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eponymous_roseMy progression through the First Doctor's era is coming along nicely! I love how much the TARDIS team has developed even over the course of the six serials I've seen.
And how much do I love The Aztecs? Lots and lots. I mean, the Doctor having fun with his own wacky sitcom subplot (the aforementioned romantic entanglement, which is really quite sweet), Ian showing off his mad schoolteacher/hand-to-hand combat skillz while developing his worrying habit of getting framed for murder/evildoing, and Barbara being undeniably made of HARDCORE AWESOME while dealing with/creating brilliant moral ambiguities? Also, wearing neat hats. And, um. Susan kind of gets forgotten for two episodes and gets relegated to the status of Plot Device Extraordinaire. (The Doctor: "I'll... tell you how glad I am to see you later on." Poor Susan.) But it works! Awesome bittersweet ending, too.
Glad to be filling this hole in my Doctor Who knowledge! I've got an assortment of episodes from each Doctor's era under my belt, as well as all of Jon Pertwee's and Tom Baker's serials, but I'm sort of hoping to see it all in order at some point. Huzzah!
And how much do I love The Aztecs? Lots and lots. I mean, the Doctor having fun with his own wacky sitcom subplot (the aforementioned romantic entanglement, which is really quite sweet), Ian showing off his mad schoolteacher/hand-to-hand combat skillz while developing his worrying habit of getting framed for murder/evildoing, and Barbara being undeniably made of HARDCORE AWESOME while dealing with/creating brilliant moral ambiguities? Also, wearing neat hats. And, um. Susan kind of gets forgotten for two episodes and gets relegated to the status of Plot Device Extraordinaire. (The Doctor: "I'll... tell you how glad I am to see you later on." Poor Susan.) But it works! Awesome bittersweet ending, too.
Glad to be filling this hole in my Doctor Who knowledge! I've got an assortment of episodes from each Doctor's era under my belt, as well as all of Jon Pertwee's and Tom Baker's serials, but I'm sort of hoping to see it all in order at some point. Huzzah!
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Date: 2008-01-17 03:18 am (UTC)Also? Barbara and Ian really couldn't get any more awesome if they tried.
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Date: 2008-01-17 05:29 am (UTC)Yeah, Barbara gets hardcore awesome pretty quickly. I never get why people don't like her.
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Date: 2008-01-20 06:22 am (UTC)Yes, me too! I love the costumes and the
wallpapered paintings ofsets and the cleverness and the everything. :DBarbara and Ian really couldn't get any more awesome if they tried.
They so could not. Also, they're probably the Couple That Fewest People Would Protest Isn't OTP.
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Date: 2008-01-20 06:23 am (UTC)Ooh! *eagerly anticipates*
I'm watching in order (reconstructions and all), but I've just finished "Reign of Terror" and so should be on to the Romans soonish!