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riverdressesSummer rewatch-athons are love. & for my friends in the States, this month's DWM has a whole feature on the Second Doctor, as well as covering a bit of the final Big Finish stories for Charley Pollard. (I might try scanning/snapping the feature on Two for you all - it was a great read & of course, very well-timed for me! Next month, they'll be covering Three's era. ♥)
So on we go with the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon! This turn, it'll be The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, both of which are the final serials for Ben & Polly as Two's companions, & The Evil of the Daleks. which will introduce the lovely miss Victoria Waterfield as the next travelling companion for Two & Jamie.
Also, I'll be adding a slightly new feature to my recap of The Evil of the Daleks & for a few other serials in future recaps. Since![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nentari was a very kind soul & shared with me the audios of several serials, The Evil of the Daleks being one of them, I'll be watching the recons of some serials, then listening to the audio versions of them, which I'll mention my impressions of - kind of like recapping a Big Finish audio in some ways!
(of course, for some, I only have the audio versions for, but I'll mention that when I get to them!)
Off we go!
The Macra Terror
- O! We have new opening credits for this story! ::bounces::
- Aww, Jamie's arming himself against the ugly beasties they saw on the scanner at the end of The Moonbase! Is it odd to say that I find that rather sweet? & I see Polly's still in her sweater from the same serial & she still looks lovely.
- CRAZY PEOPLE ATTACKING JAMIE! ::hits them with Jamie's wooden club:: But at least he & Ben were able to pull him off before anyone got hurt (again)!
- Hmm. The Two/Jamie clutching seems to have begin at this point of their travels . . .
- 'Well according to my calculations, we're um, certainly in the future and on a planet very much like the Earth.'
'How do you know?'
'I don't know, I'm guessing.'
::smothers giggles::
- Ooo, Polly eyeing cute alien men! ::laughs:: But she's quite right - he does look nice!
- O MY GOODNESS, AN INTERGALACTIC SPA!!! ::faints with pleasure:: & BEN BEING SHIRTLESS. ::collapses again:: I am so jealous of the four of them right now, I'm practically green! & teehee! Jamie's all 'CALL THE LASSIES OFF' & Ben's all 'OOO, GIRLS.' (& I'm going to just pretend I know for sure that Jamie's got no shirt on either . . . o, I'm having just as much fun as Polly is, I think.)
- 'Precisely - who wants to see their face in a pair of suede shoes?'
::gigglesnorts:: Two, you silly thing! (moments like this is why when I first met him, I decided Two would be the Doctor that I'd totally want to be BFF with, go swing dancing with in the thirties & make him teach me how to play the recorder.)
& YOU NAUGHTY MAN! Rumpling yourself like that after looking so beautiful! ::gives Two a bit of a loving smack::
- ::sighs over Jamie::miss Polly, I DO hope you're not flirting with him! Polly's given her thumbs-up approval & o, I can just imagine how fine Jamie must look after all of that fancy treatment he received!
(but Polly . . . what happened to your lovely locks?! Please don't tell me you cut them off!)
- Ooooo, a party for Two, Jamie, Ben & Polly? I WANT TO VISIT THIS PLANET!
- Mmm, but it's never all fun & games with the Doctor . . . he's got a few questions for Medok while the others have their fun.
(on a side note - this serial reminds me a LOT of the Eighth Doctor audio The Natural History of Fear right now. & that serial SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.)
- That was quite brave of Medok, to intervene on Two's behalf & at the cost of his own life, even.
- UM. Okay, now we're really getting into The Natural History of Fear territory here, with the colony altering Ben, Polly & Jamie's minds to think exactly like the colony & to be just like everyone in the colony, in order to deny the existence of the Macra.
- JAMIE TO THE RESCUE! ::hugs him:: But I'm afraid that he's too late - Ben looks to be under the influence already.
- Hmm. They seem to have already hypnotised Ben, Polly & possibly Jamie, but not Two!
- 'I think you've been listening to some very bad advice . . . don't do anything of the sort! Don't just be obedient! Always make up your own mind!'
(more) Words to live by, courtesy of the Second Doctor.
I think Two (& the Doctor overall, possibly) would appreciate the sentiment of 'I aim to misbehave.' Two, how so awesome?
- KICK SOME ASS, TWO! & Ben, snap the frak out of it! ::shakes him:: & don't you sass the Doctor like that! & O, thank goodness for Jamie - he's not under the influence! (& how CUTE does Jamie sound upon just waking up?) But sadly, Ben is.
- BEN, PLEASE, SNAP OUT OF IT!
- 'Violence will get you nowhere.'
- 'Leave him alone.'
'Get out of my way. That's an order.'
'I take orders from no one but the Doctor.'
Remember how I said Jamie's got loyalty in spades? Well there's more proof for you. Jamie doesn't back down from fighting for those he's given his loyalty to & he's given his loyalty& his heart to the Doctor. So don't fuck with him, or you'll be in for a fight.
- When Ben says 'I had to do my duty', he sounds a LOT like C'rizz, I think. & whoa Polly-girl, you're taking some big risks here! Be careful, please? & that said . . . FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
- Polly's seen the Macra! She's seen one!
- Polly might be drifting into screamer territory here, I'm not sure, but she's free at least. & even if I shouldn't like it a lot, I do like the fact that Ben was the one to save her. It makes my Ben/Polly shippy heart flap about happily. ::blushes::
- 'You have destroyed free nerve circuits, Doctor, you have burned them out. What have you to say?'
'Rather neat, don't you think? And so simple! I did it with this!'
'You admit it?'
'I'm proud of it!'
omgIheartTwosofuckingmuchomfg.
- The Controller reminds me frighteningly of the Editor in The Natural History of Fear. Frighteningly.
- That's right, Jamie, challenge some authority! Give 'em what for, bb!
- Two's so pretty when he laughs. ::kisses him::
- 'Aye, well, you don't send a lassie and an old man down to dig.'
'Old, what do you mean 'old'? I'm not old Jamie.'
theyaresofuckingmarriedevenbynowjesuschrist. ilutwo&jamie.
(I can even capslock about them anymore, they are THAT married & THAT slashtastic. Capslockery can't even fully render it!)
- UMF MORE TROUGHTON SEXINESS. I CANNOT EVEN DEAL. ::faints::
- 'The voices tell me what to do.'
'The voices may not be right, Ben.'
. . . . this feels like River-esque dialogue. Two/River, anyone?
- 'Hard for you to struggle against the voices, isn't it Ben? But I warn you - if you spy on the others watch out Jamie doesn't catch you. He's not so tolerant as I am.'
- 'They shouldn't make lassies do the work of men!'
JAMIE♥ But Polly will be okay, Ihope promise.
- LOLZ! ILU TWO. Eleven out of ten! ::grins::
- O YAY, BEN'S SNAPPING OUT OF IT! ::sigh of relief::
- O dear. Jamie appears to be surrounded on all sides by Macra. Two, think FASTER!
- Leave it to Two to get information in the best ways possible. (I'd capslock madly here, but I think not even CAPSLOCKERY could convey how much I love Two right now.)
- LET GO OF JAMIE YOU STUPID CRABBY THINGS!
- ::exhales:: Okay. He's good. ::breathes again::
- MY ICON!!! MY ICON'S CAP JUST APPEARED! ::flails:: [/random]
- . . . . Jamie. Dance. WHAT.omghighlandflingisn'tit? PUT HIM BACK IN HIS KILT BEFORE HE DOES ANY DANCING! & the BBC BURNT this serial?! YOU BASTARDS! Did they even THINK about how valuable such a serial could be?! even if he's not dancing in a kilt?! BASTARDS!
ASDFGHJKL;';LKJHGFDSA HE FUCKING DANCED THE HIGHLAND FLING & THEY FUCKING BURNT THIS SERIAL?! ::slams head into the wall:: I WOULD HAVE PAID MONEY TO SEE THAT.
::takes a few moments to recover::
Um, so, back to the story!
- Ugh, the way Two's described the Macra - as a disease within the colony - makes my insides shudder. Just . . . o, god.
- LOLZ JUST AS OLA'S BITCHING ABOUT TWO & POLLY STILL MISSING, THEY JUST CASUALLY STROLL IN. ::DIES:: It's so Marx Brothers!
- Polly & Jamie are challenging authority again! GO, GO!
- Jamie doesn't want to leave Two. ::wibblemeltdead:: His loyalty, my loves! I . . . I CANNOT EVEN DEAL. ::clings to Jamie::
- O.M.G. My whole icon is from this serial! & I have another one of Two from this serial as well - I should get that up sometime, since I need new Two & Jamie icons.
- 'Bad laws were made to be broken!'
People. Two IS the embodiment of aiming to misbehave. Mal would like him, I think.
twoyouarekindofmyfuckingherodoyouevenknowthat.
- 'I really don't know why I trust you Doctor.'
'Oh perhaps I've got an honest face.'
- Also, Two is very good at inciting others to stand up for themselves, take action & KICK ASS. Two >>>>>>>> EVERYTHING ELSE.
- O whoa, the gas sequence is fucking terrifying, honestly. Just fucking terrifying.
- BEN IS BACK IN ACTION! ::tackles him::
(& I note that Ben calls Two 'Doc' a few times - I wonder if Two minds, like One did.)
- HEE! Two's HAT! Silly little fellow. ::giggles::
- 'Take a leaf out of Jamie's book - give them old dance routine!'
AWWWWWW!
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& that's it for The Macra Terror, folks! & I have to say, I REALLY loved this serial - Ben & Polly still had things to do in it, but Jamie remained awesome nonetheless. & Two . . . well, I'm kind of out of adjectives & keysmashes to really say how much I loved Two in it, so I'll just say that he was as wonderful as ever! TWO IS AWESOME. & so are Jamie & Polly! (don't worry, I'll most likely get back to liking Ben in his last serial; just give me time to remember that he's not so evil.)
The Faceless Ones
(for this serial & one half of The Evil of the Daleks, I'll be supplementing parts with my Lost in Time DVDs. So off we go! & I've got to say, I've really missed watching Doctor Who on DVD.)
- So after The Macra Terror it seems like a fair bit of time has passed between that adventure & the beginning of this one.
- What IS it with the Doctor managing to rematerialise the TARDIS at airports? Five rematerialises in Heathrow Airport in Time-Flight & Two does it here at Gatwick Airport! Does the TARDIS herself have a fetish for aeroplanes?
- 'It's a flying beastie!'
OMG JAMIE BB, YOU ARE SO SWEET. ::kisses his head:: & look, still grabbing onto Two!
- HEE! I love the way everyone runs out of the TARDIS, only to get caught by airport coppers. ::giggle::
- 'Scatter!'
& everyone runs like hell & BEN FALLS OVER! ::dies::
& also, Polly & Jamie don't do scattering very well, as they just run right off with Two & abandon Ben!
(also, that's one of my favourite Two moments of EVER.)
- Well, Ben got away & Jamie & Two are hidingtogether behind the wheels of an aeroplane.
'Jamie! Come over here with me. Come on!'
heeheesomarried.
- POLLY! O, the Duchess has her long & lovely locks back after sporting a pixie 'do in The Macra Terror! That's how one can surmise that it's been a bit of time between the two. & I LOVE her coat, skirt & go-go boots! (I've a pair just like hers. complete with scuff marks.) Mod queen, yes indeed. & also, how lovely does she look when she appears on her own for the first time in this serial? Polly-girl, I wish I had your pretty!
- Polly just saw a man killed! Thank goodness they didn't see her!
- 'Doctor I've just seen a man killed!'
'By one of the beasties?'
(& I love watching her run in her boots. She does it v. well & she looks so lovely. ::sighs dreamily::)
My poor girl, she's had a hell of a time. ::snuggles her::
- I like how Jamie's comforting Polly, but I have a feeling it was Ben who was really supposed to be doing that.
- I like the . . . assessment the two creepy murderer-types make of the Doctor.
- FUCKERS GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF MY POLLY!!
& Two & Jamie go on a loving stroll through the airport, awww.
- Bastards. Let Polly go & stop interrogating her! ::glares:: But Two & Jamie are looking for her already!
- I love Jamie's sense of wonderment at everything around him - he looks so awed & lost & confused, but he looks so fascinated through all of it. Jamie has a beautiful sense of wonderment.
