Weekend account
Jan. 14th, 2013 12:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stalkerbunnyWhich was mostly... seeing friends, watching Doctor Who with friends, then talking about it with said friends. Excellent weekend, in short, even if I seem to be getting sick (hopefully not so sick I won't be able to write my home exam before friday >_>;). Unplannedly ended up spending the night at a friend's place due to us losing track of time while discussing various things, and then going from there to another friend's house. Lucky I had an extra shirt with me.
Watched: The Mind Robbers, The Three Doctors, The Sun Makers and Terror of the Autons. Last for... the umpteenth time but it's one of those that doesn't really get old.
Not going to talk much about the Sun Makers since I wasn't that enthused over ... something about Four just continues to leave me cold. Though Leela was nice, and some of the single-time characters were kind of cute.
And Terror of the Autons I've seen several times but I feel like I just keep getting sadder over poor Rex Farrel every time. One gets this sense that he's been bossed around by his father all his life, and even though the factory has been technically passed over into his care, McDermott who works at the factory (cannot recall his job description) is quick to suggest Rex take a holiday and asks his father to take the reins back. In a rather gratingly condescending way, even. That, plus the reaction Rex has to McDermott's sudden death via plastic chair (while confused by the Master's hypnosis into probably not understanding what is happening, Rex seems almost triumphant right after) seems to suggest he was feeling pretty frustrated with the guy.
One could almost say Rex Farrell gets his first taste of freedom from under his father's thumb/shadow... but it's at the cost of his free will, while he's under the influence of the Master. And just after he's briefly gained his own mind, he's first knocked out and then sent to his death as a distraction so the Master can get away. D:
*sigh*
Besides that, it's a rather whimsical episode, but imo in a good way. Three is being extra bitchy at everyone (bad time in time lord hormone cycle?) which apparently was a conscious choice on part of the writers so that the Master could be especially polite and charming... yet evil(!) by contrast. And his plan doesn't... really make much sense unless one assumes at least a part of it is just to amuse/gain the attention of/court the Doctor. I mean really, what was HE thinking to get out of helping the Nestene come to Earth and kill everyone?
Also, either the ominously glistening black plastic chair (where the heck did they get it? I mean, who and where could anyone want that for? For a particularly cheap looking bondage cave???) and the creepy devil doll were the idea of some failed Nestene designer or the best attempt to interest human customers the Master could come up with. In which case, oh dear.
Unless pudgy vampire dolls have some special significance to him and the Doctor and/or it's all part of some elaborate Gallifreyan courting ritual that involves particular types of gifts and culminates in some light asphyxiation.
The Three Doctors... also liked it, and I'll leave it at that. Three and Two really throw some sparks there! x'D (Yes I do ship it, I'm afraid. Nothing I can do about it).
And the Mind Robbers... first full episode with Two, and I already thought the mini!Tardis Team was the most precious of them all. *siiigh* Such a silly, hilariously cracky episode too. When thinking of a scary animal, who chooses a UNICORN anyway? Not to mention I feel like there must be some sort of weird phallic symbology there, especially as these things seem specially designed to scare the respective members of the team... Jamie, why do you dream of horned white horses trying to run you over, anyway?
Other notable things about the Mind Robbers: the villain, of sorts, is a guy hooked into a device that both controls him and gives him control over the entire fictional Nowhere world the Doctor and his companions find themselves. Who seems to have a special interest in the Doctor and... calls himself The Master.
...
He also used to be an author of a popular book series about the adventures of a Captain Jack Harkaway.
So I guess there's an AU in there in which the Master comes back and the Doctor (Eleven?) decides to tamper with his memories and dump him into a virtual reality he can control without harming the rest of the universe. Since that seems to be his usual way of dealing with exes/other troublesome people nowadays. Not sure if want or not...
In conclusion: haunting bagpipes (thkx subtitles)
Watched: The Mind Robbers, The Three Doctors, The Sun Makers and Terror of the Autons. Last for... the umpteenth time but it's one of those that doesn't really get old.
Not going to talk much about the Sun Makers since I wasn't that enthused over ... something about Four just continues to leave me cold. Though Leela was nice, and some of the single-time characters were kind of cute.
And Terror of the Autons I've seen several times but I feel like I just keep getting sadder over poor Rex Farrel every time. One gets this sense that he's been bossed around by his father all his life, and even though the factory has been technically passed over into his care, McDermott who works at the factory (cannot recall his job description) is quick to suggest Rex take a holiday and asks his father to take the reins back. In a rather gratingly condescending way, even. That, plus the reaction Rex has to McDermott's sudden death via plastic chair (while confused by the Master's hypnosis into probably not understanding what is happening, Rex seems almost triumphant right after) seems to suggest he was feeling pretty frustrated with the guy.
One could almost say Rex Farrell gets his first taste of freedom from under his father's thumb/shadow... but it's at the cost of his free will, while he's under the influence of the Master. And just after he's briefly gained his own mind, he's first knocked out and then sent to his death as a distraction so the Master can get away. D:
*sigh*
Besides that, it's a rather whimsical episode, but imo in a good way. Three is being extra bitchy at everyone (bad time in time lord hormone cycle?) which apparently was a conscious choice on part of the writers so that the Master could be especially polite and charming... yet evil(!) by contrast. And his plan doesn't... really make much sense unless one assumes at least a part of it is just to amuse/gain the attention of/court the Doctor. I mean really, what was HE thinking to get out of helping the Nestene come to Earth and kill everyone?
Also, either the ominously glistening black plastic chair (where the heck did they get it? I mean, who and where could anyone want that for? For a particularly cheap looking bondage cave???) and the creepy devil doll were the idea of some failed Nestene designer or the best attempt to interest human customers the Master could come up with. In which case, oh dear.
Unless pudgy vampire dolls have some special significance to him and the Doctor and/or it's all part of some elaborate Gallifreyan courting ritual that involves particular types of gifts and culminates in some light asphyxiation.
The Three Doctors... also liked it, and I'll leave it at that. Three and Two really throw some sparks there! x'D (Yes I do ship it, I'm afraid. Nothing I can do about it).
And the Mind Robbers... first full episode with Two, and I already thought the mini!Tardis Team was the most precious of them all. *siiigh* Such a silly, hilariously cracky episode too. When thinking of a scary animal, who chooses a UNICORN anyway? Not to mention I feel like there must be some sort of weird phallic symbology there, especially as these things seem specially designed to scare the respective members of the team... Jamie, why do you dream of horned white horses trying to run you over, anyway?
Other notable things about the Mind Robbers: the villain, of sorts, is a guy hooked into a device that both controls him and gives him control over the entire fictional Nowhere world the Doctor and his companions find themselves. Who seems to have a special interest in the Doctor and... calls himself The Master.
...
He also used to be an author of a popular book series about the adventures of a Captain Jack Harkaway.
So I guess there's an AU in there in which the Master comes back and the Doctor (Eleven?) decides to tamper with his memories and dump him into a virtual reality he can control without harming the rest of the universe. Since that seems to be his usual way of dealing with exes/other troublesome people nowadays. Not sure if want or not...
In conclusion: haunting bagpipes (thkx subtitles)
