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The Return of All Era Thursday!

Jun 23, 2011 21:28

In these long months between series halves, we thought it might be nice to return to our weekly look at eras past. Hopefuly, in the coming weeks, we'll have some people hosing themed posts about a specific aspect of Doctor Who history, but we'll kick off today, with a general post, where people can bond over Doctors, characters, stories, writers, ( Read more... )

.all era thursday, brb nostalgia, the doctor is in

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sharkshark June 23 2011, 20:29:54 UTC

I LIKE ADRIC, HATERS TO THE LEFT.

the_willows June 23 2011, 20:34:32 UTC

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sharkshark June 23 2011, 20:36:48 UTC

I had second thoughts about starting off the post with something so in-your-face and controversial BUT I NEEDED TO STAKE OUT MY TERRITORY AND DEFEND MY BB.

the_willows June 23 2011, 20:41:59 UTC

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sharkshark June 23 2011, 20:32:30 UTC

Also I'll be back in a bit with some pictures of stuff I like from multiple eras. :D

bardingtide June 23 2011, 20:39:11 UTC

ALL PROPS FOR MY GIRL TEGAN THE MOUTHY AUSTRALIAN.

Who loved travelling so much SHE CAME BACK.

donna_c_punk June 24 2011, 01:49:50 UTC

YES, THANK YOU. It makes me sad in my heart when I see non-stop ragging on Tegan. It makes me wonder if there's something wrong with me because she's my favorite old school companion and one of my Top Five faves AND I run her fanlisting.

ccorday June 25 2011, 02:40:22 UTC

I liked Tegan. She could be a pill, but she was feisty and didn't take any crap from anyone. Not even the Master -- she told him off whenever she was given the opportunity.

bouncy_erbear June 23 2011, 20:41:29 UTC

I want to check out old who but I don't know where to start. Does someone want to help? Links or places to look for episodes might be helpful.

Also, are any of the books good? There are Doctor Who novels right? I've kind of been curious but IDK how they fit in with everything. @__@

brewsternorth June 23 2011, 20:45:56 UTC

Might be tricky to get hold of them by now, but in terms of books my gateway drug was the Target novelizations of the Classic Series episodes. Their quality is *very* uneven, but imo they're still worth exploring, since the authors of the later tie-in novellas (and there are MANY) will have grown up reading them.

bardingtide June 23 2011, 20:47:30 UTC

And quite a few of those who grew up reading those books now write for Who, RTD and Gattiss among them.

masakochan June 23 2011, 20:46:18 UTC

I know youtube has some clips from Two. I remember watching the first 10 minutes of 'Tomb of the Cybermen' back in March, and there were other parts from the same serial posted. :D

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SIX! eve11 June 23 2011, 20:45:21 UTC

I love him in the audios and even in the original broadcasts too!

I kind of adore Timelash. What? It is pure crack!.

Also, he had a companion who was a shapeshifting Penguin. YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT :D

Re: SIX! box_in_the_box June 23 2011, 20:49:32 UTC

Six and Colin Baker were done such a disservice during their TV runs that it's not even funny.

The tragedy is that Six's best lines come at the end of his tenure, when he basically calls the Time Lords out on their bullshit:

"In all my travelling throughout the universe, I have battled against evil, against power-mad conspirators. I should have stayed here! The oldest civilization - decadent, degenerate, and rotten to the core. Power-mad conspirators, Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen? They're still in the nursery compared to us! Ten million years of absolute power ... that's what it takes to be really corrupt."

It was the best definition of the Doctor's relationship to his own people that I've ever seen.

Re: SIX! bardingtide June 23 2011, 20:51:07 UTC

That is pretty good.

I can imagine Ten saying that.

Re: SIX! eve11 June 23 2011, 21:09:06 UTC

I have yet to see the Ultimate Foe (maybe I'll put that on tonight; I have the DVD somewhere). I really enjoy Six in the audios where he's gotten some better scripts. LOVED "The Year of the Pig" (yes, I'm strange like that). And the ones where Six goes up against Davros are pretty darn cool ("Davros" and the one with Mel, "the Juggernauts").

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