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riverdressesWell, everyone, here we are in the final official original three serials of the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon! Next week will be entirely devoted to the final serial of Two, Jamie & Zoe's - The War Games. I'll have it up on early Saturday morning, as usual, but I'll hopefully watching two serials a day, recapping each one in its own separate segment. (it's a ten-episode serial & it . . . it's not very pleasant. I mean, it has its moments, but if you know anything about Two's era, you'll know why I'm so uncomfortable with it.) After that, the rewatch-athon will be in its final stages, which will look something like this:
Note: I know most of you know that I've broken almost all ties with the new series (until Eleven arrives, anyway), but I'm including Midnight because it features David Troughton as one of the main characters - by including it, I'm coming full circle, as I see it. It's like this: if it hadn't been for the new series, I never would have came to the classic series & never would have found a) half of you lot & b) so many of my favourite serials & my three favourite Doctors. So, while I'd rather not sit through Midnight again, for David Troughton, I shall do it with pleasure.
I'll reiterate most of this next week with my recap of The War Games, but due to the nature of that story . . . coherence will be a bit of a fluke, if I can even pull it off by the end.
Anyway, that is next week, & it will all come in time, won't it? For now, we've three fabulous serials for this week, beginning with The Krotons, which was the second serial I ripped into after I watched The Dominators when I got them.
Also, interestingly enough, this serial combines everything I've been doing in the rewatch - serials, audios & .avi! If I had a recon we'd be all fitted out, wouldn't we? ::laughs::
The Krotons
- O hooray! This is a serial written by Robert Holmes! He did so many of my favourite Four era serials, so I tend to be quite fond of his work.
- Man, EVERY TIME they mention the Krotons, I'm going to think of Kroton the Cyberman. Who is WAY more awesome than these Krotons, but that's for another time.
- Awww, Two's using his umbrella as a parasol of sorts! How cute!
- HELLO ZOE HERIOT & YOUR ABSOLUTELY HOT OUTFIT! ::waves excitedly:: LOVE the scarf, skirt & boots! & her HAIR!
- Random fashion note: Jamie's little kerchief is UTTERLY adorable! It looks like a school tie, almost.
- The chick who's about to go into the machine has a sort of Brigitte Bardot-esque hairstyle, I think. Just not as long & rumply.
- 'We are friends!'
(everybody in the room levels their swords on Two)
'It's alright, don't be afraid!'
Jamie (whispering to Zoe): 'Trouble.'
::gigglesnorts:: Two, why so cute?
- 'Aye, you wouldn't be so brave without these guards around you.'
- JAMIE! DON'T CHALLENGE ALIENS TO FIGHTS! Wait, on the other hand . . . you can take care of yourself . . . but still!
- Aww, Two being worried for Jamie & trying to stop him = ♥♥♥
- & Jamie's going into this fight bare-handed! BB IS HARDCORE, BITCHES.
- FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! ::swoons::
- & HE WINS! ::tackleglomps Jamie:: He won & the other fellow didn't last five minutes! IN YOUR FACES!
- Blocking vents with rocks - Two's a fast thinker, isn't he! & he catches the nice girl as well! But his favourite umbrella was destroyed in the process. Aww.
- Two's practising a bit of hypnosis with his pocket watch! & has no jacket on - oo, pretty!
- Hmm. The guy interrogating the poor custodian of the learning hall looks a little like Mark Strickson, I think. Mmm, pretty.
- Mm. Two looks quite lovely when thinking. His thinky face is sexy! (well, ALL of Two's faces are sexy. Even when he's asleep.)
- Random fashion note two: Does anyone have an idea of what material Zoe's jacket & skirt are made out of? I'd say maybe something in PVC, but it doesn't look quite as shiny as PVC does. Maybe a leather of some sort?
- O dear . . . the Krotons are watching Two. & he's being awesome & smart & all full of win. For once, I think someone needs to get Two to SHUT UP. That is, if we don't want HIM walking into that machine next! ::worries::
- Aww, Jamie clinging to Zoe! But TWO! ::flails:: The poor thing looks so scared!
- ARGH, HAVING FLASHBACKS TO The Omen JESUS CHRIST.
- EEEK! THEY JUST KILLED ANOTHER POOR PERSON! Right in front of everyone!
- Also, Vana's got HUGE Brigitte-esque eyelashes as well.
- Aww, I love how Jamie's all, 'Watch him, Zoe. You know what he's like.' ::grins::
- O yes, Doctor. Leave the perfect little brainchild in a room full of computers & knowledge. ::looks a bit sad::
- But as it is, Zoe seems to like playing with the computers!
- Zoe's face is kind of creeping me out - she looks like someone drugged her.
- AWW, ZOE'S LITTLE SMUG FACE! ::GIGGLES::
'Yes, well, Zoe is something of a genius . . . of course it can be very irritating at times.'
& SHE STILL LOOKS ALL CUTE & SMUG. AWWWWWWW. ::hugs Zoe::
- 'Great jumping gobstoppers, what's that?'
&TWO;
- Zoe's been picked by the Krotons . . . & Two's yelling at her! Two, don't be mean to the poor girl! But aww, how cute are they when he;s all fussy with her & she has to help him!
- 'Well of course it can - the Doctor's almost as smart as I am.'
LOLZ. O, Zoe. Zoe, Zoe, Zoe.
- ::dies:: TWO'S FACE WHEN HE ACES THE TEST. Due to a vid I quite adore, I can NEVER, EVER look at his face at that moment without thinking rather . . . cheeky thoughts. He looks like he has something naughty on his mind. ::grins::
- O GOD JAMIE'S LITTLE FACE! ::cries:: He looks HEARTBROKEN. Totally shattered right then. ::hugs him gently::
- O my word . . . Two & Zoe look like they're in an awful lot of pain when they're in the machine - or spaceship, rather.
- TWO, DON'T EAT ALIEN PRIMORDIAL SOUPS! ::slaps::
- HA! Jamie's not going to be so easily beaten by some stupid machine! He's going in there & he's going to get Two & Zoe back!
- & Two's pockets have helped them out! Two's pockets FTW.
- WHOO, they're out! But . . . but Jamie doesn't know that! O, Jamie, PLEASE don't go in, please!
- YOU STUPID MACHINES, LET GO OF JAMIE! ::kicks at the Krotons:: & he's a PERSON, not an IT!
- . . . primitive? BITE ME. Jamie > the Krotons. & that's not just because I love him - it's a fact.
- Jamie, Jamie, FIGHT IT! You can do it! ::clings::
- Stop hurting him! ::hits the Krotons with a baseball bat::
- O, o, Jamie, OF COURSE they won't leave without you - they've only gone to conduct tests! Please, don't think Two would ever leave you behind! You know he wouldn't.
- O, side note: Jamie looks crazy pretty with his hair all ruffled up like that!
- FUCK YOU! JAMIE'S GOT MORE VALUE THAN YOU STUPID LITTLE TOY ROBOTS!
(& I heart his little pout when they say that he has no value. It's rather cute!)
- O, no value, huh? Look at how much information Jamie's pulling out of you silly bits of tin & crystal! You underestimate Jamie McCrimmon quite severely. ::glares::
- ::grins:: Jamie's got a gun now - or at least, a very fancy sort of weapon.
- O, TWO & ZOE, YOU DIDN'T LEAVE! ::collapses happily:: O, Jamie, you must see that!
- Random fashion note two: Zoe's got a cute little headband on! I love it!
- EEEK, THE FIRST 'MY GIDDY AUNT' TWO EVER SAID! ::SQUEES::
- HA! JAMIE'S GOT A GUN, BITCHES!
- & while he may not have killed a Kroton, he confused the one after Two & Zoe! No value, eh?
- O MY GIDDY AUNT! IT DESTROYED THE TARDIS?!
- O! O! The TARDIS - she's alright! ::hugs her::
- & Jamie's escaped! ::exhales slowly::
- TWO'S BEEN CAUGHT IN THE CAVE-IN! ::screams rather loudly::
- O, o, please be alright, Two, please . . . o, he's alright! ::claps:: But the place appears to still be caving in!
- (Zoe's mending a fellow's possibly fractured leg)
'Haven't you finished yet, Zoe?'
'No I haven't! Hey, can I borrow your braces?'
'No! Here, I'd much rather you used this.' (offers her his handkerchief)
LOLZ, I LOVELOVELOVE TWO'S REACTION TO ZOE'S REQUEST FOR HIS BRACES! He'd rather she didn't start undressing him right in front of people they hardly know yet - he'd rather she save it for the TARDIS! ::gigglesnorts::
- Hmm . . . a full-frontal view of a Kroton is rather funny. ::giggles:: They look best from the waist up, I thihnk.
- Ah, Jamie's proving he's just as fast on his feet as Two - he knows how to use the mica to open the door!
- Two, you did NOT just say Jamie's getting fat! ::pinches him::
- ::wibble:: Two holding onto Zoe after more dispersal . . . o. So sweet. ♥
- Mmm. Two can be a cocky bitch at times & I LOVE it. Oddly sexy on him!
- ::giggle:: I'm going to be a child & say oo, another shot of Zoe's lovely backside! & Two tapping it with his bottle! ::giggles::
- O, Jamie's ready to KILL someone now. But he's not leaving - he's loyal to his almost-little sister & most of all, to his Doctor. When it comes to them, he'll never run away & leave them behind. Ever.
- Ooo, Sneaky!Zoe. ::grins::
- OMG HOW CUTE ARE TWO & ZOE WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING FOR TIME, SERIOUSLY? ::giggles madly::
- Ugh . . . the Krotons are dissolving . . . as is their machine . . . it's like watching foam melt.
