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selenak: (Team Bessie by Kathyh)
Preface: the reason why you won't find the Star Trek transporter or the Blake's 7 bracelet depending transporter listed her is that like Dr. McCoy, I don't trust these things. I don't want to meet my evil doppelganger (or would that be my good doppelganger, in which case it's [profile] amenirdis and I withdraw the objection), end up in a parallel universe, turn into a gigantic spider or get my age wrong. So, I choose:

1.) By teleporter. Of course, there are several of those around in many a sci fi fandom. My favourite teleporter of all time is Gucky from Perry Rhodan, but that's a fandom only some of my fellow Germans now, so I'll pick my second favourite, who is a German in a fandom many English speaking people know: Kurt "But in the Munich circus, they called me the Amazing Nightcrawler" Wagner of X-Men fame, played in the film by Alan Cummings and therefore doubly endearing.

2.) The Tardis. (Doctor Who). Well, naturally. Space, time, whimsical, daft and, of course, sexy!

3.) Emma the Lokomotive (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer). In Michael Ende's first novel for children, Emma the train is in danger of being retired and scrapped for parts which makes our heroes Lukas and Jim high tail it out of Lummerland to save her and set the pot in motion. Emma is like Moya on Farscape in that she's motherly, brave, conscious and actually pregnant as it turns out, only her offspring is somewhat more emotionally stable than poor Talyn. Here are Emma and her boys, with their song:



Also, in a quick Doctor Who crossover, when he was Five the Doctor confessed there was a time he wanted to become a train conductor (like Lukas), so there.

4.) By wild geese (Nils Holgersson). The cartoon version was one of my favourite things as a child and it broke my heart when Nils was normalsized again aind couldn't talk to the geese anymore. Anyway. Selma Lagerlöf reportedly wrote the book to educate children about Swedish geography in an entertaining fashion, and the result was something magical (at least for me). Nils, brat extraordinaire, is cursed/blessed to pint size and ends up travelling with the wild geese (and one tame ganter, Martin, who wanted to join them and was owned by Nils' parents).

5.) Bessie (Doctor Who). I know, that's two of one fandom, but how could I not? Pic spam and demonstration of love for the best car ever as well as DoctorBessie shipping manifesto. The TARDIS' only true rival. Here is her introduction to the show (also featuring the late lovely Carolin John as Liz Shaw):

selenak: (Puppet Angel - Kathyh)
1.) Angel the Series: Smile Time.  Pure genius. Not least because in addition to all the hilarity, they didn't forget to make what the puppets do genuinenly scary. Also, writer David Fury playing the puppet-played puppeteer is one of the best inside gags around. But the crowning achievement of the episode is of course puppet!Angel, having the best Angel/Spike fight ever, finally asking Nina the werewolf for a date and vamping out. GENIUS.

2.) Augsburger Puppenkiste: Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer. The puppeteers of the Augsburger Puppenkiste are responsible for many an enjoyable dramatisation of German children's books, but this one, of Michael Ende's first novel for children, is a well deserved classic of classics. Ende, who disliked or downright hated the movie version of The Never-Ending Story and had mixed feelings about the rest, nonetheless adored this one as did and do many children watching it on tv or dvd, including yours truly. And I can still sing the songs, too. *intones* "Eine Insel mit zwei Bergen...."

3.) Farscape. The entire series, obviously. The short version of the conversation one keeps having with mundanes always goes like this: "But muppets! How can I take sci fi with muppets seriously?" "The muppets will make you cry.". The longer version involves sitting the mundane in front of the episode The Way We Weren't.  Counter arguments are invalid.

4.) The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda. And one more for Jim Henson. It's easy to forget these days, but in the early 80s Yoda was pretty revolutionary as far as aliens go, definitely not a man in a suit anymore, and never less than entirely believable. Also: I'm pretty much indifferent to most issues that get the classic SW crowd upset; I couldn't care less whether Han shoots first, and I dig that look at all the other planets celebrating the Emperor's downfall at the end of RotJ, etc. However: GCI Yoda never did it for me. There's nothing to be done about the late Frank Oz' demise, alas, but still: next time George L. gets the urge to reedit the films, he should insert puppet Yoda in AotC and RotS, I tell you. Because puppet Yoda is the best. 

5.)  With puppets like that, you know you should be glad!.  Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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