My feedback to the Staggering Stories Podcast 109

My feedback was read on the Staggering Stories Podcast #109
http://blog.staggeringstories.net/?p=1278

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Hello Team!

(and Hello to his Immensely Fantastic befezzed and eye patched Royal
Head of Pertwee, whose existence I thought was simply in Cyberspace,
[i.e. imaginary], until I saw the pictures from Gallifrey One!!! I am
unable to watch any 3rd Doctor episodes without thinking about him
while the credits roll)

(and incidentally Hello to all the other various cardboard cutouts,
hats, eye patches, scarves, plastic figurines, adiposes, etc. that
watch over y'all as you record the podcast)

("y'all" - that's the plural second-person pronoun that the English
language so desperately needs that nobody seems to remember unless
they are from the American South)

I'm Kirby (of the Planet America) - foreign correspondent for the 20MB
Doctor Who Podcast.

But I am not writing to discuss Doctor Who.

But first, some background.

I'm a longtime listener to your podcast.

I don't remember how long I have been listening to you (2 years at
least), but I have discovered many other podcasts because of your
podcast - including the aforementioned 20MB Doctor Who Podcast
indirectly because of Rhys Parton's enthusiastic feedback to you
leading to his own podcast and leading to his enthusiastic promotion
of Adam and Alicia Pearson's 20MB Doctor Who podcast reminding me how
my own teenage daughters can be immensely unenthusiastic about stuff
after being very enthusiastic about Doctor Who leading to my sending
feedback to the 20MB Doctor Who Podcast for a chance to win a packet
of Bassetts' Jelly Babies (all the way from the Isle of Wight!)
leading to my winning of same packet of Jelly Babies (would you like
some?) leading to my sending in audio feedback to Adam and Alicia
leading to my now weekly foreign correspondence to the 20MB Doctor Who
podcast (at amazing and, dare I say, "staggering" times of the day due
to the time difference between the foreign city of Nashville,
Tennessee [Planet America] and Britain).

But enough of that.

I wish to thank you for your segment on podcast 107 about Neil
Gaiman's Neverwhere.

I was vaguely aware of the existence of Neverwhere, but had not given
it any thought until you brought it up in the podcast.

My 13 year old daughter loves Gaiman's "Coraline" (book and movie) and
I have several of his books - fiction and nonfiction (including his
original 1988 "Don't Panic - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Companion"). My girls and I loved the recent Doctor Who "The Doctor's
Wife" episode. Perfection for a longtime Doctor Who fan like myself.

"Intriguing", I thought as you waxed enthusiastic about Neverwhere.

I put the DVDs on my Netflix queue and waited for them to arrive.

I just finished a 2 night viewing of Neverwhere (neglecting my
assignment from Adam Pearson to watch "Terror of the Vervoids" - [6th
Doctor], which I will resume watching tomorrow as it will be discussed
on the next 20MB Doctor Who Podcast)(which given your podcasting
schedule may or may not have gone out by the time you read this)

Thank you so much for nudging me to watch Neverwhere. What a story and
production. I will definitely be purchasing the DVDs.
I will also be looking for the comic book (oh, sorry - "graphic
novel") and the regular novel.

Words fail me about Neverwhere. The story was just fantastic. The cast
was just fantastic. The locations were fantastic (I want to visit
London!) Paterson Joseph needs to be the 12th Doctor! (and it was so
strange to see Peter Capaldi as a fallen angel instead of being a
Roman in Pompeii or a civil servant caught up in events he could not
control because of the 456).

Thank you again.

Kirby Bartlett-Sloan
(one of the 17.6 Americans who understands and appreciates your
occasional references to the Goon Show with your various voices and
quotes - Ying Tong Iddle I Po!)