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beccaelizabethThere was thunder and lightning, so I unplugged everything. Which took a ridiculously long time - computer refused to shut down. Obviously needs poking by computer wizard. Possibly with big stick. Anyways, laptop was working great and was fully charged no matter what the little amber light implied, so I got a bunch of hours out of it. Tweaked the settings so it can get 6 episodes and have half an hour left. Course I'd like it better if I knew what the settings actually *did*. I should probably dig out the instruction book...
ANYways
King's Demons:
I always like the Master
but the biggest surprise in this ep was it had Sean Burns (Highlander character) in it obviously suffering his first death (crossbow bolt in the back).
... yes I realise there's problems with that interpretation ...
There was also a guy who was bugging me with almost-recognition and turns out to have been in Ultraviolet. Which obviously is another way it could be Exact Same Guy. You know, if all TV happened in the same world.
I recognised the Master from his voice, and then was paying attention for the anagram, and then I guessed about his TARDIS because it would be exactly the most fun thing to do with it, so really it was a bit short on twists because I am Just That Clever and can outwit TV made for 8 year olds. *Nods*.
And the thing where I may well have seen it before and lost it in my subconscious doesn't hurt either.
The Doctor playing with swords again is fun.
The Chameleon robot was... well, kind of too powerful for a player character. I mean he can exactly imitate anyone, which could short circuit any number of stories.
Does he just disappear? He seems disappeared.
Turlough mostly got captured and chained up again. Interesting habit.
Plus the being whiny and happily telling anyone anything as long as they don't stick pointy objects in him.
... oddly I still like him.
I think it's the way he can be snarky with just a head tilt. Add a raised eyebrow and body language snark reaches near poisonous levels. It's kind of fun.
Next would be the Five Doctors, but I not only have that on DVD, it was the first book I ever bought for myself, so I rather have the story memorised by now.
Warriors of the Deep had lots of running around getting in trouble. Some of which could have been avoided by the words 'don't touch' being the first things said instead of waiting for after the inevitable button pushing.
Actually the first thing I noticed was it had to be a new season cause everyone except Turlough had new hair. (I don't know if it's actually a new season, that was just my logic). I had the monitor turned right down to conserve power so Tegan's outfit wasn't too radioactive. It's really excessively 80s is the problem. Too. Many. Colors.
The stuff the future people were wearing (2084 and living in a sea base... I kept thinking 2032 and seaQuest, and it wasn't helpful) reminded me of something. Half way through I realised they were wearing High Guard uniforms from Andromeda only minus some buckles and plus a bunch of different colors in every outfit and a puffy collar. Sort of distracting really. I realise there's only so many ways to make a uniform that screams uniform but it was vaguely amusing.
And the programmable brain with an implant in reminded me of seaQuest too. Except for the thing where this came first.
the 'nothing changed' bit with two major powers pointing missiles at each other... bets on how good a prediction that is?
Silurians and Sea Devils have nifty shapes but excessive lack of movement. If an outfit needs a little flashing head light to tell you who is talking it better be a Dalek or it just looks silly. but the Sea Devils are like samurai turtles, which is cool. You know, for a really geeky value of cool.
They put the solution on a shelf at random in the first episode so you were just waiting for them to get around to using it. Which turned into a tragedy as far as the Doctor figured. Last words "there should have been another way".
I like it.
ANYways
King's Demons:
I always like the Master
but the biggest surprise in this ep was it had Sean Burns (Highlander character) in it obviously suffering his first death (crossbow bolt in the back).
... yes I realise there's problems with that interpretation ...
There was also a guy who was bugging me with almost-recognition and turns out to have been in Ultraviolet. Which obviously is another way it could be Exact Same Guy. You know, if all TV happened in the same world.
I recognised the Master from his voice, and then was paying attention for the anagram, and then I guessed about his TARDIS because it would be exactly the most fun thing to do with it, so really it was a bit short on twists because I am Just That Clever and can outwit TV made for 8 year olds. *Nods*.
And the thing where I may well have seen it before and lost it in my subconscious doesn't hurt either.
The Doctor playing with swords again is fun.
The Chameleon robot was... well, kind of too powerful for a player character. I mean he can exactly imitate anyone, which could short circuit any number of stories.
Does he just disappear? He seems disappeared.
Turlough mostly got captured and chained up again. Interesting habit.
Plus the being whiny and happily telling anyone anything as long as they don't stick pointy objects in him.
... oddly I still like him.
I think it's the way he can be snarky with just a head tilt. Add a raised eyebrow and body language snark reaches near poisonous levels. It's kind of fun.
Next would be the Five Doctors, but I not only have that on DVD, it was the first book I ever bought for myself, so I rather have the story memorised by now.
Warriors of the Deep had lots of running around getting in trouble. Some of which could have been avoided by the words 'don't touch' being the first things said instead of waiting for after the inevitable button pushing.
Actually the first thing I noticed was it had to be a new season cause everyone except Turlough had new hair. (I don't know if it's actually a new season, that was just my logic). I had the monitor turned right down to conserve power so Tegan's outfit wasn't too radioactive. It's really excessively 80s is the problem. Too. Many. Colors.
The stuff the future people were wearing (2084 and living in a sea base... I kept thinking 2032 and seaQuest, and it wasn't helpful) reminded me of something. Half way through I realised they were wearing High Guard uniforms from Andromeda only minus some buckles and plus a bunch of different colors in every outfit and a puffy collar. Sort of distracting really. I realise there's only so many ways to make a uniform that screams uniform but it was vaguely amusing.
And the programmable brain with an implant in reminded me of seaQuest too. Except for the thing where this came first.
the 'nothing changed' bit with two major powers pointing missiles at each other... bets on how good a prediction that is?
Silurians and Sea Devils have nifty shapes but excessive lack of movement. If an outfit needs a little flashing head light to tell you who is talking it better be a Dalek or it just looks silly. but the Sea Devils are like samurai turtles, which is cool. You know, for a really geeky value of cool.
They put the solution on a shelf at random in the first episode so you were just waiting for them to get around to using it. Which turned into a tragedy as far as the Doctor figured. Last words "there should have been another way".
I like it.
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Date: 2007-06-14 12:45 am (UTC)Kamelion's a bit rubbish, but he disappears for ages anyway. The operator died. And heh, the Radio Times for that episode was hilarious - Sir Gilles Estram, played by James Stoker. That's a DOUBLE anagram, can you work them out?
I like Warriors of the Deep! Most people hate it. The only thing I hate about it is the Doctor's haircut - he looks like a schoolboy! Maybe he should
get in Turlough's pantsborrow Turlough's uniform? - and Tegan's outfit. OW MY EYES. ...And the Myrka's a bit naff.The nothing changed bit prediction is more a reflection on what was current times - the Cold War. But yeah - nothing's changed. Nothing will.
But anyway. I love The King's Demons :D What's next - The Awakening and Frontios? I FUCKING LOVE FRONTIOS. Those two were my first two Fivey serials, and my third and fourth old-school serials (the first two were The Mind of Evil and The Power of Kroll), and by the end of Frontios, I was a Doctor Who fan. (Like, a proper fan, not just a watcher.)
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Date: 2007-06-14 05:24 pm (UTC)I liked the battle of wills bit.
James Stoker = Master's Joke?
The Myrka is a panto monster, as is traditional.
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Date: 2007-06-16 07:10 am (UTC)And yep!