New Who 2x01

[sapote]

Seriously, no wonder England has a reputation (in my faith-crazed country) as a secular place. You've got Dr. Who!

No, I'm not trying to really bring the crazy, I'm just saying that he's an incarnated immortal being who cures lepers. Seriously, Russell T. Davies, I might have to dock some athiest points for that.

I mean, one of the reasons I'm falling hard for the Whoverse is that its hero actually makes moral choices I agree with (you would not believe how hard it is to find heroes who I don't think should actually be in jail for war crimes, no wait, you would believe it). I hope a little dose of "he's like Jesus, in a way" doesn't spoil it for me.

I am still suspending judgement on Ten. To be honest, before I started watching, I expected to prefer the later, cuter Who, just like I preferred the later, cuter Ray. I definitely haven't fallen hard for Ten, but he is an adorable, bouncy little fellow. I like his shoes? I am a little annoyed that they ditched the guy with the chemistry right before the body-swapping makeouts, but ::represses Doctor vs. Doctor feelings:: I will enjoy the shiny, dammit.

I am hoping to actually get caught up, because I have never (seriously) watched a show as it happened. I've always watched whole seasons at once, usually from a closed canon. And it would be nice to be able to spread out the squee over a longer period of time, instead of all of it happening over one weekend.

Also: do we just assume there are other rooms in the TARDIS that we never see, or do they exist in a timeless sort of state where they never have to sleep or eat or go to the bathroom?

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Re: The Doctor is dead, long live the Doctor.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

Yay porn! Man, you bring the recs, don't you? Thanks!

See, the TARDIS is bigger than a police box, yes, and my cousin, when we got into an argument about whether the Millenium Falcon was cooler, said that it can be whatever shape it wants on the inside, too. I don't know if he was making that up to score points off Han Solo, but it would be cool if there was, like, a Room of Requirement thing going on. (yes, this is the cousin who is Rodney McKay.) I kind of like the timeless-state idea, though.

Oh god, I am looking for Viva Blackpool now, because I think I need that in my life.

Re: The Doctor is dead, long live the Doctor.

[lurkmuch.livejournal.com]

Do you want more recs? 'Cause I could do a whole freakin' post. Sometimes I err on the side of restraint. (Dunno why.)

And good luck finding Viva Blackpool; it was on BBC America last year, so maybe it'll turn up. Last I knew it wasn't on region 1 DVD.

I attempted to process the question of which is cooler: the TARDIS or the Falcon. And then my brain exploded. (And then I wondered if anywhere there exists Ninth Doctor/Han Solo fic. If so, I shall report back.)

Re: The Doctor is dead, long live the Doctor.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

I have also had a conversation, with people from the very same gene pool, about who is a bigger space tramp, Captain Jack or Han Solo.

Apparently all it takes is a little speculation and it's pretty much a fair fight.

I am always, always pro-recs posts.

Re: The Doctor is dead, long live the Doctor.

[lurkmuch.livejournal.com]

While I am unsucessful in finding Nine/Han (YET!!), I am making a Whovian recs post.

God knows when it will go up, but hey: good intentions, road to hell, etc.

Re: The Doctor is dead, long live the Doctor.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

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