Doctor Who: season 19

[altariel]

Castrovalva
altariel: What a cracking little story! What great design!
mraltariel: What a lot of fine hats.
altariel: Mighty fine hats. The zero room stuff does go on a bit.
mraltariel: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...ero room.
altariel: And Davison spends too long on his back.
mraltariel: I like his Doctor Impressions though. Do you think he got paid extra for them?
altariel: No. Have we done this story justice?
mraltariel: "What a cracking little story" you said, and I mentioned the hats. So, yes.

Four to Doomsday
altariel: Another...
mraltariel: Don't say it!
altariel: ...cracking little story.
mraltariel: Yes.
altariel: Unusual, imaginative, faintly reminds me of a good version of the TV Hitchhikers.
mraltariel: And it has got a Frog from Z-Cars in it. I also like Bigon.
altariel: Have we quite conveyed how brilliant it is?
mraltariel: "A cracking little story" you said, and I mentioned the frog.
altariel: So, yes.

Kinda
altariel: What a...
mraltariel: ...cracking little story.
altariel: Top Five Doctor Who
mraltariel: Classic Doctor Who?
altariel: "Classic", please. Possibly Top Three.
mraltariel: Is it my go now?
altariel: If you must.
mraltariel: Can't think of anything else to say.
altariel: About Kinda?
mraltariel: *mustn'tmakejokeaboutchocolateeggthing*
altariel: You can make a joke about the chocolate egg if you want.
mraltariel: Yeboshakeychocadoobypotswobbletoy.
altariel: And the Mara.
mraltariel: Oooh.Scary.
altariel: This really is a cracking little story.
mraltariel: Especially when the chap from That's Life gets possessed and DCI Meadows goes mad.
altariel: And Nerys Hughes.
mraltariel: Dame Nerys to us.

The Visitation
altariel: You like this a lot more than me. So why don't you explain to the good people at home.
mraltariel: "I am but a poor journeyman..."
altariel: Yes, that explains it.
mraltariel: And it's a cracking little story.

Black Orchid
altariel: I like a Charleston.
mraltariel: And I like a hideously deformed torture victim hidden in the wainscotting.

Earthshock
altariel: Well, that was a thing that happened to me.
mraltariel: It happened to me, too, I think.
altariel: The end is quite touching. I didn't mind Adric. I thought the Fifth Doctor was unnecessarily grumpy with him.
mraltariel: I didn't mind him either. He was no Steven Taylor though. So, ranking "stowaway companions", he comes second.
altariel: Surely there are other stowaways?
mraltariel: I can't think of any. Sarah Jane maybe? So Adric would be 'third best stowaway companion'.

Time-Flight
altariel: That was a bag of shit.
mraltariel: With glimpses. Of more shit.
altariel: What makes it so shit, do you think?
mraltariel: I remember "The Faceless Ones". And this does not bear comparison.
altariel: There's no Pauline Collins, that's for sure.
mraltariel: That's Dame Pauline to us.
altariel: Baron, actually.



Ranking
Kinda
Black Orchid
The Visitation
Four to Doomsday
Castrovalva
Earthshock
Time-Flight


altariel: We have not spoken of Peter Davison.
mraltariel: We have not.
altariel: He's rather good. I feel in safe hands.
mraltariel: He is. A proper actor - we've not had one of those since 1969.
altariel: I like how old he seems - very Hartnellish, and yet he is not. Hartnell. Nor old. Do you like the costume?
mraltariel: Surprisingly, I think I do. It is better than the purple coat from last season.
altariel: I would also say that notwithstanding the last two stories, this season continues in that imaginative vein from Tom's last outings.
mraltariel: Yes, they're interesting and unusual, and quite well-written, designed and performed.
altariel: I'm sure it will carry on like this for another 20 Glorious Years.
mraltariel: Oh, at least.

Comments

[brendan-moody.livejournal.com]

A proper actor - we've not had one of those since 1969.

How very true.

[kerravonsen]

He is. A proper actor - we've not had one of those since 1969.
LOL!

[manna]

Ooh, Earthshock. My best friend at school had the world's biggest crush on Adric, and she was utterly devastated by Earthshock. For a week afterwards we could make her cry at will by humming the Who theme tune at her.

[gair.livejournal.com]

ME TOO. We had to buy it after New Who re-introduced the Cybermen and I was devastated ALL OVER AGAIN.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

Jon Blum did a 70 minute fan edit of Time Flight, most notable for completely eliminating the character of Kalid. It's... well, it's still not very good, to be honest, but Blum does manage to unearth some small degree of charm that the broadcast version entirely buries.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Kalid definitely doesn't help.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I really perved overenjoyed Peter Davison's bodyacting as a kid. Anyone else remember A Very Peculiar Practice? One of the very few things I used to watch with my mother. I didn't realise till I googled it just now that it was written by Andrew Davies -- my how his writing's deteriorated...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

A Very Peculiar Practice was awesome, particularly the increasingly surreal second series, in which the Prince of Darkness, Jack Daniels, takes over the university and turns it into a business. Due a repeat, I think.

The one-off follow-up, A Very Polish Practice, wasn't so great, alas.

I have the novels here, though I haven't read them in years, and can't remember if they're any good or not.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Surreal is the word I'd use. Wikipedia claims there's a DVD release due in May so I might see if mr_ea likes it.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I hope mraltariel knows about that! Thanks!

[mraltariel.livejournal.com]

I do. In fact, it is on order, but it keeps getting delayed.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'll have to get mr_ea to follow suit.