mrv3000 | Two kind of 'meh' episodes and Shada.

The Seeds of Death

This was another one of those episodes where I'd put it firmly in the "made for kids" category. Just kind of silly most the time. (Yes, Doctor Who is silly most the time, but I've come to recognize the varying levels of camp.)
The Doctor getting all geeky with the museum owner was amusing. *pats*
I am renaming Zoe to Gidget. Just 'cause.
Poor TARDIS - constantly got ragged on by Jamie and Gidget. *sniff*
Between the Gidge, Vicki and Victoria, really seems like they were trying to replicate Susan. I swear they all look the same.
Oh, and the foam baths everyone kept getting from the seeds of death were funny. :D
I just noticed the title of the episode after this one - "The Space Pirates." How cool is that?

The Android Invasion

For some reason I've listed Harry as a companion in this episode on my Old Who list. Not sure why though, since, while he is around, he's really hanging out at UNIT.
The concept of the story was interesting - setting up duplicates on another planet to plan an invasion - but I kept saying "yes, but...?" so many times at the plot holes, that my brain finally just shut down.
The Kraal have rhino noses. Wonder if we'll be seeing them again.
And even though the Doctor and Sarah Jane go tooling around to other planets, she still goes home at night. This has gotta be unique to Sarah Jane. Only other person I can think of who went back home was Rose, but that was for visits rather than permanently dwelling there.
So, stick the key into the TARDIS door and it will eventually take off? This was another "yes, but...?" moment. But speaking of the key - Sarah Jane doesn't have her own key? Maybe because it's not her home?

Shada

Great reconstruction with Tom Baker storytelling the gaps. I was surprised just how much of it *was* there. You'd think they could have just finished it up when the production strike was over. Seems a waste. But K-9's voice wasn't processed, right? That's why it sounds weird? Oh...it was a different actor that season. (Thanks, wiki.) But anyway, really liked this one in spite of the gaps.
The Doctor and Romana punting down the river - so cute! Liked Romana II much better than in other episodes - bit more snarky again like Romana I. And the scene where the Doctor pins a medal on her and they salute each other? BWAH! Loved it!
It cracked me up that the absent-minded professor just kept pouring tea into anyone that would walk in the door. *door opens when he's in the other room* "How many of there are you? I've only got seven cups!" The Professor and Romana consumed roughly a gallon of tea. :D
Great lines in this Douglas Adams episode:

- "More tea, my dear?" "Lovely. Two lumps, no sugar."

- "Think of me as a paradox in an anomaly and get on with your tea." (Such a *great* line for a plot hole. :D)

- "Doctor, you will give to me everything you have in your mind." "I'm not mad about your tailor."

- "Do you understand Einstein?" "Yes." "And quantum theory?" "Yes." "And Planck?" "Yes." "And Newton?" "Yes." "And Schoenberg?" "Of course." "You've got a lot to unlearn."

- "I'm thinking. And it depresses me."
Awww. British youth stand around on uni campuses and sing for the hell of it, don't they? *pinches cheeks*
So Time Lords just disappear when they die on their last incarnation, eh?
Chris was the likable version of Adam. :D
I saw on wiki that Shada was made into an audio play with Eight. But it's got Romana in it. Is it just Paul McGann playing "the Doctor" regardless of incarnation? Because Eight and Romana in the same story is giving me a headache.