- I like Two's little 'I don't like goodbyes' moment. ♥
- ::waves goodbye to the TARDIS::
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nentari gave them to me, as it came right after my second favourite serial of Two's era. & I do like it - it feels a bit more low-key & almost calmer than the last few serials I've recapped. So it is in a way like a holiday.
& Zoe's outfit is totally awesome in it! I'd love to wear that skirt! (but I'd have tights on, of course!)
Now we're coming to a serial that I acquired especially for the rewatch-athon back when I was setting it all up - & couldn't believe I'd found it when I did! I've had it for a while now & this is the first time I've seen it! So my recap may be rather scattered, since I'll have so much to take in & to see & enjoy for the first time, but I'll try & be coherent still. Butnentari's told me many lovely things about this story, so I'm really looking forward to seeing it & recapping it! I apologise for my scatterbrained ramblings in advance, folks!
The Seeds of Death
- Random fashion note: I LOVE Miss Kelly's hair!
& her first name is Gia - what a pretty name!
- I might be a bit biased already, because I've heard really good things about Miss Kelly before, but I like her already! Far more than I liked Miss Garrett in The Ice Warriors, even before she proved to be a mindless twit. & she seems a lot warmer & friendlier than Miss Garrett did as well - which is a great plus, of course!
- O dear - trouble's already begun & the Doctor hasn't even arrived yet! ::worries::
- Uh-oh. I know that voice. Rather well, too.
- I love how this is being shot so far - you're not SEEING what everyone's looking at or talking to, but it still remains quite creepy, or at the very least, unsettling!
- O, we know that sound - hello Team TARDIS version 2.3! & HELLO JAMIE! ::waves::
- Stuck in space? Well, they're no webbing around, so it isn't the yeti back for revenge . . .
- A SPACE MUSEUM? OMFG AWESOME!
- Random fashion note two: Zoe's still in her great outfit from The Krotons!
- Random fashion note three: JAMIE'S SHIRT. IT . . . IT HAS LACES! ::FLAILS:: GUH. HE LOOKS MIGHTY FINE IN THAT SHIRT, SERIOUSLY.
- Okay, now we're seeing glimpses of the Ice Warriors now. Eeep.
- Random fashion note four: JAMIE'S GOT LACES ON HIS SLEEVES! ::squeaks:: & DAMN, it really . . . fits him, I must say. ::stares::
- Hee, Two geeking out over space rockets! So adorable!
- Now you have to keep in mind that I've never SEEN an Ice Warrior up close - those things are TERRIFYING indeed!
- O, Jamie & Zoe wanting to help is positively adorable. & Two being totally willing is even more wonderful. ::draws hearts::
- I kind of love Miss Kelly - she, unlike Miss Garrett, can think OUTSIDE her box! & it's leading to something quite useful, isn't it?
- The Ice Warriors are just hideous - like overgrown reptiles that learnt to walk like humans.
- O! Look at Two, Jamie & Zoe go! & please Miss Kelly - don't doubt Jamie's abilities. He's far more experienced than most people might think.
- & yes, I heart Miss Kelly. She's pretty awesome so far!
- Fashion note number five: Zoe appears to have changed her outfit between serials. WITH LACES ON!
- Zoe's certainly in her element here, I think! ::beams::
- I'd also like to note that there are some lovely optical effects during the preparation of the rocket for take-off. Visually, they're quite interesting!
- LOLZ JAMIE'S TOTALLY FLIPPING OUT. & HE WON'T EVEN ADMIT TO IT. ::giggles:: I.L.Y. Jamie. Your panic is so adorable.
- OMG THEIR FACES. ::giggles:: Jamie's looks to be a cross between 'I DON'T LIKE THIS GET ME OFF THIS THING' & 'I suddenly don't feel very well . . .' Aww, bb. ::pets::
- WHOA, ZOE'S TOTALLY AWESOME AT PILOTING A ROCKET. & Jamie was all hands & flaily adorable panic, awwww.
- OKAY, MISS KELLY IS FUCKING AWESOME, NOT DEBATABLE IN THE SLIGHTEST WAY. I LOVE HER.
- Also, in profile, is it just me or does Miss Kelly look a bit like Polly? I think she does a bit, but only in profile.
- Random fashion note number six: I LOVE Zoe's outfit! It's so pretty on her!
- Hmm. Apparently, Miss Kelly was the only one with brains in her work party - she's still alive!
- ::giggles:: Rather amusing landing, I must say.
- Random fashion note seven: Pat appears to be growing sideburns in this serial - rather wild ones, I think.
- Random fashion note eight: Jamie shows a nice amount of skin in-between his collar laces. Yum!
- 'Your leader will be angry if you kill me - I'm a genius!'
TWO JUST CHANNELLED RODNEY McKAY RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE. I LOVE IT.
- UNF, JAMIE, YOUR LACES. ::licks::
- HA! Miss Kelly escaped! KICKASS!
- . . . . I just got distracted by a fair bit of Patrick Troughton neck!porn. ::swoon:: I likey!
- I swear, I AM paying attention to the story - I LOVE it so far - but I keep getting distracted by all the skin Jamie's laces are flashing!
- However, in spite of that, I continue to adore Miss Kelly. SHE IS WIN.
- Jamie is definitely one of the few sorts that I can think of that would crawl through maintenance tunnels IN A KILT, bare knees & all. Having had to crawl through a tunnel or two myself in trousers, I've got to admire that about him. ::hugs Jamie::
- This serial's REALLY got some very tense spots in it - I can't even recap, I'm getting so tense!
- FOAM!! FOAM!SERIAL TIMES NOW!
- O no . . . one of the Ice Warriors made it down to Earth - & it's killing everyone in range already!
- ::panics:: O, Two . . . please, please be alright!
- Zoe's going to go through the tunnels! & Miss Kelly is backing her up on it! GO ZOE GO! ::waves pompoms::
- WHOA, THAT IS A LOT OF FOAM, MAN. FOAAAAAAAAAAMY!
- I love Zoe's level-headedness - she's keeping calm & trying to keep her guide calm as well. Good on you, miss Zoe!
- Zoe's photographic memory FTW!
- OMFG JAMIE'S EPIC FACES!! ::gigglesnorts:: EPIC AS ALL HELL & I LOVE EACH ONE.
- Zoe Heriot - intergalactic supergirl, at your service.
- I hadn't noted this before, but the opening titles for this serial are much different than the usual opening titles of a serial!
- SHIT! Two, you picked the WORST time to wake up!
- LET GO OF MY JAMIE YOU GIANT REPTILES!
O, yay, the heating kicked in! ::twirl:: & everyone's alright, more or less. ♥
- Random fashion note nine: JAMIE, I WANT TO UNDO YOUR LACES. ::licks::
- Random fashion note ten: I really do love Jamie's whole look in this serial - the top goes well with his kilt & it looks good from pretty much any angle you can see the whole thing. But I just keep getting distracted by his laced bits. ::laughs::
- Gia Kelly = made of awesome!
- From the side, Pat's sideburns are making him look like Victoria Waterfield's father. & I'm not sure if it's a good look or not just yet.
- O MY WORD, TWO'S GOING TO DROWN IN THAT FOAM!
- NOW HE'S COVERED IN IT! O, he'll die if he doesn't get inside!
- JESUS CHRIST ON A RITZ CRACKER, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH FOAM IN A SINGLE SERIAL, EVER. OR POSSIBLY IN MY LIFE. O MY GOODNESS!
- O, Jamie, your bravery . . . o, it's lovely, but it makes me worry terribly for you! ::bites nails::
- ::dies:: JAMIE'S WIPING THE FOAM OFF OF TWO. HE IS WIPING THE FOAM OFF OF THE DOCTOR. HOW MUCH MORE DOMESTIC CAN YOU GET?
- ::giggles:: One Ice Warrior appears to have sparkly gems glued onto his helmet. It's totally ridiculous & I love it. SPARKLES!
(does this mean the Ice Warriors have their own commitment to sparkle motion?)
- I . . . I trust Two of course, but I'm worried for him - he let the Ice Warriors destroy his weapons, so easily without even trying to put up a fight!
- Jamie's beginning to display his absolute worry & concern for Two now. ::bites lip::
- & now he wants to T-Mat himself back to the moon to help Two?! Jamie, you're mad!In love, Brave, tough, but very mad!
- LOOKIT TWO BEING ALL BADASS & IN YOUR FACE WITH THE ICE WARRIORS! FUCK YEAH!
- JAMIE! You're possibly madder than your own Doctor & I ENVY you that. Very much envy you that. ♥♥
- & together, they beat the Ice Warriors! IN. THEIR. FACES.
- & aww, a bit of bickerbickerbicker in the end, just before they dematerialise. LOVE.
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Now THAT was an exciting serial, I must say! It was a six-parter & never once did it feel like it was dragging or getting repetitive or dull - lots of action & awesome & oooo, I just loved it! SO GOOD. & Gia Kelly is TOTALLY an unofficial girl of Who - she's another character that would have been absolutely splendid in the TARDIS, I think. Too bad she couldn't have at least SEEN it!
& OMG JAMIE. ::flails:: He was crazy brave & well - as wonderful as ever, pretty much! & he saved Two at the very end & helped him stop the Ice Warriors, all while wearing one fab outfit! & walking through foam. ::nods::
Since I'm so close to - well, certain things . . . watching just Two & Jamie working together like that . . . well, it felt very much like old times, in ways.
& now, our final serial for the week, which combines the old favourite mixup of listening to the audio of, then watching the serial of The Space Pirates.
The Space Pirates - audio & serial
- This is another Robert Holmes story & if I remember right, the serial portion of it is the earliest work of his on Doctor Who that I'd ever seen before.
