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The Reign of Terror (One, Susan, Ian, Barbara)

Awww. Ian and Barbara are getting ready to leave. The Doctor does his usual "I'm always all right" thing while Susan cries. *pats* But the Doctor messes up and they're stuck with him. Heh.
The French Revolution this go-round, which is apparently the Doctor's favorite period in Earth history. Wonder if they'd say that now. He seemed to gravitate towards the more positive aspects of history as time went on.
Heh heh. "Look! It's a wardrobe full of clothes!" Pre-TARDIS wardrobe, back when they had to find clothes just lying around.
Oh, come on, girls! Your lives are on the line! Just kick the rats out of the way!
Aww, a French guy becomes a bit smitten with Barbara.
Barbara mentions that Susan doesn't sleep very long. Yeah, it's a wee thing, but I like stuff like that – seems to go with the Doctor not sleeping much himself. WELL, the Doctor minus One. One napped all the damn time. But I guess I can tie that to him being in that body for so long. 450 years? And he finally regenerated because that body wore out, so I guess naps are understandable.
On the other hand, back then there's this idea that they can't change history, which is a very huge contrast to "your cozy little world could change like that." But the latter seems much more realistic (realistic in a time travel show, that is) – things don't happen in a vacuum.
Shame parts were a reconstruction – this was one of the more enjoyable One episodes, IMO.

Day of the Daleks (Three, Jo)

An obvious time duplicate of the Doctor shows up in his workshop. "Oh, no. What are you doing here?!" BWAH. He's just always so annoyed with himself. (Although I kept expecting this to payoff in the end - to show us when they went back in time. But that never happened.)
Heh heh. The Doctor raids the wine cellar and the pantry for snacks. No idea why this amuses, but it does. And he apparently knows his wines.
Now really, Jo. You *can't* be freaked out by a clock chime. That's just silly.
HA! Okay, I guess drinking while on duty isn't a no-no for the British military. :D
Since Jo keeps freaking out at the drop of a hat, I'm wondering why exactly she's here. Surely the Doctor could do this on his own. She's not exactly adding anything by staying the night in the "haunted" house.
It always slightly confuses me whenever the Daleks decide to keep human slaves around – sometimes their driving force seems to be eradicating the universe of all other species, and sometimes they're just...hanging out. Or something. Humans just aren't the most efficient labor force.
Okay, 12 Monkeys basically ripped off the plot of this episode. People go back in time to prevent something based on sketchy history, but end up being the cause. But unlike the movie, the Doctor saves the day and helps them to change history. This is because the Doctor is *way* more awesome than Bruce Willis.

Snakedance (Five, Nyssa, Tegan)

I really need to get around to watching the episode where Tegan becomes possessed since they keep referencing it in other episodes. This one she actually becomes re-possessed.
I snickered at the exchange between the Doctor and Nyssa – she comes out in a new (and rather frightening) outfit. (Has Nyssa even changed once before this?) He gets this absently confused look on his face and asks her if there's something different about her. Nyssa does a verbal hand-pat with a "Yes, Doctor" and he moves on. :D
The idea of a past superior civilisation was interesting – sort of Stargate Ancient-like. But they unleashed a power they weren't prepared for and were destroyed. And history is in danger of repeating itself because of lost records. But other than that, not a lot to say about this episode. Seemed a bit bland – not horrible, but nothing super remarkable about it either. Tegan's possessed by a snake person and the Doctor defeats the snake person using the power of his mind. All in a day's work...

The Happiness Patrol (Seven, Ace)

Don't know if I've ever mentioned it before, but is it just me or does the shot of Sylvester McCoy in the opening credits not really look like him? It's weird.
The Doctor and Ace have a dinosaur-related conversation, and later they fight over who gets to play with the bomb. And their cool level just went up in my book.
The second Theta Sigma reference – "Actually, my nickname at college was Theta Sigma."
They pinked the TARDIS!! And the Doctor kinda digs it. BWAH!
Awww! This is sort of a "drugs are bad" plot, isn't it? *pinches its cheeks* Just say no!
Boy, the Candyman's got a bit of a design flaw there being made out of candy and all. Quite easy to take him out. Heat, water, lemonade, a strong breeze...okay, maybe not that last one. But he works in a kitchen. You know, with stoves and ovens. Again, I really think I could hire myself out as a consultant to villains of the universe.
Census Worker: Going to Earth next. Have you been there?
Doctor: Once or twice.
Census Worker: Miserable sort of place.
Doctor: You're making me feel nostalgic.
*snickers* I love conversations like this - they're so HHGG.
So...where did that microphone come from? The Doctor can't help to start crooning on it. Heh.
Weird bit of sudden backstory about the Candyman after he was destroyed – "Oh, by the way, I created him on this planet far away after I screwed up on a virus, blah blah blah..." Okay, then. And who were these hobbit-type people again? The ones that lived below? I think I'm finding a trait of Seven episodes is that they didn't really feel the need to explain who people were, what they were doing or why they were doing it. Explanations just slow you down, baby! This episode was a bit like "Ghost Light," where it started out cool, but by the end you're sitting there not really knowing what all just happened.
Oh dear. The Doctor does a hip street handshake. That was just sort of embarrassing. :D

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You mean you're not done with classic who yet? :) :) :)

I'm coming near the end of the Two recons. Just finished The Macra Terror. Two is such a hoot at times...

I'll be waiting for your next report.

Not done yet! :D But I am noticing I'm starting to get down to the final episodes for each Doctor. Sadness.

He gets this absently confused look on his face and asks her if there's something different about her.

Ah, yes, the days on the TARDIS when *everyone* was young and cute, but they weren't allowed to notice it. Much of the "He's ASEXUAL, DAMNIT!" comes from the Tom and Peter seasons. Especially since Peter wasn't even allowed to touch the women much. (Watch. He has his hands near, but not on.)

Bwah! Prolly why I shipped during Five. All that UST! ;)

I heard that about Peter before and I find that hysterical. But like

wiliqueen's mentioned before, seems they found a few ways around it. I think he put his arm around Tegan at the end of Snakedance (didn't he?), but that was for comfort, so everything was "proper." *snickers like mad*

I guess I can see how the whole asexual thing would pop up, but I prefer to think of him more as the absent-minded-professor type when it comes to that. Romana seemed a bit the same way herself - a wee bit oblivious. So Time Lord trait perhaps? (Ah, the things we come up with to explain actors given directions not to be interested in the opposite sex.)