When new Whovians watch Doctor Who, this episode will be a back-in-time one.
This is no longer the future.
This is so strange…
Has anyone checked to see how Papua New Guinea actually performed in the shotput?
Whoa!
The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
Now that’s what I call a gold medal photo.
“There’s the queen cheering wildly for Great Britain!” - NBC Commentary
“The Queen… very proud… I’m sure.” - BBC Commentary
Can we talk about this gymnast from Ireland for a bit?
His name is Kieran Behan and he’s 23 years old.
You might not have heard of him seeing as he didn’t make finals during today’s qualifiers, but he has overcome a lot of adversity to even make it to this point.
For starters, he is only the second Irish gymnast to ever make it to the Olympics in history.
As a child, only two years into gym training, doctors discovered a tumor in his leg. He had to have surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery went wrong and he was stuck in a wheel chair for 15 months - which is better than the diagnosis that he would never walk again.
Upon returning to the gym, Behan had a freak accident and fell off the high bar, hitting his head and suffered from a major injury from it. He was again placed into a wheelchair.
After about three years away, Behan returned to the gym only to suffer rupturing both anterior cruciate ligaments in his knee.
Coming back from these string of injuries, Behan and his support network scrambled for every bit of money needed to get him to London as he had to compete in events worldwide. He paid for everything on his own through raising money from bake sales and car washes.
Just to make it to today, Kieran Behan was able to defy those doctors that had told him he’d never walk again.
Hey, not only is he walking, but he also performed in the 2012 Olympics.
Not many can say that.
You may not be winning a medal, or even competing in the finals, but you inspire so many with what you’ve accomplished,
So here’s to you, Kieran Behan!
The Germans look like a tampon commercial
I think the Polish women might need it
#No we are not putting Germany in Poland. Remember last time?
reblogging this for that last comment
"Honestly, I felt that the inclusion was the perfect nod to the Doctor. Those who know him have all immediately recognized his materialization. But to those who don’t know him, it was merely noise and not enough to warrant further thought. (I mean, all the companions come running from blocks away when the TARDIS lands in a city, yet no one else ever takes notice). Plus, The Doctor has never gone out of his way to grab the limelight. He (mostly) just observes. So I think that was Danny’s way of letting us, those in the know, know that the Doctor was indeed there, and that if he had to step in to stop any threat, then we will never have to know. Because that is the true Doctor, the silent guardian."
A really nice comment on this article mentioning the TARDIS noise during the Olympic Opening Ceremonies (via notdoingmywork)
Okay you know it was a crazy night when the word Zaniness gets into the Boston Globe’s headline
Independent Olympic Athletes at the London Olympics 2012
They should just start making up fake countries to see if anybody is even paying attention.
“And here’s Narnia, followed by Gallifrey”…
“And bringing up the rear is Asgard, full of glorious purpose”
“There’s the Empire, with Darth Vader waving the flag.”
“Oh, and the contingent from Westeros, such elaborate uniforms”
“And now the representatives of Mordor are simply walking in…”
And competing for the first time this year, our first off world team, representing Vulcan.
benedict cumberbatch’s intro for the bbc’s coverage of the 2012 london olympics. yes, good. [x]