- Hmm. Criminals prowling around in space attacking cargo ships . . . sounds a bit like a space Western to me! ::beams::
- 'Deep space sickness' . . . so there is such a form of space dementia, but it takes a more physical attack. Hmmm.
- O, hello Doctor & all! Though I don't think you've all picked the best section of the beacon to land in . . .
- Aww, ever the pragmatist, our Jamie. ::blows kiss::
- OI, WHAT'S WITH THE SHOOTING?! SHOOT TO KILL - HOW ABOUT ASKING A QUESTION, THEN GETTING ALL TRIGGER HAPPY, CHRIST!
- O, & while you're chasing innocent darlings about, your pirates are right on your beacon!
- O goodness! Now the ones chasing Two, Jamie & Zoe have been shot by the space pirates! Um . . . a good thing? Well, I mean, at least they can't come after Two & his friends now! But they don't know that & that fact still has them trapped!
- Uh-oh, I think I'm beginning to connect how the opening of the second serial happened now . . .
- The door's been welded shut? Then - then when the charges go off, the TARDIS is going to end up floating off before Two, Jamie & Zoe can get to it!
- Moving into the only surviving serial for the second story . . . the beacon's just separated & Two, Jamie & Zoe are flying around their bit of the beacon!
- However . . . we do get one of the best moments of collective unconsciousness to ever be seen in Two's era! Now that just looks quite inappropriate. ::gigglesnorts::
(random fashion note - I ALWAYS thought Zoe was in a dress in this serial. But after seeing all of episode two? THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT SHE'S GOT A DRESS ON. HELL NO.)
- HAHA, SPACE MINER! ::laughs:: I don't know . . . it's just very funny to me! & it is another touch of space Western-ness. & he even sounds like someone in a Western!
- O, hello Two, you're waking up! & Jamie's the FIRST ONE he tries to wake up! AWW!
- . . . okay, Zoe's just being inappropriate here. ::sticks tongue out::I'm looking at the three of them & I'm like, 'Damn. Good three-way, apparently!'
- Yes, Milo Clancy is very space Western-esque - I think he would have fit in well in an episode of Firefly.
- LOLZ, ZOE APPEARS TO BE GROPING TWO. & Jamie's got his hand on Two's thigh - I'm sorry, my mind is very wrong when I watch this serial. ::giggle::
- Random fashion note two: I adore Zoe's hot pants & jacket! & Pat's sideburns don't seem to be as wild as they were in The Seeds of Death, happily!
- MIND PROBE WHAT?NOOOO, NOT THE MIND PROBE!
- 'What's he up to now?'
'I don't know. Ask him'
'Oh, that's no good. He's got his 'mysterious' face on.'
- O, fucksocks. If they can't get back to the TARDIS, they'll just . . . suffocate from the lack of air in their little piece of the beacon.
Or will they freeze to death first?
'You're afraid we're going to run out of air. But we won't. We'll freeze to death first.'
- 'Oh, Doctor, could we have some more oxygen?'
::giggle::
- ::giggles again:: Two's got a screwdriver! But I don't know if it's sonic . . .
- LOLZ, THEY'RE SHARINGSEXUAL AIR SUPPLY OXYGEN. Ordinarily, it would be the 'hitting of the space bong' moment, but um, things have changed now, you see.
- Zoe has DAMN good arms. Yes, this bears repeating.
- & now not only are they running out of air, but they're just floating much further out into space now!
- TWO'S HEAD IS IN JAMIE'S LAP RIGHT NOW. & they're all still sharing oxygen. & no, it will not stop being funny, especially now.
- JAMIE! ::SCREAMS:: HE'S BEEN SHOT!
- Moving back into audio for the third part, just after Milo Clancy just shot Jamie . . . ::growls::
- O, please, please, don't let Jamie be hurt!
. . . just stunned? O, o, please let it be so!
- Jamie! ::clings:: He's waking up now, thankfully!
- 'It's very rude to point, you know, especially with a gun.'
- 'Anything's possible in the TARDIS. Especially with him at the controls!'
O, Jamie. You are better, sweetheart!
- YAY, THEY'RE OUT! I don't know about Milo Clancy yet, but he saved their lives, at least.
- His ship, also, apparently seems to be called the Liz, or something that sounds like that! ::laughs::
- WOW. Milo Clancy's got quite the tricked-out sneaky weapons system! ::grins::
- Also, he's grasped the concept of Two & his companions travelling in space AND time very fast! Usually it takes people until the end of a serial to even believe such a thing!
- HEY! Don't you regulate miss Zoe Heriot to the kitchen, mister! She'd be able to rewire your ship AND blow up those military ships on your tail in under a minute! ::glares:: Make a pot of tea. HUMPH!
- ::squeezes Jamie's hand:: I know, love, I know. It's okay, you'll be fine. Deep breaths & concentrate on other things. ♥♥
- It's a little hard to reserve all my judgement on Milo until the end of the serial - with the exception of the above, I like him so far! But I know, first impressions can be deceiving & all.
- HAHA, ZOE'S MATHEMATICAL SKILLS WORKED OUT WHERE THE BITS OF THE BEACON ARE HEADED! ::tacklehugs her:: This girl is awesome. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.
- ::giggles:: Two sounds a touch of the flirt when congratulating miss Zoe on her work!
- O, I do hope Milo Clancy isn't one of the pirates - he was so kind & he saved their lives! ::chews lip worriedly::
- Earlier this week,nentari & I were talking & I mentioned that I'm more of a space Western kind of girl & she asked if I was just thinking of Firefly or this serial as well. I said I thought of both & Cowboy Bebop, & now, as I'm listening to it, I'd say that this serial definitely falls into the category of being a space Western.
- O no! They've been found! RUN, RUN!
- DISAPPEARING GROUND WTF?!
- O, well, they landed on a FLOOR at least, but it sounds like it was a painful landing!
- Jamie, please don't have hurt yourself when you landed!
- Two's awfully sure of himself about there being a second door in the prison cell. But he has a very logical point! There is another door there, he just needs to find it.
- Jamie, you've got to be a bit of an optimist! ::chides::
- & HE FOUND IT! ::high-fives::
- OMG. TUNING FORK. TUNING FORK?
- JAMIE! ::CLAPS HIS HANDS:: YOU OPENED THE DOOR! ::kisskiss::
- & Milo's come to find them! & well . . . he says he's not with the pirates . . . & he shot one! I . . . I believe in him; that he's doing good.
- Ooo, Jamie's packing heat! He seems to do that a lot, doesn't he? ::smiles::
- O! HE'S TAKING SHOTS AT THEM! Aim true, Jamie, aim true & straight!
Ah, I heart Jamie's total badassery. ♥♥♥♥
- . . . Madeline is in league with the pirates? Okay, yes, I wasn't fully sure on her, but I didn't exactly suspect her either!
- Zoe doesn't know how candles work? Zoe, I DID think you knew such things!
- WTF WHO PUT AN OLD MAN IN THE STUDY?!
- Despite being in league with pirates, Madeline seems to have retained her sense of morals & humanity, if not a stronger temperance of her greed.
- . . . the old man is Madeline's father? . . . what did she do to him? Maybe she hasn't retained her morals & her humanity as much as I thought she did.
- But nevertheless . . . Madeline wants to fight back. I feel rather confused about her now . . .
- Madeline didn't know her father was alive? O my goodness . . . o, poor Madeline.
- 'Jamie, sometimes I don't think you appreciate all I do for you.'
AWW. He does, Two, I promise!
- The Second Doctor, ladies & gentlemen - he can whip up a plan with just a bit of candle wax & a bag of marbles. ::beams::
- O NO. NO. Two, you have to be okay, you just HAVE to be!
- JAMIE! ::swoons:: You never run out of bravery, do you?
- Madeline just narrowly managed to pwn space pirates. Not bad!
- FTW! Space pirates have been blown up!
- O, goodness, the TARDIS! I'd forgot all about it myself!
- But Milo'll help them get it back - & it'll be fab. ::smiles::
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The first time I watched the only surviving serial of this, I felt that it dragged, considerably. & I'd read before that it wasn't one of the most highly regarded serials of Two's era, despite it being his next to last one. But this time, I wanted to keep an open mind about this & since I did, I found that I enjoyed this story much more than I'd expected! I suppose it was once I connected all the pieces that I could fully enjoy it. My only whine is that I felt that the end serial did drag a bit, to the point where I was losing a bit of interest. But I admit, I was doing something else at the time & so I wasn't really as focused as I should have been, perhaps. But there were bits of it that I liked. I just felt like it was running over-long for me.
& the ending . . . the ending was good. It ended with laughter, & Jamie's sweet witticisms. Which makes what's to come even more saddening. But it was good that this ended well - if it had ended sadly, it would have been worse in the end. So while this ending, as nice as it was, was bittersweet for me, I don't think I'd like to have it any other way.
& that was the last three major serials of this part of the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon! I'll be back next week with The War Games.
Wish me luck?
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
The Macra Terror
The Faceless Ones
The Evil of the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks - audio version
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Great Space Elevator (Victoria's Companion Chronicle)
The Abominable Snowmen - audio & serial
The Ice Warriors - audio
The Enemy of the World - audio & serial
The Web of Fear - audio & serial
Fury From the Deep - audio
The Wheel in Space - audio & serial
Fear of the Daleks (Zoe's Companion Chronicle)
The Dominators
The Mind Robber
The Invasion
Next week: The War Games, picspam & mix postings.
Week after: Spearhead From Space, The Curse of Peladon & The Three Doctors. (the first two are sort of bonus stories; the first bridging the gap between Two & Three's eras, the second one starring Patrick's son David as King Peladon. & of course, The Three Doctors needs no explanation!)
Week after: The Five Doctors, The Two Doctors & Jamie's Companion Chronicle Helicon Prime.
