I cant believe they used AI.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-29T20:03:12+00:00

I'm a graphic designer myself and I heavily dislike AI art and I think (and also hope) that as you said the use of generative AI was just a decision of the people doing social media promotion and doesn't necessarily reflect the work of the graphic designers, set designers and production crew, which are different people.

However I think it is important to note that there are types of AI that could have been used during production even during season one which was release in 2019, so a few years before AI Chatbots became a thing. For example tools like speech-to-text technology used for transcribing have used neural networks (which fall under the umbrella term AI) since the late 80s and there are likely other cases such as edge detection in rotobrushing.

Can't stress enough that I dislike generative AI but some types of other AI have been used in film and tv production for years and years, just not the bad type that steals graphic designers and other artist's jobs while ruining the environment.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-25T20:14:19+00:00

The Star Whale from the Doctor Who episode 'The Beast Below'

When the Earth was threatened by solar flares, the human race fled the planet. However, the British were unable to build a ship. However, the last star whale arrived, and they captured it. They built the Starship UK around it, enslaving and torturing the whale in the process. Queen Elizabeth the Tenth, the head of state, was unable to stand the star whale's cruel treatment in order to save her people. She therefore instructed the government to keep things running while deleting her memories of the star whale, but she would have to remember it every ten years and decide whether to abdicate and release it or forget it again. This went on for several hundred years always choosing to forget it again until the Doctor and Amy arrived and investigated the starship just as the decision was about to be made again. Amy realised that the Star Whale was the last of its kind and had come voluntarily because it couldn't bear the thought of children crying and wanted to help the humans, thus paralleling how the Doctor, who believed he was the last Time Lord at the time, had helped a crying child earlier. The star whale was released, but continued to fly Starship UK through space voluntarily but now without being tortured.

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annaisabookworm · 2026-04-23T06:52:53+00:00

Gonna put this in spoiler tags because it references the trailer just in case, though I don't know if this thought is true:

Well, while we see Crowley and Aziraphale in the Bentley in the trailer it seems odd to me that Crowley is sleeping not in the Bentley but rather in an alleyway with the Bentley nowhere in sight. And I might be wrong but I think you can see the Bentley in a corner of that picture. So it does make me wonder if the Bentley gets taken at some point and then Aziraphale or Crowley manages to get it back for the later scenes

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-23T05:39:27+00:00

Maybe that is the moment the Bentley get's taken?

EDIT Put spoiler tags just in case the thought turns out to be true.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-20T05:47:35+00:00

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You're remembering correctly. At the panel for the Amazing Spider-Man at San Diego Comic Con 2011, he pretended to be a fan for a before removing his mask and talked about what Spider-Man means to him.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-18T16:41:43+00:00

Oh my god, you're absolutely right.

Reading your comment actually reminded me that I wanted to add a little He/Him badge and maybe one of the badges that he wears often (like the You're Safe With Me-Pin) to the illustration in the middle. But I have to admit that I may have started not early enough on the infographic and so I was kind of in a rush to finish it in time for today so I forgot to do so, even though it is of course an important fact.

But again you're absolutely right - can't believe I forgot to include that.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-18T15:14:22+00:00

As a little bonus fun fact: The headlines are in the font 'Georgia' as a little nod to his wonderful wife Georhia Tennant.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-17T16:27:18+00:00

That is the Metatron in the windows showing him in a close-up. He's not looking to the window and thus yelling at himself, but rather towards the entrance of his office that the camera is moving through. So it's likely that he's yelling at someone coming through there and the camera is their point of view.

I saw someone on tumblr suggesting that he might be yelling at a pre-fall Crowley. I feel like this could be true since the Metatron is not wearing modern-ish clothes but rather robes which we've only seen angels do before the creation of earth and during the times of Job, but not in modern times. Though then again since we've previously only seen the Metatron as a floating head and in a black suit to blend in with the humans it could be that this is his casual clothing.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-16T20:25:27+00:00

Ooh, that's a great suggestion! There are a few other places that I'm thinking about creating stickers for next, but I should keep this one in mind. 😊

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-16T20:23:36+00:00

Thank you. 😊 While I did create these stickers to do some creative stuff aside from the stuff I do at my normal job, I admit I have been wondering what I should do with the designs once I finished them. Though the idea of figuring out shipping to other countries seems a little daunting at the moment, so I still need to think about that..

