Doctor Who - Planet of the Spiders
Aha ha ha ha. Ha ha haaa. omg. This is fantastic.
...yes. 'This' being, well, Planet of the Spiders, that which was on at a crazy early time on Saturday morning and my darling mother recorded for me. She missed the first 15 minutes or so, so I was a little confused with the first episode, which includes such gems as the most terrible monster ever. It's a big plastic spider. A big plastic spider which talks. Ohgoodness. But still, you know, it has mentions of past stories - a big thing is the crystal the Doctor brought back from Metabilis 3 in The Green Death (aka that Welsh one with Three inna dress) - it has Benton, being adorable and self-sacrificing ('wouldn't it be better if I have a go first, sir? I mean, I'm expendable, and you're not.' Awww.) and Yates, being so very camp. He's wearing goodness knows what - a fantastically phloomphy scarf - and sneers at Sarah's use of 'feminine wiles' in a way that just screams disinterest in any and all 'feminine wiles'.
I may be a little over excited, it's true. Ahem.
Also Benton making coffee, and being hilariously domestic when the Doctor compliments his coffee - he starts busily explaining the secret behind his most perfect coffee. Ohgoodness. *grins like a maniac*
The best thing so far - because I haven't finished it, I am in fact half way through, partly because I had to come and post the GLEE, and partly because I know I should do boring things like work, and thus should probably watch more later, instead of all at once - but yes, the best thing so far is the secnd episode. Aha ha ha ha. It's Jon Pertwee's last story, y'see, and they obviously wanted him to go out in style. So, we have the best DW 'car chase' EVER, complete with bemused policeman, and oh. It's sheer genius.
It is the first story in which I've seen the Who-mobile used - i.e. that great weird hovercraft thing - and oh, that's great for a start. 'Brigadier, stop! You might damage my car!' Oh Doctor, priorities as usual.
So yes, the villain sets off in the Who-mobile. Benton, Sarah and the Brig follow in Bessie, while the Doctor takes some tiny helicopter thing. Villain stops and hides in the grass - grass is always conveniently long in stories like this, and the entire rest of the cast conveniently blind - and while our heroes are chatting (and trying to put off the policeman, who wants to book them for speeding, heh), the villain escapes in the helicopter. 'Oh, he's got away!' exclaims Sarah-Jane. 'Bwa ha! Not so fast!' says the Doctor (I may be paraphrasing a little, yes), and they leap into the Who-mobile. Which, it turns out, can also fly.
The villain is eventually forced to land due to lack of fuel. By this point I thought it must all be over - how much car chase can you fit into one episode, after all? WRONG. He legs it to the shore, where he shoves an innocent fisherman into the sea and makes off with his motorboat. Conveniently, friend of said fisherman has just landed with his hovercraft, which the Doctor makes off with a few minutes later. There is some completely random swerving on and off the beach, and chasing of villain, and then the Doctor sets off up the beach again. All the way up, and across what turns out to be an island, going straight over some poor tramp in a field on the way.
OHGOODNESS. The genius, I cannot do it justice, you must all watch it. It is so funny. And, like, kind of good, too. Oh I love it. I love Doctor Who. Oh wonderful. *g*
...yes. 'This' being, well, Planet of the Spiders, that which was on at a crazy early time on Saturday morning and my darling mother recorded for me. She missed the first 15 minutes or so, so I was a little confused with the first episode, which includes such gems as the most terrible monster ever. It's a big plastic spider. A big plastic spider which talks. Ohgoodness. But still, you know, it has mentions of past stories - a big thing is the crystal the Doctor brought back from Metabilis 3 in The Green Death (aka that Welsh one with Three inna dress) - it has Benton, being adorable and self-sacrificing ('wouldn't it be better if I have a go first, sir? I mean, I'm expendable, and you're not.' Awww.) and Yates, being so very camp. He's wearing goodness knows what - a fantastically phloomphy scarf - and sneers at Sarah's use of 'feminine wiles' in a way that just screams disinterest in any and all 'feminine wiles'.
I may be a little over excited, it's true. Ahem.
Also Benton making coffee, and being hilariously domestic when the Doctor compliments his coffee - he starts busily explaining the secret behind his most perfect coffee. Ohgoodness. *grins like a maniac*
The best thing so far - because I haven't finished it, I am in fact half way through, partly because I had to come and post the GLEE, and partly because I know I should do boring things like work, and thus should probably watch more later, instead of all at once - but yes, the best thing so far is the secnd episode. Aha ha ha ha. It's Jon Pertwee's last story, y'see, and they obviously wanted him to go out in style. So, we have the best DW 'car chase' EVER, complete with bemused policeman, and oh. It's sheer genius.
It is the first story in which I've seen the Who-mobile used - i.e. that great weird hovercraft thing - and oh, that's great for a start. 'Brigadier, stop! You might damage my car!' Oh Doctor, priorities as usual.
So yes, the villain sets off in the Who-mobile. Benton, Sarah and the Brig follow in Bessie, while the Doctor takes some tiny helicopter thing. Villain stops and hides in the grass - grass is always conveniently long in stories like this, and the entire rest of the cast conveniently blind - and while our heroes are chatting (and trying to put off the policeman, who wants to book them for speeding, heh), the villain escapes in the helicopter. 'Oh, he's got away!' exclaims Sarah-Jane. 'Bwa ha! Not so fast!' says the Doctor (I may be paraphrasing a little, yes), and they leap into the Who-mobile. Which, it turns out, can also fly.
The villain is eventually forced to land due to lack of fuel. By this point I thought it must all be over - how much car chase can you fit into one episode, after all? WRONG. He legs it to the shore, where he shoves an innocent fisherman into the sea and makes off with his motorboat. Conveniently, friend of said fisherman has just landed with his hovercraft, which the Doctor makes off with a few minutes later. There is some completely random swerving on and off the beach, and chasing of villain, and then the Doctor sets off up the beach again. All the way up, and across what turns out to be an island, going straight over some poor tramp in a field on the way.
OHGOODNESS. The genius, I cannot do it justice, you must all watch it. It is so funny. And, like, kind of good, too. Oh I love it. I love Doctor Who. Oh wonderful. *g*