Final week: Midnight & wrap-up party.
Note: I know most of you know that I've broken almost all ties with the new series (until Eleven arrives, anyway), but I'm including Midnight because it features David Troughton as one of the main characters - by including it, I'm coming full circle, as I see it. It's like this: if it hadn't been for the new series, I never would have came to the classic series & never would have found a) half of you lot & b) so many of my favourite serials & my three favourite Doctors. So, while I'd rather not sit through Midnight again, for David Troughton, I shall do it with pleasure.
I'll reiterate most of this next week with my recap of The War Games, but due to the nature of that story . . . coherence will be a bit of a fluke, if I can even pull it off by the end.
Anyway, that is next week, & it will all come in time, won't it? For now, we've three fabulous serials for this week, beginning with The Krotons, which was the second serial I ripped into after I watched The Dominators when I got them.
Also, interestingly enough, this serial combines everything I've been doing in the rewatch - serials, audios & .avi! If I had a recon we'd be all fitted out, wouldn't we? ::laughs::
The Krotons
- O hooray! This is a serial written by Robert Holmes! He did so many of my favourite Four era serials, so I tend to be quite fond of his work.
- Man, EVERY TIME they mention the Krotons, I'm going to think of Kroton the Cyberman. Who is WAY more awesome than these Krotons, but that's for another time.
- Awww, Two's using his umbrella as a parasol of sorts! How cute!
- HELLO ZOE HERIOT & YOUR ABSOLUTELY HOT OUTFIT! ::waves excitedly:: LOVE the scarf, skirt & boots! & her HAIR!
- Random fashion note: Jamie's little kerchief is UTTERLY adorable! It looks like a school tie, almost.
- The chick who's about to go into the machine has a sort of Brigitte Bardot-esque hairstyle, I think. Just not as long & rumply.
- 'We are friends!'
(everybody in the room levels their swords on Two)
'It's alright, don't be afraid!'
Jamie (whispering to Zoe): 'Trouble.'
::gigglesnorts:: Two, why so cute?
- 'Aye, you wouldn't be so brave without these guards around you.'
- JAMIE! DON'T CHALLENGE ALIENS TO FIGHTS! Wait, on the other hand . . . you can take care of yourself . . . but still!
- Aww, Two being worried for Jamie & trying to stop him = ♥♥♥
- & Jamie's going into this fight bare-handed! BB IS HARDCORE, BITCHES.
- FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! ::swoons::
- & HE WINS! ::tackleglomps Jamie:: He won & the other fellow didn't last five minutes! IN YOUR FACES!
- Blocking vents with rocks - Two's a fast thinker, isn't he! & he catches the nice girl as well! But his favourite umbrella was destroyed in the process. Aww.
- Two's practising a bit of hypnosis with his pocket watch! & has no jacket on - oo, pretty!
- Hmm. The guy interrogating the poor custodian of the learning hall looks a little like Mark Strickson, I think. Mmm, pretty.
- Mm. Two looks quite lovely when thinking. His thinky face is sexy! (well, ALL of Two's faces are sexy. Even when he's asleep.)
- Random fashion note two: Does anyone have an idea of what material Zoe's jacket & skirt are made out of? I'd say maybe something in PVC, but it doesn't look quite as shiny as PVC does. Maybe a leather of some sort?
- O dear . . . the Krotons are watching Two. & he's being awesome & smart & all full of win. For once, I think someone needs to get Two to SHUT UP. That is, if we don't want HIM walking into that machine next! ::worries::
- Aww, Jamie clinging to Zoe! But TWO! ::flails:: The poor thing looks so scared!
- ARGH, HAVING FLASHBACKS TO The Omen JESUS CHRIST.
- EEEK! THEY JUST KILLED ANOTHER POOR PERSON! Right in front of everyone!
- Also, Vana's got HUGE Brigitte-esque eyelashes as well.
- Aww, I love how Jamie's all, 'Watch him, Zoe. You know what he's like.' ::grins::
- O yes, Doctor. Leave the perfect little brainchild in a room full of computers & knowledge. ::looks a bit sad::
- But as it is, Zoe seems to like playing with the computers!
- Zoe's face is kind of creeping me out - she looks like someone drugged her.
- AWW, ZOE'S LITTLE SMUG FACE! ::GIGGLES::
'Yes, well, Zoe is something of a genius . . . of course it can be very irritating at times.'
& SHE STILL LOOKS ALL CUTE & SMUG. AWWWWWWW. ::hugs Zoe::
- 'Great jumping gobstoppers, what's that?'
&TWO;
- Zoe's been picked by the Krotons . . . & Two's yelling at her! Two, don't be mean to the poor girl! But aww, how cute are they when he;s all fussy with her & she has to help him!
- 'Well of course it can - the Doctor's almost as smart as I am.'
LOLZ. O, Zoe. Zoe, Zoe, Zoe.
- ::dies:: TWO'S FACE WHEN HE ACES THE TEST. Due to a vid I quite adore, I can NEVER, EVER look at his face at that moment without thinking rather . . . cheeky thoughts. He looks like he has something naughty on his mind. ::grins::
- O GOD JAMIE'S LITTLE FACE! ::cries:: He looks HEARTBROKEN. Totally shattered right then. ::hugs him gently::
- O my word . . . Two & Zoe look like they're in an awful lot of pain when they're in the machine - or spaceship, rather.
- TWO, DON'T EAT ALIEN PRIMORDIAL SOUPS! ::slaps::
- HA! Jamie's not going to be so easily beaten by some stupid machine! He's going in there & he's going to get Two & Zoe back!
- & Two's pockets have helped them out! Two's pockets FTW.
- WHOO, they're out! But . . . but Jamie doesn't know that! O, Jamie, PLEASE don't go in, please!
- YOU STUPID MACHINES, LET GO OF JAMIE! ::kicks at the Krotons:: & he's a PERSON, not an IT!
- . . . primitive? BITE ME. Jamie > the Krotons. & that's not just because I love him - it's a fact.
- Jamie, Jamie, FIGHT IT! You can do it! ::clings::
- Stop hurting him! ::hits the Krotons with a baseball bat::
- O, o, Jamie, OF COURSE they won't leave without you - they've only gone to conduct tests! Please, don't think Two would ever leave you behind! You know he wouldn't.
- O, side note: Jamie looks crazy pretty with his hair all ruffled up like that!
- FUCK YOU! JAMIE'S GOT MORE VALUE THAN YOU STUPID LITTLE TOY ROBOTS!
(& I heart his little pout when they say that he has no value. It's rather cute!)
- O, no value, huh? Look at how much information Jamie's pulling out of you silly bits of tin & crystal! You underestimate Jamie McCrimmon quite severely. ::glares::
- ::grins:: Jamie's got a gun now - or at least, a very fancy sort of weapon.
- O, TWO & ZOE, YOU DIDN'T LEAVE! ::collapses happily:: O, Jamie, you must see that!
- Random fashion note two: Zoe's got a cute little headband on! I love it!
- EEEK, THE FIRST 'MY GIDDY AUNT' TWO EVER SAID! ::SQUEES::
- HA! JAMIE'S GOT A GUN, BITCHES!
- & while he may not have killed a Kroton, he confused the one after Two & Zoe! No value, eh?
- O MY GIDDY AUNT! IT DESTROYED THE TARDIS?!
- O! O! The TARDIS - she's alright! ::hugs her::
- & Jamie's escaped! ::exhales slowly::
- TWO'S BEEN CAUGHT IN THE CAVE-IN! ::screams rather loudly::
- O, o, please be alright, Two, please . . . o, he's alright! ::claps:: But the place appears to still be caving in!
- (Zoe's mending a fellow's possibly fractured leg)
'Haven't you finished yet, Zoe?'
'No I haven't! Hey, can I borrow your braces?'
'No! Here, I'd much rather you used this.' (offers her his handkerchief)
LOLZ, I LOVELOVELOVE TWO'S REACTION TO ZOE'S REQUEST FOR HIS BRACES! He'd rather she didn't start undressing him right in front of people they hardly know yet - he'd rather she save it for the TARDIS! ::gigglesnorts::
- Hmm . . . a full-frontal view of a Kroton is rather funny. ::giggles:: They look best from the waist up, I thihnk.
- Ah, Jamie's proving he's just as fast on his feet as Two - he knows how to use the mica to open the door!
- Two, you did NOT just say Jamie's getting fat! ::pinches him::
- ::wibble:: Two holding onto Zoe after more dispersal . . . o. So sweet. ♥
- Mmm. Two can be a cocky bitch at times & I LOVE it. Oddly sexy on him!
- ::giggle:: I'm going to be a child & say oo, another shot of Zoe's lovely backside! & Two tapping it with his bottle! ::giggles::
- O, Jamie's ready to KILL someone now. But he's not leaving - he's loyal to his almost-little sister & most of all, to his Doctor. When it comes to them, he'll never run away & leave them behind. Ever.
- Ooo, Sneaky!Zoe. ::grins::
- OMG HOW CUTE ARE TWO & ZOE WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING FOR TIME, SERIOUSLY? ::giggles madly::
- Ugh . . . the Krotons are dissolving . . . as is their machine . . . it's like watching foam melt.
- I like Two's little 'I don't like goodbyes' moment. ♥
- ::waves goodbye to the TARDIS::
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I must say, that after such a high-octane serial like The Invasion, The Krotons was almost a holiday! This too was one of the first serials I watched when
nentari gave them to me, as it came right after my second favourite serial of Two's era. & I do like it - it feels a bit more low-key & almost calmer than the last few serials I've recapped. So it is in a way like a holiday. & Zoe's outfit is totally awesome in it! I'd love to wear that skirt! (but I'd have tights on, of course!)
