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riverdresses& now, here we go, off on the second three recaps of the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon!
The Smugglers
- So this serial picks up from where we left off at the end of The War Machines, with Ben & Polly going into the TARDIS to return One's key to him, then him taking off with them inside. This could be a bit harder to recap, because it's a recon, but I'll do my best!
One seems quite angry to have uninvited guests in his ship this time, but actually, I don't think of him as being angry so much as just very surprised. He says himself he thought he would finally be alone after leaving 1966. I think if he were really angry, he would have made a point of throwing Ben & Polly off the TARDIS right then & there, if they hadn't already demateralised. Also, I doubt he would have explained certain aspects of the TARDIS to them like he did if he was so angry or he was planning on ditching them at some point.
- I love Ben's initial shock when he & Polly are inside the TARDIS for the first time. Polly seems to stay very level headed, even though she's just stepped into a huge room in what she thought was a mere police box. It's a good contrast to Ben's shock & general reactions, I think. She doesn't scream or panic, she just listens & asks questions. Very good on her!
- I am a bit surprised that Ben refuses to believe that he's in a time machine, considering what he just went through with One in The War Machines. But I suppose those were a bit of a different set of circumstances - Ben was in his own time, dealing with something dangerous on his territory, not in an alien land millions of years in the past or future. So his reactions are a bit surprising to me, but also a fair bit understandable.
- Teehee! Polly pinched Ben! Well, he did ask for it, so he can't complain now, eh? ::giggles::
- & of course the Doctor's off to follow them - did you really believe he wouldn't? Did anyone really believe he didn't want to keep Ben & Polly safe?
- Polly's enthusiasm is so cute! & any thoughts I may have had as to One's feelings toward them? All gone, save for that he does want them there!
- O dear . . . seventeenth century?
- Polly doesn't like being called Duchess & she doesn't like being called a lad. But Ben just said one of my favourite lines ever! 'Listen to our little dolly rocker Duchess!' LOVE YA, BEN!
- Polly's pragmatic side is showing & Ben's sarcastic, annoyed side is coming out. But still, v. awesome, the both of them! & I DO love how the first things on Ben's mind is some good beer. ::giggles:: Sailors! ::giggle::
- Ben ready to fight for One! GO BEN! ::waves pompoms:: Seriously, I ♥ Ben even more every minute.
- I quite like how Polly insists that Ben be seen to after somebody finally shows up to help her. & I'm glad Ben wasn't too severely injured!
- ARGH NOW I'M WORRIED FOR ONE DAMMIT. I know he can help himself, but still, I'm worried how he's going to get away from a band of pirates & their ship. ::chews fingers::
- WHAT THE HELL WHY ARE BEN & POLLY BEING ARRESTED. Another reason to worry now! & I am worried if they're going to find out Polly's no boy - that could be quite dangerous for her.
- One is quite brave (& a bit saucy!) when being threatened by pirates! & surprisingly, still dapper-looking even when a bit torn up.
- POLLY LOVES THEIR PREDICAMENT! & Ben's all whiny & sour about it - ha! Polly = the better adventuress of the two, perhaps? But seriously, I love how Polly's the one finding the adventure & excitement in their problem, even if she has been accused of murder & is currently sitting in gaol.
- Wait, Polly's excited one minute, then she's screaming about a rat? EXCUSE ME? Hello, inconsistant writing.
Or maybe not inconsistent, but that bit bugs me a fair bit.
- Ah, but Kickass!Polly returns just a bit later, with her plan of faking witchery! ::grins:: Go Polly, go Polly! But alas, for her good moment, we must have her irritating fear of rats - girl, you're in a seventeenth-century gaol - OF COURSE THERE'LL BE RATS! Don't tell me you expected it to be all nice & clean!
(but really, I blame the writers, not Polly. Silly writers.)
- One's got brains, gentility, & he knows how to work the right people in the write places - I'm jealous of Susan getting to be his granddaughter! I love One's manipulation of Captain Pike by playing to his apparent vanity & his flattery of him. One is a BADASS, I must reiterate!
- Polly's become 'Paul' now & GO GIRL, GO GIRL, PLAY ON SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FEAR LIKE THAT! ::hugs her:: & Ben is a great accomplice in her plans, I must say. But Polly Wright FTMFW, BITCHES! & YAY, THEY'RE FREE! Thanks to Polly's snappy thinking, of course!
Seriously. I love this girl. She's as worthy a companion to the Doctor as any of her predecessors!
- Ben & Polly playing detective together is kind of cute, actually. & awww, Ben's worried about Polly's safety. ♥
- Ben, while not as sophisticated as One, is pretty good at getting information when he wants it, at least so far.
- Hmm. The Squire sounds a bit like One. Just a note!
- & quite an ending to leave off on - I'm rather worried for Ben & Polly now! Where is One, o, where IS he?!
- OMG, One's telling fortunes now! HOW DOES HE GET MORE AWESOME WITH EVERY SERIAL? & hmm . . . I wonder what One's up to . . . doesn't seem like him, telling fortunes - O! PLOY! V. good show Doctor, v. good show! ::shan't doubt One again::
(but I'd not be surprised if the Doctor knew how to tell fortunes in different ways - even if he's really more a man of science & exploration, that doesn't mean he wouldn't know how to perhaps read a tea leaf or two, or cut a Tarot deck.)
- Phew! At last, Ben & Polly have a partial believer! But a partial believer is better than what they had before - nothing!
- OMG ONE'S BACK!! ::hugs him:: Now, the three of them shall kick some pirate arse!
- Wow. One . . . damn, I haven't even got words, but the fact that he feels so morally obligated & responsible for protecting the village is . . . wow. I am . . . I mean, I know all of the Doctor is like that, but hearing him explain it in such solid terms just blows me away. Not that I didn't expect him to try & save the village, along with Ben & Polly, nor did I expect him to run off & leave the village to its own fate so the three of them could go elsewhere, but I don't think I'd expected him to be so open in explaining his feelings about it to Ben. I really can see Barbara's good influence shining through now & I can see that is something she left with him & that he'll not lose, ever.
(um, in short, One is love. & I totally love him even more now, if such a thing is possible.)
- & I love how Polly sides with One completely. She's full of strength & compassion & I love her so. & Ben! I'm a bit disappointed in him for wanting to run off & let the village die so easily, but I'm glad he came around somewhat.
Polly > Ben
- Ooo! Ben & Polly's lark in the graveyard helped One figure out the churchwarden's riddle! & they're getting all the pieces together at quite a pace!
- One's v. brave to make Ben & Polly leave him like that to keep them safe. & Ben's awesome for saying he'll be back for him. ::nods::
- One's so honourable, even when dealing with the likes of Captain Pike. ♥ WHY DO PEOPLE DISRESPECT HIM SO MUCH?!
- ::sighs:: I sort of find Ben rescuing Polly from pirates to be terribly romantic. ::blushes::
- & off they (& I!) go onto their next destination, which, sadly, will be One's final story. But it must be faced with a clear mind, & a brave heart.
The Tenth Planet
- Oooo, the opening titles are quite ominous for this serial - I love them! Immediately makes me think of Cybermen. (& yay, a Kit Pedler story!)
- This serial, if I remember right, is almost entirely intact, save for the final story, which is a recon. So it should be a bit easier for me to recap for the most part. (I'm thinking recapping a serial that's a recon is an art that must be learnt a bit slowly, if one means to pick it up properly!)
- 'Doctor, you have a fantastic wardrobe!' YES! Proof that the Doctor's always had one hell of a wardrobe, even if he was only travelling with Susan! & I LOVE Polly's choice - supercute & warm! & aww, how sweet is it that she gently fusses over One's warmth? 'Like toast, my dear!' LOVE.
- Random fashion note: Polly's carrying a muff! Stylish indeed!
- Sigh, men gawking at pretty, dolly, jolly Polly already? MEN.Ben's not going to like this. I think!
- Ha, One doesn't tolerate ANYONE speaking him in a rude tone! Respect the Doctor or get cut!
- 1986?! OMG. I was expecting them to land in the twenty-first century myself, but 1986?! That's three years before I was born! Wild, man.
- Hmm, so this tenth planet is between Mars & Venus? Why did I think it was near Pluto? (yes, this was the 1960s, Pluto was still a planet!)
- One's knowledge of what this planet means is sort of giving me the creeps. I don't really want to speculate as to what the planet is myself, but his knowing it is just creepy.
- LOLZ, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY & BREAK INTO THE TARDIS? LOLZ, I SAY AGAIN.
- UM. I think we just had our first - no, we HAVE just had our first sighting of Mondasian Cybermen! WHOA. & yes, they disturb me as well as the Telosian ones do. Right now, it's all in their faces.
- Okay, the Cybermen are in the base now. & they're scary, okay?! & their voices are kind of creeeepy.
- Mondasian Cybermen are an interesting breed & they are NOT like the Telosian breed, which is what most of us have seen in future serials - the Mondasian breed only had one serial, I think, & it was this one.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nentari & I have/are having quite an interesting talk about the differences between Mondasian, Telosian & Cybus Cybermen, the latter being the new series ones. The Mondasian ones seem, to me, just a slight bit more human than the Telosian ones, or even the Cybus ones. They're more willing to answer human queries about who & what they are, as well as how they became what they are now. They also seem more inclined to carry on a conversation, or something like one, with humans, whereas Telosian & Cybus Cybermen are more of the 'convert delete or kill' sort.
Also, their design is vastly different from their counterparts - more bulky & more tubed in the front, & far less of a metallic face. In fact, their faces remind me of clown faces - & I'm somewhat scared of clowns.
& also, the Mondasian Cybermen still have the stealth of the Telosian ones - which is something the Cybus Cybermen of the new series irritatingly lost - honestly, if the Mondasian Cybermen & the Telosian Cybermen went around stomping & clanking like ghosts with rusty chains attached, it would be far too easy for the Doctor to wipe them out before they even showed up!
- So now the Cybermen threw Ben in a projection room & yet, he's learnt from the Doctor already - never give up, no matter how bleak a situation looks. & his remorse at being forced to kill a Cybermen . . . o, Ben. ::hugs::
(& Polly's at his side already!)
- I was actually only planning to go to the second story tonight, but I'm on the third story & I just can't stop watching! Anyway, Cybermen are - O FUCK! One just collapsed! One just collapsed & the Cybermen are bringing in more & along with spaceships. This is not the best time for One to be taken ill!