- Hee! Two keeps elbowing Jamie to make him shut up & WTF WHY DOES NO ONE CARE THAT A MAN IS SCREAMING ABOUT A DEAD BODY IN THE DAMN AIRPORT?!
- & WTF BEN DON'T GO IN THERE! BEN, GET OUT OF THERE!& stop looking cute, it's distracting!
- 'He was electrocuted with a ray gun.'
::gets elbowed by Two::
LOLZ! Two KEEPS elbowing Jamie & it is SO freaking cute. ::pets the both of them::
- JESUS, SOMEBODY, JUST LISTEN TO TWO, OKAY?! DEAD BODY IN YOUR AIRPORT, WHO THE FRAK CARES ABOUT PASSPORTS, THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE LYING ABOUT!
- . . . Processed? My Polly? I do NOT like the sound of that.
- Two & Jamie are snappy at finding evidence, even in the smallest things & the smallest things. & ooo, Jamie's feisty to get in someone's face like that. ::sighs gleefully:: Feisty!Jamie is always pleasing!
- Polly-girl! She's alive! ::clings:: But . . . WTF OF COURSE YOU'RE POLLY! What did they do to you, Duchess?!
- & what the FUCK is that thing?!
- Okay, second ep & back in recon mode now. Polly, WHAT is wrong with you?! Pleasepleaseplease, REMEMBER who you are! What did they DO to you?!
- 'Jamie, I don't think we're very welcome here. When I say run, we run.'
♥♥
- UGH. Whoever did the subtitles for this should be slapped - GREEN TEXT?! How the hell am I supposed to decipher this?
- That . . . that thing is just hideous - it looks like KFC!Master from The Deadly Assassin.
- Ben's hiding in a photobooth!Too bad Polly's not with him, heehee.
- 'You don't want to believe everything you see, Jamie.'
So maybe it wasn't Polly, but a clone? O, please be so - I don't want to think of my Duchess being turned against her own friends!
& once again, more of the Marx Brothers touch, with Two & Jamie hiding behind newspapers!
- 'What do they mean by 'budget'?'
'Inexpensive, cheap.'
. . . . .
'Do you know what a chameleon is, Jamie?'
'It's just a name I suppose.'
'A name of a small animal, a lizard, that can change its colour to merge with its background. But it's a name that can also equally be applied to people as well. People who change their personalities to suit their own ends.'
I liked this exchange because I thought it was a good example of both Jamie assimilating information on his own, as well as the Doctor explaining something he doesn't understand very well, but without it being dull or complicated - it being actually essential to the plot, not just added in.
- YES, BEN'S CAUGHT UP TO TWO & JAMIE! ::waves pompoms::
- UGH, UGH, UGH, those creatures are creeping me out! & wait - Two said it might not have been Polly they saw. Is one of these creatures what they saw, just with Polly's face & voice? If so, then Polly's alright, they just need to find her!
I hope she's okay.
- Now this . . . Polly-shape is working for Chameleon Tours? No, I refuse to believe this is the real Polly Wright; it's one of those faceless clone things. I won't believe this to be Polly, I just won't! But maybe it is Polly . . . her slip-ups just said a lot in a very few words.
I . . . I'm lost. I just want Polly to be okay!
- LOLZ NOW ALL THREE OF THEM ARE HIDING IN THE PHOTOBOOTH! ::snorts:: & I love Jamie being all 'What's a photograph?' & OMG YOU THREE ARE SUCH DORKS! ::giggles madly:: & hee, Jamie's all scowly & 'Meh, I don't know what the hell's going on here.'
- Gah, I'm just as puzzled as Two is about Polly. But I stand by my theory - it ISN'T Polly, but a clone or some such, but with her mind or something.
- Randomly, I love the image of Jamie wandering around in an airport; I think it's very lovely. Makes me think of the Radiohead songs Let Down & The Tourist. (even more randomly, people wandering about in airports usually make me think of their song Exit Music (For A Film))
- Ah, now we have the introduction of Samantha, with a really silly hat on. & equally funny hair. But she looks SO much better without her hat on! & aww, Jamie offering to help her - he's such a gentleman, isn't he? His manners are really quite impeccable.
- TWO YOU CRAZY BITCH! ::ruffles his hair up like mad:: ILU HONEY.
- OMG, BEN FOUND OUR POLLY-GIRL! Ben, I love you I love you! ::hugs him:: & ARGH, Polly is absolutely frightening whenever she's hypnotised - it's her huge eyes, I think. Dude, Anneke Wills plays hypnosis SO fucking well; I can't remember seeing it done better. I mean, she literally scares me.
- O FUCKERY & CRUMBS, THEY HAVE BEN TOO! ::panics:: No, NOT after he found Polly, NO!
- Two gets described as 'scruffy' & in a frock coat. I kind of like that. ♥
- Hee, Samantha seems to be flirting with Jamie.Sweetheart, he's taken. Try elsewhere.
- HAH! Jamie's catching on now & he's showing his own intelligence now - go you Jamie!
- Moving back into my DVD supplements, we enter the third story! & JEEZE, FINDING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN CRATES IS SERIOUSLY DISTURBING.
- & where the last story ended, Two's seemed to attract some sort of freezing gas - he's got icicles forming on his face!
& frankly, it don't look like ice to me. But to say any more would be rude & unladylike. ::halo::
- YES! Two played possum & m'dear Doctor got something he could use! I'm with Jamie - I wish I had his brain.
(& rather amusingly, albeit, in a childish way, as soon as I hit pause on my DVD player to get this down, it paused right on a shot of Two's rather lovely backside. Hey, you can't fault me entirely; Patrick Troughton had a very nice backside!Mmm, remind me to cap this & a bit of The Moonbase plz.)
- UMF PAT'S HAIR IN THE NEXT SCENE! (don't ask, he looks even more lovely with it all damp & just . . . yes. HUSH.) YES, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION OKAY. GAH, I SO NEED TO CAP THIS.
- 'Do you always do everything you're told?'
'No! But the Doctor trusts me.'
O, JAMIE. ::falls over on her pink bed::
- Pat, STOP.LOOKING.SO.DAMN.GORGEOUS. I CANNOT THINK STRAIGHT!
(o, hush, these are my recaps, I shall fangirl as I please, thankyouverymuch! ::giggles::)
- Two, KICK SOME ARSE, BB! ::snogs him:: Seriously - just when I think Two can't get any more awesome, HE PROVES ME SO WRONG.
- Samantha & Jamie don't make too bad of a detective team, I must say. & Jamie holding & comforting her - 'Brave wee lassie - no time to grieve now.'
brb, falling in love with Jamie.
- LOLZ JAMIE DON'T LIKE SAMANTHA SNUGGLING UP TO HIM. ::gigglesnorts::
- WTF THEY'RE GOING TO BLOW UP TWO? I say again, WTF?!
- I adore Two's sweet little smile - makes me all weak in the knees, I'll admit it. ::blushes:: Two, Three, Four & Eight have that power over me.
- Ah, I ♥ watching Two & Jamie at work on their own - they make such a kickass pair, even if you don't ship them. Easily one of my favourite Doctor & companion team-ups, as well as being one of my OTPs. But even if they weren't, I'd love them anyway.
- Backing into recon mode now for the fourth story . . . okay, the vanishing passengers reminds me a little of Battle Royale, or rather, the scene on the bus, where the whole class is put to sleep with sleeping gas & taken to the island for the game.
- 'I'll not leave him.'
'You have five seconds to change your mind.'
'You'll have to kill me then.'
omyfuckingchristjamiehowsoloyal&amazingbb?
- O, damn. He got the three of them good! (but Two & Jamie look so pretty unconscious. & Jamie could be staring up at the stars.)
- They're paralysed! & Jamie's concern is for Samantha when he comes around! He really is a gentleman, isn't he.
- JAMIE! ::fans self rather fast:: Okay, could have used a warning there: 'WARNING: MAJOR SEXINESS WILL COME ACROSS YOUR SCREEN. DO NOT PANIC.'
- I kind of like Samantha - she's pretty feisty herself! & yes, she is a very brave girl - she would have made an interesting companion, I think. But I find her a bit grating too, for some reason.
- I have to say, this serial is overall a hugely creepy one. Not so much because of the monsters, but the plot itself. ::shivers::
- Jamie McCrimmon! You picked a lassie's purse! Naughty, naughty! But v. noble, I will admit. ::smiles::
- JAMIE ON A PLANE. Or if you like, Jamie's away on a jet plane! ::giggle:: But o, the poor sweetling has what I always panic about getting on an aeroplane - air sickness! ::holds Jamie:: But . . . I think his air sickness just came in handy, I daresay . . .
- Ah, Jamie, darling, you're alright! Now stay like that & kick ass!
- Stealth!Jamie!Yum! Awesome!
- O GOD, MINIATURISED HUMANS?!THE TCE IS AT WORK I SEE. & YOU BITCHES TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF JAMIE!
- O, SNAP! YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SERVED BITCH. ::snaps fingers:: Two FOR THE FUCKING WIN.
- Wow. Two's ruthless streak is showing & DAMN is it sexy.
- Gah, Two's losing his companions faster than a melting scoop of ice cream!
- They tied Jamie to a chair . . . . that's not so bad . . . .
- Two, PLEASE, you can't go on that flight! Please! The plan you have seems sound, but please, it's too dangerous!
- Umf, Sneaky!Two . . . umf.umf.UMF. More of that voice please, Two. PLEASE!
- My GOD. WHAT IN FUCK HAVE YOU ALIEN BASTARDS DONE TO JAMIE?! WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM?! O, somebody is so in for a classic Two-style bitch smacking when he sees what they've done to Jamie.
- 'Most intelligent race in the galaxy?' O, BULLSHIT. You bitches just MET someone from THE most intelligent race in the galaxy. SO THERE. You can say that AFTER you master time travel & the delicacies of space & time, clear?
- LOLZ, TWO SAYS THEY'RE ON THE LIST. ::gigglesnorts::
- Okay, Samantha would have made a pretty kickass companion I think - was it possible they were planning to make her one?
- TWO, ILU. ::kisskisskiss::
- Man, this last story is really making me tense - I'm practically biting my nails!
- YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SERVED, BITCHES. ::claps hands with glee::
- Okay, I'm biting my lips now, I'm so tense! I LOVE THIS SERIAL, even if the recon is rather disappointing. But this is like a serial that I need to be gripping someone's hand during!
- OMG JAMIE'S IN THE CLOSET! ::DIES:: (o hush, he IS in a closet; it HAD to be said!)
- O, Jamie, Ben & Polly are safe! ::exhales::
- Ah, back on Earth! But the sadness is coming, I can feel it . . .
- Aww, I love Sam's farewell to Jamie - SHE KISSED HIM?! OMG! ::scandalised:: But aww, she really had a thing for him, I guess. ♥
- POLLY! ::HUGS HER TIGHT::
- July 20th, 1966 - the day Ben & Polly began & ended their journey with the Doctor.
I remember discussing withnentari, back when I recapped The War Machines, about One telling Dodo about a strange feeling he had when they arrived in 1966, 'something he only felt when Daleks were nearby' as he tells her, that his feeling could have been because, on that very day, his future self & companion were indeed near Daleks, or at least, the Daleks were near them. I remember saying something like how it was 'very interesting that two of the Doctor's regenerations were so very close to each other' & 'how it makes me think of all the times you don't see the Doctor almost meeting himself'. She said that The Two Doctors could be seen as a case of that (I think she did, I'm sorry if I'm not remembering right, love!). But now that I've seen both stories, I'd have to say that it is a pretty close call for the Doctor - granted, one's at Gatwick Airport, the other is probably a few miles away, but it still could have easily been a breaking of the first law of time, wouldn't it? (& that probably would have meant that the ending of The War Games could have happened a lot sooner.)
I actually did get a little teary-eyed when Ben & Polly said their farewells to Two & Jamie. I thought it was beautifully well-done & I could feel how much Two & Jamie would miss them both, & they them. Ben & Polly were some of the finest companions to ever stand inside the TARDIS, I think.
& Polly-girl . . . I'll miss her beautiful smile & her kindness to everyone around her. & I'll even miss Ben's snappy little tongue & sharp witticisms. But Polly was right - it was their world & their time. It was time for them to return to their lives before they met the strange, funny little man in a blue police box. Like Ian & Barbara before them, they had some fantastic adventures with the Doctor, but wanted to eventually return to their own time & place.
