a napkin to wipe the drool off from l...I had to get a napkin to wipe the drool off from looking at Neil Gaiman's library. I already loved the man for all his books/short stories/poetry and general awesomeness that is he. Then he decided to go and date one of my favorite musicians (which means I'm jealous of them both). <br /><br />Now this library...it's official, I shall have to either marry him or become his housekeeper so I can get into that library on a daily basis.Daynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568614612957788554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-69930853941340928992009-09-08T21:04:20.377-05:002009-09-08T21:04:20.377-05:00Cornell's novel Human Nature was an Seventh Do...Cornell's novel <i>Human Nature</i> was an Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) story <b>not</b> an Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) piece. <br /><br />I am looking at the cover of my copy as I type this but you can probably check it out on Amazon or something. Besides, the novel was published in 1995. McGann did not become the Doctor until 1996 (when the Fox-BBC movie was first shown).<br /><br />In addition to the change in incarnation & companion, there were a number of other differences between the novel and the TV two-parter (Human Nature / Family of Blood) ... one of which was a character pretending to be the Tenth Doctor in the novel. The biggest change from novel to TV episodes, though, is the Doctor's motivation for becoming human. Some of my own favorite touches in the TV adaptation -- the fob watch and the scarecrows -- were entirely RTD's invention (according to Cornell himself).<br /><br />I sometimes think that half of Britain's writers have penned a Who novel, short story, comic or radio play at some point or other.Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-33471506203908439292009-09-08T16:38:37.383-05:002009-09-08T16:38:37.383-05:00Paul Cornell wrote a whole heap of Who books in th...Paul Cornell wrote a whole heap of Who books in the gap, lots of stuff about Eight. Human Nature was his book with Eight before it was an episode with Ten.<br /><br />That is an awesome library. Want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-12146913298114711792009-09-08T14:17:39.452-05:002009-09-08T14:17:39.452-05:00Gaiman's dating Amanda Palmer. How wonderfully...Gaiman's dating Amanda Palmer. How wonderfully odd is that. His library looks like the library in Sandman!<br /><br />I also wish to marry Neil Gaiman. Line forms to the right ( next to all the cryptozoological specimens).crone51https://www.blogger.com/profile/06831571973211180467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-78034486031993472652009-09-08T14:06:22.904-05:002009-09-08T14:06:22.904-05:00The Curtis story is on the BBC website. That is p...The Curtis story is on the BBC website. That is pretty reliable.<br /><br />The new Who has had lots of "atypical" writers. The new showrunner Stephen Moffat was far better know for his dramas and sitcoms before Russell T. Davies invited him to write for Doctor Who. Mark Gatiss is known mostly for his membership in the comedy troop <i>League of Gentlemen</i>. Paul Cornell was mostly known for medical dramas like <i>Casualty</i>.<br /><br />Now ... who knows what the story may be with Gaiman. When Neil posts about it on his blog, I willtake the notion seriously.Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-42943388566734747782009-09-08T13:34:15.940-05:002009-09-08T13:34:15.940-05:00large wooly rats? You mean of course not that they...large wooly rats? You mean of course not that they have DISCOVERED these, but that they have REDISCOVERED these.<br /><br />They were previously discussed in William Goldman's historical anthology "The Princess Brider" under the misnomer "ROUS's" or rodents of unusual size.Ellienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-27113791048885089562009-09-08T13:23:52.197-05:002009-09-08T13:23:52.197-05:00Actually, the talk about Neil Gaiman writing a DW ...Actually, the talk about Neil Gaiman writing a DW episode was just last year. And it's still possible, considering they've mostly been off air for a year. As for the Curtis rumour. Take one large bucket of salt, ingest, read 'The Sun'...<br /><br />Also, I want to marry Neil Gaiman so I get the right to hang out in his library. (Yeah, I do know he has a partner and daughter!)Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.com