- Polly says he just seems worn out. I'm pretty worried about the Doctor, my own self! But I rather liked how Ben insists that he & Polly get back to the others & that there's nothing they can do for him. Be that as it may, I'm worried about One.
- HA. Polly may appear to be making coffee, but that girl's working her ulterior motives in-between adding sugar & cream! To all the Polly haters - SHE'S NOT JUST THE MOTHERFUCKING TEA GIRL, BITCHES! She's got someone on her, Ben & One's side now. Not bad for someone everyone always calls a 'screamer' & 'a tea lady'. IN YOUR FACES, POLLY'S AWESOME.
- Oooo, v. James Bond there Ben, crawling through ventilation shafts like that! & he's got his pocket knife! He's ready, folks.
- Another random note - I LOVE Polly's dress! (or is it a jumper?) Overall, she really looks just fabulous! & her EYES! I WANT HER EYES, OR AT LEAST, HER EYE MAKEUP.
- JERK KNOCKED BEN OUT! ::growls:: But at least Polly's there to help him out a bit. (he looks so sweet whilst unconscious . . . but they both look quite sweet together.)
- Okay, we're in recon mode now - & it is a GREAT recon, seriously. An absolutely cracking recon.
- 'I guess this old body of mine is wearing a bit thin.'
O, One. I . . . I know what will come next . . . but I don't want you to leave!
- Wow, owing a Cyberman your life . . . not a concept I'm so readily familiar with. & saving a Cyberman as well . . . wow.
- Ben is going to cut a Cyberman if they touch Polly. Seriously.
- FUCKERS ARE NOT CONVERTING POLLY, FUCK THAT NOISE. & if they do, Ben & One will rip their heads right off.
- I'm sorry, but the Mondasian Cybermen have faces that are freaking me the fuck out - they look too fucking much like clowns! ::hides::
- WHOA, WHOA, GO BEN! He's caught on that Cybermen can't handle radiation! That would make him the first companion of the Doctor's to realise that Cybermen cannot face radiation without dying.
(incidentally, Polly's the one who kicked some Cybermen arse with nail varnish remover! Those two were damn good against Cybermen!)
- ::is scared for Polly & One::
- Ben is showing his snappy, hit-the-ground-fighting traits again, just like he showed us in The War Machines. ROCK ON, BEN! I just hope he'll be okay after being so close to radioactive materials!
- I love Ben. Sometimes, so far, he's bugged me a bit, but he's awesome & I do love him. He really is a great companion.
- WHOA. Mondas disintegrates, & so do the Cybermen? AWESOME!
- & now Ben's saving Polly & One! But One . . . he doesn't look good at all. He sounds awful & he looks so weak . . .
- Okay, this is . . . not good. He can barely even get Ben & Polly inside the TARDIS! & the TARDIS doesn't even sound like herself!
- & . . . . he's gone. Just like that. He collapsed & One . . . isn't One anymore.
(okay, going to have a bit of sap for a moment here.)
In the mix I made about the nine times the Doctor has regenerated, I used the song Airbag by Radiohead, because, based on the research I'd done on One's regeneration, I felt like it fit his moment of regeneration, particularly the line 'In an interstellar burst/I'm back to save the universe'.
& that's just what happens.
Still . . . I miss One already. ::sad sigh::
Also,nentari & I once had a bit of discussion on what it was that caused One to regenerate - was it because of the Cybermen, or was it simply because his original body was finally forced to regenerate, or he would have died? After watching, I'm pretty much solid on the idea of his regeneration coming about because his first body was just too old & had been through too much & if he hadn't regenerated when he did, he would have died altogether. Also, there is enough evidence throughout the story that his body was finally showing signs of age & that a regeneration would have to come soon.
(I should also say that I am one hundred percent sure that the first body we see the Doctor in is the body he was born with.)
The Power of the Daleks
- Picking up where we left off, One has just regenerated into his second body on the floor of the TARDIS, in front of Ben & Polly, who are lost as fuck as to what's just happened.
- & Patrick Troughton's off to a GREAT start as our second Doctor! I love his post-regeneration scene - v. well played & v. in-keeping with what I've seen the Doctor like after he's regenerated.
- Teehee! Now he's got to examine his new face. & his muscles are a bit tight, alas.
- Now everything's beginning to fall into place for all three of them - Two knows he's the Doctor now, or at least he seems to.
- THE RECORDER!! I LOVE IT! Aww! & he's got his five hundred year diary & knows who Ben is - okay, getting there now, I'd say.
- I love how Polly's the one with full faith in the Doctor; that it is the Doctor & he'll be okay, while Ben's insanely sceptical about everything that's going on around him. It's a good contrast both to each other & to Two's own confusion.
- HE'S PLAYING IT AGAIN. ♥ & Ben appears to be none too happy about it. He's even shouted at Polly. Yeah, he's not in the best of moods. & AWWW, STILL PLAYING IT. I think he's rather good, myself.
- O yeah, this is so the Doctor - plotty, cunning, sneaky & with just the right card up his sleeve. ::grins:: Loving him already, on his first serial! I do hope Ben cuts the 'OMG THIS AIN'T THE DOCTOR!' bollocks already. Preferably very soon.
- I have a really bad feeling about that capsule & the first serial's half over. Meep.
- Two is awesomely sneaky, I have GOT to say that.
- FUCK. Daleks. Well . . . they don't look as deadly as the ones I've seen, but WHAT is that thing on the floor?! & where's the fourth one?
- GAH THAT THING IS DISGUSTING! It looks like a bloody mutated jellyfish!
(I think I've also forgotten that this IS the first time Ben & Polly have ever seen a Dalek. They've met Cybermen, but not Daleks.)
- Christ on a cracker . . . I'm sorry, Cybermen may scare me more, but Daleks can do it pretty well too. & Two saying only one Dalek would be needed to wipe out the whole colony on Vulcan . . . I find it chilling.
- HA! Two's sauciness is sexy! ::blows kiss::
- He's only just regenerated, but he's got the spark & fire of his later time - ♥ Two ♥
- DUDE, WTF, ARE YOU AN IDIOT? WHY ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THE DALEKS? Why don't people just listen to the Doctor when he talks?! Melt the pepperpots down!
- Hee, reference to his meeting Marco Polo! & BEN, CUT THE BITCHING, PLEASE. Polly, however, gets a cupcake for believing him to be the real Doctor.
- 'I never talk nonsense. Well, hardly ever.'
- Wow. Two's actually giving me a bit of a spook in this serial - he's never done that before. It's his mysteriousness, his sense of confusion, the hint of darkness I keep feeling from him. I don't think I've ever known one to be like this - he's always been the Doctor I'd want to be best friends with, to go dancing with, & learn to play recorder from. I know there's more to him than his outward silliness & cheerful disposition, like how there's more to Eight than his giddiness & Romantic tendencies, but unlike with Eight, I've never seen Two's darker side - or maybe I have & don't remember it - prior to now. I've seen his cleverness, his wit, his capabilities, but not so much this . . . darkness I just feel from him in this story.
- EARTH PEOPLE ARE TWITS. WHY, WHY, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO REVIVE A DAMN DALEK?! Okay, FINE, get your silly selves exterminated, so you don't pollute the rest of the human gene pool by procreating. ::sighs loudly::
- More recorder playing! & I love the discussion between Polly & Ben over the deputy governor's guilt or innocence. I think it's an interesting showcase of their personalities, as well as their emotions & of course, their feelings on the situation at hand.
- O, FUCK ME, WHY ARE EARTH PEOPLE SUCH FOOLS. & Two agrees with me, I see. ::glares:: (& maybe NOW Ben will quit the bitching about him being the Doctor or not.)
- The very last half of the second serial, when the Dalek begins to speak, & Two's desperately trying to explain a Dalek's true nature & both are sort of vocally (or should I say aurally?) overlaid is both haunting & chilling.
. . . Okay, it's just scary. To me, anyway. People, just melt down the Daleks before you get yourselves wiped out!
- Any time a Dalek claims to be 'helping' a human? It's time to bash the thing in the eyestalk with a baseball bat.
- GET YOUR GRUBBY HANDS OFF MY DUCHESS BASTARDS!
- More recorder playing! & when Ben finds out they've kidnapped Polly, he is going to blow a frakkin' fuse.
- O, sure, let's just hand over lots of shiny stuff to the Daleks all willy-nilly, why don't we? ::sighs even louder::
- O.fuck.me. The Daleks have all been reactivated. That colony is SCREWED.
- O no. Two's been discovered. Now HE'S screwed!
- & now people are leaving pseudo-ransom notes about Polly? ::glowers:: NOT ON.
- HALLELUJAH, SOMEONE'S SLOWLY BEGINNING TO AGREE WITH TWO.
- Dalek reproduction is . . . . well . . . . let's pretend I don't know about it, okay?
- 'You think you're very tough, don't you, pushing a girl around. I'd like to see you come up against a real man.'
'Like who?'
'Like Ben for instance!'
♥♥♥♥
Polly-girl, you are the awesome.
- . . . . Did Two just use his recorder to break out of a prison cell?
THAT RECORDER IS A WEAPON IN HIS HANDS! & he is made of some serious win, people.
- For some reason, I find Two telling Polly that Ben can take care of himself to be quite sweet.
- & yes, the ending of the fifth part gave me some massive chills. Dalek voices are v. scary when they layer over each other like that.
- My shippy little heart went all fluttery when Ben & Polly finally got to see each other again. Awww.
- Ben comforting Polly! O . . . ♥♥
- 'Why can't you just take all the plugs out and cut the power?'
'Because I prefer to do it my way!'
Hee! I love Two's stubbornness; it's one of my favourite things about him.
- Something I've not noted yet - the concept of one scientist 'giving' life to the Daleks - it feels very Frankenstein-esque, in my opinion. Not only were the Daleks brought to life by a human, they killed humans as well. Of course, all under very different circumstances. But it did put me in mind of the story.
- Ah, a sneaky escape, as the Doctor prefers. ::smiles:: & more recorder playing!!
- & away they go, off to new places & new faces! Bravo, bravo! ::claps::
Whew! This was the official beginning of the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon & alas, the ending point of the Hartnell era for now. (but I've a load of Hartnell-era serials to watch!) The next three serials will be The Highlanders (!!!), The Underwater Menace & The Moonbase, the last two I may supplement with my Lost in Time DVD collection.
