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A Journal of Impossible Things

  • May. 28th, 2007 at 1:43 AM
gruaigrua

Screencaps of John Smith's Journal from the utterly sublime Human Nature.

I only wish they were bigger because that journal is a work of art.  Kudos to Kellyanne Walker who created it.  According to Freema on the commentary for Human Nature, the entire journal is filled with sketches and writing.  I hope the BBC find it in their hearts to release their own version of "A Journal of Impossible Things" because it is a thing of beauty!

I got these by going through that scene by watching in slo-mo on the slowest mo I could find... and it still took me about 10 goes to try and get the last turn of the page!



  

Update!  Managed to get a screencap of the Flash animation for Family of Blood of the Ten Doctors!













































Some of them aren't the best and I found myself wishing Joan would get her hand out of the way on some of them.  We can only hope the BBC authorises an official version.  

Comments are love.  Copying is fine, but please credit.  This was hard work!  Not as hard as Ms Walker who drew it, but ya know! :D


 

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[info]principia_coh wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 03:02 am (UTC)
I already posted about it in [info]doctorwho, but it was suggested there that we use the comments link from the Official Web Page in order to suggest/request just such a publication. :D
[info]gruaig_rua wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 11:57 am (UTC)
Excellent suggestion!

I'm off to ask the BEEB for my own copy... (In a nice, polite, non-fangirl way of course!)
[info]starlightmoonla wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 03:32 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for taking the time to post these screencaps! The only one I've seen so far is the one with Rose and seeing the whole journal is just fantastic!

I definitely agree that it would be lovely if the BBC made this journal available online. I think with enough comments, mentioned by principia_coh, the BBC would be willing to give us some sort copy. ^_^ I hope!

Will be adding this post to my memories!
[info]drunkendreams wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 05:12 am (UTC)
Oh thanks for doing this. You're all kinds of awesome. I unashamedly would buy it if it goes into publication.
[info]nochi_san wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 12:48 pm (UTC)
Thanks so much for this! I'm bookmarking so I can come back later and attempt to read it. :D

Am I the only one who noticed that in the sixth picture, there appear to be a couple of pages torn out? The edges of those bits in the middle look like they were torn. Or is that just something to do with the binding and I'm jumping to fangirly conclusions?
[info]imagine___ wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 01:28 pm (UTC)
You know what breaks my heart? Reading all the writing knowing that Smith as no idea what it all means; the one that hits home the most are the lines about Rose - "in my dream, she keeps walking away"

=(
[info]shootingstars88 wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 02:40 pm (UTC)
Thanks so much for doing these, they're really high quality so I know it must have been hard work :)
[info]zed_pm wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 04:07 pm (UTC)
That journal was the awesome. *squees* Thank you for sharing your caps with us. XD
[info]hydref wrote:
May. 28th, 2007 05:00 pm (UTC)
These are excellent, great quality (better than the ones I got when I tried capping the journal!), thanks for posting them :-)
[info]dragon_pet wrote:
May. 29th, 2007 12:10 am (UTC)
Thank you for posting these! I am going to snag them. You rock!
[info]mutantjedibauer wrote:
May. 29th, 2007 03:10 am (UTC)
Thank you so much! I was practically kissing my monitor and squinting my eyes down to slits trying to read that scrabbly-yet-flowing script in the scant seconds they gave us. Now I can tweak and prod and jab and 'Ahh!' at my own leisure. Gladness!

Once you spend a few minutes staring at the letters, they finally become words. Once you can read a bit of it, you can read most of the rest provided it's not on the curvy bit of the page.. Which is irritating. Oh!, but how I would love a copy of this to read and page through. I must echo the kudos and brownie points for the unnamed artist who created it. They did a fantastic job, whomever they are.

And the lines about Rose were marvellous. Very nice the way they had him having written that down with such feeling, but totally dismissing her while speaking with Jane. That hurt a bit, didn't it?

However wonderful those lines were though, I think what I love even more - I know, blasphemy! - is the page with the clockwork robots, and how the first words on there are 'Beautiful monsters'. That made me laugh. I love how even as John Smith, he finds the clockwork robots beautiful. Plus, the parapgraphs following, about losing someone again and setting something on fire were very nice.

And - one more thing, I'm nearly finished, honest - is that latin on the page with the TARDIS, or am I not able to read it correctly? Not the first pages, the one with the wee little TARDIS, where he's talking about his 'magic box' and how nothing can harm him there. Unless he gets lost inside. Which I would dearly love to see happen. That could be great crack!fic.

And sorry for the length. T'was such a good episode, and this little prop got me very excited and happy. Like peeking into the mind of the not-Doctor. Very fun.
[info]kouredios wrote:
Aug. 26th, 2007 07:47 pm (UTC)
Yes. It's Latin for "It's bigger on the inside." Hee.
[info]tenthdoctorfan wrote:
May. 29th, 2007 08:29 am (UTC)
Thanks so much for taking the time to do this! It is very hard to read sometimes ((only because the hand-writing is not all that good (for a school teacher....)) but I love it!!
I hope that they do make an official version!

It is a bit sad reading about Mdme du Pompadour and Rose, and his feeling that he lost someone... and about him having dogs! :)
Love the page with some of his former faces...

All in all, So Very Good!!!
Thanks again!!
[info]sumik wrote:
Aug. 26th, 2007 04:12 am (UTC)
Wow. Isn't it gorgeous? It absolutely should be published. Thank you for the lovely screencaps.
[info]wulfae wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2008 02:29 am (UTC)
Looking for screencaps of the TARDIS' from this journal, and I stumble across the whole thing. Cool!
(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 11:54 am (UTC)
Thaaaaank you - Claire W
Thank you sooooo much for doing this. I have been looking for images of these pages for ages so that I can make my own copy. Very very greatful for all your hard work. There ARE people out there as sad as me!!
Much love
Claire W x
[info]coffeestudies wrote:
Jul. 22nd, 2008 09:15 pm (UTC)
excellent work, thank you!

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