Fandom(?) meme

[spudtater]

Not sure exactly what a fandom is, but here's a list of ten clues which each relate to a film, series, book, etc. which I like. What's what?

Edit: I shall now reveal the anwsers! Feel free to throw things at me.

1. Its creator(s) derive much of [his/their] humour from forcing a handful of characters together who just can't stand each other. (Red Dwarf; guessed by deralte, random-bloke-in-pub and digitalraven)
2. According to an old joke, the main character has three ears. (Star Trek; guessed by dsky, digitalraven and original_aj)
3. Apparent references to marijuana use and... erm... sexually ambiguous relationships are actually just the result of cultural shifts since this work was created. (The Lord of the Rings; guessed by dsky, figg, brucec and digitalraven)
4. The title character is actually a different person in each installment, but with the same name. (The Legend of Zelda games; guessed by oddity_uk)
5. According to this work, it is universally possible to order a gin and tonic. (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books; guessed by yodathedark, dsky, figg, deralte, digitalraven and original_aj)
6. Entities which are harmless, obedient, and self-preserving. In that order. (Isaac Asimov's Robot Novels; guessed by dsky, figg, deralte, galaxy_girl00, digitalraven and original_aj)
7. One's vocalisations of distress, emitted into a vacuum, will be impossible to detect. (Alien; guessed by dsky, figg, oddity_uk, galaxy_girl00, deralte, digitalraven and original_aj)
8. Should one 100,000,000,000-km-tall being wish to wed another, the title object would probably make a good token of his intent.   8^)   (Ringworld; guessed by dsky, figg, deralte, digitalraven and original_aj)
9. The main character is named after a Greek princess, but (partially) modelled on a Japanese one. (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; guessed by nobody [oops!])
10. Origami causes angst! — but only in the Director's Cut. (Blade Runner; guessed by dsky, figg, galaxy_girl00, digitalraven and original_aj)

I like clue 8. Clue 8 is on crack.

Comments

[yodathedark.livejournal.com]

unless memory fails me... 5 is H2G2

[dsky.livejournal.com]

1. Um... every comedy series ever?
2. I reckon it's probably Kirk with the "Frontier" and therefore Star Trek.
3. The Lord of the Rings.
4. I'm pretty certain that a Stephen Baxter book does this with one of his series of books but I'm equally certain he's not the title character and so will have to plead ignorance.
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
6. Asimov's robot stories.
7. Alien.
8. I love this clue, but I've no idea. I'm thinking astronomical sized rings so uh... Halo? I seem to recall a series of books called Ringworld or something like that.
9. No idea.
10. Blade Runner

[figg.livejournal.com]

10 . blade runnner
9.
8. ringworld?
7. alien
6. i, robot ? foundation trillogy?
5. h2g2
4.
3. lotr
2.
1. any sitcom?

[bassresistance.livejournal.com]

4 is Zelda?
7 is Alien?

[deralte.livejournal.com]

1. Red Dwarf?
4. Doctor Who (though Blackadder fits that description oddly enough)
5. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6. Asimov's Robot verse
8. Ringworld?
9. Xena?

Two is really bothering me... mostly cause I have no idea *L*

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Whoah! Most of these were gotten rather quickly! Should have been more evil.

Tiny hint: a couple of people have complained that #1 is too generic. To which I say: there's another, more specific (albeit rather obscure), clue in there...

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Oh, and a fandom is technically the fan-made community devoted to whichever series/books/movie etc, usually online though they existed in zines long before the word 'fandom' was actually coined. Many people, including me, tend to use fandom as a word meaning any work they're sufficiently interested in to do any of the following - read/watch the whole series/read fanfic/write fanfic/make icons/read theories online/debate online/buy merchandise etc.

[brucec.livejournal.com]

Is #3 Lord of the Rings perhaps?

[digitalraven]

In order:
Red Dwarf
Star Trek
LotR
?
H2G2
Asimov's robots
Alien
Ringworld
?
Blade Runner

What are the two I didn't get?

[zombywuf.livejournal.com]

Is number three the song, Ilkley Moor By Tat?

[original-aj.livejournal.com]

1 - No idea
2 - Star Trek, with it's final front ear!
3 - No idea
4 - No idea
5 - Hitchiker's Guide
6 - Asimov's Robot series (the three laws)
7 - Alien (In space no-one can hear you scream)
8 - Ringworld, possibly?
9 - No idea again.
10 - Bladerunner, of course! But it was in the original film too, just more subtly.

[digitalraven]

Is 4 supposed to be Quantum Leap?