In which I get sappy and soppy and other words that probably involve an 's' and two 'p's.

[eponymous_rose]

A third rec on calufrax has utterly, completely made my night (so thank you settiai, kindkit, and doyle_sb4). If I drank (hush), rest assured that it would take very little to have me clinging to all of you (and all of you, the viewers at home!), declaring my undying love. I might just do it anyway. I'm such a sucker for feedback.

I'm going to witter on a bit, to make up for all the drabbles I'll be posting as school continues to eat my brain:

I have just noticed that all three recs have been for fics about the Third Doctor. Hee. What can I say? I really do love writing about each of the Doctors (and I have written about each of them, which sort of surprises me), but Three-era stuff seems to get under my skin. Recently, anyway. Why is that? I think it might be the fact that, stuck as he is on Earth, the Doctor's got a full supporting cast from week to week, each with a personality and story arc (Mike Yates, much?). It's not so much the Doctor + companion(s) + people introduced over the course of one serial. There's more room to mess around with it - and it gives me the chance to write the human-centric storylines I seem to be enjoying all of a sudden (I love the idea of humanity being worse monsters than the rest of the universe combined - it's an old meme, but I love it. Well. Love writing about it, anyway.).

Also, London in the early 1970s is about as alien to me as Peladon or Gallifrey! Ahem.

So why the Third Doctor? I haven't a clue. He's arrogant, very frequently childish, so determined to prove that he is a Time Lord, really, even if he doesn't remember how to travel in time and everyone's just humouring him. He's living the closest possible thing to an everyday sort of life, and that makes him a bit more accessible, easier to write. Maybe.

And then there's the transition - all of the Doctors change over the course of their life, however brief, but some do it in more fascinating ways than others. The Third Doctor and Liz? Always at loggerheads (which is utterly fascinating in and of itself, and Liz is, obviously, just brilliant at it). And then Jo comes along ("I'm your new assistant!" "Oh, no.") and, strangely enough, everything changes.

I'm gonna save my thoughts for a proper ramble on the dynamic between Three and Jo, but there's something really awesome about it that seems to fascinate everyone, despite the variable quality of the scripts (when I feel the urge to watch even the long, expositiony bits of a six-parter again and again, there must be something going on). As always, though, I should probably leave my meta to fic-writing, where I'm more coherent about it.

So why Three? Maybe I'm just a bit of a self-centered, standoffish, showoff of a so-and-so myself. (I like that explanation!)

And why this ramble? Because I'm putting off my drabble. Oh, dear.

Comments

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

Well done for the recs, I always enjoy your work. And wholeheartedly agree with your comments on the Third Doctor; he is definitely my favourite too, although I also find it a little difficult to say why. Also agree that sometimes the episodes themselves are so awfully slow but with re-occuring characters like Jo, the Brig and the Master, well. I'm sold.
That and I like his humour. And his frustration.

I've not actually seen any of the Liz episodes yet though... Care to suggest the one with which to start?

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

I've not actually seen any of the Liz episodes yet though... Care to suggest the one with which to start?

Hee, such a delayed reaction that you've probably gone off by now and watched them. ;)

Liz only has four serials - Spearhead from Space, The Silurians, The Ambassadors of Death, and Inferno, of which the latter three are whopping seven-parters. While the plot can drag at times, all four have some real strengths - the seventh series of Doctor Who remains quite possibly my favourite overall.

I loved Spearhead right from the get-go - it's got an exciting plot, and it's a post-regeneration story, which I always love. Liz and the Brig are excellent in it. The Silurians has some spectacular moral dilemmas and lots of negociations (and strange kazoo music, but we won't mention that). Ambassadors has some Liz-related awesomeness that is just spectacular. And Inferno is just brilliant. I'd watch them in order, really, and watch all of 'em. ;)

[azdaja-dafema.livejournal.com]

I've seen Spearhead from Space now and did like it. Liz was great in it. I'm looking forwards to seeing more. The Pertwee years are definitely my favourite (as far as I've seen). I'm so glad that there isn't a dearth of fantastic fic in that era.