Classic!Who s2—The Space Museum and yes, yes, binge-Who and no regrets

[flowsoffire]

That's my first time watching eight episodes in two days, definitely and oh dear. I'd already loved The Crusade, but Space Museum was INCREDIBLE. I simply loved the plot. The Doctor and his companions getting a good eyeful of their own future, and struggling to prevent it—some inspiration for future paradoxes right there :D The plot was just great—some aliens that worked for me at last, but well, all humanoid. Guess the costumes take too much attention for the other aliens (though the Sensorites were good! More Sensorites-ish civilisations, please! ♥). I loved the constant anxiety of whether they were managing to go against their grim future, or actually edging nearer and nearer to it—and the resolution, with their four different paths having led them closer to capture and deadly danger indeed, but also having caused events along the way that got them saved in the end! Genius.

More remarks:

- Vicki thinks Daleks are friendly-looking. This made me go ROFL when I heard it first—but it's all the more delicious once we know they're actually coming back in the next episode! AGAIN! :D

- there's absolutely something going on with Vicki. I don't know if I'm having Clara-is-a-mystery vibes and overthinking things, but there are just small hints dropped here and there about what her time was like—learning madly at a very early age in The Web Planet, being a stranger to the concept of a classroom and now here goes:
IAN: Can you explain it, Doctor?
VICKI: Time, like space, although a dimension in itself also has dimensions of its own.
DOCTOR: So you know about it, child? We must have a little chat some time.
Maybe not Vicki then, but the time she lived in most definitely!

- Vicki was a boss, for the first time—that was also the first time she was left to her own devices, without the Doctor or someone else to look after her. And she prompted people to start a revolution! You go, girlie.

- Hartnelllllll. One is amazing. I LOVED Hartnell's hand-fidgeting and occasional, very slight stammer ♥ One was delightful as ever. HE HID IN A DALEK. I COULDN'T EVEN AND I STILL CAN'T. GHHHH. He was also amazing with the mind-reading machine, ahhh :) Such a clever thing, but he was much cleverer. I kept giggling at the images he sent to the screen. (Little plot oddity though: how did that man figure he was called the Doctor? It hadn't been mentioned and you can't see that on a screen.)

- it was fun to hear the team TARDIS being referred to as the aliens—everything is relative!

- re: Ariadne's thread and the matter of finding a thread:
(Ian tears at cardigan)
BARBARA: Well, you might ask. I mean, that’s a good cardigan.
IAN: Oh, er, sorry. Well, may we?
BARBARA: Yes, yes, I suppose so.
Cardigan < survival < politeness, lesson brought to you by Barbara Wright. ♥
…and Ian bit the cardigan in desperation. Oh dear.

- badass!Ian slaughtered me. "Killing me would bring nothing." / "Possibly, but it might be enjoyable." Ghhh. ♥ His anger when he found the Doctor half-frozen too. Feels.

Next comes Ian and Barbara's last ep… Oh my babies ♥

Comments

[angel1605.livejournal.com]

As if I know when Mofftroll was born ;) Here's me hoping that wisdom comes with age ;)

For me the classic Dalek eps are mostly amusing because they are already /so much/ like the ones we have now (or at least, under Davies, when they were stil awesome :P). I find that fascinating :)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

ROFL. *winks*
Yes, that's so true! But on the other hand, they're really quite ridiculous sometimes. You were right, I'm really enjoying the ep so far :D
♥