Previous recaps
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Time Meddler
The War Machines
The Smugglers
- So this serial picks up from where we left off at the end of The War Machines, with Ben & Polly going into the TARDIS to return One's key to him, then him taking off with them inside. This could be a bit harder to recap, because it's a recon, but I'll do my best!
One seems quite angry to have uninvited guests in his ship this time, but actually, I don't think of him as being angry so much as just very surprised. He says himself he thought he would finally be alone after leaving 1966. I think if he were really angry, he would have made a point of throwing Ben & Polly off the TARDIS right then & there, if they hadn't already demateralised. Also, I doubt he would have explained certain aspects of the TARDIS to them like he did if he was so angry or he was planning on ditching them at some point.
- I love Ben's initial shock when he & Polly are inside the TARDIS for the first time. Polly seems to stay very level headed, even though she's just stepped into a huge room in what she thought was a mere police box. It's a good contrast to Ben's shock & general reactions, I think. She doesn't scream or panic, she just listens & asks questions. Very good on her!
- I am a bit surprised that Ben refuses to believe that he's in a time machine, considering what he just went through with One in The War Machines. But I suppose those were a bit of a different set of circumstances - Ben was in his own time, dealing with something dangerous on his territory, not in an alien land millions of years in the past or future. So his reactions are a bit surprising to me, but also a fair bit understandable.
- Teehee! Polly pinched Ben! Well, he did ask for it, so he can't complain now, eh? ::giggles::
- & of course the Doctor's off to follow them - did you really believe he wouldn't? Did anyone really believe he didn't want to keep Ben & Polly safe?
- Polly's enthusiasm is so cute! & any thoughts I may have had as to One's feelings toward them? All gone, save for that he does want them there!
- O dear . . . seventeenth century?
- Polly doesn't like being called Duchess & she doesn't like being called a lad. But Ben just said one of my favourite lines ever! 'Listen to our little dolly rocker Duchess!' LOVE YA, BEN!
- Polly's pragmatic side is showing & Ben's sarcastic, annoyed side is coming out. But still, v. awesome, the both of them! & I DO love how the first things on Ben's mind is some good beer. ::giggles:: Sailors! ::giggle::
- Ben ready to fight for One! GO BEN! ::waves pompoms:: Seriously, I ♥ Ben even more every minute.
- I quite like how Polly insists that Ben be seen to after somebody finally shows up to help her. & I'm glad Ben wasn't too severely injured!
- ARGH NOW I'M WORRIED FOR ONE DAMMIT. I know he can help himself, but still, I'm worried how he's going to get away from a band of pirates & their ship. ::chews fingers::
- WHAT THE HELL WHY ARE BEN & POLLY BEING ARRESTED. Another reason to worry now! & I am worried if they're going to find out Polly's no boy - that could be quite dangerous for her.
- One is quite brave (& a bit saucy!) when being threatened by pirates! & surprisingly, still dapper-looking even when a bit torn up.
- POLLY LOVES THEIR PREDICAMENT! & Ben's all whiny & sour about it - ha! Polly = the better adventuress of the two, perhaps? But seriously, I love how Polly's the one finding the adventure & excitement in their problem, even if she has been accused of murder & is currently sitting in gaol.
- Wait, Polly's excited one minute, then she's screaming about a rat? EXCUSE ME? Hello, inconsistant writing.
Or maybe not inconsistent, but that bit bugs me a fair bit.
- Ah, but Kickass!Polly returns just a bit later, with her plan of faking witchery! ::grins:: Go Polly, go Polly! But alas, for her good moment, we must have her irritating fear of rats - girl, you're in a seventeenth-century gaol - OF COURSE THERE'LL BE RATS! Don't tell me you expected it to be all nice & clean!
(but really, I blame the writers, not Polly. Silly writers.)
- One's got brains, gentility, & he knows how to work the right people in the write places - I'm jealous of Susan getting to be his granddaughter! I love One's manipulation of Captain Pike by playing to his apparent vanity & his flattery of him. One is a BADASS, I must reiterate!
- Polly's become 'Paul' now & GO GIRL, GO GIRL, PLAY ON SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FEAR LIKE THAT! ::hugs her:: & Ben is a great accomplice in her plans, I must say. But Polly Wright FTMFW, BITCHES! & YAY, THEY'RE FREE! Thanks to Polly's snappy thinking, of course!
Seriously. I love this girl. She's as worthy a companion to the Doctor as any of her predecessors!
- Ben & Polly playing detective together is kind of cute, actually. & awww, Ben's worried about Polly's safety. ♥
- Ben, while not as sophisticated as One, is pretty good at getting information when he wants it, at least so far.
- Hmm. The Squire sounds a bit like One. Just a note!
- & quite an ending to leave off on - I'm rather worried for Ben & Polly now! Where is One, o, where IS he?!
- OMG, One's telling fortunes now! HOW DOES HE GET MORE AWESOME WITH EVERY SERIAL? & hmm . . . I wonder what One's up to . . . doesn't seem like him, telling fortunes - O! PLOY! V. good show Doctor, v. good show! ::shan't doubt One again::
(but I'd not be surprised if the Doctor knew how to tell fortunes in different ways - even if he's really more a man of science & exploration, that doesn't mean he wouldn't know how to perhaps read a tea leaf or two, or cut a Tarot deck.)
- Phew! At last, Ben & Polly have a partial believer! But a partial believer is better than what they had before - nothing!
- OMG ONE'S BACK!! ::hugs him:: Now, the three of them shall kick some pirate arse!
- Wow. One . . . damn, I haven't even got words, but the fact that he feels so morally obligated & responsible for protecting the village is . . . wow. I am . . . I mean, I know all of the Doctor is like that, but hearing him explain it in such solid terms just blows me away. Not that I didn't expect him to try & save the village, along with Ben & Polly, nor did I expect him to run off & leave the village to its own fate so the three of them could go elsewhere, but I don't think I'd expected him to be so open in explaining his feelings about it to Ben. I really can see Barbara's good influence shining through now & I can see that is something she left with him & that he'll not lose, ever.
(um, in short, One is love. & I totally love him even more now, if such a thing is possible.)
- & I love how Polly sides with One completely. She's full of strength & compassion & I love her so. & Ben! I'm a bit disappointed in him for wanting to run off & let the village die so easily, but I'm glad he came around somewhat.
- Ooo! Ben & Polly's lark in the graveyard helped One figure out the churchwarden's riddle! & they're getting all the pieces together at quite a pace!
- One's v. brave to make Ben & Polly leave him like that to keep them safe. & Ben's awesome for saying he'll be back for him. ::nods::
- One's so honourable, even when dealing with the likes of Captain Pike. ♥ WHY DO PEOPLE DISRESPECT HIM SO MUCH?!
- ::sighs:: I sort of find Ben rescuing Polly from pirates to be terribly romantic. ::blushes::
- & off they (& I!) go onto their next destination, which, sadly, will be One's final story. But it must be faced with a clear mind, & a brave heart.
The Tenth Planet
- Oooo, the opening titles are quite ominous for this serial - I love them! Immediately makes me think of Cybermen. (& yay, a Kit Pedler story!)
- This serial, if I remember right, is almost entirely intact, save for the final story, which is a recon. So it should be a bit easier for me to recap for the most part. (I'm thinking recapping a serial that's a recon is an art that must be learnt a bit slowly, if one means to pick it up properly!)
- 'Doctor, you have a fantastic wardrobe!' YES! Proof that the Doctor's always had one hell of a wardrobe, even if he was only travelling with Susan! & I LOVE Polly's choice - supercute & warm! & aww, how sweet is it that she gently fusses over One's warmth? 'Like toast, my dear!' LOVE.
- Random fashion note: Polly's carrying a muff! Stylish indeed!
- Sigh, men gawking at pretty, dolly, jolly Polly already? MEN.
- Ha, One doesn't tolerate ANYONE speaking him in a rude tone! Respect the Doctor or get cut!
- 1986?! OMG. I was expecting them to land in the twenty-first century myself, but 1986?! That's three years before I was born! Wild, man.
- Hmm, so this tenth planet is between Mars & Venus? Why did I think it was near Pluto? (yes, this was the 1960s, Pluto was still a planet!)
- One's knowledge of what this planet means is sort of giving me the creeps. I don't really want to speculate as to what the planet is myself, but his knowing it is just creepy.
- LOLZ, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY & BREAK INTO THE TARDIS? LOLZ, I SAY AGAIN.
- UM. I think we just had our first - no, we HAVE just had our first sighting of Mondasian Cybermen! WHOA. & yes, they disturb me as well as the Telosian ones do. Right now, it's all in their faces.
- Okay, the Cybermen are in the base now. & they're scary, okay?! & their voices are kind of creeeepy.
- Mondasian Cybermen are an interesting breed & they are NOT like the Telosian breed, which is what most of us have seen in future serials - the Mondasian breed only had one serial, I think, & it was this one.
nentari & I have/are having quite an interesting talk about the differences between Mondasian, Telosian & Cybus Cybermen, the latter being the new series ones. The Mondasian ones seem, to me, just a slight bit more human than the Telosian ones, or even the Cybus ones. They're more willing to answer human queries about who & what they are, as well as how they became what they are now. They also seem more inclined to carry on a conversation, or something like one, with humans, whereas Telosian & Cybus Cybermen are more of the 'convert Also, their design is vastly different from their counterparts - more bulky & more tubed in the front, & far less of a metallic face. In fact, their faces remind me of clown faces - & I'm somewhat scared of clowns.
& also, the Mondasian Cybermen still have the stealth of the Telosian ones - which is something the Cybus Cybermen of the new series irritatingly lost - honestly, if the Mondasian Cybermen & the Telosian Cybermen went around stomping & clanking like ghosts with rusty chains attached, it would be far too easy for the Doctor to wipe them out before they even showed up!
- So now the Cybermen threw Ben in a projection room & yet, he's learnt from the Doctor already - never give up, no matter how bleak a situation looks. & his remorse at being forced to kill a Cybermen . . . o, Ben. ::hugs::
(& Polly's at his side already!)
