Classic!Who s4—The Smugglers

[flowsoffire]

Eeee, feels nice to put "s4" in a title ;)

Well… that's the thing that feels nicest. XD The Smugglers wasn't a favourite of mine—I think the poor recon quality didn't help. Also the plot confused me a lot, with all the pirats everywhere backstabbing each other (guess I would have understood better if I'd put in more of an effort, lol), and my fondness for Ben and Polly kind of faded away. XD Polly seemed kind of useless, just squealing at the rats like a baby and being told to run off to the TARDIS and… put the kettle on, for god's sake. Also—"Yeah, well, I'm not playing what's his name? Watson to you." Wow, girl, way to sound cultured. XD Ben wasn't much better—"This friend of yours, the one you call the Doctor, is he a learned man?" / "Oh, not half." LOL, yeah, right.

So yeah, it was nice because it was Who, but nothing much besides. Except for One sweet-talking the pirat, and reading cards, and stating at the end that their next adventure might very well be way worse instead of cozier like Polly hoped—hell of a foreshadowing right there. Oneeeeee. Anyway, there's Tenth Planet next—not a recon! (Well, except for the very last part. Aka regeneration. Fml.) One's last serial! And Cybermen! *excited*

Comments

[taiamu.livejournal.com]

Oh, are you reviewing every single episode? Awesome! I'm always interested to know what other people think about Classic Who. Can't wait to read this. :)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Yep! More or less quickly, but I always put in a little word :) It's nice to share the loveliness and my (slow) progress!

How much have you seen of the classics? :)

[taiamu.livejournal.com]

I've bounced around the Classic Series. Here's a link to my huge project: http://taiamu.livejournal.com/102188.html#comments

I'm in the middle of cleaning it up, now. Some have links to reviews.

And as I've been reading your reviews of the One era, have a link to some Ian/Barbara cuteness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36LA97klg4A

:)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

GOODNESS!!!! And I thought I was crazy because I started right at the beginning and am now watching every episode including recons! This is EPIC. Who is your favourite Doctor, if you have one?

Cleaning it up aka updating with what you've seen in the meantime and all? That must be quite some work ;)

Eeee, Ian/Barbara! They're my favourites, along with Vicki ♥ Thank you! It's the first One era only vid actually :)

I saw you were watching the Dalek invasion of Earth—how are you enjoying it? :) That's a pretty nice ep as far as I recall, though classic!Dalek voices get on my nerves even more than in New!Who, lol. I almost got it confused with Daleks Master Plan, now this one was LONG… phew.

[taiamu.livejournal.com]

My favorite Doctor? Ooh. That's difficult. My standard answer is Four. But really, it depends on my mood at the time. I love the Doctor, in all his facets. :) So, short version: I can't choose. :). It's easier to choose between companions.

Re: Dalek Invasion of Earth. I saw that one a while ago, actually. I liked it. It was long, as Classic Who tends to be. You can't beat Barbara running over a Dalek with a truck. Hee.

Re: The epic list of Who-ness. Yeah...I may have bit off more than I can chew with that. LOL.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I understand… I think I'll be the very same. Only seen One thus far, but all Doctors look fantastic—and for New!Who, it would be Matt because of Eleven/River, but besides I love all three of them equally ;)

Barbara ftw! :D Eeeee, I remember the truck thing…

XD I can empathize with that… ;)