Now we're coming to a serial that I acquired especially for the rewatch-athon back when I was setting it all up - & couldn't believe I'd found it when I did! I've had it for a while now & this is the first time I've seen it! So my recap may be rather scattered, since I'll have so much to take in & to see & enjoy for the first time, but I'll try & be coherent still. But
nentari's told me many lovely things about this story, so I'm really looking forward to seeing it & recapping it! I apologise for my scatterbrained ramblings in advance, folks!The Seeds of Death
- Random fashion note: I LOVE Miss Kelly's hair!
& her first name is Gia - what a pretty name!
- I might be a bit biased already, because I've heard really good things about Miss Kelly before, but I like her already! Far more than I liked Miss Garrett in The Ice Warriors, even before she proved to be a mindless twit. & she seems a lot warmer & friendlier than Miss Garrett did as well - which is a great plus, of course!
- O dear - trouble's already begun & the Doctor hasn't even arrived yet! ::worries::
- Uh-oh. I know that voice. Rather well, too.
- I love how this is being shot so far - you're not SEEING what everyone's looking at or talking to, but it still remains quite creepy, or at the very least, unsettling!
- O, we know that sound - hello Team TARDIS version 2.3! & HELLO JAMIE! ::waves::
- Stuck in space? Well, they're no webbing around, so it isn't the yeti back for revenge . . .
- A SPACE MUSEUM? OMFG AWESOME!
- Random fashion note two: Zoe's still in her great outfit from The Krotons!
- Random fashion note three: JAMIE'S SHIRT. IT . . . IT HAS LACES! ::FLAILS:: GUH. HE LOOKS MIGHTY FINE IN THAT SHIRT, SERIOUSLY.
- Okay, now we're seeing glimpses of the Ice Warriors now. Eeep.
- Random fashion note four: JAMIE'S GOT LACES ON HIS SLEEVES! ::squeaks:: & DAMN, it really . . . fits him, I must say. ::stares::
- Hee, Two geeking out over space rockets! So adorable!
- Now you have to keep in mind that I've never SEEN an Ice Warrior up close - those things are TERRIFYING indeed!
- O, Jamie & Zoe wanting to help is positively adorable. & Two being totally willing is even more wonderful. ::draws hearts::
- I kind of love Miss Kelly - she, unlike Miss Garrett, can think OUTSIDE her box! & it's leading to something quite useful, isn't it?
- The Ice Warriors are just hideous - like overgrown reptiles that learnt to walk like humans.
- O! Look at Two, Jamie & Zoe go! & please Miss Kelly - don't doubt Jamie's abilities. He's far more experienced than most people might think.
- & yes, I heart Miss Kelly. She's pretty awesome so far!
- Fashion note number five: Zoe appears to have changed her outfit between serials. WITH LACES ON!
- Zoe's certainly in her element here, I think! ::beams::
- I'd also like to note that there are some lovely optical effects during the preparation of the rocket for take-off. Visually, they're quite interesting!
- LOLZ JAMIE'S TOTALLY FLIPPING OUT. & HE WON'T EVEN ADMIT TO IT. ::giggles:: I.L.Y. Jamie. Your panic is so adorable.
- OMG THEIR FACES. ::giggles:: Jamie's looks to be a cross between 'I DON'T LIKE THIS GET ME OFF THIS THING' & 'I suddenly don't feel very well . . .' Aww, bb. ::pets::
- WHOA, ZOE'S TOTALLY AWESOME AT PILOTING A ROCKET. & Jamie was all hands & flaily adorable panic, awwww.
- OKAY, MISS KELLY IS FUCKING AWESOME, NOT DEBATABLE IN THE SLIGHTEST WAY. I LOVE HER.
- Also, in profile, is it just me or does Miss Kelly look a bit like Polly? I think she does a bit, but only in profile.
- Random fashion note number six: I LOVE Zoe's outfit! It's so pretty on her!
- Hmm. Apparently, Miss Kelly was the only one with brains in her work party - she's still alive!
- ::giggles:: Rather amusing landing, I must say.
- Random fashion note seven: Pat appears to be growing sideburns in this serial - rather wild ones, I think.
- Random fashion note eight: Jamie shows a nice amount of skin in-between his collar laces. Yum!
- 'Your leader will be angry if you kill me - I'm a genius!'
TWO JUST CHANNELLED RODNEY McKAY RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE. I LOVE IT.
- UNF, JAMIE, YOUR LACES. ::licks::
- HA! Miss Kelly escaped! KICKASS!
- . . . . I just got distracted by a fair bit of Patrick Troughton neck!porn. ::swoon:: I likey!
- I swear, I AM paying attention to the story - I LOVE it so far - but I keep getting distracted by all the skin Jamie's laces are flashing!
- However, in spite of that, I continue to adore Miss Kelly. SHE IS WIN.
- Jamie is definitely one of the few sorts that I can think of that would crawl through maintenance tunnels IN A KILT, bare knees & all. Having had to crawl through a tunnel or two myself in trousers, I've got to admire that about him. ::hugs Jamie::
- This serial's REALLY got some very tense spots in it - I can't even recap, I'm getting so tense!
- FOAM!! FOAM!SERIAL TIMES NOW!
- O no . . . one of the Ice Warriors made it down to Earth - & it's killing everyone in range already!
- ::panics:: O, Two . . . please, please be alright!
- Zoe's going to go through the tunnels! & Miss Kelly is backing her up on it! GO ZOE GO! ::waves pompoms::
- WHOA, THAT IS A LOT OF FOAM, MAN. FOAAAAAAAAAAMY!
- I love Zoe's level-headedness - she's keeping calm & trying to keep her guide calm as well. Good on you, miss Zoe!
- Zoe's photographic memory FTW!
- OMFG JAMIE'S EPIC FACES!! ::gigglesnorts:: EPIC AS ALL HELL & I LOVE EACH ONE.
- Zoe Heriot - intergalactic supergirl, at your service.
- I hadn't noted this before, but the opening titles for this serial are much different than the usual opening titles of a serial!
- SHIT! Two, you picked the WORST time to wake up!
- LET GO OF MY JAMIE YOU GIANT REPTILES!
O, yay, the heating kicked in! ::twirl:: & everyone's alright, more or less. ♥
- Random fashion note nine: JAMIE, I WANT TO UNDO YOUR LACES. ::licks::
- Random fashion note ten: I really do love Jamie's whole look in this serial - the top goes well with his kilt & it looks good from pretty much any angle you can see the whole thing. But I just keep getting distracted by his laced bits. ::laughs::
- Gia Kelly = made of awesome!
- From the side, Pat's sideburns are making him look like Victoria Waterfield's father. & I'm not sure if it's a good look or not just yet.
- O MY WORD, TWO'S GOING TO DROWN IN THAT FOAM!
- NOW HE'S COVERED IN IT! O, he'll die if he doesn't get inside!
- JESUS CHRIST ON A RITZ CRACKER, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH FOAM IN A SINGLE SERIAL, EVER. OR POSSIBLY IN MY LIFE. O MY GOODNESS!
- O, Jamie, your bravery . . . o, it's lovely, but it makes me worry terribly for you! ::bites nails::
- ::dies:: JAMIE'S WIPING THE FOAM OFF OF TWO. HE IS WIPING THE FOAM OFF OF THE DOCTOR. HOW MUCH MORE DOMESTIC CAN YOU GET?
- ::giggles:: One Ice Warrior appears to have sparkly gems glued onto his helmet. It's totally ridiculous & I love it. SPARKLES!
(does this mean the Ice Warriors have their own commitment to sparkle motion?)
- I . . . I trust Two of course, but I'm worried for him - he let the Ice Warriors destroy his weapons, so easily without even trying to put up a fight!
- Jamie's beginning to display his absolute worry & concern for Two now. ::bites lip::
- & now he wants to T-Mat himself back to the moon to help Two?! Jamie, you're mad!
- LOOKIT TWO BEING ALL BADASS & IN YOUR FACE WITH THE ICE WARRIORS! FUCK YEAH!
- JAMIE! You're possibly madder than your own Doctor & I ENVY you that. Very much envy you that. ♥♥
- & together, they beat the Ice Warriors! IN. THEIR. FACES.
- & aww, a bit of bickerbickerbicker in the end, just before they dematerialise. LOVE.
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Now THAT was an exciting serial, I must say! It was a six-parter & never once did it feel like it was dragging or getting repetitive or dull - lots of action & awesome & oooo, I just loved it! SO GOOD. & Gia Kelly is TOTALLY an unofficial girl of Who - she's another character that would have been absolutely splendid in the TARDIS, I think. Too bad she couldn't have at least SEEN it!
& OMG JAMIE. ::flails:: He was crazy brave & well - as wonderful as ever, pretty much! & he saved Two at the very end & helped him stop the Ice Warriors, all while wearing one fab outfit! & walking through foam. ::nods::
Since I'm so close to - well, certain things . . . watching just Two & Jamie working together like that . . . well, it felt very much like old times, in ways.
& now, our final serial for the week, which combines the old favourite mixup of listening to the audio of, then watching the serial of The Space Pirates.
The Space Pirates - audio & serial
- This is another Robert Holmes story & if I remember right, the serial portion of it is the earliest work of his on Doctor Who that I'd ever seen before.
- Hmm. Criminals prowling around in space attacking cargo ships . . . sounds a bit like a space Western to me! ::beams::
- 'Deep space sickness' . . . so there is such a form of space dementia, but it takes a more physical attack. Hmmm.
- O, hello Doctor & all! Though I don't think you've all picked the best section of the beacon to land in . . .
- Aww, ever the pragmatist, our Jamie. ::blows kiss::
- OI, WHAT'S WITH THE SHOOTING?! SHOOT TO KILL - HOW ABOUT ASKING A QUESTION, THEN GETTING ALL TRIGGER HAPPY, CHRIST!