- I was actually only planning to go to the second story tonight, but I'm on the third story & I just can't stop watching! Anyway, Cybermen are - O FUCK! One just collapsed! One just collapsed & the Cybermen are bringing in more & along with spaceships. This is not the best time for One to be taken ill!
- Polly says he just seems worn out. I'm pretty worried about the Doctor, my own self! But I rather liked how Ben insists that he & Polly get back to the others & that there's nothing they can do for him. Be that as it may, I'm worried about One.
- HA. Polly may appear to be making coffee, but that girl's working her ulterior motives in-between adding sugar & cream! To all the Polly haters - SHE'S NOT JUST THE MOTHERFUCKING TEA GIRL, BITCHES! She's got someone on her, Ben & One's side now. Not bad for someone everyone always calls a 'screamer' & 'a tea lady'. IN YOUR FACES, POLLY'S AWESOME.
- Oooo, v. James Bond there Ben, crawling through ventilation shafts like that! & he's got his pocket knife! He's ready, folks.
- Another random note - I LOVE Polly's dress! (or is it a jumper?) Overall, she really looks just fabulous! & her EYES! I WANT HER EYES, OR AT LEAST, HER EYE MAKEUP.
- JERK KNOCKED BEN OUT! ::growls:: But at least Polly's there to help him out a bit. (he looks so sweet whilst unconscious . . . but they both look quite sweet together.)
- Okay, we're in recon mode now - & it is a GREAT recon, seriously. An absolutely cracking recon.
- 'I guess this old body of mine is wearing a bit thin.'
O, One. I . . . I know what will come next . . . but I don't want you to leave!
- Wow, owing a Cyberman your life . . . not a concept I'm so readily familiar with. & saving a Cyberman as well . . . wow.
- Ben is going to cut a Cyberman if they touch Polly. Seriously.
- FUCKERS ARE NOT CONVERTING POLLY, FUCK THAT NOISE. & if they do, Ben & One will rip their heads right off.
- I'm sorry, but the Mondasian Cybermen have faces that are freaking me the fuck out - they look too fucking much like clowns! ::hides::
- WHOA, WHOA, GO BEN! He's caught on that Cybermen can't handle radiation! That would make him the first companion of the Doctor's to realise that Cybermen cannot face radiation without dying.
(incidentally, Polly's the one who kicked some Cybermen arse with nail varnish remover! Those two were damn good against Cybermen!)
- ::is scared for Polly & One::
- Ben is showing his snappy, hit-the-ground-fighting traits again, just like he showed us in The War Machines. ROCK ON, BEN! I just hope he'll be okay after being so close to radioactive materials!
- I love Ben. Sometimes, so far, he's bugged me a bit, but he's awesome & I do love him. He really is a great companion.
- WHOA. Mondas disintegrates, & so do the Cybermen? AWESOME!
- & now Ben's saving Polly & One! But One . . . he doesn't look good at all. He sounds awful & he looks so weak . . .
- Okay, this is . . . not good. He can barely even get Ben & Polly inside the TARDIS! & the TARDIS doesn't even sound like herself!
- & . . . . he's gone. Just like that. He collapsed & One . . . isn't One anymore.
(okay, going to have a bit of sap for a moment here.)
In the mix I made about the nine times the Doctor has regenerated, I used the song Airbag by Radiohead, because, based on the research I'd done on One's regeneration, I felt like it fit his moment of regeneration, particularly the line 'In an interstellar burst/I'm back to save the universe'.
& that's just what happens.
Still . . . I miss One already. ::sad sigh::
Also,
nentari & I once had a bit of discussion on what it was that caused One to regenerate - was it because of the Cybermen, or was it simply because his original body was finally forced to regenerate, or he would have died? After watching, I'm pretty much solid on the idea of his regeneration coming about because his first body was just too old & had been through too much & if he hadn't regenerated when he did, he would have died altogether. Also, there is enough evidence throughout the story that his body was finally showing signs of age & that a regeneration would have to come soon.(I should also say that I am one hundred percent sure that the first body we see the Doctor in is the body he was born with.)
The Power of the Daleks
- Picking up where we left off, One has just regenerated into his second body on the floor of the TARDIS, in front of Ben & Polly, who are lost as fuck as to what's just happened.
- & Patrick Troughton's off to a GREAT start as our second Doctor! I love his post-regeneration scene - v. well played & v. in-keeping with what I've seen the Doctor like after he's regenerated.
- Teehee! Now he's got to examine his new face. & his muscles are a bit tight, alas.
- Now everything's beginning to fall into place for all three of them - Two knows he's the Doctor now, or at least he seems to.
- THE RECORDER!! I LOVE IT! Aww! & he's got his five hundred year diary & knows who Ben is - okay, getting there now, I'd say.
- I love how Polly's the one with full faith in the Doctor; that it is the Doctor & he'll be okay, while Ben's insanely sceptical about everything that's going on around him. It's a good contrast both to each other & to Two's own confusion.
- HE'S PLAYING IT AGAIN. ♥ & Ben appears to be none too happy about it. He's even shouted at Polly. Yeah, he's not in the best of moods. & AWWW, STILL PLAYING IT. I think he's rather good, myself.
- O yeah, this is so the Doctor - plotty, cunning, sneaky & with just the right card up his sleeve. ::grins:: Loving him already, on his first serial! I do hope Ben cuts the 'OMG THIS AIN'T THE DOCTOR!' bollocks already. Preferably very soon.
- I have a really bad feeling about that capsule & the first serial's half over. Meep.
- Two is awesomely sneaky, I have GOT to say that.
- FUCK. Daleks. Well . . . they don't look as deadly as the ones I've seen, but WHAT is that thing on the floor?! & where's the fourth one?
- GAH THAT THING IS DISGUSTING! It looks like a bloody mutated jellyfish!
(I think I've also forgotten that this IS the first time Ben & Polly have ever seen a Dalek. They've met Cybermen, but not Daleks.)
- Christ on a cracker . . . I'm sorry, Cybermen may scare me more, but Daleks can do it pretty well too. & Two saying only one Dalek would be needed to wipe out the whole colony on Vulcan . . . I find it chilling.
- HA! Two's sauciness is sexy! ::blows kiss::
- He's only just regenerated, but he's got the spark & fire of his later time - ♥ Two ♥
- DUDE, WTF, ARE YOU AN IDIOT? WHY ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THE DALEKS? Why don't people just listen to the Doctor when he talks?! Melt the pepperpots down!
- Hee, reference to his meeting Marco Polo! & BEN, CUT THE BITCHING, PLEASE. Polly, however, gets a cupcake for believing him to be the real Doctor.
- 'I never talk nonsense. Well, hardly ever.'
- Wow. Two's actually giving me a bit of a spook in this serial - he's never done that before. It's his mysteriousness, his sense of confusion, the hint of darkness I keep feeling from him. I don't think I've ever known one to be like this - he's always been the Doctor I'd want to be best friends with, to go dancing with, & learn to play recorder from. I know there's more to him than his outward silliness & cheerful disposition, like how there's more to Eight than his giddiness & Romantic tendencies, but unlike with Eight, I've never seen Two's darker side - or maybe I have & don't remember it - prior to now. I've seen his cleverness, his wit, his capabilities, but not so much this . . . darkness I just feel from him in this story.
- EARTH PEOPLE ARE TWITS. WHY, WHY, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO REVIVE A DAMN DALEK?! Okay, FINE, get your silly selves exterminated, so you don't pollute the rest of the human gene pool by procreating. ::sighs loudly::
- More recorder playing! & I love the discussion between Polly & Ben over the deputy governor's guilt or innocence. I think it's an interesting showcase of their personalities, as well as their emotions & of course, their feelings on the situation at hand.
- O, FUCK ME, WHY ARE EARTH PEOPLE SUCH FOOLS. & Two agrees with me, I see. ::glares:: (& maybe NOW Ben will quit the bitching about him being the Doctor or not.)
- The very last half of the second serial, when the Dalek begins to speak, & Two's desperately trying to explain a Dalek's true nature & both are sort of vocally (or should I say aurally?) overlaid is both haunting & chilling.
. . . Okay, it's just scary. To me, anyway. People, just melt down the Daleks before you get yourselves wiped out!
- Any time a Dalek claims to be 'helping' a human? It's time to bash the thing in the eyestalk with a baseball bat.
- GET YOUR GRUBBY HANDS OFF MY DUCHESS BASTARDS!
- More recorder playing! & when Ben finds out they've kidnapped Polly, he is going to blow a frakkin' fuse.
- O, sure, let's just hand over lots of shiny stuff to the Daleks all willy-nilly, why don't we? ::sighs even louder::
- O.fuck.me. The Daleks have all been reactivated. That colony is SCREWED.
- O no. Two's been discovered. Now HE'S screwed!
- & now people are leaving pseudo-ransom notes about Polly? ::glowers:: NOT ON.
- HALLELUJAH, SOMEONE'S SLOWLY BEGINNING TO AGREE WITH TWO.
- Dalek reproduction is . . . . well . . . . let's pretend I don't know about it, okay?
- 'You think you're very tough, don't you, pushing a girl around. I'd like to see you come up against a real man.'
'Like who?'
'Like Ben for instance!'
♥♥♥♥
Polly-girl, you are the awesome.
- . . . . Did Two just use his recorder to break out of a prison cell?
THAT RECORDER IS A WEAPON IN HIS HANDS! & he is made of some serious win, people.
- For some reason, I find Two telling Polly that Ben can take care of himself to be quite sweet.
- & yes, the ending of the fifth part gave me some massive chills. Dalek voices are v. scary when they layer over each other like that.
- My shippy little heart went all fluttery when Ben & Polly finally got to see each other again. Awww.
- Ben comforting Polly! O . . . ♥♥
- 'Why can't you just take all the plugs out and cut the power?'
'Because I prefer to do it my way!'
Hee! I love Two's stubbornness; it's one of my favourite things about him.
- Something I've not noted yet - the concept of one scientist 'giving' life to the Daleks - it feels very Frankenstein-esque, in my opinion. Not only were the Daleks brought to life by a human, they killed humans as well. Of course, all under very different circumstances. But it did put me in mind of the story.
- Ah, a sneaky escape, as the Doctor prefers. ::smiles:: & more recorder playing!!