(& like Ian & Barbara before them, they'll lead a happy life with each other.)
To Ben Jackson & Polly Wright - best companions & after all of that, loves. ::toasts::
(o, allow me my sap, okay?)
& now, it's up to Two & Jamie to find the TARDIS & sail on, throughout time & space.
(who the hell would steal a bloody old police box?)
The Evil of the Daleks
- Okay, so at the end of The Faceless Ones, Two tells Jamie that the TARDIS, apparently, has been stolen. (& I say again, who the hell would want to steal a bloody old police box?)
- Aiiee, Jamie & Two are running after it now! & the music being played during that bit makes me think of old Charlie Chaplin films.
- I love Two explaining 'TARDIS' as a Gaelic word. & Jamie not enjoying being called a foreigner. Teehee.
- Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but was The Evil of the Daleks the first serial for Two & Jamie to be on their own as a team for the most part?
- LOLZ JAMIE IN A TAXI. (sorry, it just makes me giggle.)
- & here is Edward Waterfield, the lady Victoria's father, selling Victorian timepieces.
- Jamie's clutching Two while learning about trains. Aww.
- 'It's so little, Jamie. It's too little to go on, Jamie.'
'Now don't give up, Doctor. Remember Bruce.'
'Bruce?'
'Robert Bruce.'
♥♥♥♥
They keep each other going, no matter how small a chance they have. O, Two. O, Jamie.
- Hmm. I know a few things about this serial . . . & yet Edward Waterfield is greatly confusing me, nevertheless.
- That picture of Jamie's quite pretty. [/shallowness]
- 'This is his assistant & secretary, Mr James McCrimmon.'
. . . an interesting description of Jamie, I must say. ::giggles::
- O, if I remember right, there's a song I should know playing soon in this scene, but I'm not sure. & teehee, I wonder how Jamie liked being in a coffee shop!
- OMG JAMIE, STARING AT TARTAN MINISKIRTS! ::tickles him:: Saucy little thing, aren't you?
'If only the laird could see that . . . '
& YES, I WAS RIGHT! I'm pretty sure it's Paperback Writer by the Beatles, but I'm not totally sure.
- 'Jamie, I'm being stared at. Is there something wrong with me?'
'You mean up here Doctor?'
'Is my hair in disarray?'
'No more than usual.'
'Do I look strange, bizarre?'
'Aye, well maybe I'm just used to you.'
'Well, that's some comfort.'
SO.FUCKING.MARRIED. DON'T EVEN TRY & DENY IT, PEOPLE.
- O SHIT HERE COME THEDRUMS DALEKS! ::dives behind the couch::
- Supplementing with my DVDs for the second story . . . . & like I said above, SHIT, HERE COME THE DALEKS! & with them, they bring our first death in the story. O dear.
- Meanwhile, Jamie & Two have arrived at Edward Waterfield's antiquary, an hour early. & all genuine Victorian antiques? But brand new at the same time? I like Jamie's idea, but I'll go with Two - you want to know, you've got to ask.
- Sorry guys, but Daleks, even Classic!Daleks, give me a chill down the spine when they declare their lives the only important ones in existence.
- Random fashion note: Jamie's not got his knife or sporran yet, but he has his kilt pin in. I've never known what those are for; I don't think they're for keeping it on.
- Wow, Jamie & Two seem to get subdued by way of gas a lot in their past few serials, or at least Two & one of his companions do!
- Now where are they? They woke up in some fancy, pretty parlour - on June 2nd, 1866?! Without the TARDIS . . . wow. & that is a lot longer than I thought Victoria was from, actually - I had her pegged as being from the late 1880s.
- Ah, our first glance at the truly beautiful miss Victoria Waterfield! However, I do not like her being menaced or imprisoned by stupid tin pepperpots! The poor girl. Even now, I just want to hug her.
- I'm a bit silly, perhaps, but Victoria has a very handsome father. ::girlish blush::
- The first time I saw this serial, I was immediately reminded of the Big Finish audio The Time of the Daleks, an Eight & Charley audio where mirrors are used by Daleks as a means of travelling through time if I remember right, erasing the memory of Shakespeare in the process.
- O.M.G. Pat just The Head Turn™. The head turn & look he does when the Dalek first enters the room. From the very first time I saw that scene in one of the best fanvids I've ever seen in any fandom, I fell so.damn.hard. for that man. He just looks so . . . o, I couldn't even say! He just made it look so . . . sensual, I suppose? I DON'T KNOW. IT HAS AN EFFECT ON ME, OKAY?
(& I may have tried to practise that sort of head turn & look myself . . . but really, I think you need to be Patrick Troughton to do that. ::giggles::)
- NO! NO, YOU WILL NOT USE JAMIE FOR YOUR TEST SUBJECTS!! You stupid, overblown, egotistic pepperpots! You lay a plunger on him & Two will rip out your eyestalks.
- 'What have you done with your infernal meddling?!'
He's absolutely terrified for Jamie, & what they will do to him. I can feel that anger & the terror.
(& I have a horrible feeling he's remembering Susan now. & if not Susan, Katarina. Both of whom he lost in different ways because of the Daleks, as I see it. & to even have the possibility of Jamie being next on that list must be so horrifying for him. First his granddaughter, then a companion, nowhis boyfriend another companion.)
- O, Jamie's been roused accidentally by Molly! Aww, the darling looks so sweet half-awake, I think. His poor head!
- In a way, Jamie's just seen Victoria for the first time, hasn't he, by seeing her late mother's portrait. & he thought her very beautiful. I . . . I'm looking forward to him meeting the young miss Waterfield, I must admit.
- Um, Jamie, love, you might want to turn around & shout . . . . no! Kidnapping Jamie & hurting Molly? No!
- 'Everything you say, Waterfield, is true. If we cannot find Jamie, the Daleks will take great pleasure in killing everyone in sight. And their greatest pleasure will be in killing me.'
I ♥ Patrick Troughton's delivery of those lines. His expression, his voice - it's just bang-on perfect for that scene. Another reason I love his era so much - he was such an incredibly talented actor & no matter what the scene is, he'll always hook me & get me completely lost in the story.
- Okay, back to recon mode for the third story . . . goodness, the Doctor is a lovely detective, isn't he? & what do these horrible people want with Jamie?
- Aww, Two checking on Jamie's head. Love!
- I'm quite worried for Victoria - stuff this 'not being exterminated' business, I don't trust a Dalek at all.
- The lovely, brave Jamie McCrimmon - how dare you slander him like that! Jamie's a bloody saint compared to Maxtible in my opinion.
- Hmm, at this point, do the Daleks know that the Doctor is a Time Lord? They seem to know that he's more than human, but do they know he's a Time Lord?
- His 'trial' is to rescue Victoria?
- 'I don't care for insolence.'
'Well I'm not keen on arrogance myself!'
But yet, Jamie's better than a petty verbal scrap & apologises. O, sigh!
- O, Jamie's so kind to Molly, he really is. & I love how he gently insists that she call him by his first name. JAMIE, WHY ARE YOU MAKING YOURSELF SO ENDEARING?!
- 'You have to brush up on your history. I can't be around to cover for you all the time!'
::giggles:: They act so married, don't they? Even so early on, they're totally OTP & it's so lovely to watch.
- The Doctor watched the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. I love how oddly nostalgic he seems about it all.
- O my! Jamie & Two are having their first big row! & Jamie's in possession of a sharp tongue & a hot temper when he's of the mind to be in one! & Jamie's storming off in a fit of temper - he's quite hot-blooded when in the mood, isn't he? I haven't seen him so angry before!
- O, stupid Betsy! ::hits self:: Two engineered the row between himself & Jamie, you should have known! He knows what's in Jamie's nature & he knows that helping Victoria is one of those things! O, very good, Doctor! (but I do hope you didn't make Jamie genuinely angry at you.)
- Eee! Molly's slipping Jamie plans of the house!
- Wow. Jamie has got the stealth! When he sets his mind to doing something, he'll really do it, won't he?
- WHY COULDN'T THE FOURTH STORY HAVE SURVIVED, I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING JAMIE IN A FIGHT. ::pouts:: MOAR WARRIOR!JAMIE PLZ.
- OMG HE'S GOT A SWORD. ::fans self:: A SWORD.
- The sight of a Dalek with a handkerchief is rather giggleworthy. A lacy handkerchief, no less!
- 'If you want the human factor, a part of it must include mercy.'
Two just pwned some Daleks right there. ::grins::
- I'm feeling horribly awful for Victoria's father - he sounds like he's slowly reaching his breaking point now.
- Jamie's befriending of Kemel is rather touching, I find. & they both have a common goal - to find & free miss Victoria. Jamie's such a darling, I feel like I can't say it enough.
- Jamie's just had his first look at Victoria. & he finds her 'very beautiful'. ♥♥
- Maxtible's reasoning of Dalek nature is . . . disturbingly naive at best.
- O MY! Jamie McCrimmon just took down a Dalek! With help yes, BUT HE TOOK DOWN A FUCKING DALEK! See? I TOLD you he brings the badassery in monochrome! ::grins::
- & WHAT THEY DID IT AGAIN. Jamie = BADASS.
- Yay, they've got to Victoria!
- I love how he introduces himself, then says he came to give her back her hankie. How very gallant of him! ::heart melts::
- 'I am a professor of a far wider academy, of which human nature is merely a part. All forms of life interest me.'
Space beatniks FTW.
- O, Jamie's sharing his story over water with miss Victoria. & Jamie & Victoria are forming their own ideas as to how all of this came about. Victoria's a bright girl, I can see this already! She'll be a fast learner, I know it.
- MAXTIBLE! That BASTARD. He lured Victoria into the Daleks' trap! ::growls::
- More Warrior!Jamie! ::swoons:: & MORE SWORDS! & YELLING, OMG. ::collapses::
- 'Look, I'm telling you this. You and me - we're finished! You're just too callous for me. Anything goes by the board, anything at all!'
'That's just not true Jamie. I've never held that the end justifies the means.'
'Och, words, what do I care about words! You don't give that much for a living soul except yourself!'
'I care about life. I care about human beings. Do you think I let you go through that Dalek test lightly?'
'I don't know. Did you? Look, Doctor, just who's side are you on?'
O.my.goodness. Two & Jamie practically broke up right there. & o, really, it's something, you need to hear, but when he says he cares for human life, you can practically hear him thinking 'I care about you, Jamie.' I mean, you can practically hear it in his voice. That was a fairly intense row for the two of them & was very close to a breakup, almost.
- LOLZ THE DALEKS ARE LITERALLY PLAYING WITH TWO! ::dies laughing:: & WHEE, TWO'S RIDING DALEKS!
- OMG DALEKS PLAYING TRAINS. ::DIES AGAIN:: & the Doctor's all dizzy! ::is dying:: I FUCKING LOVE THIS.
- Alpha, Beta, Omega - HE NAMED THE DALEKS! HE NAMED THE DALEKS & HE'S MAKING FRIENDS WITH THEM, OMG.
- Maxtible is a mad, greedy, easily duped fool. That is all. ::glares::
- 'Don't worry Kemel. I shall protect you. I shall see they do you no harm.'
Victoria, you sweetheart. ♥♥♥
- So Jamie & the Doctor are on Skaro - I wonder if the Doctor will ever tell Jamie he's been there before.
- AWWW, CUTE & SWEET DALEKS ARE BACK. (wtfIjustcalledadalekcute&sweetwtf.)
- Aww, hi, Omega! ::waves at Dalek Omega::
- THEY WERE TRICKED! It wasn't Omega!
- ::hugs Victoria tightly::
- If I remember my history right, this serial was the first time an Emperor Dalek was introduced to the Doctor. (I believe it was because Terry Nation wanted to take the Daleks away from Doctor Who & get them their own show, but the plans for that fell through, so they came back five years later, during Three's era)
- RECORDER COMES OUT! ::beams::
- What I said before - Maxtible is a mad & easily duped fool. & I will keep saying that until someone kills him!
- Aww, Victoria has some time with her father after all of this.
- ::gasp::
The Doctor just said if he had no other option, he would try & take them all to his own planet, if not another universe, & told Victoria he was from a planet a long way from Earth. I know it isn't the first time he's done that (& that Gallifrey won't be named til Sarah Jane's first serial), but still - a bit of a surprise!