- O, & while you're chasing innocent darlings about, your pirates are right on your beacon!
- O goodness! Now the ones chasing Two, Jamie & Zoe have been shot by the space pirates! Um . . . a good thing? Well, I mean, at least they can't come after Two & his friends now! But they don't know that & that fact still has them trapped!
- Uh-oh, I think I'm beginning to connect how the opening of the second serial happened now . . .
- The door's been welded shut? Then - then when the charges go off, the TARDIS is going to end up floating off before Two, Jamie & Zoe can get to it!
- Moving into the only surviving serial for the second story . . . the beacon's just separated & Two, Jamie & Zoe are flying around their bit of the beacon!
- However . . . we do get one of the best moments of collective unconsciousness to ever be seen in Two's era! Now that just looks quite inappropriate. ::gigglesnorts::
(random fashion note - I ALWAYS thought Zoe was in a dress in this serial. But after seeing all of episode two? THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT SHE'S GOT A DRESS ON. HELL NO.)
- HAHA, SPACE MINER! ::laughs:: I don't know . . . it's just very funny to me! & it is another touch of space Western-ness. & he even sounds like someone in a Western!
- O, hello Two, you're waking up! & Jamie's the FIRST ONE he tries to wake up! AWW!
- . . . okay, Zoe's just being inappropriate here. ::sticks tongue out::
- Yes, Milo Clancy is very space Western-esque - I think he would have fit in well in an episode of Firefly.
- LOLZ, ZOE APPEARS TO BE GROPING TWO. & Jamie's got his hand on Two's thigh - I'm sorry, my mind is very wrong when I watch this serial. ::giggle::
- Random fashion note two: I adore Zoe's hot pants & jacket! & Pat's sideburns don't seem to be as wild as they were in The Seeds of Death, happily!
- MIND PROBE WHAT?
- 'What's he up to now?'
'I don't know. Ask him'
'Oh, that's no good. He's got his 'mysterious' face on.'
- O, fucksocks. If they can't get back to the TARDIS, they'll just . . . suffocate from the lack of air in their little piece of the beacon.
Or will they freeze to death first?
'You're afraid we're going to run out of air. But we won't. We'll freeze to death first.'
- 'Oh, Doctor, could we have some more oxygen?'
::giggle::
- ::giggles again:: Two's got a screwdriver! But I don't know if it's sonic . . .
- LOLZ, THEY'RE SHARING
- Zoe has DAMN good arms. Yes, this bears repeating.
- & now not only are they running out of air, but they're just floating much further out into space now!
- TWO'S HEAD IS IN JAMIE'S LAP RIGHT NOW. & they're all still sharing oxygen. & no, it will not stop being funny, especially now.
- JAMIE! ::SCREAMS:: HE'S BEEN SHOT!
- Moving back into audio for the third part, just after Milo Clancy just shot Jamie . . . ::growls::
- O, please, please, don't let Jamie be hurt!
. . . just stunned? O, o, please let it be so!
- Jamie! ::clings:: He's waking up now, thankfully!
- 'It's very rude to point, you know, especially with a gun.'
- 'Anything's possible in the TARDIS. Especially with him at the controls!'
O, Jamie. You are better, sweetheart!
- YAY, THEY'RE OUT! I don't know about Milo Clancy yet, but he saved their lives, at least.
- His ship, also, apparently seems to be called the Liz, or something that sounds like that! ::laughs::
- WOW. Milo Clancy's got quite the tricked-out sneaky weapons system! ::grins::
- Also, he's grasped the concept of Two & his companions travelling in space AND time very fast! Usually it takes people until the end of a serial to even believe such a thing!
- HEY! Don't you regulate miss Zoe Heriot to the kitchen, mister! She'd be able to rewire your ship AND blow up those military ships on your tail in under a minute! ::glares:: Make a pot of tea. HUMPH!
- ::squeezes Jamie's hand:: I know, love, I know. It's okay, you'll be fine. Deep breaths & concentrate on other things. ♥♥
- It's a little hard to reserve all my judgement on Milo until the end of the serial - with the exception of the above, I like him so far! But I know, first impressions can be deceiving & all.
- HAHA, ZOE'S MATHEMATICAL SKILLS WORKED OUT WHERE THE BITS OF THE BEACON ARE HEADED! ::tacklehugs her:: This girl is awesome. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.
- ::giggles:: Two sounds a touch of the flirt when congratulating miss Zoe on her work!
- O, I do hope Milo Clancy isn't one of the pirates - he was so kind & he saved their lives! ::chews lip worriedly::
- Earlier this week,
nentari & I were talking & I mentioned that I'm more of a space Western kind of girl & she asked if I was just thinking of Firefly or this serial as well. I said I thought of both & Cowboy Bebop, & now, as I'm listening to it, I'd say that this serial definitely falls into the category of being a space Western.- O no! They've been found! RUN, RUN!
- DISAPPEARING GROUND WTF?!
- O, well, they landed on a FLOOR at least, but it sounds like it was a painful landing!
- Jamie, please don't have hurt yourself when you landed!
- Two's awfully sure of himself about there being a second door in the prison cell. But he has a very logical point! There is another door there, he just needs to find it.
- Jamie, you've got to be a bit of an optimist! ::chides::
- & HE FOUND IT! ::high-fives::
- OMG. TUNING FORK. TUNING FORK?
- JAMIE! ::CLAPS HIS HANDS:: YOU OPENED THE DOOR! ::kisskiss::
- & Milo's come to find them! & well . . . he says he's not with the pirates . . . & he shot one! I . . . I believe in him; that he's doing good.
- Ooo, Jamie's packing heat! He seems to do that a lot, doesn't he? ::smiles::
- O! HE'S TAKING SHOTS AT THEM! Aim true, Jamie, aim true & straight!
Ah, I heart Jamie's total badassery. ♥♥♥♥
- . . . Madeline is in league with the pirates? Okay, yes, I wasn't fully sure on her, but I didn't exactly suspect her either!
- Zoe doesn't know how candles work? Zoe, I DID think you knew such things!
- WTF WHO PUT AN OLD MAN IN THE STUDY?!
- Despite being in league with pirates, Madeline seems to have retained her sense of morals & humanity, if not a stronger temperance of her greed.
- . . . the old man is Madeline's father? . . . what did she do to him? Maybe she hasn't retained her morals & her humanity as much as I thought she did.
- But nevertheless . . . Madeline wants to fight back. I feel rather confused about her now . . .
- Madeline didn't know her father was alive? O my goodness . . . o, poor Madeline.
- 'Jamie, sometimes I don't think you appreciate all I do for you.'
AWW. He does, Two, I promise!
- The Second Doctor, ladies & gentlemen - he can whip up a plan with just a bit of candle wax & a bag of marbles. ::beams::
- O NO. NO. Two, you have to be okay, you just HAVE to be!
- JAMIE! ::swoons:: You never run out of bravery, do you?
- Madeline just narrowly managed to pwn space pirates. Not bad!
- FTW! Space pirates have been blown up!
- O, goodness, the TARDIS! I'd forgot all about it myself!
- But Milo'll help them get it back - & it'll be fab. ::smiles::
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The first time I watched the only surviving serial of this, I felt that it dragged, considerably. & I'd read before that it wasn't one of the most highly regarded serials of Two's era, despite it being his next to last one. But this time, I wanted to keep an open mind about this & since I did, I found that I enjoyed this story much more than I'd expected! I suppose it was once I connected all the pieces that I could fully enjoy it. My only whine is that I felt that the end serial did drag a bit, to the point where I was losing a bit of interest. But I admit, I was doing something else at the time & so I wasn't really as focused as I should have been, perhaps. But there were bits of it that I liked. I just felt like it was running over-long for me.
& the ending . . . the ending was good. It ended with laughter, & Jamie's sweet witticisms. Which makes what's to come even more saddening. But it was good that this ended well - if it had ended sadly, it would have been worse in the end. So while this ending, as nice as it was, was bittersweet for me, I don't think I'd like to have it any other way.
& that was the last three major serials of this part of the great & mighty Troughton rewatch-athon! I'll be back next week with The War Games.
Wish me luck?
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
The Macra Terror
The Faceless Ones
The Evil of the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks - audio version
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Great Space Elevator (Victoria's Companion Chronicle)
The Abominable Snowmen - audio & serial
The Ice Warriors - audio
The Enemy of the World - audio & serial
The Web of Fear - audio & serial
Fury From the Deep - audio
The Wheel in Space - audio & serial
Fear of the Daleks (Zoe's Companion Chronicle)
The Dominators
The Mind Robber
The Invasion
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- kroton's my cyberman bff,
- lovers: two/jamie,
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- obsessions: cowboy bebop,
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Date: 2009-08-08 01:26 pm (UTC)The door's been welded shut? Then - then when the charges go off, the TARDIS is going to end up floating off before Two, Jamie & Zoe can get to it!
Yes, that's the big problem - they're marooned and with absolutely no means of escape.
random fashion note - I ALWAYS thought Zoe was in a dress in this serial. But after seeing all of episode two? THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT SHE'S GOT A DRESS ON. HELL NO.
Nope, definitely not a dress. Those are her EPIC HOTPANTS OF EPICNESS, right there, which are displayed in quite a lovely manner in the audio's cover art.
O, hello Two, you're waking up! & Jamie's the FIRST ONE he tries to wake up! AWW!
I KNOW! I mean, Zoe is sandwiched between the two of them - you'd expect him to reach her first, and only then move on to Jamie.
& Pat's sideburns don't seem to be as wild as they were in The Seeds of Death, happily!
