Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!

'Dirty Girls'


Natter .38 Special  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


billytea - Sep 14, 2005 7:25:38 pm PDT #7745 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I remember liking Turlough because I thought it was cool to have a companion with a hidden agenda. Especially since I didn't like Peter Davidson much.

I like Peter Davison more than I liked the 5th Doctor (I was an All Creatures Great and Small fan). Turlough's hidden agenda could've been ok if played better. It became thoroughly incoherent in Enlightenment.


dw - Sep 14, 2005 7:30:31 pm PDT #7746 of 10002
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I have completed my absentee ballot for next week's primary. For now, I HAVE THE POWER OF GREYSKULL^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HDEMOCRACY!!! AND I LORD IT OVER THE OTHER SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 PEOPLE!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Sorry, I get this way with voting absentee.


Strega - Sep 14, 2005 7:45:54 pm PDT #7747 of 10002

dw -- Heh. I think you mean, "MY POWERS ARE BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING!"

Sorry, I just love Jake Johannsen.

tommyrot-

How many shows are you recapping at the moment?
Er. Well, I was recapping one. Once this recap goes up I will officially be taking a much-needed break. My brain's all melted.


Strega - Sep 14, 2005 7:51:49 pm PDT #7748 of 10002

I like Peter Davison more than I liked the 5th Doctor

Yeah, that's probably what I really mean. He was fine in the role, but the character was too much of a goody, so Turlough seemed more sympathetic because he was all conflicty.


billytea - Sep 14, 2005 7:56:40 pm PDT #7749 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Yeah, that's probably what I really mean. He was fine in the role, but the character was too much of a goody, so Turlough seemed more sympathetic because he was all conflicty.

It's interesting, the 5th Doctor was definitely a goody-goody, but rewatching I notice just how irritable and peevish he is most of the time. I usually just put it down to having to deal with Adric and/or Tegan, while the other Doctors got useful companions like Jamie or Romana. (Of course, the 6th Doctor got Peri and Mel, and still looked bad by comparison.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 14, 2005 8:05:55 pm PDT #7750 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

The Sixth Doctor combined the temperament of a high-strung rock star, the arrogant entitlement of a crooked politician, and the fashion sense of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Really, he never had a chance...


Strega - Sep 14, 2005 8:06:49 pm PDT #7751 of 10002

Ah, see, I did like Colin Baker. Which I know is not a popular stance. But I liked him because he was such a dick, and I hadn't seen the Doctor that way before. And then around that time I saw some of the 1st Doctor, and he was kind of a jerk, too. At least, as I recall. It's been a long time. But I was interested in seeing how they were going to get him involved in the plot when he didn't want to be.

But I was in high school when I saw those, so I may have found it easier to relate to his put-upon attitude at the time.


dw - Sep 14, 2005 8:08:45 pm PDT #7752 of 10002
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Oh, I got my custom-made bag from Timbuk2 in the mail today. I like it much.


dw - Sep 14, 2005 8:13:30 pm PDT #7753 of 10002
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You all are going on Doctor Who, but until last year I'd seen complete story arcs featuring only two -- Baker and Pertwee. That's because that's all the PBS stations in Tulsa, Denver, and Seattle had. And I never was around any fans of the show when I was in the UK (far more Red Dwarf fans).

The Tacoma PBS station briefly showed some First Doctor stories last year, but they have since stopped running Doctor Who altogether.


Strega - Sep 14, 2005 8:13:35 pm PDT #7754 of 10002

the temperament of a high-strung rock star, the arrogant entitlement of a crooked politician, and the fashion sense of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

This is what I'm saying; no wonder I related.

...Oh, c'mon, you were so thinking it.

(Much admiration for the CCBB reference, though.)