Two fannish things

[thisbluespirit]

I went out (briefly, with my friend, to town), on Weds, am still not recovered (bah), but feeling a bit better today, I think. Anyway, two nice fannish things:

1. B7 is going to be released on blu-ray! S1 coming out soon! (They'll finally include the Making Of documentaries that got left off the DVDs.)



2. I idly looked at Sister Boniface Mysteries on AO3 as I do sometimes, and this time there was a delightful fic. Well. delightful for me, less so for Sam, but it's traditional to suffer for fic:

Swing (1063 words) by ImaginaryThings24
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sister Boniface Mysteries (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sister Boniface & Sam Gillespie (Sister Boniface)
Characters: Sam Gillespie (Sister Boniface), Sister Boniface (Father Brown), Reverend Mother Adrian
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, accidental injury, Bleeding, Bad Things Happen Bingo
Series: Part 5 of General Fandom Whump
Summary:

“There’s been a slight accident,” Sister Boniface says.

“I suspected as much,” Reverend Mother Adrian says. “Since Inspector Gillespie is bleeding all over the floor.”

These things will happen to try the Reverend Mother, especially if Sister Boniface is around. Top notch voices. I'm only surprised this has never happened in an ep. XD

Comments

[persiflage_1]

Sorry you're feeling rough.
This might cheer you, though - I am re-reading your UNIT series on Teaspoon - the one with Nat and, eventually, Tilly.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thanks! And, heh, I think I got the first couple up on AO3 with some improved editing as well. I didn't get round to doing the others yet, though. <3

[persiflage_1]

I did notice that they weren't all on AO3.

[liadt]

I hope the fannish things are fortifying you!

I didn't know B7 hadn't hit blu-ray yet, I'd have thought it would have come out soon after people complained they couldn't get enough Fourth Dr blu-rays.

[thisbluespirit]

Well, the Sister B story made my morning more cheerful, anyway!

I didn't know B7 hadn't hit blu-ray yet, I'd have thought it would have come out soon after people complained they couldn't get enough Fourth Dr blu-rays.

I didn't even dream we'd get one!

[liadt]

I thought B7 was popular enough for a blu-ray release, unless there were rights issues etc to work through?

[thisbluespirit]

Apparently it is! I just hadn't thought so, not with the whole thing of video not being the best source for blu-ray, unlike the ITC/Avengers stuff.

[liadt]

If you have the original video tape in good condition the picture is fine. Co-incidentally, I watched 'Castrovalva' for the first time on blu-ray last week and it looked good to me. Bring back real science stories, say I! XD

I know with some of the Third Dr serials they are considered worse looking on blu-ray because the available source materials are of low quality and with really old TV the picture is poorer to start with due to the lower line rate. I feel like I'm commenting on a blu-ray forum, lol.

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, they seem to be able to do it, but when blu-ray first came out, they said that the only DW story that could ever be released in that format was Spearhead From Space because it was on film. It's not surprising that it's changed, but I know that film still tends to take priority because it can look prettier!

[liadt]

That's true, poor old video just can't be as gorgeous.

[pedanther]

I was a bit worried to see that the B7 box set will feature New Special Effects (even if they have gone to the trouble of doing new practical effects instead of CG, which never happens), then relieved to read that this will be an optional extra and the set will also include the original versions.

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, I thought that, and was releived as well! B7's amazing-terrible SFX is part of the experience, even aside from how fast these updated versions seems to date themselves anyway.

[ragnarok_08]

I'm sorry that you're feeling rough :(

That fic is a good one :D

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! I am feeling a bit less rough again, but it's just how it is. ♥ So glad you enjoyed the fic, too!