I quite liked the sideburns, actually, though I cannot explain why. Jamie's sideburns, on the other hand, seem to be suffering from the wildness factor in this one. They emmigrated
when they snogged, perhaps? *shrugs*MIND PROBE WHAT?
NOOOO, NOT THE MIND PROBE!Heh. I had the exact same thought! (And look, this is a Terrance Dicks story - he sure loves his mind probes. :P)
I said I thought of both & Cowboy Bebop, & now, as I'm listening to it, I'd say that this serial definitely falls into the category of being a space Western.
See? I was right. :D
OMG. TUNING FORK. TUNING FORK?
TUNING FORK!!!!!!!! *loves* yes, I have a tuning fork fetish. I need to have a reason for Fourteen to have one, and to let Jamie see her holding it. It will be EPIC. :P
Zoe doesn't know how candles work? Zoe, I DID think you knew such things!
She knew about them in The Mind Robber. This is a point people usually point out when it comes to continuity problems, and in DWM's review of The Mind Robber it was used to support a theory part of fandom have that that story was just a dream Two had.
Wish me luck?
Good luck, dear. I adore The War Games and am always open for an excuse to rewatch it, but I know how painful episode 10 is, especially the first time you watch it. *snuggles* Just try to keep a positive perspective - either Season 6B of the Fourteenverse happened afterwards.
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Date: 2009-08-09 09:38 am (UTC)& I have to say, that aspect all on its own was a pretty claustrophobic one - especially when they started running out of air. That is something that is just guaranteed to freak me out in anything.
Nope, definitely not a dress. Those are her EPIC HOTPANTS OF EPICNESS, right there, which are displayed in quite a lovely manner in the audio's cover art.
I WOULD TOTALLY WEAR THOSE. THEY WERE EPIC & VERY AWESOME! :D
I KNOW! I mean, Zoe is sandwiched between the two of them - you'd expect him to reach her first, and only then move on to Jamie.
MORE PROOF OF THE EPIC LOVE THAT IS & ALWAYS SHALL BE TWO/JAMIE. :D
I quite liked the sideburns, actually, though I cannot explain why. Jamie's sideburns, on the other hand, seem to be suffering from the wildness factor in this one. They emmigrated
when they snogged, perhaps? *shrugs*::giggles:: Well, Pat's were sort of nice, I have to admit, but I was rather glad that they weren't as wild this time! :P
Heh. I had the exact same thought! (And look, this is a Terrance Dicks story - he sure loves his mind probes. :P)
NOOO, NOT THE MIND PROBE! ::falls over dead:: (he certainly DOES! I wonder why . . . :P)
See? I was right. :D
Very right! As always. ::snugglies::
She knew about them in The Mind Robber. This is a point people usually point out when it comes to continuity problems, and in DWM's review of The Mind Robber it was used to support a theory part of fandom have that that story was just a dream Two had.
I definitely remember her knowing them in that serial, which was why I was all HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHAT CANDLES ARE YOU ALREADY DO, but I've never heard of The Mind Robber just being a dream Two had - Jamie, I could see, but not so much Two. I'm sticking with continuity problems, I suppose.
Good luck, dear. I adore The War Games and am always open for an excuse to rewatch it, but I know how painful episode 10 is, especially the first time you watch it. *snuggles* Just try to keep a positive perspective - either Season 6B of the Fourteenverse happened afterwards.
::clings:: I AM looking forward to the main story, but I . . . I don't want to see the ending. Even knowing what I know about it is still heartbreaking. It'll be like Doomsday & Journey's End all over again. & I never watch those ones. ;__;
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Date: 2009-08-09 09:50 am (UTC)And the problem on such a situation is that, if you freak out, you spend even more oxigen.
MORE PROOF OF THE EPIC LOVE THAT IS & ALWAYS SHALL BE TWO/JAMIE. :D
Sadly, it's also proof that poor Zoe is sidelined...
NOOO, NOT THE MIND PROBE! ::falls over dead:: (he certainly DOES! I wonder why . . . :P)
*headdesk* Gah, silly me - this one was a Robert Holmes story. Terrance was involved with the previous serial, in order to help fix the mess of the continuing drama of Frazer's agent forcing him to leave, which was forcing the original writer for Seeds of Death to rewrite parts of his script to insert/remove Jamie from it.
However, Terrance must have made some sort of contribution to The Space Pirates - it has a mind probe, after all!
I've never heard of The Mind Robber just being a dream Two had - Jamie, I could see, but not so much Two.
The people from the Doctor Who magazine seem to have been very fond of this theory. They suggest that the Doctor fell asleep something during episode 1, and that he woke up at the very beginning of The Invasion when Jamie and Zoe comment that they're back to their own reality. I don't buy it, though.
::clings:: I AM looking forward to the main story, but I . . . I don't want to see the ending. Even knowing what I know about it is still heartbreaking. It'll be like Doomsday & Journey's End all over again. & I never watch those ones. ;__;
Yeah. :( I must be a masochist, though, because I'm always rewatching it - and I have the feeling I might watch it twice this week, once in the normal version, and later on with the commentaries. I really enjoy having my heart broken over and over again.
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Date: 2009-08-10 11:39 am (UTC)YES. D:
Sadly, it's also proof that poor Zoe is sidelined...
Yes, alas . . . ::sighs sadly::
But that's why we have Two/Zoe & occasionally, Two/Jamie/Zoe! :PHowever, Terrance must have made some sort of contribution to The Space Pirates - it has a mind probe, after all!
Mind probes seem to be his trademark. :P & I THINK at this time, he might have been script editor, but I'm not totally sure of that, so, um, yes.
The people from the Doctor Who magazine seem to have been very fond of this theory. They suggest that the Doctor fell asleep something during episode 1, and that he woke up at the very beginning of The Invasion when Jamie and Zoe comment that they're back to their own reality. I don't buy it, though.
Neither do I! WHEN would he have had time to fall asleep in the first episode? Now if the theory was that it was a cracked-out dream of JAMIE's, then I could MAYBE see that. But really, that theory makes no sense if you WATCH the serial!
Yeah. :( I must be a masochist, though, because I'm always rewatching it - and I have the feeling I might watch it twice this week, once in the normal version, and later on with the commentaries. I really enjoy having my heart broken over and over again.
Well, as you (& even I!) have said, the main story is good, & bonus!David Troughton of course . . . but the final episode . . . I don't want to see it. :(
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Date: 2009-08-10 12:14 pm (UTC)Or we can have some Zoe/Isobel instead.
Or maybe Zoe/Miss Kelly or Zoe/Cully?& I THINK at this time, he might have been script editor, but I'm not totally sure of that, so, um, yes.
Terrance wasn't the script editor for The Space Pirates, though he was for the serials before and after that one.
The role of producer and script editor were a very shaky business during season 6. A perusal through the Television Companion shows me that Peter Bryant was the producer up to the end of The Space Pirates, but that Derrick Sherwin had to take over in The War Games and Speahead from Space because Bryant had fallen ill (which explains why Derrick was doing the commentaries for The War Games in the role of producer when I only knew him as script editor); as for the listing of script editors for this season, the Television Companion notes it as follows: "Derrick Sherwin until The Mind Robber Episode 5. Terrance Dicks from The Invasion Episode One until The Seeds of Death Episode Six. Derrick Sherwin on The Space Pirates. Terrance Dicks on The War Games." After Derrick passed the producing reins in Spearhead from Space, five years of stability followed, since throughout all of Jon Pertwee's era we had Barry Letts as producer and Terrance as script editor.
Neither do I! WHEN would he have had time to fall asleep in the first episode?
Apparently when the creepy humming sunk in right before the ship exploded. According to the followers of this theory, the gang fell unconscious while trying to escape from the white void, and they recovered their senses at the beginning of The Invasion after a successful escape - and everything that happened in between was a dream. Clutching at strawns, people - unless they want us to believe Bobby Ewing was aboard the TARDIS taking a shower when all of this happened. :P
Well, as you (& even I!) have said, the main story is good, & bonus!David Troughton of course . . . but the final episode . . . I don't want to see it. :(
But I love the last episode as much as the others! I must be mad...
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Date: 2009-08-10 01:46 pm (UTC)Or maybe Zoe/Miss Kelly or Zoe/Cully?O, even better! ::squeals::
& OMG ZOE/MISS KELLY!! I have to admit, I was kind of slashing them in my head - they were SO cute together & had great chemistry. & plus, a friend of mine just left me a comment that mentioned Zoe/Miss Kelly! Really, I'd love to see that. :D & Zoe/Cully would just be utterly adorable.Terrance wasn't the script editor for The Space Pirates, though he was for the serials before and after that one.
The role of producer and script editor were a very shaky business during season 6.
O my word! To say the least, that all sounds pretty sticky to deal with! At least the following series was a bit more stable, anyway. :D
Apparently when the creepy humming sunk in right before the ship exploded. According to the followers of this theory, the gang fell unconscious while trying to escape from the white void, and they recovered their senses at the beginning of The Invasion after a successful escape - and everything that happened in between was a dream. Clutching at strawns, people - unless they want us to believe Bobby Ewing was aboard the TARDIS taking a shower when all of this happened. :P
O, COME ON! ::epic eyeroll:: That is the BIGGEST clutching of straws I have seen in a VERY long while! I mean, REALLY. Desperation, it is knocking.
But I love the last episode as much as the others! I must be mad...
O, not mad! I . . . I'm just a uselessly perpetually dreaming little romantic who's heart can be easily broken & such, we mustn't forget. & I do love Two/Jamie so, that it breaks my heart to see them pulled apart by force. ::looks like a sad Waterhouse painting::
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Date: 2009-08-10 01:59 pm (UTC)Not to mention they're both efficient, logical-minded girls. They have a lot in common.