- & away they go, off to new places & new faces! Bravo, bravo! ::claps::
Whew! This was the official beginning of the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon & alas, the ending point of the Hartnell era for now. (but I've a load of Hartnell-era serials to watch!) The next three serials will be The Highlanders (!!!), The Underwater Menace & The Moonbase, the last two I may supplement with my Lost in Time DVD collection.
Previous recaps
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Time Meddler
The War Machines
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Date: 2009-07-11 09:16 am (UTC)Good! ::sets down pitchfork:: But I'll just keep it around in case of . . . emergencies. :D
You should have also bought Attack of the Cybermen and included it in the watch-a-thon since, as I'll mention in my comments to your new post (which I'm now halfway through) it's a sequel of sorts to both The Tenth Planet and Tomb (and also to Tegan's last serial, in a way). It doesn't look like it's very highly regarded by fans, but at least it would probably help to answer some questions about timelines and continuity - or maybe just make things even more confusing. *shrugs*
I DID think about getting it for a few minutes, until I saw Vicki's serials & grabbed the only copy they had, since it's got Cybermen & Peri, but I wasn't sure if it . . . well, if it was a good serial or not. ::looks embarrassed:: I thought I'd ask around first before I bought it. & I do sort of want to save my first Six viewing FOR The Two Doctors, even though I actually really would have liked to have that serial. But I'm still nervous about watching Six, in case I end up not liking him at all. :(
If I had appropriate fabric-painting material, I'm sure I could make a t-shirt with the stencil-like logo found in the tombs - and I'd put "You belong to us. You shall be like us." on the back. :D
That? WOULD BE AWESOME. :D I was SHOCKED to see it in the window, as you NEVER see Who-related things in the States, so I flipped out, went in, asked the price & bought it, even though it's a bit big for me. But I might try tucking it into my black miniskirt when I get the braces for that one - it does not like me & tends to slip a bit. ::sighs:: I WAS going to sleep in it, but DUDE. Best way to find Doctor Who fen in the States. :D
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Date: 2009-07-11 09:39 am (UTC)I think you made the right choice. I don't remember practically anything from Attack of the Cybermen apart from the plot point that follows from Resurrection of the Daleks and the thing with the TARDIS' chameleon circuit so i can't tell you if it's good or not, so you should try and get it only after you watch The Two Doctors (which I think it's a good introduction to Six - but then again I like him and therefore enjoy many serials others hate) and only if you end up liking Six.
I WAS going to sleep in it, but DUDE. Best way to find Doctor Who fen in the States. :D
Oh yes! Walk around with it, and see if anyone will approach you. :D
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Date: 2009-07-12 06:17 am (UTC)O yay! I just hope it'll be there still, if I should want to get it eventually! ♥
& I most certainly will! Hopefully a cute & friendly sort of fellow will notice it? ^___^
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Date: 2009-07-12 06:47 am (UTC)I hope so too.
& I most certainly will! Hopefully a cute & friendly sort of fellow will notice it? ^___^
*crosses fingers*
On a different note, I went a little nuts with Photoshop yesterday and made some graphics for my fics. Since I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing them, here they are:
I also made a wallpaper with this one.
♥
The Doctor, motherbitches.
This one will go to my writing journal's userinfo. I made an alternate version with the words "Hello, Jamie. Remember me?"
This one cracks me up.
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Date: 2009-07-12 11:32 am (UTC)*crosses fingers*
Thankyooooou. ♥ ::crosses toes::
(hee - my very former . . . companion said he thought it would be highly amusing if I had a TARDIS tattooed on my ankle - I had said I was thinking of getting the TARDIS hennaed onto my shoulder. I still might one day.)
(& I just realised - I kind of REALLY lack Jamie icons! Um, but Two/Jamie will have to do then!)
OMG I LOVE ALL of these, especially the first one! & the second one. & the last one! ::giggles:: Your work is most lovely! ♥♥
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Date: 2009-07-12 12:51 pm (UTC)I hope you'll find it soon, because that one is pure crack. I was watching a feature on the regenerations from the War Games extras, and when they talk about the Six-to-Seven regeneration in that scene (which the people commenting the feature say they liked more than the Seven-to-Eight one later on in spite of the lack of crack and the bigger special effects of the TV movie) they showed a scene where the Rani, still pretending to be Mel, knocks Seven with a right hook.
However, I should point out that Mark of the Rani has what can be called the Pridonyan OT3 - Doctor/Master/Rani, a wonder in snark and love/hate.
hee - my very former . . . companion said he thought it would be highly amusing if I had a TARDIS tattooed on my ankle - I had said I was thinking of getting the TARDIS hennaed onto my shoulder. I still might one day.
That sounds lovely - and, of course, with henna there isn't the risk of you later regretting it.
OMG I LOVE ALL of these, especially the first one! & the second one. & the last one! ::giggles:: Your work is most lovely! ♥♥
Thank you! I have
And I love the last one - striped socks are the new scarf... err, coat... I mean, sneakers... oh, you know. :P
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Date: 2009-07-13 07:53 am (UTC)O MY! ::looks shocked & amused at once:: In this month's DWM (at least, the newest one here in the States with a feature on both regeneration AND Three!) they went through the list of all the Doctor's regenerations (with speculations on Eight's, as per usual) & I DIED LAUGHING at Six's - it was described as basically the Rani crashing the TARDIS, causing Six to, well . . . fall off his exercise bike. & then he regenerated later.
I CAN'T EVEN. I'VE JUST GOT TO SEE THIS. (& Mel got him on an exercise bike! ::thumbs up::)
(& I also read that for you all, your release of The War Games is a THREE DVD SET & I AM POSSIBLY EVEN MORE JEALOUS NOW. If we get a TWO DVD set, that would be the norm. A triple & I'd fall over with happy!)
However, I should point out that Mark of the Rani has what can be called the Pridonyan OT3 - Doctor/Master/Rani, a wonder in snark and love/hate.
Blast, I remember that they didn't have that EITHER! (but at the bookshop today, they ALSO had Attack of the Cybermen which must be a recent release here, I think) But I've heard that the Rani likes to kind of tease the Master about his obsession with the Doctor. If this is true . . . SHE'S ALSO A DOCTOR/MASTER SHIPPER! LOLZ. O, one day it'll be a companion pointing it out to the Doctor. & I will laugh & grin.
That sounds lovely - and, of course, with henna there isn't the risk of you later regretting it.
Thankyou! & I think a henna TARDIS would be even more glamourous, myself, for some reason. But I'd have to have it in a spot where my pappy wouldn't see it too easily - never mind the fact that I'm quite an adult now, he would freak out. The barbarian, if she knows it's not permanent, wouldn't so much I think.
Thank you! I have
::swoons happily:: HIS HAIR! In all of the nice caps
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Date: 2009-07-13 09:15 am (UTC)Actually, you don't really see how Six falls. The whole regeneration sequence is shown in the feature, so I got to rewatch it in its entirety - the Rani causes the TARDIS to crash, and when we're shown the inside of the TARDIS Six and Mel are already on the floor, unconscious. In The Ten Doctors, the latter Doctors laugh at Six's regeneration, saying he died from "a bump on the head". Still, I have to agree with the people who talked on the feature - even with the crappy special effects and the lack of Colin to build a proper backstory to the regeneration, it works.
(& Mel got him on an exercise bike! ::thumbs up::)
That's in Trial of a Time Lord, at the beginning of the Terror of the Vervoids substory. When I first got The Sims 2, I made a Sim version of Six (having managed to download his coat from somewhere) and forced him to use the exercise bike the moment I moved him into a house, because I'm evil like that. :P
(& I also read that for you all, your release of The War Games is a THREE DVD SET & I AM POSSIBLY EVEN MORE JEALOUS NOW. If we get a TWO DVD set, that would be the norm. A triple & I'd fall over with happy!)
Oh, I'm sure you'll get a three DVD set for this - they had to make an extra disc because the story is so big. Disc 1 has episodes 1-5, disc 2 has episodes 6-10, and disc 3 has the extras.
(but at the bookshop today, they ALSO had Attack of the Cybermen which must be a recent release here, I think)
It is a recent release. I think it came out around the same time as Vicki's first stories.
But I've heard that the Rani likes to kind of tease the Master about his obsession with the Doctor. If this is true . . . SHE'S ALSO A DOCTOR/MASTER SHIPPER! LOLZ.
I think she might be. I seem to remember her rolling her eyes a lot at the Master whenever he talked about the Doctor.
I like to think that the three of them were like the Harry Potter trio when they were students - the Master was Harry, the Doctor was Ron (I like Ron, he's sweet and more intelligent and braver than people give him credit - in fact, I sleep with a Ron rag doll) and the Rani was Hermione, obsessed with her work and always grumbling at the two boys and their antics.
I ♥ cute boys with accents & long or floppy hair. Or sometimes without accents. UM.
Oh, I know what you mean. *big smile*
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Date: 2009-07-13 10:02 am (UTC)Hmm! Yes, I still want to see this. But aww, no Six on a bike then? I think I would have liked to see that. :D
When I first got The Sims 2, I made a Sim version of Six (having managed to download his coat from somewhere) and forced him to use the exercise bike the moment I moved him into a house, because I'm evil like that. :P
LOLZ! How did he take that, exactly? :P
Oh, I'm sure you'll get a three DVD set for this - they had to make an extra disc because the story is so big. Disc 1 has episodes 1-5, disc 2 has episodes 6-10, and disc 3 has the extras.
I hope SO - if not, I will crack people in the head. I WANT THOSE EXTRAS!
It is a recent release. I think it came out around the same time as Vicki's first stories.
O, lovely! The only DVD release I'm up on is the Stateside release of The Deadly Assassin, which I heard about MONTHS ago, but I'm still waiting for it! ::grabby hands:: But I think I'd like to have Attack of the Cybermen for the feature on the history of the Cybermen in the series - I was HOPING there'd be something like that on Tomb of the Cybermen, but alas, no.
I like to think that the three of them were like the Harry Potter trio when they were students - the Master was Harry, the Doctor was Ron (I like Ron, he's sweet and more intelligent and braver than people give him credit - in fact, I sleep with a Ron rag doll) and the Rani was Hermione, obsessed with her work and always grumbling at the two boys and their antics.
O, you know, even though I haven't met the Rani yet, I think I could see the Master & the Doctor as being v. Harry & Ron-esque. (Harry Potter was my VERY, VERY first fandom, which I never admit to anymore, but that's where I learned all the important things - at the young age of thirteen. WELL! :P)
& I adored Ron! He was a sweetheart & quite a loyal friend, save for his bouts of temper. & he was quite a brave little toaster, wasn't he?
