Of writers in connection to a certain show

Like many a person on my flist, I woke up to the thrilling news we'll get Neil Gaiman writing an episode in the next season of Doctor Who (meaning not the first Moffat one, currently shooting, but the one after that). This is one of my long time fannish dreams come true, and seems to indicate that five years of wooing does the trick with Neil G., considering JMS lobbied him for that long in order to get him to write a B5 episode as well. (Resulting in one of my favourite B5 episodes, Day of the Dead.) I'm bouncing like a wild woman over here.

From DW's future to DW's immediate past: I already reviewed The Writer's Tale back when it first came out, and have now read the updated edition, containing RTD's and Benjamin Cook's exchanges about the specials (and Childen of Earth, and The Sarah Jane Adventures) as well as more neat illustrations. The new part is, much like the original, in equal measures entertaining, fascinating and frustrating, much like its author's writing. Here are some of my favourite parts in quotes and comments:

( We've had some nerve )