In response to Bibi's request, here is the story of my viva:
I woke up in the morning and felt physically sick cos I was so nervous, but forced myself to eat a baguette. At 1 o'clock I met some of my friends in a coffee shop near the uni and talked about random nothingness to take my mind of it. Then my friend walked me to where the viva was being held. The person who was chairing it met me outside and talked me through the process and tried to calm me down (unsucessfully). I was then taken in and introduced to the examiners and it was surprisingly relaxed. What I didnt expect was that they went through each chapter asking loads of questions. Although some of the questions were tough, some of things they said were quite helpful like "when you publish, you might want to look at this literature" etc. After 1 hour 40 minutes they sent me out of the room. To be continued ...