a smattering of Old Who
Apr. 16th, 2008 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivendellroseSo, first off, watched part of "Mawdryn Undead" or something like that last night, and... somebody, please, tell me why people seem to think that Nyssa is smart? Is it because she knows big words and comes from an alien society? Or perhaps because she has that weird 'eyes-half-open' kind of look that makes her look bored all the time?
Because, well... Okay, spoiler!warning! First, they find some random guy all burned up on the floor of a transmat capsule, and Nyssa (and Teagan, I grant you, but Teagan isn't supposed to be a genius or anythinng) automatically assumes it's the Doctor even though it looks nothing like the Doctor even disregarding the fact that it looks like nothing more than a random bad extra covered in purplish-brown makeup - this guy has totally different hair, totally different facial structure, and, in fact, scraps of a completely different outfit. He looks nothing like the Doctor. He sounds nothing like the Doctor. And yet, Nyssa is completely convinced. ....Okay, so she's not good at recognizing people.
But THEN, she decides that obviously the best solution to a guy who's got what appear to be second-degree burns ALL OVER HIS BODY is to DRAG HIM all the way to the Tardis! And into the Tardis door! Along the floor! THE STUPID BURNS ALMOST AS MUCH AS WHATEVER BURNED THAT POOR GUY.
Good thing he's going to turn out to be the villain, apparently. Because if that really had been the Doctor? It probably would have been shock and opened wounds more than the failed transmat that would send him into regeneration.
Also, umm... why is the Brigadier living at a boys' school? I mean, okay, sure, they claim he retired and then... decided to switch careers randomly and teach maths. But... no, really, I don't have anything else to say about this, exactly, except that this is apparently the episode where we learn that the Brigadier has both Alzheimer's Disease and an unhealthy fondness for little boys. Or for twenty-something aliens pretending to be little boys. Or something like that. Can you tell I found this all a bit perplexing? No trouble following the actual plot, mind you, but... let's just say I don't consider it one of the more impressive old episodes I've seen, by a long stretch.
Turlough is cute. In fact, he's an adorable little lying bastard. But I don't get why he's willing to trust a guy who not only runs around shouting "IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS EVIL!!!!!", but is also... wearing a dead bird on his head. Oh, Guardians. You are so pathetic.
Is it just me, or does my Five icon sort of look like he's thinking "god, my friends suck"?
And now, I'm headed back to waiting in Dell's annoying Tech Support Chat queue, because they can't seem to figure out that "fan having problems and CAUSING COMPUTER TO RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN" does not mean "I'm a moron and can't figure out that fans make noise" when I send them a normal email. I swear to god, the next computer I get? Will not be a Dell. I don't know what it WILL be, but I'm sick to death of putting up with having to DREAD calling Tech Support because any call to them involves at least 20 minutes of being treated like an idiot before they realize that, oh, this one actually has a brain and a real problem.
Because, well... Okay, spoiler!warning! First, they find some random guy all burned up on the floor of a transmat capsule, and Nyssa (and Teagan, I grant you, but Teagan isn't supposed to be a genius or anythinng) automatically assumes it's the Doctor even though it looks nothing like the Doctor even disregarding the fact that it looks like nothing more than a random bad extra covered in purplish-brown makeup - this guy has totally different hair, totally different facial structure, and, in fact, scraps of a completely different outfit. He looks nothing like the Doctor. He sounds nothing like the Doctor. And yet, Nyssa is completely convinced. ....Okay, so she's not good at recognizing people.
But THEN, she decides that obviously the best solution to a guy who's got what appear to be second-degree burns ALL OVER HIS BODY is to DRAG HIM all the way to the Tardis! And into the Tardis door! Along the floor! THE STUPID BURNS ALMOST AS MUCH AS WHATEVER BURNED THAT POOR GUY.
Good thing he's going to turn out to be the villain, apparently. Because if that really had been the Doctor? It probably would have been shock and opened wounds more than the failed transmat that would send him into regeneration.
Also, umm... why is the Brigadier living at a boys' school? I mean, okay, sure, they claim he retired and then... decided to switch careers randomly and teach maths. But... no, really, I don't have anything else to say about this, exactly, except that this is apparently the episode where we learn that the Brigadier has both Alzheimer's Disease and an unhealthy fondness for little boys. Or for twenty-something aliens pretending to be little boys. Or something like that. Can you tell I found this all a bit perplexing? No trouble following the actual plot, mind you, but... let's just say I don't consider it one of the more impressive old episodes I've seen, by a long stretch.
Turlough is cute. In fact, he's an adorable little lying bastard. But I don't get why he's willing to trust a guy who not only runs around shouting "IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS EVIL!!!!!", but is also... wearing a dead bird on his head. Oh, Guardians. You are so pathetic.
Is it just me, or does my Five icon sort of look like he's thinking "god, my friends suck"?
And now, I'm headed back to waiting in Dell's annoying Tech Support Chat queue, because they can't seem to figure out that "fan having problems and CAUSING COMPUTER TO RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN" does not mean "I'm a moron and can't figure out that fans make noise" when I send them a normal email. I swear to god, the next computer I get? Will not be a Dell. I don't know what it WILL be, but I'm sick to death of putting up with having to DREAD calling Tech Support because any call to them involves at least 20 minutes of being treated like an idiot before they realize that, oh, this one actually has a brain and a real problem.
