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What's this that I have in my hands? A Journal of Impossible Things? Why yes, it is! :D

Overall I wish it were a bit bigger in order to be able to read things easier, but still, SO COOL. No pictures right now since I'm at work, but I might have to scan some of these doodles for iconing purposes. One of the Cybermen doodles is cracking me up.

There's lots of rambling, which you'd expect given that it's supposedly a dream journal.

The TARDIS - "my safe place, although may not be safe if I get lost inside it - my magic box." He goes on about it in different places, repeating "safe place" a lot, and calls being inside it like a "mother's embrace," but at one point admits he feels like a fugitive inside it. Although the whole police box motif confuses him. :D
The sonic screwdriver is his "metal magic pen."
Gallifreyan symbols doodled here and there. "I don't know what they mean, but I know in my dream." And in one place, part of the Torchwood logo scribbled on top of Gallifreyan symbols.
Many pages on different enemies seen in New Who, and quite a long ramble about the Daleks.
He talks about the strangeness of being in different bodies - can't quite get his mind around that. And he's doodled all Ten incarnations.
With K-9 he's certain that the dog is inside the metal housing, which he built since he kept losing the dog. Awwww.
He's drawn Rose a few times throughout the journal - the shot we saw in the episode ("she keeps walking away"), in the TV (Idiot's Lantern), and again when he talks about seeing her with gold eyes. He tends to write things over and over sometimes. One thing that I found interesting was a phrase "she wrote a letter on rose petals, scattered through time..." (referring to Bad Wolf) and the last time it's "Rose petals" with a capital R. Little things like that are neat.

He's also doodled roses here and there. "I find myself wanting to draw a perfect rose although I cannot find a rose anywhere!"
Martha gets a couple of pages, but her face is blurred and he's annoyed that he can never see her. He draws her with a question mark over her face. He knows she's important, but can't figure out why.
There's a page that's a bit wild - it seems to be a prophesy of Utopia (with maybe a dash of Journey's End). How could John Smith see this? "I have seen the opposite of a star. A darkness rather than a light on the void. There is a world that lives there, terribly close to disaster. It feels most like a vision, a prophesy. Like something out of astrology, that the placing of these stars is important."

But really, loads of stuff. 78 pages worth. My precious. :D

And the sonic screwdriver lights up. Hee! Now only if it were real - I could use one of those.

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"I have seen the opposite of a star. A darkness rather than a light on the void. There is a world that lives there, terribly close to disaster. It feels most like a vision, a prophesy. Like something out of astrology, that the placing of these stars is important."

Sounds to me like they're talking about Krop Tor there.

Mine just arrived; I haven't gotten to pop it yet. I'm looking forward to it!

(The Vortex Manipulator looks pretty great too!)

Sounds to me like they're talking about Krop Tor there.

Oh, I didn't even think about that! Hmm. You could be right.

Mine just arrived; I haven't gotten to pop it yet. I'm looking forward to it!

I had to finally put it away. I really should be doing work. :D

(The Vortex Manipulator looks pretty great too!)

That's Jack's wrist thingie, right?

wow. That was fast. Didn't you just buy it online? lol

Edited 2009-02-19 22:06 (UTC)

Yup. Whona rocks! And I didn't even use any special shipping!

Mine is almost here I just know it! Can't wait.

The message on rose petals bit is gorgeous!

Oh, I didn't even think about that! Hmm. You could be right.

Given that the original artwork for the Journal was done in conjunction with HN/FoB, that's the only thing I can think of.

I still want a big, pretty version.

That's Jack's wrist thingie, right?

Yes.

I love his whole description of Rose there - you can tell he's completely in awe, which mirrors how Nine looked during that whole scene.

Given that the original artwork for the Journal was done in conjunction with HN/FoB, that's the only thing I can think of.

I think it was the whole "prophesy" thing that made me wonder if they threw that in as foreshadowing. Foreshadowing that absolutely no one would see until 2 years after the fact. :D

I STILL would love to know who really wrote this journal.

I still want a big, pretty version.

I'd love that too.

I STILL would love to know who really wrote this journal.

I'm pretty sure they mention her by at least first name during either the podcast or DVD commentary for one of the parts.

Isn't it awesome? I just love it. And I also have much love for the sonic. =D

Oooh!

It really is completely awesome!! \o/

I've got a picture of that particular page here and since it's opposite the picture of the Ood, I always assumed it was Krop Tor. There seems to be two double pages dedicated to that double-parter, which I suppose makes sense because a) it's something that shook the Doctor quite a lot and b) the devil is something John Smith would have been more able to conceptualise than most other stuff.

Edited 2009-02-19 22:33 (UTC)

*flails* You're making me want this more and more! *pines*

I love the "letter on rose petals" image. It's rather gorgeously poetic. And far more coherent than a lot of John Smith's ramblings.

Did you see the picture? The letters on the rose petals are a "B" and an "A", despite the fact that I don't believe he ever mentions "Bad Wolf" in the journal.

And if you make shiny icons, I may end up nabbing one or two! I wish I had good scans. My digital camera wasn't bad for getting the text readable enough for people, but most of the pictures are at funny angles!

You guys are probably right. I wonder what he meant by the stars thing though - even drawing a placement of stars. I can't remember anything like that in the episode - was there?

Sorry!

(It's very happy-making though. :D)

Aw, K9 keeps getting lost, so he had to build a metal house around it, that's adorable! And I like all the Rose bits, and the rose petal analogy is pretty.

And I found a place to listen to The Stone Rose while doing homework, so that was lovely. :D

*Bursts into tears*

If only I was the CEO of a failing company! I could buy this! ;)

Maybe I'll do like everyone else and spend money I don't really have and buy it anyway. XD

Hmm... my only thoughts on that are either the fact that he was worried about the black hole destroying the stars... or that trying to show Rose where home was really stuck in his mind! XD

God, I love the "perfect rose" bit so, so much. And awwwwwwww, his feelings about the TARDIS. "A mother's embrace"...I may have just awwwwed out loud (I have SUCH a soft spot for the TARDIS). Also heee on the "metal magic pen", K-9, and I totally read the prophecy as TIP/TSP.

I love the "letter on rose petals" image. It's rather gorgeously poetic. And far more coherent than a lot of John Smith's ramblings.

It really is.

Did you see the picture? The letters on the rose petals are a "B" and an "A", despite the fact that I don't believe he ever mentions "Bad Wolf" in the journal.

I didn't notice that!

And if you make shiny icons, I may end up nabbing one or two! I wish I had good scans. My digital camera wasn't bad for getting the text readable enough for people, but most of the pictures are at funny angles!

I think I'm going to have to. I actually have a scanner on my printer, so we'll see how good of images it can take.

The K-9 stuff is SO CUTE. The drawings of it are great!

And all the Rose stuff will never not make me "awww."

*is impressed at your ability to listen to something while doing homework* (That's something I could never do. Not even music.)

*pats*

Maybe there's still time to defraud thousands of investors?

He's also doodled roses here and there. "I find myself wanting to draw a perfect rose although I cannot find a rose anywhere!"

GAH! MY HEART! Oh that is so sweet. Bless poor John Smith.

That seals it, I'm buying this next week when I get paid.

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