We win at the Hockey but I lose at the Plague

[lesbiassparrow]

Long weekend and I should be off doing things and stuff but I have plague.  It is not totally counteracting the greatness of Carolina's win tonight but the shrieks of delight were a bit subdued. And not only do I have plague but I have to clean the flat (guests are probably entitled to have somewhere to sit) and I cannot see X-Men this week as I promised to see it with a friend who is currently away.

Have finished The Five Doctors. I am still of the opinion that 'no....not the mind probe!' is the best line ever in a Who episode.  But Gallifreyean fashion sense is so awful it could very well rip the fabric of space and time.  I'm astonished that both Romanas had excellent taste in clothes (I'd suspect non Gallifreyean mums but that would open a whole new world of looms vs. sex vs Gallifreyeans think too much of themselves to shag non time lords debate). And in other completely unexciting news have ordered a bunch of DVDs including Earthshock (aka the one where Adric dies).  How do I not own that?

Am now watching Robin of Sherwood. Wow, they really liked to put Praed in excessively tight leggings. Which was very kind of them, but I think I did read once that they had a tendency to split in filming as he ran like a deer through the forest and the sun lovingly reflected off his dark hair... Er, sorry got a little carried away there.

And there needs to be more Five/Tegan fic. So I can read it. 

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[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, another Robin of Sherwood fan. Love love love that show. All that pretty angst.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Robin of Sherwood was my first TV boyfriend. And I cried buckets when they killed him. I did the same (but with less stomping of feet) when I saw it again after I got the DVDs.

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

"No, not the mind probe" is up there with "FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE".

Romana is just special. And probably instigator of a fashion revolution if she ever actually did serve as President.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I think Gallifryean 'fashion' was beyond anyone's ability for reformation. I suspect it is the real reason Eight or Nine (which one was it?) blew it up: offences against good taste everywhere and everytime.

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

Hmm, true. It also explains the weird things the Doctor wears. :D

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

And notice how his taste got better after Gallifrey went boom! Well, at least, he put aside his fondness for the eye-blinding primary colours. I like Six but that was not a well-dressed man. Though he'd never get run over in the dark, which was something.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Five was not at all a well-dressed man.

Now Three, there was a man who knew how to wear an Inverness.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

But the frilly shirts? Absolutely 100% Gallifreyean.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Men in frilly shirts are hot.

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Although the tie on the head, and the sunglasses? I think he may be just a bit more serious about what he wears. :D When having the time of his life, he reverts back to old fashions.

Maybe he is mourning?

[lilly-rose.livejournal.com]

And there needs to be more Five/Tegan fic. So I can read it.

WORD. Writing some myself, but it will be a while. I think in the interim, I want to compile a master list of the stuff I've found.

Hi btw. *g

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Write! Write! And also compile! Yess. Because Five is pretty and Tegan is mean to him but he likes it.

[lilly-rose.livejournal.com]

Am writing as fast as I can! *g Same with the compiling.

Five is snippy with Tegan. Tegan is snippy with Five. Yet they both like it despite themselves. They like the challenge the other presents, I think. Fighting is their way of showing affection. ;)

Like I said to a friend of mine once. You can practically *see* Five thinking at times, weighing his options a la "Toss her out an airlock, or tie her to my bed. Toss her out and airlock or tie her to my bed. Damn!"

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

Keep typing!!!

Are you actually writing a fic where he ponders the quandary about airlock or bed?

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I have a terrible weakness for Gallifreyan formal dress. It's so ossified and so badly executed! And the collars... ah, the collars.

Tom Baker's hair made the skullcaps look especially ridiculous. I'm betting that in the modern BBC budget, either Eccleston or Tennant could look cold, forbidding, and terrifying in those robes. So could Pertwee have, if called for.

I think Gallifreyan dress, like Gallifreyan customs, has a great deal more to do with decorum than with becomingness or comfort.

The Five Doctors was such a relief after two weeks spent reluctantly finishing The Dalek Invasion of Earth. And I do mean reluctantly; we grimly soldiered though an ep every night or two so that we could say we'd seen one complete Hartnell.

However, TFD very much makes me want to look up Troughton.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I think Gallifreyan dress, like Gallifreyan customs, has a great deal more to do with decorum than with becomingness or comfort.

Hee. My theory is that the Time Lords thought so much of themselves that although other species probably pointed out that they had the worst clothing ever they refused to believe it because they came up with it and thus it must be good.

Hartnell is just awful (I don't think I ever finished Dalek Invasion); mainly I get by on paying attention to his companions. But Troughton is just great. He and Jamie are a great team and he has some great writing also.

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

Came via lily_rose's journal to find out who the other Tegan/Five shippers were. Yes! There needs to be lots more fic!

[(Anonymous)]

The internet is sadly lacking in Five/Tegan fic.

And it was really nice to find out there were other Five/Tegan people out there and I am not alone on the internet. :-)

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

That was me. *sigh*

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

Somehow you being anonymous on your own journal seems to fit in with its general tone. Which I like, since fandom should be about fun and not un-fun or something like un-fun.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Fandom should definitely be about the fun. But I suspect I am a very easy to please viewer as I seem to like even the bits other people think are rubbish. It may come from watching Doctor Who for years and being quite satifisied with the special effects and the same bit of corridor being used about 50 times an episode.

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

What do you mean easy to please? Shaky sets, dodgy dialogue, strange fuzzyness around spacecraft flying on flat space and camp acting is totally vital to the whole experience!

It's when they start making it realistic that it starts getting too serious for my liking.

You'll like Earthshock. It's the only one I have actually and the commentary is fantastic. Not least of all the comments Janet Fielding makes about... well I won't spoil you.

Mind if I add you to my flist? I'm not very chatty on my journal at the moment... and I don't really like the new Who, but otherwise I'm quite harmless.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Earthshock for years. And I mean years. All I really remember is that it was the one where they killed Adric. I am eagerly awaiting its arrival whenever Amazon comes through.

Please add away. I need more people to wibble with about Five. Though I should warn you that I also wibble about the New Who as well. See what I mean about being easy to please? :-)

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

It's okay about the new Who. Most of the flist love it *rolls eyes* it's good for teaching me the power of acceptance. And it's not that bad, I just to spork them over it sometimes. ;)