Romana! And a fic snippet thing.
I got "The Pirate Planet" out of the library. OMG, love. There's a super-spiffy sci-fi concept (a planet eating--well, mining--other planets! Love!) and Romana, who I am coming to adore. Snarkiness! She's totally rolling her eyes at both the Doctor and her captors with every other action they take and word they utter. Hee. I think I like her because she's what Charley would be if she weren't human--she's snarky and totally unimpressed by the Doctor, although she likes him, but she also knows quite a bit of technical stuff, more than the Doctor, and is less prone to hysterics (that last one may be a personality thing rather than a Gallifreyan thing). She's like the lovechild of Charley and Hermione. *g*
Of course, being a library DVD, it's been mistreated over the years and won't play me episodes three and four. Le sigh. Ah, well, that's what Netflix is for! After they send me "Ark in Space," anyway. Like they DIDN'T a few days ago--it was the right sleeve, but had disc one of "Genesis of the Daleks" in it. Pffft. Silly Netflix.
Anyway. I was noticing how Mary Tamm, with her long, sorta-curly dark hair, very very very very very slightly resembles Judy Garland-as-Dorothy. Not a lot, but enough to ping at my brain. (Granted, my brain is a very strange place, and possibly no one but me sees any resemblance.) And then K9 entered the shot, and the plot bunny bit and wouldn't let go. So, despite not being a Wizard of Oz fan in the slightest, and never having seen the film all the way through (I know, I'm un-American), I give you
"Not Exactly Kansas"
Romana was having quite a pleasant time watching the sun rise over a field on Aus Four. It was very peaceful; the Doctor had buggered off to see what trouble he could find in the nearby village. Oh, he said he was just seeing if they had a multi-phase hyper-spanner, but Romana knew that he was far more likely to return to the TARDIS with an angry mob on his heels rather than with a new tool.
The sky lightened from purple to a pinkish yellow as the sun began to crest the tops of the trees in the distance. Romana, already sitting, leaned back on her elbows, feeling lazy, determined to make the most of the short break before the Doctor returned. Perhaps she would make herself some breakfast after the sun rose; Gallifreyan pigeon eggs and kula fruit sounded very nice. Or maybe tarka toast...
Romana heard K9 trundling over the grass, and turned her head to see the robot dog come into view over a small hill several yards distant. "Mistress!" he called.
Visions of fruit and eggs vanished. "Yes, K9?" She was already starting to stand up.
"Master has been captured by the villagers," K9 reported. "They have taken him to the Green Castle, where they say he will be executed by a powerful sorcerer."
Romana sighed. "Do I even want to know why?"
"It would take much time to explain, Mistress."
"Right. How do we get to this castle, then?"
K9 pointed his nose at a path made of rectangular gold stones which began, seemingly out of nowhere, in the middle of the field and led into the woods. "A man of very short stature indicated that we must follow that road." He began rolling himself toward the absurd pathway. With a sigh, Romana trudged after the little dog down the yellow brick road.
Of course, being a library DVD, it's been mistreated over the years and won't play me episodes three and four. Le sigh. Ah, well, that's what Netflix is for! After they send me "Ark in Space," anyway. Like they DIDN'T a few days ago--it was the right sleeve, but had disc one of "Genesis of the Daleks" in it. Pffft. Silly Netflix.
Anyway. I was noticing how Mary Tamm, with her long, sorta-curly dark hair, very very very very very slightly resembles Judy Garland-as-Dorothy. Not a lot, but enough to ping at my brain. (Granted, my brain is a very strange place, and possibly no one but me sees any resemblance.) And then K9 entered the shot, and the plot bunny bit and wouldn't let go. So, despite not being a Wizard of Oz fan in the slightest, and never having seen the film all the way through (I know, I'm un-American), I give you
"Not Exactly Kansas"
Romana was having quite a pleasant time watching the sun rise over a field on Aus Four. It was very peaceful; the Doctor had buggered off to see what trouble he could find in the nearby village. Oh, he said he was just seeing if they had a multi-phase hyper-spanner, but Romana knew that he was far more likely to return to the TARDIS with an angry mob on his heels rather than with a new tool.
The sky lightened from purple to a pinkish yellow as the sun began to crest the tops of the trees in the distance. Romana, already sitting, leaned back on her elbows, feeling lazy, determined to make the most of the short break before the Doctor returned. Perhaps she would make herself some breakfast after the sun rose; Gallifreyan pigeon eggs and kula fruit sounded very nice. Or maybe tarka toast...
Romana heard K9 trundling over the grass, and turned her head to see the robot dog come into view over a small hill several yards distant. "Mistress!" he called.
Visions of fruit and eggs vanished. "Yes, K9?" She was already starting to stand up.
"Master has been captured by the villagers," K9 reported. "They have taken him to the Green Castle, where they say he will be executed by a powerful sorcerer."
Romana sighed. "Do I even want to know why?"
"It would take much time to explain, Mistress."
"Right. How do we get to this castle, then?"
K9 pointed his nose at a path made of rectangular gold stones which began, seemingly out of nowhere, in the middle of the field and led into the woods. "A man of very short stature indicated that we must follow that road." He began rolling himself toward the absurd pathway. With a sigh, Romana trudged after the little dog down the yellow brick road.