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DW Fandom: Dimensionally Trancendental

Dec 07, 2008 02:08

Over the past couple of months, my interest in Classic Who has been revived in big way. You would think having a history with a show would make it easy to get back in the fandom, but the last time I was this captivated, John Major was prime minister. Commercial internet was in its infancy (I did not have access), and watching episodes involved ( Read more... )

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vretallin December 8 2008, 01:24:45 UTC

There is so much to enjoy, I am not sure where to begin but I am quite sure that I am doing it all wrong.

I don't think you can do it wrong. No suck thing.

penfold_x December 8 2008, 01:32:48 UTC

I hope you are right. But I do worry that I'm pestering people with a lot of really obvious questions, in a rapid spend-down of fannish good will. For example, I really wanted certain recent photos of cast members, but I couldn't find them (so much FAIL with the Google-fu). I had to resort to making a request post in bigfinishlove, in which someone was kind enough to post an answer, "check Tragical History Tour," which, it turns out, is the fandom's main image archive. I'm lucky the person who answered my request didn't start it with "Dear Moron".

vretallin December 8 2008, 01:56:48 UTC

You're being too hard on yourself. Those things are not always obvious that way. And so what if you did miss something that you might, typically, have seen or done...we all do it from time to time. :)

phawkwood December 8 2008, 02:24:07 UTC

Like I tell my guys, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers... those are the ones that begin with Dear Moron btw

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penfold_x December 8 2008, 01:38:04 UTC

But, David Tennant is quite pretty ...

I'm not challenging the truth of the matter. :) But it's not why I'm in DW (though, had I never heard of Classic Who, it might have been enough to pique my interest).

I just don't want to be the FNG. Except that it's been so long, and things are so different, I am the FNG. Woe.

I bought the Terrence Dicks novels from the comicbook store when I was a kid, along with the poster of Tom Baker that was on the wall over my bed.

I still remember the coordinates for Gallifrey from galactic zero. I had the Doctor Who Technical Manual.

I keep all this fairly well concealed though ...

You do! I'm impressed. We should form Time Lawyers Anonymous.

phawkwood December 8 2008, 02:18:52 UTC

I've always loved Sylvester. Baker (Tom, not Collin) was my first, and always has a special place, but Sylvester is my favorite.

penfold_x December 8 2008, 02:37:13 UTC

I always knew you were a man of superior taste and judgment (and not just because you married vretallin).

I saw Baker first, too, but McCoy's were the "new" eps at the time, and I immediately loved them. I also read the NAs all through college. Something about that portrayal of the Doctor speaks to me, and I now realize that some of my dissatisfaction with Ten is his failure to live up to Seven's standard of responsibility.

And I really love Ace; she's a proactive companion, similar to Romana (my second favorite). They have a lovingly realized mentor/protege relationship that cements their place in my affections.

phawkwood December 8 2008, 02:47:15 UTC

ooooo I LOVE that icon.

I like Sylvester because he wasn't so one dimensional. The show still had all the trappings that made me love it, but he was deeper than the others. He was whimsical in a non-annoying way, and yet still began to bring in some of the darkness that lurks in the Doctor's background with out it being just dumb.

We had a car that that's plate ended in "PEX" I always wanted to get a stick that says "Lives" to put next to it.

Curse of Fenric is still probably my favorite though.

penfold_x December 8 2008, 03:09:19 UTC

He was whimsical in a non-annoying way, and yet still began to bring in some of the darkness that lurks in the Doctor's background with out it being just dumb.

WORD. The Doctor has run away from his people and their passive culture, and thus has enormous power that he often chooses to exercise (yes, even before he was Seven). As well, he has been dragged against his will into larger, universe-shaping events. He ought to have a lot on his conscience, and when he chooses to act, react, or not act, we ought to see that struggle and the effects of those choices. Seasons 25-6 did a really excellent job of illustrating the darkness that comes along with that responsibility.

Icon is by calapine, who has created a lot of lovely DW graphics.

mrwubbles December 8 2008, 22:27:20 UTC

There is so much to enjoy, I am not sure where to begin but I am quite sure that I am doing it all wrong.

On the flip side of things, I came through the back door and became a fan by transitive means: fan of Torchwood first, then got swallowed by the TARDIS, now reliving the days of classic Who and Ace.

I'm at a disadvantage though as I saw the First Doctor back in the day of midnight local telly syndication...in MANDARIN

....

Bad enough I barely knew enough chinese back then to say "I is born here, don't give me chopsticks" but for a while it was hard to make the connection that the 'police plane' they were referring to was the TARDIS! LOL.

My dilemma is similiar in the sense that yeah, lots out there, and lots of set fan behavior and lingo I just know I'll unintentionally break, stomp, or offend. Or asking a question that just makes me that much 'duh'.

There needs to be a manual for new fans. Unlike the Doctor with his TARDIS manual, I would so read mine. LOL

penfold_x December 9 2008, 13:27:54 UTC

OMG! NO WAI! NOWAINOWAINOWAINOWAINOWAI!!!

*flail*

For weeks I have been sitting on my hands and bottling my squee because it's unfair to try to drag you and myfieldnotes into a forty-five-year-old fandom.

Revel! Revel! Revel with me! We'll do resource posts, and send each other fic recs, and make s'mores!

It's okay to be lost, so long as I'm not lost and alone.

My dilemma is similiar in the sense that yeah, lots out there, and lots of set fan behavior and lingo I just know I'll unintentionally break, stomp, or offend. Or asking a question that just makes me that much 'duh'.

Word. It's great that there's so much, but the existing culture seems really thick. Lots of acronyms, references to past events (especially among the PTB), and some sort of fan hierarchy that I haven't sussed out. Plus dudes. Men everywhere. It's like going to a girls' school twelve years then attending an enormous co-ed college. And half of fandom uses their full RL name. WTF?

I'm at a disadvantage though as I saw the First Doctor back in the day of midnight local ( ... )

mrwubbles December 9 2008, 15:26:14 UTC

For weeks I have been sitting on my hands and bottling my squee because it's unfair to try to drag you and myfieldnotes into a forty-five-year-old fandom.

LOL. Weeell, I'm still new to the fandom and renewing my acquaintance for Ace, because geez there's a lot more Doctors than I remembered when I was in school! LOL.

As for old fandoms, it's like me trying to get myfieldnotes into RGB, a desire renewed becaused I GOT MY DVDS! Squee lots here.

It always feels like I need to prepare an oratory to defend a predated fandom, to entice a new fan. And sometimes (not all the time) there's a cringe factor involved as you sing the praises of The Sentinel fandom...

Then make them watch an episode. Well, er, um...

send each other fic recs

LOL. I can send you TW recs. LOL. As for DW, I'm still wandering and searching, only ending up finding (ahem) other things that I'm sure are nice. Just not my cup of tea, pun intended. LOL.

And half of fandom uses their full RL name. WTF?Oh yeah. This stems from back in the day we were swimming with fanzines, ( ... )