Doctor Who Christmas Tree & Weeping Angel

This year our family's Christmas tree had a Doctor Who theme! We were inspired by a gift of Doctor Who character popsicle stick puppets & Christmas ornaments made by my friend Karen (who also makes Doctor Who bento lunches, see my post featuring her blog, What's In Our Lunch Bags).

It was such fun to decorate! I turned an ordinary angel tree topper into a Weeping Angel (DIY instructions in this post), added blue lights, TARDIS lights, the ornaments from Karen & a few more, a little bit of blue ribbon and...  voilà!

You can see the ornaments better with the lights off. Besides the DW ornaments, I stuck to stars and snowflakes, as suggested by my 10 year old,  "because there are always stars in space and there's always snow in the Christmas specials" :)

These are some of the ornaments made by my friend Karen:

Eleven & a baby Adipose ...

... River Song & her psychedelic lipstick kiss (it says Hello Sweetie) ...

... Ten & the awesome Donna Noble - loved them together ...

... Rose Tyler & a Dalek ...

... even Sarah Jane & K-9 ♥

There's also a red ball with a fez drawn on it, and she made popsicle stick figures of pretty much every major character. Some are pointed out in the photo but some are around the sides, and some didn't make it on to the tree (I ran out of the ribbon I was tying them to the branches with).

Poor Ood Sigma didn't make it on to the tree, but he's here to show you what the character ornaments look like in popsicle stick puppet form, before a scrap of wired ribbon turned them into ornaments like this one of Amy Pond:

We already had plenty of star & snowflake ornaments, but I bought this one anyways; as soon as I saw it I thought of the Empress Racnoss' Webstar:

My friend Kathy sent me a surprise Christmas gift of ornaments she painted herself. One was this Van Gogh-style TARDIS one, gorgeous! And she didn't even know that "Vincent and the Doctor" is one of my favourite episodes!

In fact, when she painted it, she had no idea I was doing a Doctor Who themed tree!

I wasn't sure about the idea myself. I thought the kidlets might miss having our usual ornaments and colourful lights... but they loved it! Love my little Whovians ♥ 

Here's my middle child Pickle, excited about the TARDIS lights I'd just put up:

The TARDIS lights (from ThinkGeek) come on white wire, like these we have hanging outside, but the little TARDISes snap off for changing the bulbs, so I just snapped them over a set of lights on green wire to blend in with the tree.

Of course, the "stone" Weeping Angel tree topper doesn't light up though ;)

Don't Blink!

See my DIY Weeping Angel post for tree topper instructions 

Maybe next year we'll have some snow to make an evil snowman!

Happy New Year!

Doctor Who, Torchwood, & Sarah Jane Adventures Watching Order

To help my new-to-Who friends,  some of whom are a little confused, I've made a chart showing the order to watch which episode & special of Doctor Who, Torchwood, & The Sarah Jane Adventures ... a sort of Whovian Guide for the Newvian... as best as I can figure :)

