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The Three Doctors

Oh, the Doctor just does not get along with himself, does he? :D Two and Three constantly bickering – so, so funny.
Haven't seen much of her yet, but I rather like Jo.
The only other time I'd seen Two or Three yet was in The Five Doctors. And now seeing them more, I think I almost expected their personalities to be switched, just from their clothes. Which is a bit silly, yeah. But I was expecting Three to be more of the flamboyant/eccentric one and Two to be more proper. But it's actually the opposite.
Destroying the enemy with the POWER OF THEIR MIND. MWAH!
Now I see why some people thought that Omega might be back, back when people found out that there was going to be a black hole plot in "The Impossible Planet." But I'm glad that they just gave it a nod instead of revolved a plot around it with, "My people practically invented black holes. Well, in fact, they did." (I like that they do the nods in New Who without getting super heavy into backstory. Probably one of the many reasons they chose to wipe out the Time Lords with the Time War – they could pretty much reinvent themselves since they're not bound to a lot of Gallifrey/Time Lord stuff, but can still keep the ties by referencing things and picking and choosing what still applies.)

The Keeper of Traken/Logopolis

Combined the two since they're supposed to happen right after each other, and really, the only thing important that happens in Keeper of the Traken is that you meet Nyssa and the Master steals her father's body.
On to Logopolis. The Void! Cool! I like it when I find out that New Who stuff was taken from Classic episodes. So "our" universe *should* have died long ago, but the Logopolians had opened many rifts through the Void, in order to draw power? Was that what it was? It was a bit fuzzy. But it seemed like that's what they had done as a stop-gap until they could crack the computational code to restore the universe on their own power.
But with this understanding of the plot, I didn't get the ending with the Master. Seemed rather "transmit the code and save the universe, or don't and the universe dies." Really no wiggle room to do something else there. I really don't get what he was doing at the end and I have the feeling it's more handwavy stuff at a plot hole. Well, not even a plot hole but a "wuh?"
So did a big chunk of the universe go bye-bye? Did Nyssa's planet come back after the code restored the universe, or was it gone forever?
Don't quite understand *how* the Watcher was actually the Doctor. Was he supposed to be a future self that survived the decay of the universe, and in a drastic measure, came back to warn himself? Rule #1...or 2 (one of those bloody rules) is you can never cross back on your own timeline. But since the universe was already destroyed, probably wasn't much difference either way. Of course, now that the decay was stopped, the future self no longer exists.
Now having seen these two, I see more Nyssa the Kid. Before when I said she seemed around 25 (or early 20s), wiliqueen was very "bwuh??" Heh heh. She's clearly a child in these episodes, but in starting with Castrovala and then seeing Earthshock, Nyssa seemed more Tegan's counterpart, and so my mind made them roughly the same age.

Time and the Rani

I just love Seven. I really do. And I've only seen a few episodes of him yet.
The Rani pretending to be Mel cracked me up. Not because of the "she's fooling the Doctor! Tee hee!" factor either. That composite would have been *awesome* as an actual companion! Being helpful but bitching at him at the same time – BWAH!
Love the Rani as a villain. Having her be obsessed with her own experiments instead of obsessed with destroying the Doctor helped. She had a *point* to her, unlike the Master most the time. Plus being wicked smart – a very formidable opponent to the Doctor. It seems the Doctor fanboys her a bit, just because he's fascinated by her intelligence. I *think* it was mentioned in "The Mark of the Rani" that she's smarter than him. Heh, if Ten were around, it'd be like, "can I lick your brain?" *snickers*
*Speaking* of brains...GIANT BRAIN!! :D And now I think I know where Futurama got their giant brain idea from. Doesn't surprise me. Apparently Leela on Futurama was named after Leela on Doctor Who. (Futurama creators are all a bunch of giant nerds – probably the funniest DVD commentaries I've ever heard.)
Hmm. Don't think they said how the Rani escaped the dinosaur from "The Mark of the Rani." Heh heh. Not that it really matters.
Mel. The screaming. Dear Lord. And all the Doctor's companions have...interesting clothes. Seems a requirement. But maybe with the multitude of people over the years, there's this sense that people need to quickly establish an identity or get lost in the shuffle. And one way to do that is with distinctive clothing.

Dragonfire

Mel kinda runs at the mouth, doesn't she? Yeah, just keep babbling about "secret documents." o_O
Love it when the Doctor's all happy about an adventure. "You want to go there, Doctor? The Lake of Oblivion?" "Ooooh!" "Dragonfire?" "Yay!" And love that Ace is just as thrilled!
A bit of that broody-pouting-the-world-owes-me in Ace, but that's very 16-year-old. I still like her.
So...since no one was around to *push* him over the ledge, the Doctor took on the role himself by climbing over a railing to hang over a bottomless pit? Oh, Doctor. I know you've got that urge to fall, but... That was probably the weirdest thing I think I've seen the Doctor ever do.
BWAH! A whole deeply philosophical discussion between the Doctor and this random guard! Of course, the random guard, having finally gotten to talk to someone beyond "have a good shift today?" looks ready to jump into the Doctor's lap. *cracks up*
"I think she's going to kill us, Doctor." "Ah, an existentialist." :D
Oooh. A ZPM.
Poor Doctor with Mel leaving him (although I'm not sad to see her go.) He's talking about her living her life while he's back to the same old homeless wandering. Of course, I have NO idea why Mel decided to leave. None. She just sort of jumps ship.
And the Doctor picks up another stray after Mel pokes him about Ace. Heh. "Perivale by way of the scenic route." :)