- O . . . I think . . . the Daleks just turned Maxtible into a Dalek! They want to make humans into Daleks - the Dalek factor. (so Daleks in Manhattan wasn't the first time the Daleks tried to create human Daleks or use humans to achieve their ends. But there, it just may not have been done so well as it was here.)
- NO! NO! THEY COULDN'T - THEY COULDN'T HAVE MADE THE DOCTOR INTO A DALEK HIMSELF! NO! Please, no!
- Wait . . . NO! He ISN'T a Dalek! He was just faking it! O, thankyou. ::exhales::
- I note that in this serial, Jamie's faith in Two seems to be shaken up quite often, as well as his trust. He argues with him & doesn't even know if he can trust him at this point. It's an interesting turning point I think - for Jamie to actually question his own faith in, & trust of the Doctor. I don't think I've ever seen him do so in later serials. I mean, he does get a bit snappy sometimes, & doesn't always obey Two (like in The Mind Robber), but I don't think I've ever seen his feelings about the Doctor so shaken up before. I also find it an interesting little short place to explore their relationship in the aftermath of this serial in a shippers' context - how far was Jamie's faith in him shaken, in a shippy way?
(of course this could be all me spouting about nothing but things I merely imagined, & it probably is. You know me - always seeing patterns in things that aren't there.)
- Two's teaching the Daleks to QUESTION. To QUESTION THEIR EMPEROR. To THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
Like he told Polly in The Macra Terror - always make up your own mind.
- O no . . . Edward Waterfield saved Two's life, but at the expense of his own life . . . & Two's promised to look after Victoria.
- & the Daleks have questioned. & done their own thinking. & DESTROYED the emperor - as well as most of Skaro, it looks like.
- 'We're not going to leave her - she's coming with us!'
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Wow. Now that was an epic, intense ride of a story! & I actually really enjoyed it, even though the recon wasn't the best, sadly. I think Victoria was wonderfully introduced & I found her rather brave in the face of everything she went through. She will make an excellent companion because of that. I think I'll enjoy watching Jamie fall in love with her - I do ship Jamie/Victoria too, mind you!
& my thoughts on listening to the original audio of The Evil of the Daleks.
The Evil of the Daleks; audio version
Stories one through three
- I'm really enjoying listening to the audio of this story, even more than watching it. It reminds me of being a little girl & listening to Gulliver's Travels & Alice in Wonderland on tape & clinging to every word being read out loud to me. The narration isn't particularly distracting for me; in fact, it fills in a gap here or there that the recon had (Two building a little something with sugar cubes whilst Jamie dodges flirty girls in short plaid miniskirts, for one thing). & plus, I've grown so used to listening to audios for different Doctors that I have no problem visualising what's going on in my head, even though I've already seen the recon. (but what I've seen in the recons isn't what I'm seeing when I listen to the audio itself)
- I also found that I'm picking up one thing in the audios that I didn't quite fully pick up on when I watched the recon - Edward Waterfield's uneasiness with the differences in twentieth century language & nineteenth-century language. I did note in the recon that he has a bit of trouble remembering to use one term in place of another (he refers to having paid Kennedy 'fifty guineas' when he actually means 'fifty pounds', which Kennedy calls him on politely), refers to the coffee bar as a 'coffee shop' & other small linguistic anachronisms.
(but hmm, the 'coffee bar' & 'coffee shop' slip intrigues me - in the States, we call them coffee shops or coffee houses; I can't remember hearing them referred to as 'coffee bars' - is this a British term for coffee shops & coffee houses, or was it what they were referred to as in the sixties in the UK?)
Anyway, linguistic issues aside, in the audio, I'm picking up on Edward Waterfield's discomfort in being a hundred years out of his own time that I didn't pick up as fast on when I was watching the recon.
- I know I've probably fangirled enough in my recaps this week, but may I just say that I really quite enjoy listening to Patrick Troughton's voice? SUCH A NICE VOICE, FOR REAL. (I'm not recapping these like recons; I'm just laid out on my bed & listening to them on the stereo, then typing all of this up after I finish one - it's pretty comfy!Umf, just wait til I get to The Enemy of the World.)
Stories four through five
- I ♥♥♥ listening to the audio of Jamie & Kemel's fight, & with a good narration! It made a lot more sense than it did when I first watched it in the recon & I found it a lot more gripping to listen to! Also, as I said in my initial recap of the serial, I quite liked the bond that Jamie formed with Kemel after they each saved each other's lives - it makes more sense & has a stronger impact when I listen to it, than when it did when I just watched the recon. It's very sweet & I also get a better sense of Kemel's fondness for Victoria, which, while I did get whilst watching, I got a stronger feeling of after hearing it.
- I hadn't realised that Maxtible had been intending to shoot Edward Waterfield in the back when I watched the recon. This makes him even more of a mad fool than I thought, as well as a coward. He really does have no redeemable qualities whatsoever. Honestly, I find him just barely different than a Dalek by now. As Two would say, he is a man who holds that the end justifies the means. & I still find his blind, greedy motivations behind trusting the Daleks to be foolishly & dangerously naive at best, ruthless & no different than a Dalek's main overall objection at worst.
- & I'll never fail to be impressed by the fact that Jamie McCrimmon, in his first real meeting with the Daleks, manages to take one out with nothing but a bit of rope, some help from a friend & some serious ingenuity. Four stars, Jamie. Four shining, northern stars for you!
- Make that two Daleks, one being a totally unexpected!Dalek. ::grins::
- I also hadn't realised that Edward Waterfield had intended to knock Two senseless with the metal bar when I watched the recon. Nor Two's speedy response to almost being knocked out.
- & honestly, listening to Jamie get into fights rather than watching them . . . ::crumples to the floor:: I'd take the aural over the visual, I think. O yes.
Stories six through seven
- Listening to Two's glee over the Daleks playing trains is the cutest thing to ever hear. SO ADORABLE!
- O, he didn't write their names in Romanticised Greek, he wrote the actual Greek letter! I thought he wrote their initial, or their full names out, but apparently not.
- I wonder - Maxtible's bargain with the Daleks; to learn how to change metal into gold & Edward Waterfield saying that Maxtible's sold himself to the Daleks - I find that to be something of a Faustian bargain on some level, myself. Maxtible has sold himself for a secret thousands of people before him would have died to know - transmutating metal into gold - to something so purely evil as the Daleks, much in the way (but perhaps more metaphorically) that Faust sold his soul for immortality. Maxtible may not have sold his soul per se, but nevertheless, I see his 'arrangement' with the Daleks as a rather Faustian one.
Also, his desire to know the secret of turning metal to gold - if he'd been able to do such & take it back to Earth - would have given him a form of immortality, making the whole arrangement even more Faustian.
- Victoria, despite her own inner fear, speaks quite bravely. But I don't find her words hollow at all. I find them both solid & comforting, for her & Kemel.
- Interesting - at first, Victoria doesn't seem to fully grasp the concept that she is on another planet - she just seems to understand that she's been taken from Maxtible's house. But later, when she hears that there are other humans in the city, she seems to have developed a much better grasp of her situation & doesn't seem as slightly naive as she did when she awoke on Skaro. (however, her naivety is of course forgiveable; she's a nineteenth-century girl who would not understand the concept of space travel, nor should she expected to be. I certainly would not have expected her to at least.)
- Victoria's fast learning seems to be showing up as the story moves along, at least to me. Essentially, all of the naivety she seemed to have when she first appears is completely gone, replaced by a spark of, dare I say, anger, & of worry for the others. But she's understanding things by now, far better than she did when she arrived in the second story. & she's getting upset & I think, a bit angry now, at everything that's happening around her & especially at Maxtible. (good girl!)
- Listening to the Emperor Dalek lay out Two's role in his plan, is incredibly frightening to hear. I actually found myself getting chills during the very last bit of the sixth story.
- Two's playing his recorder & playing a lovely tune as well. & I do so love Jamie's snappy, razor sharp tongue.
- I find Two's little discussion with Victoria to be very sweet & a very kind bit, for some reason. Not sure why, but I do. It just shows Two's gentle side, I think. Not that we haven't seen such a side before from him, but I think it's a nice thing to show, when he's under so much pressure & is trying to think of a solution to the immense problem before him.
- Okay, I had NOT picked up on this part in the recon - Maxtible's hypnotising of the Doctor! I can't believe I didn't get that when I watched it! But nevertheless, that's how they got him to walk through the archway & made him into a Dalek of sorts! I HAVE NO WORDS. I just have no words as to how low a creature Maxtible is. (yes, it is after he's been made into a Dalek, I know, but still; how low could that bastard have gone?)
- I just realised the only thing I've been confused by in this last story - Two was never a Dalek at all, was he? He was just faking it so he could save the others & throw a wrench in the Daleks' big plan, wasn't he? I can't believe how stupid I could have been as to not even get that, twice. Stupid girl!
- Okay, some of you who read this may kill me for saying this, but the Daleks making the other Daleks walk through the archway, when Two has basically fucked up the circuitry, is a lot like what Ten does in Daleks in Manhattan - giving the human-Daleks 'just that little bit of Time Lord DNA.' But Two does it just a bit better this time around - he gives them human emotions instead of his own DNA. I find that a better plan personally because no matter what, the Doctor is still a Time Lord, raised & ingrained with Time Lord boundaries & rules to follow, whereas humans have less boundaries imposed on themselves (by comparison, anyway), & even when they do, they can choose to break them anyway. Therefore, from my perspective, Daleks with a human factor or element to them > Daleks with 'just that little bit of Time Lord DNA'.
- TWO LEADING THE HUMANISED DALEK REVOLT AGAINST THE EMPEROR. FOR THE FUCKING WIN, BITCHES! Two is badass like that. ::nods::
- In retaliation for attacking Edward Waterfield, the humanised Daleks attack the black Dalek. They kill a Dalek for taking a human life, basically. It's . . . it's an intense concept to associate with a Dalek, I have to say, but I like it.
- At the final end of the story, the city of Skaro is destroyed all around Two, Jamie & Victoria as they make their way back to the TARDIS. I have to say, if the Daleks had not come back again during the classic series, until the new series, this would have been a pretty damn good send-off for them!
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Now, having listened to the audio version & having watched the recon of this story, I've got to say that both were great experiences, but I think I enjoyed listening to the audio a bit more. It really was like a Big Finish audio in some ways & I didn't have to worry about keeping my eyes on anything; I could just imagine what was going on & it worked perfectly for me. The recon & the only surviving story were good to watch & I'm quite grateful to have been able to see both, but the audio was more fun & more enjoyable for me on the whole. I didn't miss having something to see & I found that I got deeper senses of emotion, character & action than I did in the recon. Of course, to be fair, the recon is a bit more involving to watch & recap, as there are subtitles to be read & audio to listen to & it can be a bit hard to recap. Recons are in general, I think, a bit hard to recap, as opposed to watching an actual full story. Audios, naturally, tend to be a bit easier!
& that's our recaps for the week! Next week I'll be recapping Tomb of the Cybermen, Victoria's own Companion Chronicle The Great Space Elevator & The Abominable Snowman (the audio version, supplemented by my Lost in Time DVDs in some places).
Previous recaps
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Time Meddler
The War Machines
The Smugglers
The Tenth Planet
The Power of the Daleks
The Highlanders
The Underwater Menace
The Moonbase
So on we go with the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon! This turn, it'll be The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, both of which are the final serials for Ben & Polly as Two's companions, & The Evil of the Daleks. which will introduce the lovely miss Victoria Waterfield as the next travelling companion for Two & Jamie.
Also, I'll be adding a slightly new feature to my recap of The Evil of the Daleks & for a few other serials in future recaps. Since
nentari was a very kind soul & shared with me the audios of several serials, The Evil of the Daleks being one of them, I'll be watching the recons of some serials, then listening to the audio versions of them, which I'll mention my impressions of - kind of like recapping a Big Finish audio in some ways! (of course, for some, I only have the audio versions for, but I'll mention that when I get to them!)
Off we go!
The Macra Terror
- O! We have new opening credits for this story! ::bounces::
- Aww, Jamie's arming himself against the ugly beasties they saw on the scanner at the end of The Moonbase! Is it odd to say that I find that rather sweet? & I see Polly's still in her sweater from the same serial & she still looks lovely.
