Big Finish Audio Plays - The Beautiful People and The Blue Tooth

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[box_in_the_box]

I so want to see Ten interacting with the old UNIT crew, Jo and Liz especially.

Liz was basically the Martha Jones of her day - even Three, as chauvinistic as he was, treated her as a peer rather than as an assistant, but she ultimately left because she felt unappreciated and wanted a life of her own (sound familiar?). Jo was actually the Rose Tyler of her day, except that, sadly enough, she stands out as a much more positive role model than Rose in retrospect. Yes, she clearly loves Three, but in the end, she finds herself a guy of her own, and, as with Liz, moves on with her life, by her own choice.

It'd be especially interesting for companions like Liz and Jo to meet up with Ten, since he's so outwardly the opposite of Three, who was dashing and dignified and deeply paternalistic. Then again, I still want Sarah Jane to meet up with Liz and Jo on SJA, to have a UNIT MILF version of Charlie's Angels. ;)

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I so want to see Ten interacting with the old UNIT crew, Jo and Liz especially.

Yes, it would be interesting to see him meet more of his former companions.

Liz was basically the Martha Jones of her day - even Three, as chauvinistic as he was, treated her as a peer rather than as an assistant, but she ultimately left because she felt unappreciated and wanted a life of her own (sound familiar?). Jo was actually the Rose Tyler of her day, except that, sadly enough, she stands out as a much more positive role model than Rose in retrospect. Yes, she clearly loves Three, but in the end, she finds herself a guy of her own, and, as with Liz, moves on with her life, by her own choice.

I'd heard that, especially about Liz...

It'd be especially interesting for companions like Liz and Jo to meet up with Ten, since he's so outwardly the opposite of Three, who was dashing and dignified and deeply paternalistic.

Yes, they're not exactly words that spring to mind to describe Ten!

Then again, I still want Sarah Jane to meet up with Liz and Jo on

[box_in_the_box]

Ten would seem very much like a hyper little kid compared to Three.

Ans Liz and Jo on SJA would be great! They'd both tease Sarah Jane about Maria being her biggest fan, whil Liz and Luke bonded over test tubes, and Clyde tried to hit on Jo (you KNOW he would). Of course, there would be an initial misunderstanding when Jo met Alan:

"Oh, I heard Sarah Jane had a son, but I thought she said he was younger! You must be Luke!"

"Actually, I'm Alan, her ... next-door neighbor."

And then, Jo would blush and apologize, but also pick up on Alan's attraction to Sarah Jane, and tease her about it when she found out that Sarah Jane WASN'T sleeping with Alan.

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So you'll be writing this fic, then? :D

[hildy]

I had problems with both of them. In the series, I always liked that Liz was a nice meld of both worlds -- moddish British girl and ultra smart scientist. She didn't scream or faint. She was more likely to pick up her test tubes or run to her microscope. This story negated a lot of it for me. It was a little jarring.

Funny thing is I thought Romana took a much more active role in "Beautiful People" in figuring things out. But I have the opposite problem as you. I've seen Liz's adventures and very little of Romana's. I definitely do prefer Romana's later appearances in the Gallifrey series and even Neverland/Zagreus to this story.

I think the format is part of the problem. It's first person pov, which is hard to make work, especially if you want the character there and experiencing things actively.

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I had problems with both of them. In the series, I always liked that Liz was a nice meld of both worlds -- moddish British girl and ultra smart scientist. She didn't scream or faint. She was more likely to pick up her test tubes or run to her microscope. This story negated a lot of it for me. It was a little jarring.

Yes, I can see that would be jarring...

Funny thing is I thought Romana took a much more active role in "Beautiful People" in figuring things out. But I have the opposite problem as you. I've seen Liz's adventures and very little of Romana's. I definitely do prefer Romana's later appearances in the Gallifrey series and even Neverland/Zagreus to this story.

Oh yes, Romana is very good in Neverland and Zagreus!

I think the format is part of the problem. It's first person pov, which is hard to make work, especially if you want the character there and experiencing things actively.

True - it seemed very odd to have Liz recounting what had happened whilst she was unconscious...