Doctor Who: Eccleston Era

     

 

       It has come to my attention that I have not been sticking true to the title The Lovely Nerd.  I created my blog not only for my passion of books, but also to gush about my passion for the nerdy things of life.  One of my, as some may say, obsessions is Doctor Who.  Now, I'm not going to explain the show to my readers- that would be cheating.  I will share with my readers the joys of The Doctor in a short blog series.  For those who do watch the show, they would know who the first Doctor is (Christopher Eccleston.)

 

"I'm a Time Lord.  The last of the Time Lords."

 

 

"Don't drop the banana!"

"Why not?"

"It's a good source of potassium!"

 

      To me, the Eccleston Era is an Era for of hope, love, and passion.  There are many reasons why I adore Doctor Who, but it would take too long to tell you every reason why.  However, I will tell you the main reason: his passion.  The Doctor, the last of the Time Lords, is fueled by the pain of losing his race.  In his early days, before he had his first regeneration, he took the name, Doctor, to, not only do good will, but also to mask his true name.  In the entire series, we never learn the Doctor's true name. 

 

 

 

      In Season One, The Doctor takes on a "companion" (one who travels through time and space with The Doctor)- Rose Tyler.  Rose was an average, every day type of girl; that is, until she meets The Doctor.  Her life is turned upside down by animated shop dummies.  From the moment she meets The Doctor, she decided that she wanted to run with him forever. 

 

 

 

      They went on many adventures together: The End Of The World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three, etc..  Unfortunately, Eccleston only stayed with us for one precious season.  In the end he regenerated from absorbing the time vortex energy to save Rose from dieing (she absorbed the time vortex energy to save him.)  A classic example of irony. 

 

 

 

 

      Doctor Who is not a "geek" show, as Non-Whovians make it out to be.  I can say, without an ounce of doubt in my heart, that Doctor Who is one of the things that make my day better.  It's a show that is a masked kidnapper; it seems like an odd sci-fi that you are not sure whether to watch again, it draws you and sucks you in, then refuses to let you go.  And, the bad part is, you like it.  Who knows?  Maybe it's just me.

 

 

 

 

"Maybe, if you'd like, you could come with me?"

 

 

 

 To Be Continued:

Doctor Who: Tennant Era

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Girl of Fire and Thrones by Rae Carson

 

 

 

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       Lucero-Elisa's, aka "Elisa", life seems to be changing rapidly. 

      She was married to King Alejandro de Vega as a political agreement.  If the King of Orovalle, Hitzedar de Riqueza, gave men to Alejandro, then Alejandro would marry Elisa.  At least, that was what Elisa was told.  There was an ulterior motive, though.  Elisa bore the Godstone (a devine stone that God gives to a person he sees fit every four hundred years.)  She has always known she was meant for a service; that's the reason she has the Godstone.  What service?  Elisa hasn't the slightest clue. 

 

 

      Soon after arriving at the desert palace, Elisa is kidnapped by Cosme, Condensa Arina's lady's maid.  She is taken to a village in the hills, part of Alejandro's kingdom.  The village is full of orphaned children, injured soldiers, injured civilians, and a priest that left the monastery because of the corrupt ways.  Elisa becomes much more humble, and begins to help Cosme with the wounded and devises a plan against the Invierne and Animagi.  In that process of finding freedom for the hills' villages, she falls in love with Humberto, and they try and find a way to annul her marriage to Alejandro.

 

       Elisa returns to the palace a changed person.  She is no longer the child and she know where she stands in her opinion towards the war.  Elisa knows that the people that Alejandro has been governing need more protection.  Not only that, but they want to govern themselves.   As the attack moves towards the palace, Elisa does something unexpected- something she didn't know she could do.

 

 

      The Girl of Fire and Thrones was a brilliantly executed, well-written, and enthralling.  I couldn't put it down from the moment I picked it up.  She captures our attention with the wedding, then adds the real conflict in the plot with the kidnapping.  I feel like I could relate with Elisa, because it's known that teenage girls feel badly about their bodies and inferior to the surroundings.  She grows and prospers throughout the novel, and that's what really made me enjoy this book. 

      I recommend The Girl of Fire and Thrones to anyone.



 

The below images are clickable images to the next two books in the trilogy:

 

     



 

No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

 

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      This week, I decided that we should take it old school.  Really old school.  1603 old school.  In school, we read Hamlet.  I will be blunt- I thought it was going to be another dull read, but I was pleasantly surprised.  It was amazing.

      Hamlet's father, the king, just recently died, and no one seems to care as much as he does.  His mother remarried (not even a month after the death of her husband) to Claudius, Hamlet's uncle.  Claudius is made king.  Hamlet just can't seem to stop mourning his beloved father. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      The Ghost of Old Hamlet appears, accusing Claudius of murdering him.  Hamlet believes him, and decides acting insane will be in favor if he were to kill Claudius.  Polonius, a manipulative, nosy person, comes up with different scenarios to support his idea that Hamlet is crazy from heart break.  As the reader, we know that that isn't the case, and we read with amusement as he goes from idea to idea to prove that Ophelia has broken his heart.

      Slowly, the pretending turns into reality as Hamlet slipped into insanity.  He came up with a plot (The Mouse Trap) when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern brought in a traveling acting company.  He decided that if Claudius acted guilty after watching the actors act out his fathers death, then he would kill him.  If not, then it was just the devil tricking him.  In the end, Claudius was guilty.

      I feel like Hamlet is a back in the day version of Game of Thrones.  In one act, everyone aside from Horatio and Fortinbras end up dead.  Claudius, after realizing Hamlet knows, and Laertes, seeking revenge at Hamlet for Polonius's death, devise a plan to kill Hamlet.  Consequently, it back fires on them and Claudius, Hamlet, Gertrude, and Laertes all died from various methods (mainly poison). 

      Horatio lives on to tell the story.