Classic!Who s2—The Web Planet

Finished watching The Web Planet, and I have to say that is the episode I liked least in s2 thus far… I think that most of it has to do with the aliens—I found them all thoroughly ridiculous, except maybe the creepy spider voice, which was… well, creepy. And the team TARDIS was all separated—Vicki and the Doctor had nice moments (because of COURSE those two were together…), but Ian + aliens and Barbara + aliens didn't really allow for lots of nice character moments, at least in my opinion. Oh well! Things I did like—the Doctor's ring coming to an use, that was interesting. The character moments at the beginning, with Ian and Barbara spontaneously being protective of Vicki. The interaction between Barbara and Vicki was quite nice, and yes a bit annoying at times because it's quite obvious that Vicki doesn't really trust Barbara as much as she trusts the Doctor, and there is no reason for that—she seems almost unpleasant sometimes, quite dismissive. I'm intrigued by the girl's backstory, and wonder whether we'll find out more about her…
Other remark—the TARDIS seriously spends SO MUCH TIME being overpowered, sent away or generally useless for a supposedly brilliant ship. Plot reasons ftw!

Lines that stuck to memory:

"I wished we’d materialised in some really luxurious place, you know. Lots of lovely things to buy and eat and wear." -Vicki being Little Miss Shallow.

IAN: I hope my pants stay up.
DOCTOR: Yes, well that’s your affair, not mine.

and also Vicki taking a liking for one of the ants once they could control it. Wtf, girl!

Classic!Who s2—The Crusade

Watched The Crusade while I was at it, since there were only two parts available. After The Web Planet's slight disapppointment, that was thoroughly delightful—I really enjoyed every character, why can't they do aliens I can feel for like this? Aliens aren't just about the silly costumes and weird voices =P
Joanna was especially wonderful ("There's something new in you, yet something older than the sky itself"…), as well as Haroun and his young daughter. Poor Barbara seems doomed to being kidnapped and tossed around while Vicki stays all nice and safe with the Doctor—seriously, does he NEVER let her out of his sight? But I was like "awww" at the scene in which Vicki was all frightened by the idea of the Doctor leaving her behind. ALSO HE BOPPED HER NOSE AND THEY HAD A HUG. ♥
Now Ian and Barbara's last two episodes better be as good! :D