Doctor Who ramblings.

[lyssie]

Have been bingeing, for some reason. Ended up watching The Awakening (not as bad as I'd remembered), the beginning of The Daemons (I'm sorry, Inferno-haters, but THIS one is the one that's really crapaliciously boring), Tomb of the Cybermen (best viewed whilst not really paying attention--although it did give me a plotbunny that will shortly be finished), Invasion of the Dinosaurs (John Crichton and plastic dinos, eek), and Timelash (bombastic and kinda sad, but occasionally amusing ESPECIALLY because Vena looks like Pella and Sezon is Gunn-Sar, and the Borad's Public Face is Docholli. Kinda Blake's 7 Old Home Week.)

Also watched 30 Years in the TARDIS, and old pledge breaks (I was very young).

There is still lingering irritation at women being maligned in DW (I'd like to note that I think Rose is a worse companion than Victoria, I find Tegan still very grating, and Jo at least had spunk), as I tend to find them rather fun and amusing and less irritating than the Doctor (all save Peri, who is just as obnoxious).

Comments

[timjr.livejournal.com]

...I like Tomb of the Cybermen.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I like it, too. I just didn't have the brainpower to watch it without also doing other things (I think the quality of tape also may have been irritating my eyes). It had a great bit with Victoria shooting a cybermat, and also she was very spunky and smart... (not quite as kickass as Leela, but Victoria didn't exactly come from a period where women were expected to take care of themselves, let alone travel around the universe and face monsters...)

[timjr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Victoria is great in the story... though it's, like, her only full episode, isn't it?

...though I like the whole damn thing, cause I'm a TroughtonDoc fan.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Jo's a guilty pleasure of mine. She... sparkles. And I rather like The Daemons, in it's rather quaint, charming shininess, with The Master and Jo, and UNIT going and playing with flaky pagans and rubber gargoyles.

30 Years in the TARDIS was rather great. And that was rather a while ago...

I've actually compared Rose to Jo; I think they're very similar. Fun, happy, sparkly blondes in short skirts, without much in the way of qualifications. Rose's main drawbacks are her drippy boyfriend and bad cliche of a mum, rather than, you know, personal flaws. But a lot of the companions were pretty cool.

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

Tegan's reactions in "Logopolis" I found pretty honest--I mean, if I found myself in that situation and totally clueless, I have a feeling I'd react the same sort of way.

Polly remains my enduring example of how people have gotten the wrong idea about women in DW. She's totally competent and clever in "Highlanders," among other things. Not to mention talking back to a Cyberman in "Tenth Planet." Ha.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I think I have to be in the right mood for Daemons. And I adore Jo, tons. She was, I think, the first companion I really glomped onto. Possibly because she was blonde and I was blonde as a child, and I thought she was the coolest.

It was. I'm feeling old.

Rose just... I suppose she bores me, and I keep wanting her to die. And her family. omg, her family makes me want to not watch any episodes with Rose.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Dude. Tegan gets high marks for not simply going insane when confronted with all of that evil. I think I'm mostly irritated about her wardrobe. Impractical, and frequently ugly as sin.

I've liked Polly, the little I've seen of her. And she was very competent.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I think I'd like it if I were in the right mood, and I just wasn't.