- CRAZY PEOPLE ATTACKING JAMIE! ::hits them with Jamie's wooden club:: But at least he & Ben were able to pull him off before anyone got hurt (again)!
- Hmm. The Two/Jamie clutching seems to have begin at this point of their travels . . .
- 'Well according to my calculations, we're um, certainly in the future and on a planet very much like the Earth.'
'How do you know?'
'I don't know, I'm guessing.'
::smothers giggles::
- Ooo, Polly eyeing cute alien men! ::laughs:: But she's quite right - he does look nice!
- O MY GOODNESS, AN INTERGALACTIC SPA!!! ::faints with pleasure:: & BEN BEING SHIRTLESS. ::collapses again:: I am so jealous of the four of them right now, I'm practically green! & teehee! Jamie's all 'CALL THE LASSIES OFF' & Ben's all 'OOO, GIRLS.' (& I'm going to just pretend I know for sure that Jamie's got no shirt on either . . . o, I'm having just as much fun as Polly is, I think.)
- 'Precisely - who wants to see their face in a pair of suede shoes?'
::gigglesnorts:: Two, you silly thing! (moments like this is why when I first met him, I decided Two would be the Doctor that I'd totally want to be BFF with, go swing dancing with in the thirties & make him teach me how to play the recorder.)
& YOU NAUGHTY MAN! Rumpling yourself like that after looking so beautiful! ::gives Two a bit of a loving smack::
- ::sighs over Jamie::
(but Polly . . . what happened to your lovely locks?! Please don't tell me you cut them off!)
- Ooooo, a party for Two, Jamie, Ben & Polly? I WANT TO VISIT THIS PLANET!
- Mmm, but it's never all fun & games with the Doctor . . . he's got a few questions for Medok while the others have their fun.
(on a side note - this serial reminds me a LOT of the Eighth Doctor audio The Natural History of Fear right now. & that serial SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.)
- That was quite brave of Medok, to intervene on Two's behalf & at the cost of his own life, even.
- UM. Okay, now we're really getting into The Natural History of Fear territory here, with the colony altering Ben, Polly & Jamie's minds to think exactly like the colony & to be just like everyone in the colony, in order to deny the existence of the Macra.
- JAMIE TO THE RESCUE! ::hugs him:: But I'm afraid that he's too late - Ben looks to be under the influence already.
- Hmm. They seem to have already hypnotised Ben, Polly & possibly Jamie, but not Two!
- 'I think you've been listening to some very bad advice . . . don't do anything of the sort! Don't just be obedient! Always make up your own mind!'
(more) Words to live by, courtesy of the Second Doctor.
I think Two (& the Doctor overall, possibly) would appreciate the sentiment of 'I aim to misbehave.' Two, how so awesome?
- KICK SOME ASS, TWO! & Ben, snap the frak out of it! ::shakes him:: & don't you sass the Doctor like that! & O, thank goodness for Jamie - he's not under the influence! (& how CUTE does Jamie sound upon just waking up?) But sadly, Ben is.
- BEN, PLEASE, SNAP OUT OF IT!
- 'Violence will get you nowhere.'
- 'Leave him alone.'
'Get out of my way. That's an order.'
'I take orders from no one but the Doctor.'
Remember how I said Jamie's got loyalty in spades? Well there's more proof for you. Jamie doesn't back down from fighting for those he's given his loyalty to & he's given his loyalty
- When Ben says 'I had to do my duty', he sounds a LOT like C'rizz, I think. & whoa Polly-girl, you're taking some big risks here! Be careful, please? & that said . . . FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
- Polly's seen the Macra! She's seen one!
- Polly might be drifting into screamer territory here, I'm not sure, but she's free at least. & even if I shouldn't like it a lot, I do like the fact that Ben was the one to save her. It makes my Ben/Polly shippy heart flap about happily. ::blushes::
- 'You have destroyed free nerve circuits, Doctor, you have burned them out. What have you to say?'
'Rather neat, don't you think? And so simple! I did it with this!'
'You admit it?'
'I'm proud of it!'
omgIheartTwosofuckingmuchomfg.
- The Controller reminds me frighteningly of the Editor in The Natural History of Fear. Frighteningly.
- That's right, Jamie, challenge some authority! Give 'em what for, bb!
- Two's so pretty when he laughs. ::kisses him::
- 'Aye, well, you don't send a lassie and an old man down to dig.'
'Old, what do you mean 'old'? I'm not old Jamie.'
theyaresofuckingmarriedevenbynowjesuschrist. ilutwo&jamie.
(I can even capslock about them anymore, they are THAT married & THAT slashtastic. Capslockery can't even fully render it!)
- UMF MORE TROUGHTON SEXINESS. I CANNOT EVEN DEAL. ::faints::
- 'The voices tell me what to do.'
'The voices may not be right, Ben.'
. . . . this feels like River-esque dialogue. Two/River, anyone?
- 'Hard for you to struggle against the voices, isn't it Ben? But I warn you - if you spy on the others watch out Jamie doesn't catch you. He's not so tolerant as I am.'
- 'They shouldn't make lassies do the work of men!'
JAMIE♥ But Polly will be okay, I
- LOLZ! ILU TWO. Eleven out of ten! ::grins::
- O YAY, BEN'S SNAPPING OUT OF IT! ::sigh of relief::
- O dear. Jamie appears to be surrounded on all sides by Macra. Two, think FASTER!
- Leave it to Two to get information in the best ways possible. (I'd capslock madly here, but I think not even CAPSLOCKERY could convey how much I love Two right now.)
- LET GO OF JAMIE YOU STUPID CRABBY THINGS!
- ::exhales:: Okay. He's good. ::breathes again::
- MY ICON!!! MY ICON'S CAP JUST APPEARED! ::flails:: [/random]
- . . . . Jamie. Dance. WHAT.
ASDFGHJKL;';LKJHGFDSA HE FUCKING DANCED THE HIGHLAND FLING & THEY FUCKING BURNT THIS SERIAL?! ::slams head into the wall:: I WOULD HAVE PAID MONEY TO SEE THAT.
::takes a few moments to recover::
Um, so, back to the story!
- Ugh, the way Two's described the Macra - as a disease within the colony - makes my insides shudder. Just . . . o, god.
- LOLZ JUST AS OLA'S BITCHING ABOUT TWO & POLLY STILL MISSING, THEY JUST CASUALLY STROLL IN. ::DIES:: It's so Marx Brothers!
- Polly & Jamie are challenging authority again! GO, GO!
- Jamie doesn't want to leave Two. ::wibblemeltdead:: His loyalty, my loves! I . . . I CANNOT EVEN DEAL. ::clings to Jamie::
- O.M.G. My whole icon is from this serial! & I have another one of Two from this serial as well - I should get that up sometime, since I need new Two & Jamie icons.
- 'Bad laws were made to be broken!'
People. Two IS the embodiment of aiming to misbehave. Mal would like him, I think.
twoyouarekindofmyfuckingherodoyouevenknowthat.
- 'I really don't know why I trust you Doctor.'
'Oh perhaps I've got an honest face.'
- Also, Two is very good at inciting others to stand up for themselves, take action & KICK ASS. Two >>>>>>>> EVERYTHING ELSE.
- O whoa, the gas sequence is fucking terrifying, honestly. Just fucking terrifying.
- BEN IS BACK IN ACTION! ::tackles him::
(& I note that Ben calls Two 'Doc' a few times - I wonder if Two minds, like One did.)
- HEE! Two's HAT! Silly little fellow. ::giggles::
- 'Take a leaf out of Jamie's book - give them old dance routine!'
AWWWWWW!
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& that's it for The Macra Terror, folks! & I have to say, I REALLY loved this serial - Ben & Polly still had things to do in it, but Jamie remained awesome nonetheless. & Two . . . well, I'm kind of out of adjectives & keysmashes to really say how much I loved Two in it, so I'll just say that he was as wonderful as ever! TWO IS AWESOME. & so are Jamie & Polly! (don't worry, I'll most likely get back to liking Ben in his last serial; just give me time to remember that he's not so evil.)
The Faceless Ones
(for this serial & one half of The Evil of the Daleks, I'll be supplementing parts with my Lost in Time DVDs. So off we go! & I've got to say, I've really missed watching Doctor Who on DVD.)
- So after The Macra Terror it seems like a fair bit of time has passed between that adventure & the beginning of this one.
- What IS it with the Doctor managing to rematerialise the TARDIS at airports? Five rematerialises in Heathrow Airport in Time-Flight & Two does it here at Gatwick Airport! Does the TARDIS herself have a fetish for aeroplanes?
- 'It's a flying beastie!'
OMG JAMIE BB, YOU ARE SO SWEET. ::kisses his head:: & look, still grabbing onto Two!
- HEE! I love the way everyone runs out of the TARDIS, only to get caught by airport coppers. ::giggle::
- 'Scatter!'
& everyone runs like hell & BEN FALLS OVER! ::dies::
& also, Polly & Jamie don't do scattering very well, as they just run right off with Two & abandon Ben!
(also, that's one of my favourite Two moments of EVER.)
- Well, Ben got away & Jamie & Two are hiding
'Jamie! Come over here with me. Come on!'
heeheesomarried.
- POLLY! O, the Duchess has her long & lovely locks back after sporting a pixie 'do in The Macra Terror! That's how one can surmise that it's been a bit of time between the two. & I LOVE her coat, skirt & go-go boots! (I've a pair just like hers. complete with scuff marks.) Mod queen, yes indeed. & also, how lovely does she look when she appears on her own for the first time in this serial? Polly-girl, I wish I had your pretty!
- Polly just saw a man killed! Thank goodness they didn't see her!
- 'Doctor I've just seen a man killed!'
'By one of the beasties?'
(& I love watching her run in her boots. She does it v. well & she looks so lovely. ::sighs dreamily::)
My poor girl, she's had a hell of a time. ::snuggles her::
- I like how Jamie's comforting Polly, but I have a feeling it was Ben who was really supposed to be doing that.
- I like the . . . assessment the two creepy murderer-types make of the Doctor.
- FUCKERS GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF MY POLLY!!
- Bastards. Let Polly go & stop interrogating her! ::glares:: But Two & Jamie are looking for her already!
- I love Jamie's sense of wonderment at everything around him - he looks so awed & lost & confused, but he looks so fascinated through all of it. Jamie has a beautiful sense of wonderment.
- Hee! Two keeps elbowing Jamie to make him shut up & WTF WHY DOES NO ONE CARE THAT A MAN IS SCREAMING ABOUT A DEAD BODY IN THE DAMN AIRPORT?!
- & WTF BEN DON'T GO IN THERE! BEN, GET OUT OF THERE!
- 'He was electrocuted with a ray gun.'
::gets elbowed by Two::
LOLZ! Two KEEPS elbowing Jamie & it is SO freaking cute. ::pets the both of them::
- JESUS, SOMEBODY, JUST LISTEN TO TWO, OKAY?! DEAD BODY IN YOUR AIRPORT, WHO THE FRAK CARES ABOUT PASSPORTS, THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE LYING ABOUT!
- . . . Processed? My Polly? I do NOT like the sound of that.
- Two & Jamie are snappy at finding evidence, even in the smallest things & the smallest things. & ooo, Jamie's feisty to get in someone's face like that. ::sighs gleefully:: Feisty!Jamie is always pleasing!
- Polly-girl! She's alive! ::clings:: But . . . WTF OF COURSE YOU'RE POLLY! What did they do to you, Duchess?!
- & what the FUCK is that thing?!
- Okay, second ep & back in recon mode now. Polly, WHAT is wrong with you?! Pleasepleaseplease, REMEMBER who you are! What did they DO to you?!
- 'Jamie, I don't think we're very welcome here. When I say run, we run.'
♥♥
- UGH. Whoever did the subtitles for this should be slapped - GREEN TEXT?! How the hell am I supposed to decipher this?
- That . . . that thing is just hideous - it looks like KFC!Master from The Deadly Assassin.
- Ben's hiding in a photobooth!
- 'You don't want to believe everything you see, Jamie.'
So maybe it wasn't Polly, but a clone? O, please be so - I don't want to think of my Duchess being turned against her own friends!
& once again, more of the Marx Brothers touch, with Two & Jamie hiding behind newspapers!
- 'What do they mean by 'budget'?'
'Inexpensive, cheap.'
. . . . .
'Do you know what a chameleon is, Jamie?'
'It's just a name I suppose.'