Order to Watch Doctor Who,  Torchwood,  & The Sarah Jane Adventures

Doctor Who Series 1 9th Doctor & Rose Tyler 1. Rose 2. The End of the World 3. The Unquiet Dead 4. Aliens of London 5. World War 3 6. Dalek 7. The Long Game 8. Father's Day 9. The Empty Child 10. The Doctor Dances 11. Boom Town 12. Bad Wolf 13. The Parting of the Ways  Christmas Special 10th Doctor & Rose Tyler Christmas Invasion Doctor Who Series 2 10th Doctor & Rose Tyler 1. New Earth 2. Tooth and Claw 3. School Reunion 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 5. Rise of the Cybermen 6. The Age of Steel 7. The Idiot's Lantern 8. The Impossible Planet 9. The Satan Pit 10. Love & Monsters 11. Fear Her 12. Army of Ghosts 13. Doomsday  Events at the end of Doctor Who Series 2 take place prior to Torchwood Series 1 Christmas Special  10th Doctor & Donna Noble  The Runaway Bride Torchwood Series 1 1. Everything Changes 2. Day One Events in Doctor Who Series 2 take place prior to The Sarah Jane Adventures Doctor Who Series 3 10th Doctor & Martha Jones 1. Smith & Jones 2. The Shakespeare Code 3. Gridlock 4. Daleks in Manhattan 5. Evolution of the Daleks 6. The Lazarus Experiment 7. 42 8. Human Nature 9. The Family of Blood 10. Blink 3. Ghost Machine 4. Cyberwoman 5. Small Worlds 6. Countrycide 7. Greeks Bearing Gifts 8. They keep Killing Suzie 9. Random Shoes 10. Out of Time 11. Combat 12. Captain Jack Harkness 13. End of Days The Sarah Jane Adventures New Year's Day Special Invasion of the Bane The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 2-part episodes 11. Utopia 12. The Sound of Drums 13. Last of the Time Lords  <-- Events at the end of Torchwood Series 1 take place before these episodes  1. & 2. Revenge of the Slitheen Christmas Special 10th Doctor  Voyage of the Damned Torchwood Series 2 1. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 2. Sleeper 3. To The Last Man 3. & 4. Eye of the Gorgon Doctor Who Series 4 10th Doctor & Donna Noble 1. Partners in Crime 2. The Fires of Pompeii 3. Planet of the Ood 4. The Sontaran Stratagem 5. The Poison Sky 4. Meat 5. Adam 6. Reset 7. Dead Man Walking 8. A Day in the Death 9. Something Borrowed 10. From Out of the Rain 5. & 6.  Warriors of Kudlak 7. & 8. Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? 6. The Doctor's Daughter 7. The Unicorn and the Wasp 8. Silence in the Library 9. Forest of the Dead 10. Midnight 11. Turn Left 11. Adrift 12. Fragments 13. Exit Wounds 9. & 10.  The Lost Boy (see note below) 12. The Stolen Earth  13. Journey's End  <-- DW / TW crossover Events at the end of Torchwood series 2 take place before the final 2 episodes of DW Series 4 <-- DW / SJA crossover. Events in the final 2 episodes of SJA (take place AFTER the final 2 episodes of DW Series 4  Christmas Special 10th Doctor The Next Doctor Easter Special 10th Doctor Planet of the Dead Torchwood : Children of the Earth Mini-series of 5 episodes titled Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 2-part episodes 1. 2. The Last Sontaran 3. 4. The Day of the Clown 5. 6. Secrets of the Stars 7. 8. The Mark of the Berserker 9. 10. The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith 11. 12. Enemy of the Bane Autumn Special 10th Doctor The Waters of Mars Episodes 5 & 6 of the Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3, "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", take place before the Doctor Who Christmas Special "End of Time part 1" The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3 2-part episodes 1. 2. Prisoner of the Judoon 3. 4. The Mad Woman in the Attic 5. 6. The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Christmas Special The End of Time part 1 New Years Special The End of Time part 2 7. 8. The Eternity Trap 9. 10. Mona Lisa's Revenge The Gift Doctor Who Series 5 11th Doctor & Amy Pond 1. The Eleventh Hour 2. The Beast Below 3. Victory of the Daleks 4. The Time of Angels 5. Flesh and Stone 6. The Vampires of Venice 7. Amy's Choice 8. The Hungry Earth 9. Cold Blood 10. Vincent and the Doctor 11. The Lodger 12. The Pandorica Opens 13. The Big Bang  Episodes 5 & 6 of the Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4. "Death of the Doctor" take place after Doctor Who Series 5 episode 13, "The Big Bang", and before the Christmas Special "A Christmas Carol".            Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 2-part episodes 1. 2. The Vault of Secrets 3. 4. The Nightmare Man 5. 6. Death of the Doctor Christmas Special 11th Doctor & Amy Pond A Christmas Carol 7. 8. The Empty Planet 9. 10. Lost in Time 11. 12. Goodbye Sarah Jane Smith Doctor Who Series 6 11th Doctor & Amy Pond  1. The Impossible Astronaut 2. Day of the Moon 3. The Curse of the Black Spot 4. The Doctor's Wife 5. The Rebel Flesh 6. The Almost People 7. A Good Man Goes To War 8. Let's Kill Hitler 9. Night Terrors 10. The Girl Who Waited 11. The God Complex Torchwood : Miracle Day 1. The New World 2. Rendition 3. Dead of Night 4. Eascape to L.A. 5. The Categories of Life 6. The Middle Men 7. Immortal Sins 8. End of the Road 9. The Gathering 10. The Blood Line 12. Closing Time 13. The Wedding of River Song The events in Miracle Day appear to take place and be resolved prior to the end of episode 11 of DW Series 6 Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5 2-part episodes Sky The Curse of Clyde Langer The Man Who Never Was Christmas Special 11th Doctor The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe Doctor Who Series 7  Part 1 11th Doctor & Amy Pond  1. Asylum of the Daleks 2. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 3. A Town Called Mercy 4. The Power of Three 5. The Angels Take Manhattan Christmas Special 11th Doctor The Snowmen Doctor Who Series 7 Part 2 11th Doctor & Clara  6. The Bells of Saint John 7. The Rings of Akhaten 8. Cold War 9. Hide 10. Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 11. The Crimson Horror 12. Nightmare in Silver 13. The Name of the Doctor 50th Anniversary Prequel mini webisode The Night of the Doctor 50th Anniversary Special The Day of the Doctor Christmas Special 11th Doctor The Time of the Doctor

