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My currently regular Thursday feature...

OUaT: Browned Butter by awanderingbard (G, 1956 words. Emma Swan/Killian Jones, Snow White, Regina Mills, Henry Mills.) It's Storybrooke's first Thanksgiving, and Emma is finding trying to be a domestic goddess more difficult than she anticipated. Sweet and funny, with Emma battling to do something impressive on the domestic front.

Miss Marple: Advice From Aunt Jane by DesertVixen (Teen, 1212 words. Miss Marple, Dolly Bantry, Jane Helier.) Jane Helier needs some advice from Miss Marple and Dolly Bantry Pitch perfect conversation between the three, picking up on threads from The Thirteen Problems.

Doctor Who: At Last a Dragon by paranoidangel (All ages, 985 words. John Chesterton, Tenth Doctor.) John Chesterton doesn't believe in Father Christmas, the Tooth Fairy or the Doctor. John Chesterton finally realises that all the stories his parents told him were real. Lovely.

Heroes: Drive My Car by Andraste (Hiro & Ando, Hiro/Ando.) "Our life of legend begins!" Great, fun vid for S1 Hiro & Ando.

Diana Wynne Jones: World Enough, and Time by jamjar (PG, 5408 words. Erskine, Hathaway, Torquil, Awful, Howard, Catriona.) The journey of a thousand miles (starts with sending your siblings to Alpha Centauri). Perfect capturing of the novel's tone, with the remaining siblings starting to both mend their ways and move about more freely.

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I need to read Fire & Hemlock! It's my eldest favourite book, but she loaned it to a friend and still hasn't got it back...

especially the bit in the middle where an Englishman's home is his castle.
This!!

Your eldest has excellent taste! ;-)

Btw, being in the middle of sorting out various Christmas things to post reminded me that you had said you'd quite like borrowing some Seventh Doc DVDs over Christmas. I don't go away till the 22nd, but still, if you still do it seems better to post them off sooner rather than later & make sure they arrive before then.

Your eldest has excellent taste! ;-)
Yes! Yes she does. :)

but still, if you still do it seems better to post them off sooner rather than later & make sure they arrive before then.
Oooh yes please! Thank you! I'm in the middle of sorting things too, but I would be very grateful. What would be easiest? (I know sometimes they are bulky, so I don't want you to spend a fortune on postage.) How do you want my address? Message or email?

PM would be best, yes. The easiest way to post is to pack them well & securely (in card and things) and just send the DVDs (together with the cover slips with all the info); the DW DVDs are all well marked, and I should be able to get a few together for the price of a large stamp!

However, I can't get out to the post office myself (at least not again now until well after the new year), so if I have any doubts about whether they're okay like that, I'll revert to 2 DVDs (which I've done multiple times to various people). So, my other question is this:

I seem to recall you hadn't seen any of S26? (Battlefield, Ghostlight, Curse of Fenric, Survival). So to send 4 DVDs covering that seems reasonable! Is that correct, and if I do cut it down to 2 for now, do you have a preference?

Also if once I've packed it up, it seems fine to add in 1 or even 2 more; I'd rather it wasn't another Seven, so either leave a couple of ideas or say (here or in your pm) what you have seen so far and I can just throw in an extra serial I think you might enjoy if it works out that way.

Sorry, that's sounding more complicated than it is now! (And you can reply here or include it in the PM.)

Edited 2016-12-11 13:21 (UTC)

I've not seen S24 either (apart from the Rani one), so I'd prefer that! Just so I can watch it vaguely in order. :)

I shall PM you forthwith with my address details.

Okay! (Although S26 is the best, heh; it's your funeral! ;-p) That's only 3 DVDs if you've already seen Time & the Rani. (Paradise Towers, Delta, and Dragonfire). Do you want me to stick in an extra one for you? (It seems kind of a waste not to if I'm going large envelope-format... I won't need them back in a hurry, I promise.) if so, let me know what you might like, or give me a list of what you've seen (or is there any Doctor you've not seen any of, and I could send you a good one [imo, obv.!]? It seems a sadness to remain unacquainted with any of them when I could easily slip one of them in! ;-D)

Okay! (Although S26 is the best, heh; it's your funeral! ;-p)
I'm saving the best till last! :)

And maybe Five or Six? Whichever has something that works on its own. Thank you! <3

Preferably Six, as we've met him and I want to see what he was like. :)

Cool! Will do. :-)

Yay! Thank you. It'll be like a Christmas surprise. :)

Received with thanks. <3

Oh, excellent! I meant to say I'd posted it. (I was a little worried after in case the card wasn't stiff enough - and as soon as I posted it, someone sent something in the perfect envelope, would you know?)

Enjoy! <3

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