.you must be mad, or else you wouldn't have come here

Then it doesn't count, does it? ...I forgot what we were talking about.

Here it is:

Dear Flashers,

Due to that mysterious and elusive thing known as real life creeping up on me, I didn't have the chance to re-listen to my Big Finish discs recently - which I'm afraid means it will take a while until I can send you another review of a Companion Chronicle. *insert dramatic pause while Bob breathes a sigh of relief* However, I did manage to show the Mad Twins some more Doctor Who the other week.
This time, they gave me a very specific request: they wanted to see the Doctor's very first and very last adventures. As a result, the Sunday was spent watching "An Unearthly Child" and "The Pandorica Opens" & "The Big Bang". It was unusually fast watching "An Unearthly Child" with them. Usually I translate things for them as the action advances, often having to pause to develop my translation or to explain something that confuses them, and with this episode I only had the need to pause once, to explain about the decimal system and how currency worked in Britain at the time. Everything else was instantly clear for them. They connected with Ian and Barbara immediately, and thought Barbara was absolutely beautiful. On the other hand, they were oddly disgusted with Susan and thought she was ugly. When I asked them why, Mad Twin #2 explained that it was because she "didn't look human" and "had a boy's hairstyle". They were a bit disappointed with the first Doctor as well - not because they didn't think he was as fantastic as the others - because they did - but because of him being so mean to the others. It's a good thing I didn't show them "The Tribe of Gum" together with this, as I have the feeling the scene where the Doctor tries to bash Za's head with a rock would have driven them up the wall.
Oh, and they seem to have even more trouble saying Ian's name than the Doctor, so they're calling him "the teacher" to make things easy.
As for the other two, the end of "The Pandorica Opens" made them burst into tears. I had to make a pause between the episodes to give each of them a hug and reassure them that things would get better, as they were sobbing uncontrollably and telling me they were regretting ever asking for that story. Thankfully, the tears were replaced by laughter the moment the Doctor appeared with his fez and mop, and from that point on things got better and better. Oh, and apparently Rory is their new "TV boyfriend", while Matt Smith is their current favourite in spite of their disapproval of his treatment of bread.
I'm afraid I won't be showing them any new story this weekend, as I was asked not to bring anything for them this time. Apparently, they stole my mother's roll-on deodorant and rubbed it on every item of clothing in their wardrobe, so now they are grounded. I'll take the opportunity to search through my DVD collection for more Hartnell stories to show them soon, because right now they're calling him "the mean old Doctor" and we just cannot have that, can we? I've explained that he'll mellow with time and they have accepted this, but some visual evidence will be required.

All the best,
Patricia

First, Tony threw a fit for being called "flashers", as this has been done by a lot of people in the past. Overall, though, they loved it, and Bob practically squeed when the twins were mentioned. :D Oh, and they said I'm welcome to keep on sending them my reviews, and that thanks to my feedback they've invited someone else to do a Companion Chronicles feature in the podcast. *dances* Oh, and the girls should find a new TV boyfriend because Rory has a silly ponytail, and Tony asked if they're going to be pleased I told the whole world about the deodorant incident. :P