For some reason her husband always struck me as a cat person.
Posted by: Mike
You know how they say that pets kind of look like their owners? That dog kind of reminds me of her ex-husband. ;^)
Well, nuts, PZ, if I knew you’d be hanging out with Richard, I would’ve told you to tell him hello for me. :-)
Ichthyicsays
Pemba after a region in Africa? I have a cichlid called a Pemba (a Tanganyikan Tropheus).
Tropheus… duboisi, by any chance?
Jay Carlsonsays
I’ve always loved this paragraph from Wikipedia:
Following her exit from the series in 1981, she married her co-star, actor Tom Baker, that December, but the marriage lasted only sixteen months. Douglas Adams, who worked with her on Doctor Who, introduced her to his friend Richard Dawkins, biologist and author of such books as The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker, whom he had met after Dawkins sent him a fan letter. They met at Adams’ fortieth birthday party in 1992 — according to Adams they were the only guests who turned up on time and hence were obliged to speak to each other. She married Dawkins the same year. […]
It’s like somebody dropped my idols’ names in a Mad Libs paragraph.
gramsci411says
but the real question is….
will she be playing the president of time lords when we discover that they saved themselves or will she not? and if she doesn’t…will someone else be playing “her”?
and for that matter…is their home bigger on the inside than it is on the outside?
K. Engelssays
Oy! What is it with Science Fiction these days. First they turn Cylons into meatbags, now they’ve gone and turned K9 into a poofy white dog! What’s next, a space whore being turned into a super powerful religious leader with telekinetic powers!?
Oftensays
OK K. Engels, I’ll bite, what was that last one (telekenetic whatsis) from?
CortxVortxsays
>>OK K. Engels, I’ll bite, what was that last one (telekenetic whatsis) from?
Zarquon says
Funny, she doesn’t look like a vampire.
Mike says
For some reason her husband always struck me as a cat person.
PZ Myers says
That is Pemba…and a very nice doggy he is, too.
Timothy says
Who is it?
Peter Hollo says
The very wonderful Lalla Ward. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Ward and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana ;)
Mike says
Pemba after a region in Africa? I have a cichlid called a Pemba (a Tanganyikan Tropheus).
NBarnes says
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Envying is GO! Eeeeeeeeeeee!
BJN says
Way cool! Now what are those heads in the background that look like inflatable love dolls?
Steve Sutton says
Wow, I didn’t even recognize her.
Mena says
For some reason her husband always struck me as a cat person.
Posted by: Mike
You know how they say that pets kind of look like their owners? That dog kind of reminds me of her ex-husband. ;^)
Kristjan Wager says
oh, my. Orac might just never speak to you again.
Janice in GA says
Sweet! I still have a book of knitting patterns she designed. She looks great! Lucky PZ…
Phil Plait says
Well, nuts, PZ, if I knew you’d be hanging out with Richard, I would’ve told you to tell him hello for me. :-)
Ichthyic says
Pemba after a region in Africa? I have a cichlid called a Pemba (a Tanganyikan Tropheus).
Tropheus… duboisi, by any chance?
Jay Carlson says
I’ve always loved this paragraph from Wikipedia:
It’s like somebody dropped my idols’ names in a Mad Libs paragraph.
gramsci411 says
but the real question is….
will she be playing the president of time lords when we discover that they saved themselves or will she not? and if she doesn’t…will someone else be playing “her”?
and for that matter…is their home bigger on the inside than it is on the outside?
K. Engels says
Oy! What is it with Science Fiction these days. First they turn Cylons into meatbags, now they’ve gone and turned K9 into a poofy white dog! What’s next, a space whore being turned into a super powerful religious leader with telekinetic powers!?
Often says
OK K. Engels, I’ll bite, what was that last one (telekenetic whatsis) from?
CortxVortx says
>>OK K. Engels, I’ll bite, what was that last one (telekenetic whatsis) from?
Posted by: Often | October 16, 2006 06:23 PM
< < Morena Baccarin, of course. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799357/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/
— CV