Long Ago in the Future

[melannen]

"Long ago in the future, in the galaxy of Witzbilb, near Tarraxsten, a planet with five moons, on a little planetoid no bigger than a gob of spit in this vast and expanding universe, there was a moment."

"A moment?"

"That's right."

"This is a story about a moment?"

"Absotivlutely."

"A moment, like a moment in time, right?"

"Right. Now to continue, this was a happy little moment that had never done anybody the least harm. This moment, whose name was Dennis, played with the other little moments, romping and gamboling with never a care in the world. Little Dennis never suspected that he would become a moment in history - of course he already had, because this is a story of the future in the tense of the past."

"Would you mind if I went to sleep now?"

"This isn't holding your interest, is it?"

"I'm nodding."

"Okay, how about if I told you the true story about how I became a time tourist?"

"A time tourist? What's that?"

"It really should be space-time-and-the-other - that's the element in which I am a tourist - but time tourist sounds better. It could be a story on TV. 'Borgel the Time Tourist.' 'Borgel the Time Tourist and his Amazing Adventures.' 'The Amazing Adventures of Borgel the Time Tourist.' Welcome to another thrilling episode of 'Borgel, Tourist In Time.' A watch company could sponsor it."

--excerpt from Borgel by Pinkwater, aka possibly the worst thing I could have picked up for light reading after finally watching the Doctor Who anniversary stuffs

So anyway, yes, finally watched the Doctor Who anniversary stuffs. If any of you have a reaction post I absolutely should read, you should tell me about it now. :P Also, if you know of the fanfic where the War Doctor and his Moment get to hang out with Borgel and Dennis, you should tell me about that, too.

Alternatively, and slightly more likely, if you know where I can find the fanfic where the reason that none of the old doctors appeared in the Special is that they couldn't contact Tom Baker, and they didn't feel right doing a special with everybody *except* Tom Baker, and the reason they couldn't contact Tom Baker is that he fell through a portal to the Black Archive and became the curator there, and Sylvester, Colin, Paul and Peter have to run around trying to get him back while pretending that it's all just because Moffat is a dick, and meanwhile Tom is over in the DW universe having the time of his life confusing the heck out of UNIT - I need that fanfic desperately okay.

(...possibly you can tell from the above which of the specials I had fewer issues with.)