'A name of a small animal, a lizard, that can change its colour to merge with its background. But it's a name that can also equally be applied to people as well. People who change their personalities to suit their own ends.'
I liked this exchange because I thought it was a good example of both Jamie assimilating information on his own, as well as the Doctor explaining something he doesn't understand very well, but without it being dull or complicated - it being actually essential to the plot, not just added in.
- YES, BEN'S CAUGHT UP TO TWO & JAMIE! ::waves pompoms::
- UGH, UGH, UGH, those creatures are creeping me out! & wait - Two said it might not have been Polly they saw. Is one of these creatures what they saw, just with Polly's face & voice? If so, then Polly's alright, they just need to find her!
I hope she's okay.
- Now this . . . Polly-shape is working for Chameleon Tours? No, I refuse to believe this is the real Polly Wright; it's one of those faceless clone things. I won't believe this to be Polly, I just won't! But maybe it is Polly . . . her slip-ups just said a lot in a very few words.
I . . . I'm lost. I just want Polly to be okay!
- LOLZ NOW ALL THREE OF THEM ARE HIDING IN THE PHOTOBOOTH! ::snorts:: & I love Jamie being all 'What's a photograph?' & OMG YOU THREE ARE SUCH DORKS! ::giggles madly:: & hee, Jamie's all scowly & 'Meh, I don't know what the hell's going on here.'
- Gah, I'm just as puzzled as Two is about Polly. But I stand by my theory - it ISN'T Polly, but a clone or some such, but with her mind or something.
- Randomly, I love the image of Jamie wandering around in an airport; I think it's very lovely. Makes me think of the Radiohead songs Let Down & The Tourist. (even more randomly, people wandering about in airports usually make me think of their song Exit Music (For A Film))
- Ah, now we have the introduction of Samantha, with a really silly hat on. & equally funny hair. But she looks SO much better without her hat on! & aww, Jamie offering to help her - he's such a gentleman, isn't he? His manners are really quite impeccable.
- TWO YOU CRAZY BITCH! ::ruffles his hair up like mad:: ILU HONEY.
- OMG, BEN FOUND OUR POLLY-GIRL! Ben, I love you I love you! ::hugs him:: & ARGH, Polly is absolutely frightening whenever she's hypnotised - it's her huge eyes, I think. Dude, Anneke Wills plays hypnosis SO fucking well; I can't remember seeing it done better. I mean, she literally scares me.
- O FUCKERY & CRUMBS, THEY HAVE BEN TOO! ::panics:: No, NOT after he found Polly, NO!
- Two gets described as 'scruffy' & in a frock coat. I kind of like that. ♥
- Hee, Samantha seems to be flirting with Jamie.
- HAH! Jamie's catching on now & he's showing his own intelligence now - go you Jamie!
- Moving back into my DVD supplements, we enter the third story! & JEEZE, FINDING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN CRATES IS SERIOUSLY DISTURBING.
- & where the last story ended, Two's seemed to attract some sort of freezing gas - he's got icicles forming on his face!
- YES! Two played possum & m'dear Doctor got something he could use! I'm with Jamie - I wish I had his brain.
(& rather amusingly, albeit, in a childish way, as soon as I hit pause on my DVD player to get this down, it paused right on a shot of Two's rather lovely backside. Hey, you can't fault me entirely; Patrick Troughton had a very nice backside!
- UMF PAT'S HAIR IN THE NEXT SCENE! (don't ask, he looks even more lovely with it all damp & just . . . yes. HUSH.) YES, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION OKAY. GAH, I SO NEED TO CAP THIS.
- 'Do you always do everything you're told?'
'No! But the Doctor trusts me.'
O, JAMIE. ::falls over on her pink bed::
- Pat, STOP.LOOKING.SO.DAMN.GORGEOUS. I CANNOT THINK STRAIGHT!
(o, hush, these are my recaps, I shall fangirl as I please, thankyouverymuch! ::giggles::)
- Two, KICK SOME ARSE, BB! ::snogs him:: Seriously - just when I think Two can't get any more awesome, HE PROVES ME SO WRONG.
- Samantha & Jamie don't make too bad of a detective team, I must say. & Jamie holding & comforting her - 'Brave wee lassie - no time to grieve now.'
brb, falling in love with Jamie.
- LOLZ JAMIE DON'T LIKE SAMANTHA SNUGGLING UP TO HIM. ::gigglesnorts::
- WTF THEY'RE GOING TO BLOW UP TWO? I say again, WTF?!
- I adore Two's sweet little smile - makes me all weak in the knees, I'll admit it. ::blushes:: Two, Three, Four & Eight have that power over me.
- Ah, I ♥ watching Two & Jamie at work on their own - they make such a kickass pair, even if you don't ship them. Easily one of my favourite Doctor & companion team-ups, as well as being one of my OTPs. But even if they weren't, I'd love them anyway.
- Backing into recon mode now for the fourth story . . . okay, the vanishing passengers reminds me a little of Battle Royale, or rather, the scene on the bus, where the whole class is put to sleep with sleeping gas & taken to the island for the game.
- 'I'll not leave him.'
'You have five seconds to change your mind.'
'You'll have to kill me then.'
omyfuckingchristjamiehowsoloyal&amazingbb?
- O, damn. He got the three of them good! (but Two & Jamie look so pretty unconscious. & Jamie could be staring up at the stars.)
- They're paralysed! & Jamie's concern is for Samantha when he comes around! He really is a gentleman, isn't he.
- JAMIE! ::fans self rather fast:: Okay, could have used a warning there: 'WARNING: MAJOR SEXINESS WILL COME ACROSS YOUR SCREEN. DO NOT PANIC.'
- I kind of like Samantha - she's pretty feisty herself! & yes, she is a very brave girl - she would have made an interesting companion, I think. But I find her a bit grating too, for some reason.
- I have to say, this serial is overall a hugely creepy one. Not so much because of the monsters, but the plot itself. ::shivers::
- Jamie McCrimmon! You picked a lassie's purse! Naughty, naughty! But v. noble, I will admit. ::smiles::
- JAMIE ON A PLANE. Or if you like, Jamie's away on a jet plane! ::giggle:: But o, the poor sweetling has what I always panic about getting on an aeroplane - air sickness! ::holds Jamie:: But . . . I think his air sickness just came in handy, I daresay . . .
- Ah, Jamie, darling, you're alright! Now stay like that & kick ass!
- Stealth!Jamie!
- O GOD, MINIATURISED HUMANS?!
- O, SNAP! YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SERVED BITCH. ::snaps fingers:: Two FOR THE FUCKING WIN.
- Wow. Two's ruthless streak is showing & DAMN is it sexy.
- Gah, Two's losing his companions faster than a melting scoop of ice cream!
- They tied Jamie to a chair . . . . that's not so bad . . . .
- Two, PLEASE, you can't go on that flight! Please! The plan you have seems sound, but please, it's too dangerous!
- Umf, Sneaky!Two . . . umf.umf.UMF. More of that voice please, Two. PLEASE!
- My GOD. WHAT IN FUCK HAVE YOU ALIEN BASTARDS DONE TO JAMIE?! WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM?! O, somebody is so in for a classic Two-style bitch smacking when he sees what they've done to Jamie.
- 'Most intelligent race in the galaxy?' O, BULLSHIT. You bitches just MET someone from THE most intelligent race in the galaxy. SO THERE. You can say that AFTER you master time travel & the delicacies of space & time, clear?
- LOLZ, TWO SAYS THEY'RE ON THE LIST. ::gigglesnorts::
- Okay, Samantha would have made a pretty kickass companion I think - was it possible they were planning to make her one?
- TWO, ILU. ::kisskisskiss::
- Man, this last story is really making me tense - I'm practically biting my nails!
- YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SERVED, BITCHES. ::claps hands with glee::
- Okay, I'm biting my lips now, I'm so tense! I LOVE THIS SERIAL, even if the recon is rather disappointing. But this is like a serial that I need to be gripping someone's hand during!
- OMG JAMIE'S IN THE CLOSET! ::DIES:: (o hush, he IS in a closet; it HAD to be said!)
- O, Jamie, Ben & Polly are safe! ::exhales::
- Ah, back on Earth! But the sadness is coming, I can feel it . . .
- Aww, I love Sam's farewell to Jamie - SHE KISSED HIM?! OMG! ::scandalised:: But aww, she really had a thing for him, I guess. ♥
- POLLY! ::HUGS HER TIGHT::
- July 20th, 1966 - the day Ben & Polly began & ended their journey with the Doctor.
I remember discussing with
nentari, back when I recapped The War Machines, about One telling Dodo about a strange feeling he had when they arrived in 1966, 'something he only felt when Daleks were nearby' as he tells her, that his feeling could have been because, on that very day, his future self & companion were indeed near Daleks, or at least, the Daleks were near them. I remember saying something like how it was 'very interesting that two of the Doctor's regenerations were so very close to each other' & 'how it makes me think of all the times you don't see the Doctor almost meeting himself'. She said that The Two Doctors could be seen as a case of that (I think she did, I'm sorry if I'm not remembering right, love!). But now that I've seen both stories, I'd have to say that it is a pretty close call for the Doctor - granted, one's at Gatwick Airport, the other is probably a few miles away, but it still could have easily been a breaking of the first law of time, wouldn't it? (& that probably would have meant that the ending of The War Games could have happened a lot sooner.)I actually did get a little teary-eyed when Ben & Polly said their farewells to Two & Jamie. I thought it was beautifully well-done & I could feel how much Two & Jamie would miss them both, & they them. Ben & Polly were some of the finest companions to ever stand inside the TARDIS, I think.
& Polly-girl . . . I'll miss her beautiful smile & her kindness to everyone around her. & I'll even miss Ben's snappy little tongue & sharp witticisms. But Polly was right - it was their world & their time. It was time for them to return to their lives before they met the strange, funny little man in a blue police box. Like Ian & Barbara before them, they had some fantastic adventures with the Doctor, but wanted to eventually return to their own time & place.
(& like Ian & Barbara before them, they'll lead a happy life with each other.)
To Ben Jackson & Polly Wright - best companions & after all of that, loves. ::toasts::
(o, allow me my sap, okay?)
& now, it's up to Two & Jamie to find the TARDIS & sail on, throughout time & space.
(who the hell would steal a bloody old police box?)
The Evil of the Daleks
- Okay, so at the end of The Faceless Ones, Two tells Jamie that the TARDIS, apparently, has been stolen. (& I say again, who the hell would want to steal a bloody old police box?)
- Aiiee, Jamie & Two are running after it now! & the music being played during that bit makes me think of old Charlie Chaplin films.
- I love Two explaining 'TARDIS' as a Gaelic word. & Jamie not enjoying being called a foreigner. Teehee.
- Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but was The Evil of the Daleks the first serial for Two & Jamie to be on their own as a team for the most part?
- LOLZ JAMIE IN A TAXI. (sorry, it just makes me giggle.)
- & here is Edward Waterfield, the lady Victoria's father, selling Victorian timepieces.
- Jamie's clutching Two while learning about trains. Aww.
- 'It's so little, Jamie. It's too little to go on, Jamie.'
'Now don't give up, Doctor. Remember Bruce.'
'Bruce?'
'Robert Bruce.'
♥♥♥♥
They keep each other going, no matter how small a chance they have. O, Two. O, Jamie.
- Hmm. I know a few things about this serial . . . & yet Edward Waterfield is greatly confusing me, nevertheless.
- That picture of Jamie's quite pretty. [/shallowness]
- 'This is his assistant & secretary, Mr James McCrimmon.'
. . . an interesting description of Jamie, I must say. ::giggles::
- O, if I remember right, there's a song I should know playing soon in this scene, but I'm not sure. & teehee, I wonder how Jamie liked being in a coffee shop!
- OMG JAMIE, STARING AT TARTAN MINISKIRTS! ::tickles him:: Saucy little thing, aren't you?
'If only the laird could see that . . . '
& YES, I WAS RIGHT! I'm pretty sure it's Paperback Writer by the Beatles, but I'm not totally sure.
- 'Jamie, I'm being stared at. Is there something wrong with me?'
'You mean up here Doctor?'
'Is my hair in disarray?'
'No more than usual.'
'Do I look strange, bizarre?'
'Aye, well maybe I'm just used to you.'
'Well, that's some comfort.'
