classic!Who s6—The Krotons

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The Krotons was a good episode, albeit one I took ages watching because of s8 airing and because I kept busy with all sorts of things. It had a planet with twin suns and the Doctor messing around with an umbrella; it had an interesting plot, with some of those themes we see recurring in old eps, a civilization overpowered and controlled by another species and struggling to break free after a while, with the most extreme rebels who wanted to fight no matter what, even when it seemed they were so poorly armed and would just get killed, vs. older, wiser leaders who might be a bit conservative but mostly wanted to keep everyone protected; it had that interesting bit about how the Krotons fed the Gonds all of their knowledge, but only what they wished them to know, therefore keeping them from truly evolving, but one could figure out which areas in particular they wanted to keep them in the dark about, and use that knowledge as a weapon to find out their vulnerabilities (when you're called the Doctor that is). There was Zoe being super clever and acing an intelligence test and being BETTER THAN THE DOCTOR at first, until he pulled himself together a bit—but clearly she was still drop-down genius and not inferior to him in the slightest. The Doctor did hypnosis. Jamie told Zoe to look after the Doctor, all protective and great. The Doctor said "Oh my giddy aunt!" and "Great jumping gobstoppers!". Jamie was considered as thoroughly stupid by the Krotons and could get all kinds of relevant information out of them because of that. The HADS happened for the first time and the Doctor's reaction to the TARDIS saving itself from harm was "what a stupid place to land". It was good.

I might try and do something productive right now or I might just say fuck it and watch a bit of The Seeds of Death instead, because my brain doesn't want thoughts or productivity or anything much at all. But I'll see what the evening turns out like.

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