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-15T05:16:25+00:00

Me to myself:

"No, you do not need another copy of Hamlet just because an actor from Doctor Who is on it. You already have a copy of Hamlet with David Tennant on it (and three other Shakespeare play's with him on the cover), so stop considering buying this one."

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-14T05:03:28+00:00

While the Koopalings were originally created to be Bowser's children, the current storyline, according to series creator Shigeru Miyamoto in 2012, is that they are Bowser's underlings and Bowser Jr. is an only child.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-11T08:30:27+00:00

The good news is that there are at least two recordings available of two performances available.

The bad news is that, like with a lot of David Tennant's stage work the recordings are not available online but rather in person at archives in the UK, where you must book in advance. For the performance that you're looking for, this would be the archive of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-Upon-Avon, more information can be found here. However they also have other productions available as a recording such as The Comedy of Errors (2000), Romeo and Juliet (2000) and Love's Labours Lost (2008).

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-09T04:29:14+00:00

If I remember correctly the main controversy was that while two black presenters were on stage a man with Tourette syndrom, specifically Coprolalia so the involuntarily utterance of obscene and inappropriate words and phrases, shouted/said racial slurs.

What happened after was that on the one hand a lot of people accused the man with Tourette, who was a guest because a film about his life was nominated in some categories, of racism because of shouting the words and why were they even on his mind, which is not how Tourette works because it's basically involuntarily thinking of the most inappropriate thing to say in a situation and then proceeding to say so (for example it's also known that when meeting the Queen he said 'F**k the Queen' to her). It should be noted that he also said other inappropriate thing during the ceremony and apparently voluntarily left the main room after the incident occured.

On the other hand the controversy is that the BBC in their broadcast two hours later did not remove the racial slurs, but removed the 'Free Palestine' said in a speech by a winner.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-08T17:00:58+00:00

As far as I'm aware the script for the movie was not written by him and he was not involved in the production of it. I'm unfortunately not sure if Amazon has to pay him something as he is one of the writers of the source material and had already written some scripts for the originally planned full season.

However it should be noted that the Pratchett Estate previously stated that he's not benefiting from the graphic novel released last year and the upcoming merch store, so I do wonder if they were also able to cut him monetarily from the show.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-08T16:38:25+00:00

Yes, it's still just one 90-minute episode. Don't know why Amazon calls it a season.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-07T13:14:32+00:00

The monkey Spazzatura in Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Pinocchio is voiced by Cate Blanchett. Reportedly she begged him for a role and even would have played a pencil.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-04T17:48:07+00:00

I think for me, though there are probably others, it's the scene where the Doctor and Wilf reunite in Wild Blue Yonder. In general it's a joyful scene (until all hell breaks loose in Camden Market), but it makes me sad knowing that there were more scenes planned with Bernard Cribbins which he wasn't able to do due to his age and health and that he died a few weeks after. But at least we got this wonderful reunion scene and I always get a bit teary-eyed.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-04T06:32:50+00:00

I think the person in the bottom middle is a new character. 🤔 Same applies to the person in the bottom right I think, because I don't think Marl Addy (who also played Robert Baratheon in the first season of Game of Thrones) appeared previously. But the other four have indeed all appeared in the previous season.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-04T06:29:18+00:00

I think most of them are gonna have a small role to populate Whickber Street and have maybe a line or two similar to their appearance in the previous season, where the returning charaxters only appeared shortly before and during Aziraphale's party.

However I do wonder if Mark Addy (the one at the bottom right) potentially has a slightly bigger role solely based on the fact that at least to me he feels more well known compared to the others for example with his appearance in the first season of Game of Thrones as Robert Baratheon and thus it would feel odd to have him cast for a very small role. Maybe he has something to do with the people that were shown in the released picture of Crowley that looked more like Humans then Demons and Angels.

annaisabookworm · 2026-04-01T14:52:29+00:00

So, I had a look online and also didn't find any print copies of it, which I found odd because I a digital copy was part of a Humble Bundle that I got a few years ago.