SO.FUCKING.MARRIED. DON'T EVEN TRY & DENY IT, PEOPLE.
- O SHIT HERE COME THE
- Supplementing with my DVDs for the second story . . . . & like I said above, SHIT, HERE COME THE DALEKS! & with them, they bring our first death in the story. O dear.
- Meanwhile, Jamie & Two have arrived at Edward Waterfield's antiquary, an hour early. & all genuine Victorian antiques? But brand new at the same time? I like Jamie's idea, but I'll go with Two - you want to know, you've got to ask.
- Sorry guys, but Daleks, even Classic!Daleks, give me a chill down the spine when they declare their lives the only important ones in existence.
- Random fashion note: Jamie's not got his knife or sporran yet, but he has his kilt pin in. I've never known what those are for; I don't think they're for keeping it on.
- Wow, Jamie & Two seem to get subdued by way of gas a lot in their past few serials, or at least Two & one of his companions do!
- Now where are they? They woke up in some fancy, pretty parlour - on June 2nd, 1866?! Without the TARDIS . . . wow. & that is a lot longer than I thought Victoria was from, actually - I had her pegged as being from the late 1880s.
- Ah, our first glance at the truly beautiful miss Victoria Waterfield! However, I do not like her being menaced or imprisoned by stupid tin pepperpots! The poor girl. Even now, I just want to hug her.
- I'm a bit silly, perhaps, but Victoria has a very handsome father. ::girlish blush::
- The first time I saw this serial, I was immediately reminded of the Big Finish audio The Time of the Daleks, an Eight & Charley audio where mirrors are used by Daleks as a means of travelling through time if I remember right, erasing the memory of Shakespeare in the process.
- O.M.G. Pat just The Head Turn™. The head turn & look he does when the Dalek first enters the room. From the very first time I saw that scene in one of the best fanvids I've ever seen in any fandom, I fell so.damn.hard. for that man. He just looks so . . . o, I couldn't even say! He just made it look so . . . sensual, I suppose? I DON'T KNOW. IT HAS AN EFFECT ON ME, OKAY?
(& I may have tried to practise that sort of head turn & look myself . . . but really, I think you need to be Patrick Troughton to do that. ::giggles::)
- NO! NO, YOU WILL NOT USE JAMIE FOR YOUR TEST SUBJECTS!! You stupid, overblown, egotistic pepperpots! You lay a plunger on him & Two will rip out your eyestalks.
- 'What have you done with your infernal meddling?!'
He's absolutely terrified for Jamie, & what they will do to him. I can feel that anger & the terror.
(& I have a horrible feeling he's remembering Susan now. & if not Susan, Katarina. Both of whom he lost in different ways because of the Daleks, as I see it. & to even have the possibility of Jamie being next on that list must be so horrifying for him. First his granddaughter, then a companion, now
- O, Jamie's been roused accidentally by Molly! Aww, the darling looks so sweet half-awake, I think. His poor head!
- In a way, Jamie's just seen Victoria for the first time, hasn't he, by seeing her late mother's portrait. & he thought her very beautiful. I . . . I'm looking forward to him meeting the young miss Waterfield, I must admit.
- Um, Jamie, love, you might want to turn around & shout . . . . no! Kidnapping Jamie & hurting Molly? No!
- 'Everything you say, Waterfield, is true. If we cannot find Jamie, the Daleks will take great pleasure in killing everyone in sight. And their greatest pleasure will be in killing me.'
I ♥ Patrick Troughton's delivery of those lines. His expression, his voice - it's just bang-on perfect for that scene. Another reason I love his era so much - he was such an incredibly talented actor & no matter what the scene is, he'll always hook me & get me completely lost in the story.
- Okay, back to recon mode for the third story . . . goodness, the Doctor is a lovely detective, isn't he? & what do these horrible people want with Jamie?
- Aww, Two checking on Jamie's head. Love!
- I'm quite worried for Victoria - stuff this 'not being exterminated' business, I don't trust a Dalek at all.
- The lovely, brave Jamie McCrimmon - how dare you slander him like that! Jamie's a bloody saint compared to Maxtible in my opinion.
- Hmm, at this point, do the Daleks know that the Doctor is a Time Lord? They seem to know that he's more than human, but do they know he's a Time Lord?
- His 'trial' is to rescue Victoria?
- 'I don't care for insolence.'
'Well I'm not keen on arrogance myself!'
But yet, Jamie's better than a petty verbal scrap & apologises. O, sigh!
- O, Jamie's so kind to Molly, he really is. & I love how he gently insists that she call him by his first name. JAMIE, WHY ARE YOU MAKING YOURSELF SO ENDEARING?!
- 'You have to brush up on your history. I can't be around to cover for you all the time!'
::giggles:: They act so married, don't they? Even so early on, they're totally OTP & it's so lovely to watch.
- The Doctor watched the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. I love how oddly nostalgic he seems about it all.
- O my! Jamie & Two are having their first big row! & Jamie's in possession of a sharp tongue & a hot temper when he's of the mind to be in one! & Jamie's storming off in a fit of temper - he's quite hot-blooded when in the mood, isn't he? I haven't seen him so angry before!
- O, stupid Betsy! ::hits self:: Two engineered the row between himself & Jamie, you should have known! He knows what's in Jamie's nature & he knows that helping Victoria is one of those things! O, very good, Doctor! (but I do hope you didn't make Jamie genuinely angry at you.)
- Eee! Molly's slipping Jamie plans of the house!
- Wow. Jamie has got the stealth! When he sets his mind to doing something, he'll really do it, won't he?
- WHY COULDN'T THE FOURTH STORY HAVE SURVIVED, I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING JAMIE IN A FIGHT. ::pouts:: MOAR WARRIOR!JAMIE PLZ.
- OMG HE'S GOT A SWORD. ::fans self:: A SWORD.
- The sight of a Dalek with a handkerchief is rather giggleworthy. A lacy handkerchief, no less!
- 'If you want the human factor, a part of it must include mercy.'
Two just pwned some Daleks right there. ::grins::
- I'm feeling horribly awful for Victoria's father - he sounds like he's slowly reaching his breaking point now.
- Jamie's befriending of Kemel is rather touching, I find. & they both have a common goal - to find & free miss Victoria. Jamie's such a darling, I feel like I can't say it enough.
- Jamie's just had his first look at Victoria. & he finds her 'very beautiful'. ♥♥
- Maxtible's reasoning of Dalek nature is . . . disturbingly naive at best.
- O MY! Jamie McCrimmon just took down a Dalek! With help yes, BUT HE TOOK DOWN A FUCKING DALEK! See? I TOLD you he brings the badassery in monochrome! ::grins::
- & WHAT THEY DID IT AGAIN. Jamie = BADASS.
- Yay, they've got to Victoria!
- I love how he introduces himself, then says he came to give her back her hankie. How very gallant of him! ::heart melts::
- 'I am a professor of a far wider academy, of which human nature is merely a part. All forms of life interest me.'
Space beatniks FTW.
- O, Jamie's sharing his story over water with miss Victoria. & Jamie & Victoria are forming their own ideas as to how all of this came about. Victoria's a bright girl, I can see this already! She'll be a fast learner, I know it.
- MAXTIBLE! That BASTARD. He lured Victoria into the Daleks' trap! ::growls::
- More Warrior!Jamie! ::swoons:: & MORE SWORDS! & YELLING, OMG. ::collapses::
- 'Look, I'm telling you this. You and me - we're finished! You're just too callous for me. Anything goes by the board, anything at all!'
'That's just not true Jamie. I've never held that the end justifies the means.'
'Och, words, what do I care about words! You don't give that much for a living soul except yourself!'
'I care about life. I care about human beings. Do you think I let you go through that Dalek test lightly?'
'I don't know. Did you? Look, Doctor, just who's side are you on?'
O.my.goodness. Two & Jamie practically broke up right there. & o, really, it's something, you need to hear, but when he says he cares for human life, you can practically hear him thinking 'I care about you, Jamie.' I mean, you can practically hear it in his voice. That was a fairly intense row for the two of them & was very close to a breakup, almost.
- LOLZ THE DALEKS ARE LITERALLY PLAYING WITH TWO! ::dies laughing:: & WHEE, TWO'S RIDING DALEKS!
- OMG DALEKS PLAYING TRAINS. ::DIES AGAIN:: & the Doctor's all dizzy! ::is dying:: I FUCKING LOVE THIS.
- Alpha, Beta, Omega - HE NAMED THE DALEKS! HE NAMED THE DALEKS & HE'S MAKING FRIENDS WITH THEM, OMG.
- Maxtible is a mad, greedy, easily duped fool. That is all. ::glares::
- 'Don't worry Kemel. I shall protect you. I shall see they do you no harm.'
Victoria, you sweetheart. ♥♥♥
- So Jamie & the Doctor are on Skaro - I wonder if the Doctor will ever tell Jamie he's been there before.
- AWWW, CUTE & SWEET DALEKS ARE BACK. (wtfIjustcalledadalekcute&sweetwtf.)
- Aww, hi, Omega! ::waves at Dalek Omega::
- THEY WERE TRICKED! It wasn't Omega!
- ::hugs Victoria tightly::
- If I remember my history right, this serial was the first time an Emperor Dalek was introduced to the Doctor. (I believe it was because Terry Nation wanted to take the Daleks away from Doctor Who & get them their own show, but the plans for that fell through, so they came back five years later, during Three's era)
- RECORDER COMES OUT! ::beams::
- What I said before - Maxtible is a mad & easily duped fool. & I will keep saying that until someone kills him!
- Aww, Victoria has some time with her father after all of this.
- ::gasp::
The Doctor just said if he had no other option, he would try & take them all to his own planet, if not another universe, & told Victoria he was from a planet a long way from Earth. I know it isn't the first time he's done that (& that Gallifrey won't be named til Sarah Jane's first serial), but still - a bit of a surprise!
- O . . . I think . . . the Daleks just turned Maxtible into a Dalek! They want to make humans into Daleks - the Dalek factor. (so Daleks in Manhattan wasn't the first time the Daleks tried to create human Daleks or use humans to achieve their ends. But there, it just may not have been done so well as it was here.)
- NO! NO! THEY COULDN'T - THEY COULDN'T HAVE MADE THE DOCTOR INTO A DALEK HIMSELF! NO! Please, no!
- Wait . . . NO! He ISN'T a Dalek! He was just faking it! O, thankyou. ::exhales::
- I note that in this serial, Jamie's faith in Two seems to be shaken up quite often, as well as his trust. He argues with him & doesn't even know if he can trust him at this point. It's an interesting turning point I think - for Jamie to actually question his own faith in, & trust of the Doctor. I don't think I've ever seen him do so in later serials. I mean, he does get a bit snappy sometimes, & doesn't always obey Two (like in The Mind Robber), but I don't think I've ever seen his feelings about the Doctor so shaken up before. I also find it an interesting little short place to explore their relationship in the aftermath of this serial in a shippers' context - how far was Jamie's faith in him shaken, in a shippy way?
(of course this could be all me spouting about nothing but things I merely imagined, & it probably is. You know me - always seeing patterns in things that aren't there.)
- Two's teaching the Daleks to QUESTION. To QUESTION THEIR EMPEROR. To THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
Like he told Polly in The Macra Terror - always make up your own mind.
- O no . . . Edward Waterfield saved Two's life, but at the expense of his own life . . . & Two's promised to look after Victoria.
- & the Daleks have questioned. & done their own thinking. & DESTROYED the emperor - as well as most of Skaro, it looks like.
- 'We're not going to leave her - she's coming with us!'
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Wow. Now that was an epic, intense ride of a story! & I actually really enjoyed it, even though the recon wasn't the best, sadly. I think Victoria was wonderfully introduced & I found her rather brave in the face of everything she went through. She will make an excellent companion because of that. I think I'll enjoy watching Jamie fall in love with her - I do ship Jamie/Victoria too, mind you!
& my thoughts on listening to the original audio of The Evil of the Daleks.
