War Games blather and shameless War Chief=Master batshit theorising

[snowgrouse]

I've finished rewatching War Games and feel empty and sad nao:(. I shall combat the WAH, TWO/WAH, JAMIE/WAH, ZOE/FUCK YOU, CHANCELLOR GOTH with a blather-dump on Why The War Chief Bloody Well Is The Master And They So Did It. Sorry about the quality of some of the caps, I was lazy and just grabbed screenshots off YouTube. I shall start with a bit

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[boulette_sud]

FUCK. ME. MUST WATCH SOON.

[snowgrouse]

YES PLEASE.

[animagiblender]

Holy shit, that's hot.

I really need to dl this soon. Because it looks awesome. Awesomeeeeeeeeeeee.

[snowgrouse]

*cough*

IT IS SO WORTH IT. More than just for the slash.

[snowgrouse]

He does a great jutting jaw. Damn it. Now I'm just seeing him as Koschei and my brain has died.

[redstarrobot]

Wow, he does look rather Young Ainley in some of those...

[snowgrouse]

It's even scarier in motion! I guess that's a major subconscious push behind this particular fan theory, the resemblance.

[redstarrobot]

Definite Master-fodder, for sure, with the facial hair and the nehru jacket and the resemblances. (I'm just so fond of the idea that there's a Timelord out there calling himself "The War Chief", though, because it's an awesome name.) :)

Agh, I must not get bitten by "What does the War Chief do during the Time War?" plotbunnies. Especially without access to a copy of War Games.

[snowgrouse]

Sod this. Like I've said before, we need a Time Lord calling himself only The Guv.

WRITE EEEEEEET.

[azdaja_dafema]

Oh I love The War Games! It's odd - the ten-episodes don't drag as much as other, shorter serials sometimes do, and I loved it: it was what the BBC do best: history and dodgy sci-fi.

Much thanks for the pictures of the gorgeous War Chief, of whom I became rather enamoured during the proceedings. He did very much seem like a version of the Master. I'm trying to figure out where he fits in though - timey wimey and all that dictating that he may not have been before Delgado although they both have the be-suited charm of that incarnation. Amusing, in a way, that the Timelords change Two into someone more fitting as a contrast to the Master.

.. I fancy watching that again now. Sorry for tl;dr

[snowgrouse]

Is not tl;dr! And yes, it's a surprise how well-paced War Games is. It's not nearly as bad as people make out. I can think of several shorter stories where I've yelled "GET ON WITH IT" at the screen

(reposted because I clicked reply in the wrong place..sorry)

[azdaja_dafema]

[now stamped with PERSONAL CANON]

He definitely works well as a prequel to Delgado - if we assume they hadn't seen each other since the Doctor left Gallifrey, dropping the Master in it to a degree that he himself decides to go play Risk with not-so-tin soldiers, it would be prudent to go under another pseudonym to avoid capture.

Then you could argue that the military planning of the "War Chief" helped him forget the Doctor (mostly) and convincing himself that he's probably dead somewhere.

..until the Doctor stumbles in.

On another note, I want to start using the phrase "timey-wimey fuckuppance" in my day to day life.

Re: (reposted because I clicked reply in the wrong place..sorry)

[snowgrouse]

Yesss. I think he'd immediately go for batshit plans and controlling non-Timelord species just to show himself how he can rule the universe (or, well, a galaxy in this case) perfectly well without the Doctor's help.