(& aww, I love your Ron rag doll! That's so sweet! :D)
Oh, I know what you mean. *big smile*
::happy bounces:: It's clearly a trait you can see in my Doctor fangirling alone - Two, Three, Four, Eight & originally Ten - all with a bit of long or floppy hair at times, all with an accent. ^_^ But yes - more boys with floppy hair! Always a point in their favour, at least for me! :D
Edit: OKAY, I REALLY MEANT IT WHEN I SAID I'D TRY & NOT SCREW OVER MY HTML. ::hides face::
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Date: 2009-07-13 10:16 am (UTC)He looked straight at me and made a face that seemed to say "Oh, man! Do I really have to do this?"
He did it anyway. :P "Carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice!"
But I think I'd like to have Attack of the Cybermen for the feature on the history of the Cybermen in the series - I was HOPING there'd be something like that on Tomb of the Cybermen, but alas, no.
Yes, you'd expect Tomb to have such a documentary, considering that it's the earliest complete Cyberman story in existence.
(& aww, I love your Ron rag doll! That's so sweet! :D)
There were rag dolls of the trio years ago, but Ron was the only one I got - red hair and freckles? Yes, please!
::happy bounces:: It's clearly a trait you can see in my Doctor fangirling alone - Two, Three, Four, Eight & originally Ten - all with a bit of long or floppy hair at times, all with an accent. ^_^
Yes, that is a trait they all have in common. :)
Incidentally, I've now started to read an EDA, and this was in the prologue:
I love the description of Two. :)
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Date: 2009-07-13 10:43 am (UTC)evilfun!Yes, you'd expect Tomb to have such a documentary, considering that it's the earliest complete Cyberman story in existence.
I KNOW! & I was rather disappointed that we got nothing of the sort. But Tombwatch was, of course, splendid & I wouldn't wanted to have missed out on that! Let's hope I REALLY like Six & Peri enough to go & get Attack of the Cybermen then.
There were rag dolls of the trio years ago, but Ron was the only one I got - red hair and freckles? Yes, please!
REDHEADS! ::bubbles:: I adore redheads! I would have my hair done in red because I think it would be quite pretty, but nope, still can't do that in this house. :( But my hair does have a bit of red in it, for some reason - all quite natural, but you can only see it in good sunlight.
& I do think I have sighed like a lady of refinement at about . . . o, four of those ways the Doctor's been described. Two's IS most apt! ::tickles her favourite time imp:: & Five's is just lovely. ♥
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Date: 2009-07-13 10:52 am (UTC)Luckily for him, he was sharing the place with Peri instead of Mel. They fought the whole time, which was very much in character - and Peri became BFF with Jack, who lived next door and who had a huge crush on her. They spent the entire time having water balloon fights while Six exercised.
But Tombwatch was, of course, splendid & I wouldn't wanted to have missed out on that!
Of course not! Tombwatch is a thing of beauty - if only for the chance of hearing Sherlock Holmes utter the word "knickers". :P
I would have my hair done in red because I think it would be quite pretty, but nope, still can't do that in this house. :(
My hair was very red (a shade between Jo Grant's strawberry blond hair and Liz Shaw's gingerness) when I was little, but it became darker with age. I now dye my hair regularly because I have these huge streaks of silver (I hit my head when I was 17 and part of my scalp lost its pigmentation because of it) and at some point the colour I picked was a very deep scarlet. It's now auburn, though. Red always worked well for me because I'm ghostly pale.
Two's IS most apt! ::tickles her favourite time imp:: & Five's is just lovely. ♥
Yes, those two are my favourite as well. :)
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Date: 2009-07-13 11:33 am (UTC)Teehee! Agreements all around! & ooo, Jack has good taste - Peri is quite lovely. (& omgwaterballoonfightswithPeri! But Six must have been annoyed about missing out on all the fun. :P)
Tombwatch is a thing of beauty - if only for the chance of hearing Sherlock Holmes utter the word "knickers". :P
LOLZ. YES. YES INDEED. XD
My hair was very red (a shade between Jo Grant's strawberry blond hair and Liz Shaw's gingerness) when I was little, but it became darker with age.
O, that sounds like it must have been very pretty! But it's sad that you lost it. My hair's incredibly dark brown - some people even think it's black & have tried to TELL me it's black, but in the sun & in good lighting, you can see that it's just very dark brown. My stylist said red might not be a good colour for me anyway, as it requires a lot of upkeep & also, I've got somewhat tanned skin year-round so it isn't in my colouring. But I've got a red wig, actually! I just haven't mastered the art of WEARING it yet, so I don't wear it out just now.
Yes, those two are my favourite as well. :)
Five's was a new way to look at him. I never thought of him as a dreamer - I'd always think of Eight as being more like that type, but I think such an idea could be given to him. Perhaps it's because he's just not a favourite of mine that I haven't thought of him like that.
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Date: 2009-07-13 11:52 am (UTC)He was - but then I directed him to the nearest mirror and he cheered up immediately. :P
Another funny thing about my sims - I made Delgado!Master, Ainley!Master and Simm!Master share a place together and they spent the entire time fighting! Well, mostly Delgado!Master and Simm!Master teamed up to kick AInley!Master's ass, though there was also occasional discontentment between those two.
Also, Delgado!Master was the leader of the trio, Ainley!Master liked to cook, and Simm!Master had a strange (and very in-character) obsession with a drum kit.
O, that sounds like it must have been very pretty! But it's sad that you lost it.
Photobucket has suddenly decided to do maintenance, so I can't show you pictures of ginger-haired baby!me. It's a shame, because I could also use it to see if you are also part of the group of people who think I looked like Frazer when I was little. Ah well, perhaps it's up again after I return from lunch (it's nearly 1pm over here).
My stylist said red might not be a good colour for me anyway, as it requires a lot of upkeep & also, I've got somewhat tanned skin year-round so it isn't in my colouring.
Yes, red is the trickiest hair colour when it comes to colouring. Even blond hair will not look out of place with some darker complexions, but authentic-looking red will only work well with paler skin. I think it's one of the positive things about being as pale as I am - I might burn with annoying ease, but at least any hair colour will work for me.
Five's was a new way to look at him. I never thought of him as a dreamer - I'd always think of Eight as being more like that type, but I think such an idea could be given to him.
Well, in a way Five and Eight can both be considered dreamers because they are somewhat reminiscent of certain romantic poets - while Eight has something of Lord Byron in him (and indeed he's often described as "Byronesque" in the EDAs), Five is more like blond-haired, babyish-looking Shelley. Fourteen has a nickname for all of her previous incarnations, and Five is "Little Lord Fauntleroy," which I think could also fit this.
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Date: 2009-07-13 12:47 pm (UTC)LOLZ! I'm not surprised. :D ::tentatively pets Six::
& your tale of three Masters sounds like a curious arrangement - & a v. funny one! I suppose, what with not wanting to hurt a lovely lady like Fourteen, they had to take their aggression out somewhere! & o goodness, Ainley!Master in the kitchen . . . I'm giggling at the mere thought of it!
Photobucket has suddenly decided to do maintenance, so I can't show you pictures of ginger-haired baby!me. It's a shame, because I could also use it to see if you are also part of the group of people who think I looked like Frazer when I was little. Ah well, perhaps it's up again after I return from lunch (it's nearly 1pm over here).
Aww, pout! ::taps Photobucket with a stick:: & of course I'd like to see! :D
(& o my, it's five-thirty AM here - I thought it was still around three AM!)
Yes, red is the trickiest hair colour when it comes to colouring. Even blond hair will not look out of place with some darker complexions, but authentic-looking red will only work well with paler skin. I think it's one of the positive things about being as pale as I am - I might burn with annoying ease, but at least any hair colour will work for me.
Yes, that's pretty much how she put it. I also wore a blonde wig once, but it wasn't put on right really, so it may have looked better if I'd had it on proper. But I didn't look too good as a blonde, either. So no Billie Piper look for me then. Though I did know a girl once who said I'd look good with pink hair, which I'd LOVE, or maybe purple hair - purple's supposed to work with girls with brown eyes, at least for eyeshadow.
(& I'm a VERY bad girl who doesn't use sunscreen - I know, I SHOULD, but I like my tan in summer! & even when I do burn, it turns into a lovely tan in the end. & it STAYS - I still have tan lines on my legs from LAST summer!)
Well, in a way Five and Eight can both be considered dreamers because they are somewhat reminiscent of certain romantic poets - while Eight has something of Lord Byron in him (and indeed he's often described as "Byronesque" in the EDAs), Five is more like blond-haired, babyish-looking Shelley. Fourteen has a nickname for all of her previous incarnations, and Five is "Little Lord Fauntleroy," which I think could also fit this.
I . . . o, my giddy aunt, I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how much I adore Shelley & his work - my last name this time around is Shelley, for such a reason. (& the Leigh comes from a friend of his - the poet Leigh Hunt. My whole name's literary, actually!) & of course, I've always enjoyed the work of Lord Byron, which is possibly part of why I'm so attracted to Eight, but I've also had a great attraction to dandies since I was fourteen.
But getting back to the ORIGINAL point, you are very right - & I'm quite shocked that I never thought that of him before. In The Five Doctors, I think he's very much like that . . . & I do have a small crush on him in that serial. Um, I kind of have ever since I SAW it. ::blushes::
& I LOVE that Fourteen nicknamed all of her previous selves - what does she call Two, Three & Four? ::curious::
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Date: 2009-07-13 01:35 pm (UTC)Funnily enough, whenever I played the Thirteenth Doctor's house, Delgado!Master would call on the phone - but instead of doing the phone!porn and the threatening calls he had onscreen with Three, their relationship grew and the two of them became BFFs. I kept expecting for the two of them to confess their love for each other and get married on the spot. :P
& o goodness, Ainley!Master in the kitchen . . . I'm giggling at the mere thought of it!
He was particularly good at making grilled cheese sandwiches.
Aww, pout! ::taps Photobucket with a stick:: & of course I'd like to see! :D
I have finally managed to open the folder, but to my disappointment I can't find any pictures from when I actually looked ginger. The only picture of me at that age is in black-and-white. *pouts*
Here's the one where people say I look like girl!Frazer, though:
Of course, some others think I look like the lovechild of Rupert Grint and Elijah Wood instead.
