SB's Guide to: How to insulate yourselves from the Crazier Bits of Doctor Who fandom

[miss_s_b]

There are many things which mark me out as a pariah in certain sections of Who fandom. I am female, which is a big no-no in some fandom spaces, although gradually these are getting less. I thought David Tennant was the worst doctor ever, which is practically a hanging offence in most of the majority-female WhoFan arenas. But worst of all, my favourite Doctor is Old Sixie, which means that (for example) I can't read Behind The Sofa without going into paroxysms of rage, because they casually slag off Fat Colin on a regular basis.

There are, however, safe spaces for even me. There follows a list of my Who essentials:

Blogs

* Millennium Elephant, my erstwhile sponsor who has been cruelly denied Lib Dem Blog of the year for TOO LONG. Millennium's Daddy Richard does long and detailed Who reviews, which generally pick up on more salient points about plotting than I can manage.
* Daddy Alex, Millennium's other daddy, who wrote the superlative How Doctor Who made me a Liberal Can't pimp that out too many times
* lizbee, who is good at spotting misogyny and racism, but doesn't let it stop her loving the show
* londonkds
* whodaily, which is very comprehensive.

Podcasts

* Dirty Whoers, now featuring Brian Blessed (YAY!)
* The Eleventh Hour, whose eclectic musical accompaniments are always interesting.

Twitter

* Joe Lidster utterly gorgeous Who writer.
* Dirty Whoers and EHpodcast (again) because they always find lots of interesting Who links.
* Toby Hadoke, writer of Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf, and fellow Whovian Parent.
* Mitch Benn, the reason why they don't take the piss out of Who Geeks on The Now Show.

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Comments

[wildthyme]

There's a lot of misogyny and Amy Hate on the most recent Who Daily.

She has to stop being a wanton woman and settle down, that is what she needs to learn..

[miss_s_b]

I never learned that. Maybe that's my problem... ;)

[ponygirl72]

Nope. Trust me. I never did fall under the definition of "wanton" (mostly due to lack of offers); I *did* settle down... aaaa-and my life still mostly sucks.

I call BS on that piece of advice from Who Daily. :-P

[speednik.livejournal.com]

Those EHPodcast guys sound like a sexy pair of bastards and no mistake. And full of the catharsis of spurious morality.

[lizbee]

Oh you! *flutters eyelashes*

Obviously you are WRONGITY WRONG about Tennant, but my mind-controlling ninjas are all booked up for the next few decades, so I shall have to agree to disagree. FOR NOW.

[londonkds]

Thank you!

although Colin Baker is still about my third least favourite after Pertwee and Tennant, although I don't randomly rant about it in unrelated posts

[staceyuk]

*cough* What about poor dw_academy Surely your own comm needs some love too?

[davegodfrey.livejournal.com]

Whut? No love for the deadly serious, and not in the least bit molesworth-related diggerdydum?