{"id":641,"date":"2008-12-19T21:51:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T09:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2009-08-04T21:39:41","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T09:39:41","slug":"we-wish-you-a-merry-linksmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"We Wish You a Merry Linksmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-640\" title=\"linksmaseffectlogo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/linksmaseffectlogo.jpg\" alt=\"linksmaseffectlogo\" width=\"450\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/linksmaseffectlogo.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/linksmaseffectlogo-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crikey &#8211; did you just see the <em>Shortland Street<\/em> finale for the year? They only ended on the gunning down of a leading\u00a0character&#8230; a DOCTOR&#8230; to the climax of that aria from <em>Madam Butterfly<\/em>. \u00a0It&#8217;s like 1996 all over again, we swear. And if that isn&#8217;t enough to make you think all of your Christmases have come at once, don&#8217;t worry, there&#8217;ll be another along in just over five days. In the mean-time, here are five baubles of our own from the <em>Zeus Blog<\/em> tree&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First, let&#8217;s look at what we&#8217;re all fighting for with a glimpse to Christmases past &#8211; namely a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accidentalscientist.com\/2007\/12\/doctor-who-christmas-special-sinks-like.html\" target=\"_self\">not-untypical reaction<\/a> to Voyage <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">with the Stars<\/span>&#8211; I mean, of the Damnered. Was he right, folks? Eh, it&#8217;s a year on, already. Let&#8217;s go back further&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bwCy2e7Y_xI\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Bean improves The Christmas Invasion no end<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>hat&#8217;s better! Now back to blogs:<\/p>\n<p>Nestled warmly for the winter in his <a href=\"http:\/\/paulcornell.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">House of Awkwardness\u00a0 Paul Cornell<\/a> is currently &#8216;doing&#8217; the 12 days of Christmas via a series of &#8216;best of&#8217; lists with his various (and impressive) multimedia chums. You don&#8217;t actually <em>need<\/em> to have a <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0angle to this, especially if you&#8217;re already a Kate Bush fan, but for those who might (and anyone interested), here are the <a href=\"http:\/\/paulcornell.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/12-blogs-4-christmas-songs-of-doctor.html\" target=\"_blank\">Favourite Christmas Songs\u00a0of\u00a0the Doctor\u00a0Who Writers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And having done blogs and the past, let&#8217;s look at the future:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Spy<\/a> has seen <em>The Next Doctor<\/em> and is duly revealing some bits of tids. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.co.uk\/tv\/a138857\/ten-hints-about-the-next-doctor.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> if you&#8217;d like to spoil yourself in the\u00a0privacy of your own home.<\/p>\n<p>And now a sidestep into a parallel universe where each Doctor sort of sounds like himself, but looks like a badly made-up comedy impersonator:<\/p>\n<p>Sure, it&#8217;s as old as the gags in a Warehouse cracker (the ones that made it without having their snaps pulled out in the interests of national security that is), but let&#8217;s hear it again for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mxiPaJ2lyNM\">Christmas at Doctor Who&#8217;s House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whew! Speaking of last-minute presents, who&#8217;s for a quick purchase?<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trademe.co.nz\/Crafts\/Greeting-cards-envelopes\/Christmas\/auction-191402334.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Five Dollars <\/a>YOU could own your very own blurry photoshopped montage of recent <em>Doctor Who<\/em> monsters on a piece of folded card that wishes its observer both a &#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217; as well as a bonus &#8216;Happy New year&#8217;. Only 2 available so bid now!. Go!! Now!!!<\/p>\n<p>Okay that was a bit cheap &#8211; but there&#8217;s a credit crisis on, people! Back to your homes &#8211; we&#8217;ll be back with a Crystal Ball next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crikey &#8211; did you just see the Shortland Street finale for the year? They only ended on the gunning down of a leading\u00a0character&#8230; a DOCTOR&#8230; to the climax of that aria from Madam Butterfly. \u00a0It&#8217;s like 1996 all over again, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=641\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-links-effect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}