The frustrating thing is, my hair was still red at the time, but it looked brown in every photo that was taken.
Here's another one I really like.
And here I think I was channeling Zoe.
And this is the one where my hair was still ginger, but which can't be used as evidence because it's in black and white! *pouts again*
Though I did know a girl once who said I'd look good with pink hair, which I'd LOVE, or maybe purple hair - purple's supposed to work with girls with brown eyes, at least for eyeshadow.
Yes, I think pink and purple would work well with darker tones. *nods*
& I'm a VERY bad girl who doesn't use sunscreen - I know, I SHOULD, but I like my tan in summer!
EEK! That's dangerous!
I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how much I adore Shelley & his work
I'm more of a Mary kind of girl, but I know what you mean.
& of course, I've always enjoyed the work of Lord Byron, which is possibly part of why I'm so attracted to Eight, but I've also had a great attraction to dandies since I was fourteen.
I love Byron because he had such good taste. One of my favourite towns ever is a place in Portugal called Sintra (or, as it was spelled in Byron's days, Cintra), which looks like something out of a fairytale. In his Childe Harold, Byron called Sintra a "glorious eden", which is absolutely true.
Which brings me to another picture from my album:
Me in Sintra, about 5 years ago.
See my hair? RED.
what does she call Two, Three & Four? ::curious::
Two is "Back When I Met Jamie" (a strangely tame nickname, but she's probably afraid Jamie might not appreciate her calling Two anything else), Three is "Big Nose", and Four is "Scarf Boy".
Oh, and in case you're wondering, Eight is "Kissy Lips". :P
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Date: 2009-07-13 02:21 pm (UTC)HAHA! AWWW. Silly Doctor. Silly Master! ::gives them bunnies::
He was particularly good at making grilled cheese sandwiches.
Ooo, yummy! :D I kept thinking of him shooting pots when his soup doesn't come out right.
Soup: ::is too salty & or just icky::
Ainley!Master: BLAST YOU TRAITOROUS SOUP! ::whips out his ray gun & blows the pot to bits::
& ZOMG, YOU TOTALLY LOOKED LIKE GIRL!FRAZER. SERIOUSLY. & I love the little Zoe!you picture - you look so sweet in all of them! ♥♥
Yes, I think pink and purple would work well with darker tones. *nods*
Agreed - I think I actually wear certain shades of those two rather well. But usually, I prefer most of my things in black because I look thinner that way, :D & also, I really like monochrome.
EEK! That's dangerous!
::hangs head:: I know, but I tried pale skin once - it looked very - well, not good on me! So I HAVE to get a bit of a tan in the summer or I'll look like a scary white slug.
I'm more of a Mary kind of girl, but I know what you mean.
Interesting you should mention his lovely Mary - one of the very first books I actually read as a child was Frankenstein & to this day, it's always been a very treasured favourite of mine. I also recently got her novella Mathilda & one called The Pilgrim which has I think a couple of her short stories in it as well. & The Last Man is somewhere in my room as well, but I need to find it.
Incidentally, & I promise I'm not exaggerating - it was eleven years later, when I was fourteen, that I discovered her husband's poetry. Which, in turn, led me to Lord Byron's & probably half the anachronistic ways I have now. :D How very . . . well, full circle, in a way. Or half, since I was only fourteen. I'd like to visit the Shelley-Keats House in Italy one day, as a pilgrimage of sorts.
& I love the snap of you in Sintra! You look lovely & so does your hair! :D & the street you're standing on, & the houses on the hills in the background remind me a lot of some parts of San Francisco, which are my favourite bits of the city, though I usually only see them when I take the cable cars home sometimes. But it looks very much like my home! ♥
Two is "Back When I Met Jamie" (a strangely tame nickname, but she's probably afraid Jamie might not appreciate her calling Two anything else), Three is "Big Nose", and Four is "Scarf Boy".
IN ORDER, I went, 'Aww', 'HEY!' & 'Hee!'
& as for Eight, I just sort of . . . giggle-sighed . . . . which I wasn't aware I could combine into one action. :P
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Date: 2009-07-13 02:42 pm (UTC)Maybe the Doctor and the Master work well with the incarnations that are not their regular foes. Thirteen's Master is meant to look like Hugh Laurie, after all. *shrugs*
Soup: ::is too salty & or just icky::
Ainley!Master: BLAST YOU TRAITOROUS SOUP! ::whips out his ray gun & blows the pot to bits::
*laughs* Now that's a great image!
& ZOMG, YOU TOTALLY LOOKED LIKE GIRL!FRAZER. SERIOUSLY.
Heh. I think it's my nose and lips that call for that comparison, most of all. I think my nose is very Frazerish in profile.
::hangs head:: I know, but I tried pale skin once - it looked very - well, not good on me! So I HAVE to get a bit of a tan in the summer or I'll look like a scary white slug.
But you don't need to endanger your health to get a tan.
I'd like to visit the Shelley-Keats House in Italy one day, as a pilgrimage of sorts.
That's a great project!
& the street you're standing on, & the houses on the hills in the background remind me a lot of some parts of San Francisco, which are my favourite bits of the city, though I usually only see them when I take the cable cars home sometimes.
I think San Francisco is a beautiful place, and one I'd love to visit some day, so I'm glad you can see some similarities. Sintra has a couple of fairytale-like castles, though, which I think is where the two places differ. :)
& as for Eight, I just sort of . . . giggle-sighed . . . . which I wasn't aware I could combine into one action. :P
I can imagine. :P
And in case you're wondering, One is "My Original Body", Six is "Joseph", Seven is "Back When I Was Scottish", Nine is "Big Ears", and Ten alternates between being "Beanpole" and "My Senile Days".
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Date: 2009-07-13 03:21 pm (UTC)Hmm, good point!
Thirteen's Master is meant to look like Hugh Laurie, after all. *shrugs*
WHAT. ::flails:: (um, I can't stand House, will never watch it, but if it's British? ALL THE RULES ARE BROKEN.)
*laughs* Now that's a great image!
That's the FIRST thing that came to mind when you said he was good in the kitchen. (& now I'm imagining the Rani popping into the kitchen in the aftermath of the soup explosion & just being all annoyed & 'Koschei, did you blow up yet ANOTHER pot? Those things cost MONEY! We can't just make them in the TARDIS you know!'
If I could draw, I'd totally draw this. I'm now seeing him in a frilled & dotted apron, still holding his ray gun. ::gigglesnorts::
Heh. I think it's my nose and lips that call for that comparison, most of all. I think my nose is very Frazerish in profile.
Ah, but I saw it in your eyes as well! :D (lucky - you have a Frazer-esque nose & all I got were Tom Baker's teeth & curls!)
But you don't need to endanger your health to get a tan.
Yes . . . but the faux-sort look so AWFUL, I think. The barbarian did that once - I thought there was something wrong with her legs when I finally noticed them.
That's a great project!
I would truly love to do it - I've never been out of the country sadly & this would be a wonderful place to go for my first holiday abroad. I would only need to learn a bit of Italian, though. But I'm a bit rubbish with languages, I think.
I think San Francisco is a beautiful place, and one I'd love to visit some day, so I'm glad you can see some similarities. Sintra has a couple of fairytale-like castles, though, which I think is where the two places differ. :)
Aww. ♥ There's a small part of the city here, near the highest point of it, that is FULL of faerytale-like houses & estates - it's a very expensive place, but it's amazingly beautiful & set all around the woods & the park near Mount Davidson which is officially the highest point in the seven miles of city we have, & I just love it. My pappy used to take me through there sometimes, when he had to visit a woman he worked for. (I used to name them after different faerytales when we drove by them) Her house was lovely too - she was quite wealthy & her backyard looked right out onto this huge rock wall - I still remember that, even now.
But alas, we've no castles! I wish we did. :D
I can imagine. :P
Eight induces MANY things that some would not think possible, I would say. He IS the most magickal of all the Doctors. :D
And in case you're wondering, One is "My Original Body", Six is "Joseph", Seven is "Back When I Was Scottish", Nine is "Big Ears", and Ten alternates between being "Beanpole" and "My Senile Days".
I have CHOKED from laughing so much over Ten's - both are QUITE proper for him! ::hugs Crazy Socks::
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Date: 2009-07-13 03:55 pm (UTC)I don't dislike House but I still prefer to see Laurie doing comedies. Anyway, since my Thirteen is Stephen Fry, the Master had to be Hugh Laurie. I grew up with Blackadder, Jeeves & Wooster and A Bit of Fry & Laurie - those two are inseparable in my brain.
& now I'm imagining the Rani popping into the kitchen in the aftermath of the soup explosion & just being all annoyed & 'Koschei, did you blow up yet ANOTHER pot? Those things cost MONEY! We can't just make them in the TARDIS you know!'
*sporfle*
Ah, but I saw it in your eyes as well! :D
Really? Since our eyes have such different colours (mine are blue, and Frazer's are hazel) I never considered the eyes.
lucky - you have a Frazer-esque nose & all I got were Tom Baker's teeth & curls!
But everybody loves the teeth & curls. :)
Yes . . . but the faux-sort look so AWFUL, I think.
I wasn't even thinking of fake tan, since I agree it looks weird. But perhaps a moisturizer with some sunscreen, even if it's a mild one?
I would truly love to do it - I've never been out of the country sadly & this would be a wonderful place to go for my first holiday abroad.
My only ventures abroad were for shopping trips in Spain - crossing the border, especially with the European Union's laws on borders, is cheaper than going to one of out big malls, sometimes.
If I was to venture a bit further, though, I'd love to go to great Britain. My biggest dream is to move to Edinburgh.
I would only need to learn a bit of Italian, though. But I'm a bit rubbish with languages, I think.
I don't have much of a problem because Spanish and Italian have the same linguistic root as Portuguese and so it's easy to get what they're saying - providing the people I'm talking to speak veeeery sloooowly. And because I have a lot of French relatives I grew up listening to French and so can understand it without a problem; it's trying to express myself in it that causes the trouble. With my cousins it's the opposite so usually I talk to them in Portuguese and they answer in French - people we pass by when we walk down the street think we're mad.
