Is there a good archive for behind the scenes photos of Doctor Who?
I know we've seen them all as they come along but to go back and use for graphics?  By my reckoning we have BTS cast photos from Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead,Boomtown, The Christmas Invasion, Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel, The Idiots Lantern, The Runaway Bride, Last of the Time Lords, Partners in Crime, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth,The End of Time and a few in season 5. I think it would be great, if we haven't got a comprehensive online gallery if we could perhaps stuff them in a photobucket or freewebs account so people can view them and use them. Of course, by this I mean Paparazzi shots or published photos rather than set reporters unless they want to donate their images. 

Random personal life post-

This year I moved into a new hall of residence from the last two years. It is hella more expensive and I've had to re-arrange my life based on that. I wonder if any one else has found great things in having to do this during the recession. I know ONTD was going wanky about Natalie Portman saying the recession would help people do what they love. She was right. People don't love losing their homes or not feeding their families but for a lot of people losing their jobs provided much more time with their children or start painting or learn an instrument. Its not all bad. Its very much in the vein of what Alan Watts said about working to live rather than living to work. We have to step off the production line we get swept up in to sort out our priorities. Personally this financial hardship manifested in my life as aiming to be healthier. I ate less and exercised more. It cuts down on food expense and wastes some time in general that I could be out spending money on entertainment. I feel better and I look better. I have gone from a 38' around the navel to 33' in 6 weeks. I've discovered great food at the supermarket that I otherwise would have ignored for trustworthy 'brands'. My make-up is cheap but works better than Loreal or Maybelline or any of that on my skin. I don't say this as a glass half full person, I'm not. Its just strange how things turn out for the better in the face of adversity

10/11 merchandise 1-10
Behind the Scenes: Season 5 11-25
Tabloid photos 26-28
Big Finish: 8th Doctor Covers 29-50
( in progress... )

For the next month at least. Fandom can have me. I have finished all my coursework from last term, all in on time which was worrying me!. I have a dissertation to do but done in manageable chunks that should be fine. I'm having a bit of time off first though. Other than my uni work week on week that is. I've been stressing about this work all over Christmas it felt like I had no holiday. That is all behind me now though. Strange thing is though, I've been carrying this stress so long its lingering. Usually I get a massive feeling of relief when I hand in that final paper. Not this time. In general I don't feel great. My back hurts because my mattress is so hard. The same happened in September, it took me weeks for my back to accomodate it. I haven't been eating properly. I can't stomach it when I'm stressed. At best I've had one meal a day all this week. I'm tired and my sleep clock is way off. I deprived myself of sleep for deadlines now I'm overcompensating and I feel even more tired. In some relieving news though, my Direct Debit rent payment went through! I'm so relieved. Last time they tried to take it 2 weeks early and I got slapped with a £30 default fine because my student loan hadn't been paid in yet. Next payment, April. I have this really paranoid feeling about overspending when my DDs are a bit late. So much so that I haven't spent anything on fresh food this month. Lucky I've not been able to eat for other reasons then.

Ooh look at me personal journaling twice in a row. Its all just a lie really, trying to convince you I have a life! Truth is, since I returned to Manchester this week has been a bit dull. Difficult and dull. I always knew this week was going to be work focused. I had 2, 3000 word essays to finish from Christmas. As of now I have 450 words of my last one to go. I guess this is obvious procrastination. I've been reading RTD's The Writer's Tale since Monday. It really shows how much of a genius he can be and how much of a fabulous man he is in reality. Never shy and never ashamed, that is RTD and we love him for it. Reading it makes what I'm doing so much better. He talks about 'The Fear'. The completely nonsensical way writers go about things. Like me, right now, on livejournal at 10.30pm when I'm so close to the finish line on my essay. I stayed awake all last night writing this thing because I needed that adrenaline of it possibly being late. That is 'The Fear', it rises you to action but it comes in waves. Do too well and you get complacent, 'The Fear' subsides and you find yourself on Twitter in the early hours. I feel I have that in common with RTD, getting by by a whisker and always thinking how much better I could have don HAD I HAD MORE TIME! We bring it on ourselves. So I sit here, waiting for the adrenaline to fire me up again so I can get my 6th wind and finally cross the finish line on this torture...until March at least.

I turned 22 on the 16th and have been spending tonight putting old graphics in my photobucket archive. Some wild memories in this journal. I'm proud of so many of them. Just thinking about how I would get riled up over some things that seem so insignificant now. I've re-evaluated my life after so much has changed and I find that some people never change.I wouldn't change any of it for the world. Its seems though I enjoyed all my birthdays as I strove to get to the big 18 where I could do whatever I want and every birthday since has been a reminder that life is short and youth fades.I listen to my mp3 player and think that I'm too old to listen to the same stuff I did 5 years ago, but I still love it. I'm not good with aging. It freaks me out. I know I'll spend so much time obsessing over my age that when I'm old I'll curse myself for worrying instead of enjoying. I graduate uni this summer. I have no idea what to do next but have been told by slaughterchichi  that telling the careers advisor I just want as much money as possible as soon as possible isn't good. Oh dear...here's to the next year. A year of change for me, A year of hard work and hopefully a year of success.  I wish the same for everyone reading this which reminds me, looking back I'm also proud this journal remained so public. I've never had anything to hide. I'm all for plain speaking because I can't time lord mind meld.

WIDESCREEN

( One scene from TEOT icon-d - don't make me spell out which one! )
    

( 17 icons of Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and a returning character )

 

( most can be used after christmas )

more to come next week

Thanks to Ryan at GB

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That should keep us 'shopping

I've added 6 more doctor who spoiler icons from todays filming to my photobucket. They were finishing off what they started yesterday
http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/04nbod_icons/Doctor%20Who/

Used in the 2010 calendar?
They are small previews so its hard to tell but february looks like a similar pose to one of the DVD covers. I can't tell quite yet.

Icons
1-27 Comics (Krypto, supergirl, batgirl, superman, wonder woman,black canary,kitty pryde, rogue, black cat,she hulk) mostly adam hughes drawings
28-38 Doctor Who, the 11th Doctor's first day on set (no spoilers)
39-57 Andy Roddick
58-68 Star Wars

Wallpapers
Supergirl/Flamebird
Brainiac 5
The Legion of Super-Heroes by Francis Manupal
The Legion of Super-Heroes by Alex Ross
Superboy Manip
Batgirl
Batwoman
Supergirl/Superwoman
Oracle
Padme Amidala
Padme/Leia
Clone Wars- Anakin/Padme
Justice League
Doctor Who:Planet of the Dead
Anakin and Padme:Episode 3



( volume 2 )

Its been a long time coming and I can't remember what I have posted and what I haven't but here are my treasure trove of icons not posted. I never stopped making them I just didn't find time to post. Here are 100, volume one if you will. Plenty more to come. I tried posting these last month and my firefox crashed. From the size of this post you can tell I was traumatized.

Sample


Mostly Supergirl but I have one Wonder Woman/Superman icon, tiny titans, wednesday comics super-pets, the super young team, batgirl and batwoman
( d'awww )

volume 2 should have star wars I think, maybe some Merlin I need to check

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erm...: (

Superman, the champion of truth, justice and the american way is on your side

Meanwhile, Wonder woman is campaigning for World Peace, Aquaman is fighting Global warming and Batman is in the foetal position still crying that his parents died decades ago. Badass.