O my word! To say the least, that all sounds pretty sticky to deal with!
Yes, Season 6 seems to have been filled with internal problems. It's surprising how good the end result turned out, if we think about everything that was happening behind the cameras.
O, COME ON! ::epic eyeroll:: That is the BIGGEST clutching of straws I have seen in a VERY long while! I mean, REALLY. Desperation, it is knocking.
When it comes to trying to find far-fetched explanations to explain small discrepancies, you can't beat fandom.
I'm just a uselessly perpetually dreaming little romantic who's heart can be easily broken & such, we mustn't forget.
:( You say that like it's a bad thing.
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Date: 2009-08-11 09:52 am (UTC)THIS TOO! You know, now I REEEEEALLY want to know if anyone ever wrote that . . . must do some checking!
Yes, Season 6 seems to have been filled with internal problems. It's surprising how good the end result turned out, if we think about everything that was happening behind the cameras.
Yes, especially The War Games - I finally started it tonight & wound up going through five episodes - I'm really enjoying it so far!
When it comes to trying to find far-fetched explanations to explain small discrepancies, you can't beat fandom.
AGREED. ::siiiiiighs::
:( You say that like it's a bad thing.
Is it? ::wibble:: With this serial . . . it could be. :/
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Date: 2009-08-11 10:05 am (UTC)let me know if you find anything!
Yes, especially The War Games - I finally started it tonight & wound up going through five episodes - I'm really enjoying it so far!
Whoa! Five episodes already? Not that I'm surprised since I once watched ALL TEN IN ONE DAY, but still... Does this mean you'll be gracing us with an earlier recap post, or will you let it simmer until Saturday?
Is it? ::wibble:: With this serial . . . it could be. :/
Yeah, I think you might be right.
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Date: 2009-08-11 12:05 pm (UTC)Naturally! ::sparkles::
Whoa! Five episodes already? Not that I'm surprised since I once watched ALL TEN IN ONE DAY, but still... Does this mean you'll be gracing us with an earlier recap post, or will you let it simmer until Saturday?
CRAZY, ISN'T IT? :P But like you said, the main story is SO good that I just didn't want to stop at two episodes for the night! I WAS going to go on to episode six, but then I might have just watched the whole thing & well . . . um, I didn't want to yet. But the recaps are still being saved for Saturday! ::teases:: But if I get the whole story done . . . tomorrow . . . I can collect caps for my Troughton's Angels picspam! :D The mix & cover art are all ready, I just have to upload all the songs.
Um. You're going to be here when I'm a hysteric wreck after I finish the last five stories, right? ::nervous face::Yeah, I think you might be right.
Normally, I would remember Three's last words to Sarah Jane at such a time.
'A tear, Sarah? Where there's life, there's hope.'
Or Four's, which always make me sniffly, but help as well.
'It is the end. But it has been prepared for.'
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Date: 2009-08-11 12:23 pm (UTC)Absolutely understandable. I've been delaying starting my rewatch (with the help of S2 Torchwood) because I know that, if I start this, I won't be able to stop.
But the recaps are still being saved for Saturday! ::teases::
Oh, pukey. :P
But if I get the whole story done . . . tomorrow . . . I can collect caps for my Troughton's Angels picspam! :D
Yay!
Um. You're going to be here when I'm a hysteric wreck after I finish the last five stories, right? ::nervous face::
Of course I will. I'll provide some extra icecream and/or some cups of chocolate chai if needed as well.
Normally, I would remember Three's last words to Sarah Jane at such a time.
*sniffles* Don't get me started. :(
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Date: 2009-08-11 01:23 pm (UTC)Now I know the feeling! But I'm pressing on - scarily fast, I suppose!
Oh, pukey. :P
Good things come to those who wait! Or um . . . well, something like that. :P
Yay!
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HAPPILY. ^-^
Of course I will. I'll provide some extra icecream and/or some cups of chocolate chai if needed as well.
Yay. 'cause I'm going to really, REALLY need them. :(
*sniffles* Don't get me started. :(
::cuddles you:: I know, I know. Even now, they aren't making me feel better.
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Date: 2009-08-11 01:26 pm (UTC)The speed is unsurprising, since this serial is like a drug - once you start, you cannot stop.
Good things come to those who wait! Or um . . . well, something like that. :P
Hm...
Yay. 'cause I'm going to really, REALLY need them. :(
I know, sweetie. *hands box of kleenexes*
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Date: 2009-08-11 02:09 pm (UTC)It IS! & it's SO weird - you'd think I'd REALLY be going slow with this one, but I just can't stop watching!
Hm...
. . . maybe that saying doesn't really apply to this serial . . . erm.
I know, sweetie. *hands box of kleenexes*
::clings to you & her kleenexes::
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Date: 2009-08-11 02:12 pm (UTC)Exactly. With ten episodes, you'd expect it to be nothing but padding - but even the few bits that were clearly added as padding (like the David Troughton scenes) are exciting to watch.
. . . maybe that saying doesn't really apply to this serial . . . erm.
Yeah, I think this one is an exception to the rule.
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Date: 2009-08-12 09:28 am (UTC)So far, though I don't think I've come across any padding in the first five episodes, I think I'd agree - after all, I DID go through five episodes in a row, & nearly six in one night!
One of the few serials I CAN think of, that I just think drags & drags on, to the point where I barely watch it, is The Silurians - there ARE some good moments in it, but it just . . . I feel so bored around episode five or so that I start feeling sleepy. Does that make me a terrible Three & Liz fangirl?
Yeah, I think this one is an exception to the rule.
::sniffles:: Yes. :(
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Date: 2009-08-12 09:58 am (UTC)I've read the novelization, but haven't watched the actual serial yet - my only televised contact with Liz is through Spearhead from Space and Inferno.
Does that make me a terrible Three & Liz fangirl?
Well, not really. There are some stories that should indeed have worked better in a shortened version.
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Date: 2009-08-12 12:58 pm (UTC)How is the novelization? Is it - well, does it seem as tedious as I worry it may be?
Well, not really. There are some stories that should indeed have worked better in a shortened version.
YES! & some, like The Invasion, would have just SUCKED if they'd been stuffed into tiny little versions.
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Date: 2009-08-12 03:54 pm (UTC)I quite liked it. It had some really nice moments that I know are not in the televised version and which give more depth to the characters. The special features disc from the War Games set has the first in a series of features dedicated to the Target novelizations, this one focusing on Malcolm Hulke (who co-wrote The War Games with Terrance Dicks and who wrote both versions of The Silurians) and it uses an excerpt from this one where Miss Dawson's family life and her worries at still being single at her age are seen as examples of Hulke's talent when it comes to novelizations to give character depth by showing tiny glimpses of background here and there.
It also has some other interesting elements, which are present in this quote from the serial's Wikipedia page: "A novelisation of this serial, written by Malcolm Hulke, was published by Target Books in January 1974 under the title Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters. In this adaptation, the Silurians were given names like Morka, Okdel and K'to. The novelisation gives extensive background to the reptile culture, including a prologue featuring their hibernation beginning. Large parts of the novelisation are told from the reptiles' point of view and there is an extensive back story given to several characters including Quinn and Major Baker (for some reason, the character is called Major Barker in the novelisation). The novelisation avoids referring to the reptiles as Silurians (the word turns up as a UNIT password) but identifies the dinosaur in the caves as a tyrannosaurus rex."
YES! & some, like The Invasion, would have just SUCKED if they'd been stuffed into tiny little versions.
In the same feature I mentioned above they mention that Hulke was forced to shorten the story considerably when he did the War Games novelization, and that strangely as it might seem it worked. I haven't read that one so I cannot say, but it seems hard to believe such a thing would be possible, doesn't it?
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Date: 2009-08-13 07:59 am (UTC)O! That sounds like a lovely feature - I hope we get it if we EVER get The War Games on DVD. I'd love to see it. & of course, the novelisation of it sounds really good!
In the same feature I mentioned above they mention that Hulke was forced to shorten the story considerably when he did the War Games novelization, and that strangely as it might seem it worked. I haven't read that one so I cannot say, but it seems hard to believe such a thing would be possible, doesn't it?
::blinky:: It DOES, actually, but it worked? Wow - I wonder what was taken out - I would assume all of the scenes with
the lovelyPrivate Moor would have gone, but since so much of the story was pretty important, I can't think of what else would have been cut out.no subject
Date: 2009-08-13 08:19 am (UTC)Has there ever been a case in which the S1 release for a Doctor Who story didn't have the same extras from the S2 version?
It DOES, actually, but it worked?
According to the people who talked on the feature, it did work. That's what's baffling me.
I would assume all of the scenes with
the lovelyPrivate Moor would have gone, but since so much of the story was pretty important, I can't think of what else would have been cut out.Yes, Private Moor's scenes will very likely be one of the things missing, but I cannot possibly imagine what else would be gone. Let me go check Wikipedia and see if they mention anything. *goes off to check* Nope - all it says is: "Despite the length of the serial, Hulke was allotted only 143 pages in which to adapt the 10-episode script, the third longest Doctor Who serial. By comparison, the later novelisation of the second longest serial, the 12-episode The Daleks' Master Plan, was published in two volumes, each of which were much longer than Hulke's book, while four books were used to novelise the longest serial, the 14-episode The Trial of a Time Lord."
There's another feature that deals with the Second Doctor comics released while Pat was still playing the role, which are really bizarre. I might cap the images from that feature and make a thorough description of how those comics were like, so I won't give away many details here, but I think it's safe for me to advance that, in the comicverse, the Doctor had two other grandchildren besides Susan, and that the stories released between The War Games and Spearhead from Space had a very curious version of Season 6B.
Also, skiing Mondasian Cybermen!