timey-wimey stuff
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kindkitI watched "Mawdryn Undead" last night.
The poor Brigadier! A nervous breakdown and traumatic memory loss and getting stuck teaching mathematics and rugger to schoolboys, oh noes! *hugs him* I'm glad he shaved off the mustache, though.
I loved the time travel plot, although I think the interesting part (the Doctor in one time and Tegan, Nyssa, and the TARDIS in another) was resolved too quickly and easily to make room for the much less compelling plot about the wannabe Time Lords. Their desire for death was a nice gloomy touch, though. The Doctor's refusal to give up his regenerations for them struck me as a welcome bit of believability--unlike Russell T. Davies, I don't think the Doctor is Jesus--but I also liked his ultimate willingness to do so in order to save Nyssa and Tegan. Of course in the end it was the Brigadier who paid the price, poor man, and the Doctor didn't seem all that sorry about it either.
And then there was Turlough. Turlough, you devious little intergalactic tart. I love how his method of dealing with men in authority is to stand very very close to them and turn on the charm. It worked brilliantly on the Doctor, I must say. "Why yes, Turlough, of course you can tag along when I take the transmat to earth! And I won't ask any awkward questions about your mysterious technical knowledge! And hey, welcome to the TARDIS,pretty ginger lad in a school blazer new friend!" The look Tegan and Nyssa exchange at the end, when the Doctor shakes Turlough's hand, is priceless--they know what's going on.
When Turlough meets 1977!Brigadier in episode four and says "hello, Brigadier" I had to replay it several times because the way he says it just screams "hurry up and ravish me, big boy!" And really, wouldn't luring one Brigadier into a secluded corner for some cross-generational sexx0rs have worked a lot better than Turlough's actual plan to keep them apart? Fic now please?
The Black Guardian stuff was silly, but in a good Doctor Who way, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.
The poor Brigadier! A nervous breakdown and traumatic memory loss and getting stuck teaching mathematics and rugger to schoolboys, oh noes! *hugs him* I'm glad he shaved off the mustache, though.
I loved the time travel plot, although I think the interesting part (the Doctor in one time and Tegan, Nyssa, and the TARDIS in another) was resolved too quickly and easily to make room for the much less compelling plot about the wannabe Time Lords. Their desire for death was a nice gloomy touch, though. The Doctor's refusal to give up his regenerations for them struck me as a welcome bit of believability--unlike Russell T. Davies, I don't think the Doctor is Jesus--but I also liked his ultimate willingness to do so in order to save Nyssa and Tegan. Of course in the end it was the Brigadier who paid the price, poor man, and the Doctor didn't seem all that sorry about it either.
And then there was Turlough. Turlough, you devious little intergalactic tart. I love how his method of dealing with men in authority is to stand very very close to them and turn on the charm. It worked brilliantly on the Doctor, I must say. "Why yes, Turlough, of course you can tag along when I take the transmat to earth! And I won't ask any awkward questions about your mysterious technical knowledge! And hey, welcome to the TARDIS,
When Turlough meets 1977!Brigadier in episode four and says "hello, Brigadier" I had to replay it several times because the way he says it just screams "hurry up and ravish me, big boy!" And really, wouldn't luring one Brigadier into a secluded corner for some cross-generational sexx0rs have worked a lot better than Turlough's actual plan to keep them apart? Fic now please?
The Black Guardian stuff was silly, but in a good Doctor Who way, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.
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Date: 2010-04-10 03:43 am (UTC)My dad has the exact same moustache! You fiend! (Actually, you are perfectly welcome not to fancy my dad!)
Oh, Turlough. "Devious little intergalactic tart" is very apt!
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Date: 2010-04-10 04:16 am (UTC)*laughs* There's someone I know online who posted some pictures of her handsome college-age son; I decided that commenting with "your son is a hottie!" might be inappropriate.