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I would like to start this post by praising the genius on my new favourite writer, Neil Gaiman. Saturday's episode of Doctor Who (The Doctor's Wife, and yes I am watching as they air in Australia putting me a week behind the rest of the world, so please don't send spoilers my way). I have started to notice how much I love writer's and how I have crushes on lot's of people, but mostly writer's, so I'm going to start writing little love letters to them.


Dear Neil Gaiman,

In 2008 I started dating a comic book "geek" (his preferred word) and thus took a crash course in comic book geekdom. He recommended series for me to read and I read them as he bought them. I started with some Batman trades and then read 100 Bullets, Fables and now I collect Doctor Who. One series he really wanted to read, above all others was Sandman, so for our second anniversary I bought him the entire Sandman collection (which set me back a bit but I secretly wanted to read it as well) and he loved it.

I must confess at this point that I have not yet read Sandman as I started collecting The Invisibles after seeing Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, and have distracted myself with Doctor Who novels, but having watched The Doctor's Wife last night (oh, in case you were wondering, I'm Australian and prefer to watch Doctor Who on my big fancy HD TV as it airs and not on a computer screen so I'm a week behind the rest of the world) nothing will get in my way, this week I will finish reading Piaf, take it back to the cafe I borrowed it from and start reading Sandman because I am in love with your brain and I must have more.

The Doctor's Wife was absolute perfection. Ever since Rose looked into the heart of the TARDIS and started speaking as the TARDIS (ish) I have wanted someone with a bit more knowledge and creativity to bring the TARDIS to life (so to speak) and let her speak her mind. She is such a recognisable pop culture icon it's about time someone delved into the heart of the relationship between the Doctor and his ship. We know she's alive, so why not? I couldn't imagine anyone doing it more perfectly than you, it's a shame the BBC didn't have enough money to throw into the extra rooms of the TARDIS, I would have loved to see that.

I laughed, I cried, I don't think the smile was off my face at all the entire episode and I was so satisfied at the end I wished I could watch it again.

Please write another episode.

Thank-you again for making my weekend, I love you Mr. Genius. Please come to Melbourne for some sort of comic convention or the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Your ever loving fan,

Kendal Coombs
Melbourne, Australia


So there we go, letter number one of my new regular blog segment in which I will write love letters to my favourite genius's. I have a lot so expect a bit of an onslaught. Also, most are writer's, mostly of film and television, some novelists or songwriter's. The next one I shall write will be addressed to Steven Moffat. Rest assured, I am not only attracted to people who right episodes of Doctor Who (although that does help).
I have a lot of work to do because I have just realised that Neil Gaiman has an online journal and I have to go read it so that if I ever bump into him on my travels I will know what to talk to him about. But not in a stalkery way. Y'all should read it too. Then you'll know why I call him a genius.
love love love.
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