Last Updated June 2015

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The Doctor & Captain Picard together? Make it so!

"Nearly five decades and 1,500 episodes in the making! The two greatest science fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history!"

I am a happy nerd girl tonight, after reading Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Next Generation - Assimilation2 #1. I had to read it on both my MacBook and my iPhone just because :)

My inner collector resisted the urge to possess the paper book and got the eComic - which although it lacks that fresh ink smell, lacks absolutely nothing else. The full-colour artwork is gorgeous. The characters ring true; I could even hear their voices in my head - well, the Doctor's, Amy's & Rory's anyways. This issue was more Whovian than Trekker, but, there are 8 in the series, perhaps the next one will be a little more Trekkish. I'm sure I'll be equally pleased either way :)

And I love how the story left off ...  Bring on #2!

This comic awesomeness is from IDW Publishing

Edible Geekery : What's In Our Lunch Bags?

Edible Adipose, cheese Weeping Angels, and yogurt bow ties, oh my! Through my bento blog, I've become friends with the most excellent bento maker and sci fi kindred spirit, Karen, the talented blogger behind *What's in Our Lunchbags? She recently did a series of Doctor Who themed lunches that must be seen and shared! I made a collage (for easy pinning) of some of my favourites (in no particular order) ...

Behold! Wibbly wobbly timey wimey bentos from What's In Our Lunch Bags? :

And that's not all of them! Click here to see more of her Doctor Who lunches! Karen's made heaps of other geek homage bentos, but this post is about her DW ones so you can poke around and discover the rest yourself :) She also pins them all (and more) on her Pinterest board - so go on,  repin and share the geeky goodness!

And check out her Who-ified iPad cover - Fantastic!

*What's In Our Lunch Bags was formerly 2 blogs, What's in Mom's Lunch Bag? & What's in John's Lunch Bag? Karen combined them into one awesome blog :)

Watch This: The Cast & Crew of Who Rock Out!

Somehow I have never seen this until recently! I must watch it a lot to make up for lost time :)
I will also watch it whenever I need to feel a little happier. I don't think it would be possible to watch it and not smile!

FYI - It's so much sharper if you click through and watch it on YouTube ;)  I've no idea why!

Who are you supposed to be?

I'm such a proud mama - my 10 year old chose to be The Doctor for Hallowe'en! The 10th Doctor, our favourite. I ordered him a Sonic Screwdriver from ThinkGeek... it's so cool. It makes the sound and lights up, plus it's also a pen that writes with UV ink that shows up under the glow of the screwdriver. I want one for myself!

So here's my Beanstalk, Hallowe'en Night, in his blue suit, Converse, tie and overcoat, ready to trick or treat. He's got his Sonic Screwdriver out - now where is the TARDIS... ?

Of course, nobody knew who he was dressed up as :) 

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Back in time a bit...

These were taken a week before Hallowe'en, when his Sonic Screwdriver and tie arrived in the mail. Yep, he had longish hair! He had it cut the weekend before Hallowe'en, for authenticity :) 

He even took a picture of the 10th Doctor in to the hairdresser.
Such a dedicated little Whovian!

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And, back to the present:

My handsome little wannabe Gallifreyan, back home after trick or treating - and next to him, his reference photo. Pretty close! He didn't want to take his costume off, I kid you not, he wanted to sleep in it!  I promised him he could wear it to school. Technically you're not allowed to wear costumes to school - but these ARE real clothes ... heh heh.

Next year the 11th Doctor perhaps? 

Or maybe Captain Jack Harkness... !

Counting Down to the Doctor's Return!

28 days until the first episode of the new season of Doctor Who airs! Until then, I shall watch the preview at BBC America umpteen times !!!