I'm finally back! Have been following yours & Promethia's conversation with interest. <3
Oh, at one time, almost nobody thought there was any good in the McCoy era at all; it had all got terribly pantomime and killed Doctor Who. Ah yes, that opinion I have come across...
Battlefield has been re-evaluated more since (RTD has been championing it forever), but it suffered at the time, both from padding and being eclipsed by the rest of S26 Now I would say it has very little padding - it certainly held my interest, but hey ho, different strokes. Am glad it's been lifted back up. :)
Battlefield tends now to be the one that people who don't like Seven still enjoy! I can see that - even with all the Arthurian stuff, and the timey-wimey-ness, it's a fairly straightforward story, and full of UNIT! :D
A flister once said to me that it must have been so nice when it was just Classic Who and nobody argued, and I just laughed myself under the desk before attempting to reply. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh god.
I wish I could! I get exhausted even trying to have this sort of conversation still, though (which is even more ridiculous than fandom fighting each other forever, but there we are). Hey, no worries. I just wanted some way of saying thank you for being so helpful & insightful & knowledgeable. Thank you for all the recs and the lists and everything. And please just disappear if it's too tiring.
both meta and poetry are definitions I use to myself, but for different stories (Ghostlight!!) - we overlap and then diverge confusingly, I think Yes, they are very broad, sorry. I like mirrors and stories within stories and symbolism and... *waves vaguely towards meta* My icon sort of illustrates it perfectly - there is a whole essay contained in that one image. (Not expecting you to read the essay btw, just linked you in case you were curious.)
Although the list in my head I'm now inevitably working on is very funny - it definitely contains some of the worst serials. You literally went above & beyond. Thank you so so much. <3333
To be fair to City of Death, I think it is excellent in many ways, but it probably rather overrated by Four/Romana shippers Heh. Even computer adverts were shipping them, and they are wonderful indeed, and the episode is delightful. Just not The Best Episode Ever, The Pinnacle Of All Doctor Who, Ever. (Which I am sure I read an opinion piece on once.)
Anyway, on other things, I am very happy to agree to disagree - and agree that Seven and Ace are lovely and that I hope you enjoy the remainder of their run, too. <3 We all like different things, and that is a good thing. (I am the person who *didn't* like Midnight, so am out of step with 99.99% of the viewing public.)
*nods* The other side is EVIL and also Wrong on the Internet and ships my NOTP!! Clearly they must DIE. ;-) Of course.
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Oh, at one time, almost nobody thought there was any good in the McCoy era at all; it had all got terribly pantomime and killed Doctor Who.
Ah yes, that opinion I have come across...
Battlefield has been re-evaluated more since (RTD has been championing it forever), but it suffered at the time, both from padding and being eclipsed by the rest of S26
Now I would say it has very little padding - it certainly held my interest, but hey ho, different strokes. Am glad it's been lifted back up. :)
Battlefield tends now to be the one that people who don't like Seven still enjoy!
I can see that - even with all the Arthurian stuff, and the timey-wimey-ness, it's a fairly straightforward story, and full of UNIT! :D
A flister once said to me that it must have been so nice when it was just Classic Who and nobody argued, and I just laughed myself under the desk before attempting to reply.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh god.
I wish I could! I get exhausted even trying to have this sort of conversation still, though (which is even more ridiculous than fandom fighting each other forever, but there we are).
Hey, no worries. I just wanted some way of saying thank you for being so helpful & insightful & knowledgeable. Thank you for all the recs and the lists and everything. And please just disappear if it's too tiring.
both meta and poetry are definitions I use to myself, but for different stories (Ghostlight!!) - we overlap and then diverge confusingly, I think
Yes, they are very broad, sorry. I like mirrors and stories within stories and symbolism and... *waves vaguely towards meta* My icon sort of illustrates it perfectly - there is a whole essay contained in that one image. (Not expecting you to read the essay btw, just linked you in case you were curious.)
Although the list in my head I'm now inevitably working on is very funny - it definitely contains some of the worst serials.
You literally went above & beyond. Thank you so so much. <3333
To be fair to City of Death, I think it is excellent in many ways, but it probably rather overrated by Four/Romana shippers
Heh. Even computer adverts were shipping them, and they are wonderful indeed, and the episode is delightful. Just not The Best Episode Ever, The Pinnacle Of All Doctor Who, Ever. (Which I am sure I read an opinion piece on once.)
Anyway, on other things, I am very happy to agree to disagree - and agree that Seven and Ace are lovely and that I hope you enjoy the remainder of their run, too. <3
We all like different things, and that is a good thing. (I am the person who *didn't* like Midnight, so am out of step with 99.99% of the viewing public.)
*nods* The other side is EVIL and also Wrong on the Internet and ships my NOTP!! Clearly they must DIE. ;-)
Of course.