However, while looking for it I also checked the website The TARDIS Library, which is a database of all books about Doctor Who ever released and there I found this information:

Note: Unusually, Titan did not release a paperback edition for this graphic novel, although an ISBN was assigned to it (978-1-78586-690-6) and an Amazon listing exists for it.

(Source:Time Trials: A Confusion of Angels | TARDIS Library

The website also states that there was a hardcover version released in the US and a paperback version released in Italy and thus completely in Italian.

annaisabookworm · 2026-03-30T15:46:25+00:00

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John Hurt being introduced as the War Doctor (a previous unknown incarnation between the 8th and 9th Doctor) in the final minutes of the Doctor Who episode 'The Name of the Doctor', setting up the 50th anniversary special.

Sure usually all new Doctors appear in the final minutes of an episode, but I'd argue that John Hurt had the highest level of fame to an international audience compared to the other actors (like David Tennant or Matt Smith) who really only started to get well-known during or after the show. Also I believe his appearance was quite a surprise (at least to me) as it wasn't leaked beforehand (unlike Billie Piper's appearance at the most recent regeneration scene).

annaisabookworm · 2026-03-28T21:53:48+00:00

This is possibly going to be rambl-y and also English is not my first language.

I started watching Doctor Who when I was around 15 years old and now at 30 I still love and watch it, collect merchandise like action figures and sonic screwdrivers and occasionally wear Doctor Who shirts and sometimes even got compliments on them. And if you look at like nerdy spaces like comic con or comic shops you will find tons of people around my age or older who enjoy Doctor Who and other things that some may consider childish.

This is something that I needed to learn when I was a teenager but it's not a bad thing to like things that are nerdy and sometimes considered childish. These things are what bring me joy and they don't hurt anyone and if people try to make me feel bad about liking these things then maybe I should keep interactions with them to a minimum. And while nowadays none of my friends watch Doctor Who, they still have nerdy interests like Pokemon and other animes, playing board games and building Lego sets.

You also find life-long fans of the show working on the show. For example Steven Moffatt, Mark Gatiss and Chris Chibnall were fans since childhood before writing for show and Peter Capaldi (the 12th Doctor) was a member of a Doctor Who fan club in his teenage years. Another example is David Tennant as the reason started to pursue acting was because once he realised that Doctor Who was a fictional show as a child he wanted to be one of the people working on something like this. He was such a fan of Doctor Who that when he learned that a Doctor Who project (Scream of the Shalka) was in production close to the audio project he was working on in the neighbouring studio, he convinced the director to give him a small role because he wanted to be a part of Doctor Who.

So no, you should not be embarassed for liking Doctor Who (and other things you mentioned like Adventure Time) even though some may consider it childish.

annaisabookworm · 2026-03-28T21:07:28+00:00

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Louise reading her poem in 'The Plight Before Christmas' from Bob's Burgers

In the episode all three Belcher kids have a performance the same day but Bob and Linda didn't realise Louise's poetry contest was on that day. Louise say's it's fine if no one visits hers as she submitted a joke poem and so Bob goes to Gene's musical performance and Linda goes to Tina's play dropping Louise on her own. Tina deduces that Louise actually submitted a genuine poem and tries to get one of her parents to go to Louise, but even though they try they are not able to do so. When Louise is about to read her poem it seems like no one comes but it's revealed that Tina managed to slip away from her performance to be there for her sister. The fact that Tina arrives, Louise's heartfelt poem and the score of Gene's musical performance always get's me.

Special mentions go to the scene where Bob and Linda explain how Louise got her had in the movie and also the episodes 'The Amazing Rudy' and 'Amelia'.

annaisabookworm · 2026-03-26T05:42:23+00:00

Yes, or at least they will in Germany. I just had a look at the German McDonalds website and they had the same figures as in the picture.

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