The Evil of the Daleks; audio version
Stories one through three
- I'm really enjoying listening to the audio of this story, even more than watching it. It reminds me of being a little girl & listening to Gulliver's Travels & Alice in Wonderland on tape & clinging to every word being read out loud to me. The narration isn't particularly distracting for me; in fact, it fills in a gap here or there that the recon had (Two building a little something with sugar cubes whilst Jamie dodges flirty girls in short plaid miniskirts, for one thing). & plus, I've grown so used to listening to audios for different Doctors that I have no problem visualising what's going on in my head, even though I've already seen the recon. (but what I've seen in the recons isn't what I'm seeing when I listen to the audio itself)
- I also found that I'm picking up one thing in the audios that I didn't quite fully pick up on when I watched the recon - Edward Waterfield's uneasiness with the differences in twentieth century language & nineteenth-century language. I did note in the recon that he has a bit of trouble remembering to use one term in place of another (he refers to having paid Kennedy 'fifty guineas' when he actually means 'fifty pounds', which Kennedy calls him on politely), refers to the coffee bar as a 'coffee shop' & other small linguistic anachronisms.
(but hmm, the 'coffee bar' & 'coffee shop' slip intrigues me - in the States, we call them coffee shops or coffee houses; I can't remember hearing them referred to as 'coffee bars' - is this a British term for coffee shops & coffee houses, or was it what they were referred to as in the sixties in the UK?)
Anyway, linguistic issues aside, in the audio, I'm picking up on Edward Waterfield's discomfort in being a hundred years out of his own time that I didn't pick up as fast on when I was watching the recon.
- I know I've probably fangirled enough in my recaps this week, but may I just say that I really quite enjoy listening to Patrick Troughton's voice? SUCH A NICE VOICE, FOR REAL. (I'm not recapping these like recons; I'm just laid out on my bed & listening to them on the stereo, then typing all of this up after I finish one - it's pretty comfy!
Stories four through five
- I ♥♥♥ listening to the audio of Jamie & Kemel's fight, & with a good narration! It made a lot more sense than it did when I first watched it in the recon & I found it a lot more gripping to listen to! Also, as I said in my initial recap of the serial, I quite liked the bond that Jamie formed with Kemel after they each saved each other's lives - it makes more sense & has a stronger impact when I listen to it, than when it did when I just watched the recon. It's very sweet & I also get a better sense of Kemel's fondness for Victoria, which, while I did get whilst watching, I got a stronger feeling of after hearing it.
- I hadn't realised that Maxtible had been intending to shoot Edward Waterfield in the back when I watched the recon. This makes him even more of a mad fool than I thought, as well as a coward. He really does have no redeemable qualities whatsoever. Honestly, I find him just barely different than a Dalek by now. As Two would say, he is a man who holds that the end justifies the means. & I still find his blind, greedy motivations behind trusting the Daleks to be foolishly & dangerously naive at best, ruthless & no different than a Dalek's main overall objection at worst.
- & I'll never fail to be impressed by the fact that Jamie McCrimmon, in his first real meeting with the Daleks, manages to take one out with nothing but a bit of rope, some help from a friend & some serious ingenuity. Four stars, Jamie. Four shining, northern stars for you!
- Make that two Daleks, one being a totally unexpected!Dalek. ::grins::
- I also hadn't realised that Edward Waterfield had intended to knock Two senseless with the metal bar when I watched the recon. Nor Two's speedy response to almost being knocked out.
- & honestly, listening to Jamie get into fights rather than watching them . . . ::crumples to the floor:: I'd take the aural over the visual, I think. O yes.
Stories six through seven
- Listening to Two's glee over the Daleks playing trains is the cutest thing to ever hear. SO ADORABLE!
- O, he didn't write their names in Romanticised Greek, he wrote the actual Greek letter! I thought he wrote their initial, or their full names out, but apparently not.
- I wonder - Maxtible's bargain with the Daleks; to learn how to change metal into gold & Edward Waterfield saying that Maxtible's sold himself to the Daleks - I find that to be something of a Faustian bargain on some level, myself. Maxtible has sold himself for a secret thousands of people before him would have died to know - transmutating metal into gold - to something so purely evil as the Daleks, much in the way (but perhaps more metaphorically) that Faust sold his soul for immortality. Maxtible may not have sold his soul per se, but nevertheless, I see his 'arrangement' with the Daleks as a rather Faustian one.
Also, his desire to know the secret of turning metal to gold - if he'd been able to do such & take it back to Earth - would have given him a form of immortality, making the whole arrangement even more Faustian.
- Victoria, despite her own inner fear, speaks quite bravely. But I don't find her words hollow at all. I find them both solid & comforting, for her & Kemel.
- Interesting - at first, Victoria doesn't seem to fully grasp the concept that she is on another planet - she just seems to understand that she's been taken from Maxtible's house. But later, when she hears that there are other humans in the city, she seems to have developed a much better grasp of her situation & doesn't seem as slightly naive as she did when she awoke on Skaro. (however, her naivety is of course forgiveable; she's a nineteenth-century girl who would not understand the concept of space travel, nor should she expected to be. I certainly would not have expected her to at least.)
- Victoria's fast learning seems to be showing up as the story moves along, at least to me. Essentially, all of the naivety she seemed to have when she first appears is completely gone, replaced by a spark of, dare I say, anger, & of worry for the others. But she's understanding things by now, far better than she did when she arrived in the second story. & she's getting upset & I think, a bit angry now, at everything that's happening around her & especially at Maxtible. (good girl!)
- Listening to the Emperor Dalek lay out Two's role in his plan, is incredibly frightening to hear. I actually found myself getting chills during the very last bit of the sixth story.
- Two's playing his recorder & playing a lovely tune as well. & I do so love Jamie's snappy, razor sharp tongue.
- I find Two's little discussion with Victoria to be very sweet & a very kind bit, for some reason. Not sure why, but I do. It just shows Two's gentle side, I think. Not that we haven't seen such a side before from him, but I think it's a nice thing to show, when he's under so much pressure & is trying to think of a solution to the immense problem before him.
- Okay, I had NOT picked up on this part in the recon - Maxtible's hypnotising of the Doctor! I can't believe I didn't get that when I watched it! But nevertheless, that's how they got him to walk through the archway & made him into a Dalek of sorts! I HAVE NO WORDS. I just have no words as to how low a creature Maxtible is. (yes, it is after he's been made into a Dalek, I know, but still; how low could that bastard have gone?)
- I just realised the only thing I've been confused by in this last story - Two was never a Dalek at all, was he? He was just faking it so he could save the others & throw a wrench in the Daleks' big plan, wasn't he? I can't believe how stupid I could have been as to not even get that, twice. Stupid girl!
- Okay, some of you who read this may kill me for saying this, but the Daleks making the other Daleks walk through the archway, when Two has basically fucked up the circuitry, is a lot like what Ten does in Daleks in Manhattan - giving the human-Daleks 'just that little bit of Time Lord DNA.' But Two does it just a bit better this time around - he gives them human emotions instead of his own DNA. I find that a better plan personally because no matter what, the Doctor is still a Time Lord, raised & ingrained with Time Lord boundaries & rules to follow, whereas humans have less boundaries imposed on themselves (by comparison, anyway), & even when they do, they can choose to break them anyway. Therefore, from my perspective, Daleks with a human factor or element to them > Daleks with 'just that little bit of Time Lord DNA'.
- TWO LEADING THE HUMANISED DALEK REVOLT AGAINST THE EMPEROR. FOR THE FUCKING WIN, BITCHES! Two is badass like that. ::nods::
- In retaliation for attacking Edward Waterfield, the humanised Daleks attack the black Dalek. They kill a Dalek for taking a human life, basically. It's . . . it's an intense concept to associate with a Dalek, I have to say, but I like it.
- At the final end of the story, the city of Skaro is destroyed all around Two, Jamie & Victoria as they make their way back to the TARDIS. I have to say, if the Daleks had not come back again during the classic series, until the new series, this would have been a pretty damn good send-off for them!
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Now, having listened to the audio version & having watched the recon of this story, I've got to say that both were great experiences, but I think I enjoyed listening to the audio a bit more. It really was like a Big Finish audio in some ways & I didn't have to worry about keeping my eyes on anything; I could just imagine what was going on & it worked perfectly for me. The recon & the only surviving story were good to watch & I'm quite grateful to have been able to see both, but the audio was more fun & more enjoyable for me on the whole. I didn't miss having something to see & I found that I got deeper senses of emotion, character & action than I did in the recon. Of course, to be fair, the recon is a bit more involving to watch & recap, as there are subtitles to be read & audio to listen to & it can be a bit hard to recap. Recons are in general, I think, a bit hard to recap, as opposed to watching an actual full story. Audios, naturally, tend to be a bit easier!
& that's our recaps for the week! Next week I'll be recapping Tomb of the Cybermen, Victoria's own Companion Chronicle The Great Space Elevator & The Abominable Snowman (the audio version, supplemented by my Lost in Time DVDs in some places).
Previous recaps
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Time Meddler
The War Machines
The Smugglers
The Tenth Planet
The Power of the Daleks
The Highlanders
The Underwater Menace
The Moonbase
tagging
- and please stop calling me 'vic'!,
- boyshapes: patrick troughton,
- characters: ben jackson,
- girlshapes: anneke wills,
- jamie brings the badassery in monochrome,
- lovers: ben/polly,
- lovers: jamie/victoria,
- lovers: two/jamie,
- obsessions: doctor who,
- polly wright the cybermen slayer,
- space beatniks are awesome,
- the great&mighty troughton rewatch-athon
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Date: 2009-06-27 02:43 pm (UTC)Oh wow. I am honoured, your majesty.
So he was a 'good' Cyberman, one that didn't want to kill Eight or assimilate others into his own race? A . . . friend Cyberman, then?
I'm not very familiar with the comics (EDAs are the version of Eight I'm best acquainted with) but from what I know of him I think the description you made of him is accurate. Here's his page at Wikipedia, if you want to learn more.
I can't wait to see Tomb of the Cybermen!
I'm having an urge to rewatch it for the millionth time, so I'll do just that very soon and rejoice in the awesomeness that is Victoria.
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Date: 2009-06-28 04:49 pm (UTC)Kroton sounds . . . well, he reminds me a bit of one of Eight's audio companions, C'rizz, who travelled with him & Charley for a time. But I think if I met him proper, I'd like him! He seems like a nice, um, fellow. & he does sound like he was a friend to Eight & Izzy. & well . . . just goes to show me, not all Cybermen are evil! Some, you could find, are actually nice!
Tomb of the Cybermen IS WIN. I must rewatch it before I recap, just to let go of all the squee! ::giggles:: & o dear, Victoria still needs a tag of her own! But I can't seem to come up with one for her! :O
LOLZ, YOUR ICON! XD OMG, I LOVE IT. ::dies::
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Date: 2009-06-28 05:23 pm (UTC)He could form a club with Alpha, Beta and Omega - the four of them could discuss ways to save the universe, and play cards. :P
& o dear, Victoria still needs a tag of her own! But I can't seem to come up with one for her! :O
You did call her a Victorian adventuress one day - but if you feel it's too reminiscent of Charley, "oh fiddle" or "not vic" could also work.
LOLZ, YOUR ICON! XD OMG, I LOVE IT. ::dies::
Cyber-torture is cruel. *laughs*
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Date: 2009-06-29 07:22 am (UTC)Now that's a good plan! I wonder if maybe they'd enjoy chess as well - logical for Kroton, & possibly a bit easier for Alpha, Beta & Omega to play, since they lack hands, alas. (I VOTE THEY BECOME TROUGHTON'S ANGELS VERSION 2.0! ::giggles::)
You did call her a Victorian adventuress one day - but if you feel it's too reminiscent of Charley, "oh fiddle" or "not vic" could also work.
I almost DID maker her tag into one involving her being a Victorian adventuress, but it was too long. My tag for Charley is 'love your edwardian adventuresses', so I COULD do a similar one for Victoria, but I rather liked the idea of making hers 'stop calling me 'vic'!' Hmm. But I DO want to use her title of Victorian adventuress - she IS one, after all! :D (do you think she'd hate being called that? ::random::)
& YES IT IS!
::conveniently ignores her 'Best Of Billie' collection in her iTunes::
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Date: 2009-06-29 08:56 pm (UTC)Oh my. :P
do you think she'd hate being called that? ::random::
I think she'd be flattered, actually - and rather relieved, if she knew the alternative included the name "Vic".
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Date: 2009-06-30 10:53 am (UTC)I think she'd be flattered, actually - and rather relieved, if she knew the alternative included the name "Vic".
O, hooray! & she IS one, after all - she has plenty of proof to show of it. :D