"Yes... hello, an ethnic person in the fifties! Hi!"

[thisbluespirit]

It occurred to me part-way through this that while I had excluded Doctor Who (so that it didn't take up all but one of the 30 days) - and DW for me always includes the main lines of audios and novels, as they were each intended as genuine continuations when they started - that there were two DW spin-offs, that would never get a look-in if I had the whole of the show to play with, so...


Day Thirteen: Rani Chandra (Anjli Mohindra)

"I hope the Queen will judge me on my own character just as she might judge you on yours."

I won't say very much here, because I am so sadly behind with The Sarah Jane Adventures (I don't like watching stuff on my pc much; it's a thing, okay...) but replacing original characters is always a tough thing - it doesn't always come off, but Rani's enthusiastic, intelligent, compassionate, and brave (and reminds me very much of a rl teenage girl I know). She wants to be like Sarah Jane when she grows up, and she probably will indeed be every bit as awesome. (And her family could probably carry a spin-off show of their own, too.)

Luke: I'm growing up so I start having nightmares. [sarcastically] Great!
Rani: Yep, and the rest of us get spots. I wouldn't worry about it.



Fanid "The New Girl in Town" (no spoilers):

(If you want something a little less bouncy, try this one instead, which is also Rani/Clyde: Rani Might.)

Plus, I played around with the above pic to make these (one is just a base):



(Credit: textures by leilax@thepreamble.)



30 days of Awesome TV Female Characters:
Day One: Soolin (B7)
Day Two: Dayna Mellanby (B7)
Day Three: Michelle of the Resistance (Allo Allo)
Day Four: Beatrice Eliott (House of Eliott)
Day Five: Captain Kathryn Janeway (ST:V)
Day Six: Maddy Magellan (Jonathan Creek)
Day Seven: Lady Mary Crawley (Downton Abbey)
Day Eight: Ros Myers (Spooks)
Day Nine: Servalan (B7)
Day Ten: Anna Thornton-Wilson (Hotel Babylon)
Day Eleven: Winifred Burkle (Angel)
Day Twelve: Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey)

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

:-D

I was sad to lose Maria (Clocket - you do realise Alan must have been nearly 30 years younger than SJ!!!? 8-o :lol:) but I liked Rani at once, and since I have come to be all Maria Who? Oh, yes... sorry... watching Rani!

Thanks. :-)

[clocketpatch]

Yeah, but Sarah-Jane doesn't look her age, and my mother's married to someone who's 25 years older. No biggie. Heh.

But yes, RANI!!!

[thisbluespirit]

True. For some reason I have this irrational squick factor if the female is much older than the male that is entirely unfair of me. But, as Seven says, "Love has never been known for its rationality." (And in my family tree, I have a complete generation skip on one side, because of my g-g-g-Grandfather marrying his second wife in 1848 when he was 68 and she was 29... !!! I would love to have a time machine and find out what the heck was going on there. Or possibly I really wouldn't. Sorry. What were we saying? :lol:)

And Sarah Jane certainly doesn't look her age... I don't think she can say a thing about non-aging Sixties teachers. I think she may be non-aging herself.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Elisabeth Sladen is pretty non-aging, too.

I'm happy for her, but I have to wonder if they would have given her the spin-off if she happened to look her age.

[thisbluespirit]

Yeah, you do have to wonder that. But, happily for us, Elisabeth Sladen is magically non-aging, so we're okay for the moment. ;-)