There's a small part of the city here, near the highest point of it, that is FULL of faerytale-like houses & estates
Sounds lovely. ♥
But alas, we've no castles! I wish we did. :D
Here's the most famous of Sintra's castle, if you want to see it. Each part was built by different people in different eras, so it looks a bit mismatched - but that's what makes it so lovely. I've been inside it several times, and I'm always looking forward to pay another visit.
He IS the most magickal of all the Doctors. :D
Hence another reason why Eight has to be the future Doctor from Battlefield. :)
I have CHOKED from laughing so much over Ten's - both are QUITE proper for him! ::hugs Crazy Socks::
Ace is the one to blame for "Beanpole" - tha's what she calls him in The Ten Doctors. :D
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Date: 2009-07-14 07:55 am (UTC)I WOULD watch House, but the fandom scares me. LOTS. & um, if I watch things about medical ailments, I'll end up thinking I'll contract it myself at some point. But I'm not a hypochondriac, oddly enough. Just a panicky person! :D
& a friend of mine sent me some of Blackadder in audio . . . or audiobook format . . . well, something like that, but I haven't listened to it yet, but I will in time! She's quite fond of it as well!
AAAH, I WANT TO DRAW THAT SCENE NOW. IMAGINE THE FRILLED APRON! THE SOUP EVERYWHERE! THE RANI'S FACE! ::giggles madly::
Really? Since our eyes have such different colours (mine are blue, and Frazer's are hazel) I never considered the eyes.
Interesting - I saw it the moment I looked at your eyes! Hmm. ::looks thoughtful::
But everybody loves the teeth & curls. :)
I most certainly do! But I don't think it works for this particular girlie, alas. (but oddly, I looked quite good in a Four scarf I had a chance to wear once! Well, I think I did, anyway! :D)
I wasn't even thinking of fake tan, since I agree it looks weird. But perhaps a moisturizer with some sunscreen, even if it's a mild one?
I hadn't thought of that before - I suppose I could look for some the next time I go to the druggist's. :D
My only ventures abroad were for shopping trips in Spain - crossing the border, especially with the European Union's laws on borders, is cheaper than going to one of out big malls, sometimes.
If I was to venture a bit further, though, I'd love to go to great Britain. My biggest dream is to move to Edinburgh.
::sighs:: That sounds SO glamourous, for some reason! V. jet-setting, really!
& o, Edinburgh! I've never been, but I've heard stories from people who have & it sounds so lovely - all of Scotland does, really - so magickal & dreamlike & untamed . . . . o, how lovely it must be to live there. ♥
I'd love to go to London one day - home of ORIGINAL mod fashion! How much fun would a shopping exploration through London be? :D
I don't have much of a problem because Spanish and Italian have the same linguistic root as Portuguese and so it's easy to get what they're saying - providing the people I'm talking to speak veeeery sloooowly.
For me, it's sort of reversed - I can READ a few words of French, Italian & Spanish, & maybe translate a couple of small titles & things, but I probably couldn't SPEAK it very well. & I don't know how I'm even able to KNOW the meanings or partial translations of some French things - I've never officially tried to learn it. It's just something I can do, I suppose. ::shrugs:: But I can imagine why I'd be able to do it a bit with Spanish & a tiiiiny bit of Italian - like you said, they do have the same linguistic roots! (but I'm not sure if I could try & do any of that with Portuguese!)
& O! That castle is so beautiful - it's breathtaking, actually! I adore the picture of the chapel & the clock tower. It looks so lovely. ♥♥
Hence another reason why Eight has to be the future Doctor from Battlefield. :)
I like that line of reasoning. Lots! ::twirls::
Ace is the one to blame for "Beanpole" - tha's what she calls him in The Ten Doctors. :D
HEE! Well, Ace was quite right, I must say! (but that still doesn't put me off wanting a Ten-shaped self in the world. :D)
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Date: 2009-07-14 09:20 am (UTC)I'm sure you'll love it. Fry and Laurie didn't appear together much in that, but they were both strong members of the cast (Fry in seasons 2 and 4, and Laurie in seasons 3 and 4). In Britain, they're seen as a set, which is what makes it odd that Fry hasn't appeared in House yet.
I can't see YouTube at the office, but if you get the chance to there and search for the keywords "Fry Laurie Hey Jude" - you won't be sorry. :P
Interesting - I saw it the moment I looked at your eyes! Hmm. ::looks thoughtful::
The funny thing is, I used the eyes as evidence against a friend's joking theory that Frazer had met my mother 9 months before I was born - it's genetically impossible for a green-eyed woman and a hazel-eyed man to produce a blue-eyed baby.
And besides, Frazer is famous for his good taste in women.& o, Edinburgh! I've never been, but I've heard stories from people who have & it sounds so lovely - all of Scotland does, really - so magickal & dreamlike & untamed . . . . o, how lovely it must be to live there. ♥
And besides, it's filled with Scottish men. :P
I'd love to go to London one day - home of ORIGINAL mod fashion! How much fun would a shopping exploration through London be? :D
Oh yes, especially since some of the Carnaby Street shops are still active and still selling moddish stuff. :)
but I'm not sure if I could try & do any of that with Portuguese!
I'm not surprised, since Portuguese uses some phonetic sounds that make it hard for speakers of other languages to understand what we're saying even when they've learned something about the grammar and vocabulary. This is the main reason why Portugal has so many immigrants from ex-Soviet countries - the only other languages who have that phonetic sound are of Slavic origin, which makes them have less trouble understanding us.
& O! That castle is so beautiful - it's breathtaking, actually! I adore the picture of the chapel & the clock tower. It looks so lovely. ♥♥
It's a dreamlike place. It's hell getting up there, though.
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Date: 2009-07-14 10:34 am (UTC)I can't see YouTube at the office, but if you get the chance to there and search for the keywords "Fry Laurie Hey Jude" - you won't be sorry. :P
::Harry Sullivan voice:: Right-o!
The funny thing is, I used the eyes as evidence against a friend's joking theory that Frazer had met my mother 9 months before I was born - it's genetically impossible for a green-eyed woman and a hazel-eyed man to produce a blue-eyed baby.
And besides, Frazer is famous for his good taste in women.HEE! I STILL SAY IT'S ALSO IN YOUR EYES. :D It IS!
And besides, it's filled with Scottish men. :P
Mmm. Yes, that too. :D (I must go on holiday to the UK one day . . . )
Oh yes, especially since some of the Carnaby Street shops are still active and still selling moddish stuff. :)
::squeals & flails like a MADWOMAN::
THAT'S IT, I HAVE TO GO THEN. I will have Polly!fashion somehow!
I'm not surprised, since Portuguese uses some phonetic sounds that make it hard for speakers of other languages to understand what we're saying even when they've learned something about the grammar and vocabulary. This is the main reason why Portugal has so many immigrants from ex-Soviet countries - the only other languages who have that phonetic sound are of Slavic origin, which makes them have less trouble understanding us.
Interesting! Now it COULD be possible I could MAYBE, if I learnt a bit about translating it, read a few words, but my skills with language are just so bad that I doubt I could ever speak it beyond a very few words.
(argh, I feel like such a stupid girl when it comes to languages - how will I ever travel?)
It's a dreamlike place. It's hell getting up there, though.
Hee - sounds a bit like some places in San Francisco. The views from the hills can be spectacular, but getting up there is NOT FUN. Some hills are so steep that they've got stairs built into them, some with railings, BECAUSE they're so steep. I still feel uncomfortable thinking about walking up those hills.
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Date: 2009-07-14 10:59 am (UTC)Oh, it is. Each season is set in a different era (the 15th century for season 1, the Elizabethan times for season 2, the late 18th/early 19th century for season 3, and World War I for season 4), all of them starring a character called Edmund Blackadder (each of them a descendant of the Edmund from the previous season, though it's never stated onscreen) and played by Rowan Atkinson. S1!Edmund is a Mr. Bean-like idiot, but S2!Edmund (the first one I discovered) is, believe it or not, incredibly sexy. The highlight of the season for me, though, is Miranda Richardson's Elizabeth I (*points to icon*).
There's quite a few links to Doctor Who when it comes to the cast, I should say. One of Edmund's sidekicks in the first two seasons, Lord Percy Percy, is played by Tim McInnerny, who was the lead baddie in Planet of the Ood (McInnerny would also appear in the other two seasons playing different, less idiotic characters). In season 1 Brian Blessed (AKA King Yrcanos from Trial of a Time Lord) played Edmund's father; in season 2, Tom Baker appears in an episode as a seaman (and I did not recognize him until someone pointed out that it was Four underneath all that beard!), and in the special A Blackadder Christmas Carol, set in Victorian England, Nicola Bryant appears as Ebenezer Blackadder's goddaughter. Also, there's another special, Blackadder Back and Forth, where the Edmund Blackadder from 1999 creates a TARDIS-like time machine and travels through time to collect some items in order to prove to his friends that the machine works.
HEE! I STILL SAY IT'S ALSO IN YOUR EYES. :D It IS!
Must be the shape, then. :)
Mmm. Yes, that too. :D (I must go on holiday to the UK one day . . . )
I hope you will. :)
Interesting! Now it COULD be possible I could MAYBE, if I learnt a bit about translating it, read a few words, but my skills with language are just so bad that I doubt I could ever speak it beyond a very few words.
Well, a lot of people can understand English over here, so as long as you can gesture to help explain what you want you'll have no problem communicating with a native Portuguese. :P
Some hills are so steep that they've got stairs built into them, some with railings, BECAUSE they're so steep.
Oh yes, that's exactly how you get to the Pena Palace on foot.
Luckily the other palaces are easier to get to. The National Palace (which is not as impressive when seen from the outside, but which is just stunning inside) is right in the center of the town, while Monserrate is located in the flatter region just outside Sintra.
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Date: 2009-07-14 11:25 am (UTC)Must be the shape, then. :)
O, yes, I think that's what it could be. Bust still - better than having a head of great big silly curls & too big teeth! Hence the straightening & no bright lipsticks for me.
I hope you will. :)
So do I. ::dreamy sigh::
Well, a lot of people can understand English over here, so as long as you can gesture to help explain what you want you'll have no problem communicating with a native Portuguese. :P
That's good to know! In the rare event I ever leave California, of course. ;)
& the National Palace & Monserrate are both splendid as well! I think the Pena Palace would be my favourite though. But they all have quite a beauty to them! ::twirl::
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