Happy 50th Anniversary Doctor Who!

I know, I'm a few days late, but...

 HAPPY 50TH DOCTOR WHO!

What a couple of days! I attended the Doctor Who Celebration in London last Friday (post to come soon!) and it was fantastic, I can't wait to share my day and photos with you all. But for now lets focus on The Day of the Doctor.... and what a day it was. Saturday 23rd November marked the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, and with the episode simultaneously broadcast in over 90 countries, it was a great cause to celebrate!

Me and my partner had been given a bottle of Cava (sparkling wine) for Christmas 2012, but we had been adamant on saving it for a special occasion; Saturday was definitely the perfect opportunity! We also spent the afternoon baking cakes, using the recipe found here:- http://pluckykelly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/return-of-doctor-who-eggs-cupcakes-and.html We made around 18 with this recipe - (A big, round healthy number, big enough to sneakily slip a few leftovers into your works lunchbox come Monday). 

 Earlier on Saturday, we ventured into our nearest Lakeland store to pick up some Doctor Who themed goodies. Back in July, I had previously purchased some bunting from the store, but couldn't help but notice how cool all the other Doctor Who items were on the shelf, so we thought we would get some decorations for our tasty cupcakes. I even bumped into a 2D cyberman (couldn't resist a photo!) 

 The episode drew nearer, and once Matt Smith had found his way downstairs, we sipped our wine and stuffed our faces with cakes, read to witness the phenomenon that was The Day of the Doctor. 

 Lakelands provided these amazing decorations for our cupcakes! They are characters made out of card, taped onto cocktail sticks, so you can use them to decorate almost anything. Plus, if you are careful, they can be reused to top off your next fab creation. You can browse and buy your own Doctor Who goodies, here:- http://www.lakeland.co.uk/brands/doctor-who . The cupcake toolkit we used was £9.99 for a pack, and presented in a small cardboard Tardis. Inside were 24 cocktail stick decorations, and 24 cupcake cases, which have memorable Doctor Who quotes etched on their sides. You can also buy the garland featured in the background of my photos, priced at £6.99, here:- http://www.lakeland.co.uk/18033/Doctor-Who-Garland

Fancy a cupcake, sweetie...?

 Now here come the apologies. Sorry I have been away from my blog for so long. I have recently started a new full time job, and hardly have enough time to fit in socialising, let alone blog posting. I will try to blog as much as possible, and hopefully I will start to visit some more Doctor Who related places, now I can fund my journeys with a steady working wage! 

I will blog to you again soon, sharing the fantastic time I had at the London Excel last Friday during the Doctor Who Celebration. I am still on a high now from all the excitement, and I have lots of photos to upload! I hope you are all keeping well :-)

Thanks for reading...

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Return of Doctor Who - Eggs, Cupcakes and the Asylum

 Us Doctor Who fans who watched Saturdays episode ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ will know that to make a soufflé you need... eggs.

 So what else can you make with eggs? Well, when you’re an avid fan like me and my partner... you make Doctor Who themed cupcakes- I mean seriously… what else?!

We chose Saturday to bake our cakes as we thought it appropriate to enjoy and indulge in them whilst watching the new episode… and they were delicious! We paid tribute to 'new who', from the 9th to the 11th doctors. 

Ingredients:

(Sainsburys, £1.89 each)

6oz - Self Raising Flour

6oz - Soft Margarine

6oz - Caster Sugar

3eggs

Icing sugar

3 tubes of decorative icing in Red, Blue and Black 

Method:

·         Oven on 200/6, put cupcake cases in tin

·         Put all ingredients into mixing bowl and beat well with a wooden spoon.

·         Divide the mixture between 12-18 cake cases.

·         Bake for around 20 minutes.

·         Put icing sugar into mixing bowl; gradually adding cold water to make the icing.

·         Once cakes are cool, add icing and decorate.

 The final result:

I know they're not perfect, but I was impressed with our efforts! Mine are the cakes in the first image :-) 

Luke and myself posing with our favourite cakes and Doctor Who tees ;) -

The Asylum - *SPOILERS*

So what did you think of the Series 7 opener? Well, wow, what an explosive start to the series! In my opinion, it was probably one of the best Matt Smith episodes I’ve ever watched, and that’s saying something! From start to finish through every detail, every image and every inch of narrative I was completely hooked.

I also thought Jenna’s early appearance was a brilliant addition. Her performance was outstanding as she captured and projected a range of different emotions to the viewers throughout and during the final twist. Definitely a companion to look forward to and *remember*! Karen and Arthur were on top form playing Amy and Rory - It was refreshing to see their relationship in a completely different circumstance to what we are used to. And Matt Smith was as quick witted and charismatic as always - I really can't wait to see Jenna and Matt bounce off each others sentences when playing alongside later on in the series - I think it will be very interesting to watch. 

Credit to the writers for a fantastic storyline, I can’t wait for the series to continue!

Jenna Louise Coleman - Credit: BBC

Next up: “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” - BBC One, 7.35pm Saturday 8^th September 2012.

Out of this world:-

I celebrated with new Tardis/Universe inspired nails...

Barry M - Base-coat and Topcoat.
Barry M - Cobalt Blue
Barry M - Silver Multi-Glitter

...and Alfie celebrated with his Sonic Screwdriver...

You can watch Asylum of the Daleks now on BBC iplayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Thanks for Reading

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