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scripsiI’m back! Did you miss me? Probably not, but I have missed you. Last friday LJ decided that my email- the same email I have had for eleven years, wasn’t validated. And it refused to send me validations mail. As a result I couldn’t post and I couldn’t comment. Annoying and boring! As I didn’t really want to create a new addy, I sent a query to LJ, and they told me that sometimes, as LJ sends out a massive amount of mail every day, some mailservers decide that they are spam and block them before then even reach the recipient. It’s solved now. Yay!
I’m mildly annoyed at Facebook who put up a picture that spoiled the last Doctor Who episode for me. Not that it surprised me, but I rather now know before I watch an episode.
I have re-watched The War Games. Those of you who read Diana Wynne Jones, don’t you think she must have been inspired by this one for Homeward Bounders? The main character is called Jamie and the bones of the plot is that as kind of being that isn’t human play a game with humans as pawns. Of course, Wynne Jones makes it her own story, so it’s absolutely not a DW-episode in disguise, but I think it must have given her the first idea. I wish she had written scripts for DW. She could make twisty time-plots like no other, and she was funny too.
Also, I know the War Chief isn’t supposed to be the Master, if you look to books and audios, but he is in my personal head canon. He behaves like the master, he is arrogant, smart and power hungry. He pretends to work for people in order to gain that power. He is dark, has a beard and dresses quite similar to Delgado!Master. I know, a Time Lord doesn’t have to look like a previous incarnation, the Doctor certainly doesn’t. But I think it could very well be that they could have a favourite type they return to as they regenerate anew. The original introduction of the Master contained information on him being newly regenerated and has fled from the Time Lords. And the Doctor gave up the war Chief to the Time lords, which could explain why the Delgado!Master comes to Earth and being so intent on killing the Doctor- he wants revenge.And then I find it just plain silly that the same class should produce four renegades. The Doctor, the Master, the war Chief and the Rani, that's quite a lot. Three is bad enough, it doesn’t speak well for the Gallifreyan education system. And given how alike the War Chief and the Master is, it seems even sillier.
Of course, the Doctor doesn’t seem to be as familiar him as he is with the Master, but I could also imagine this is pretend because of Reasons. And the War Chief seems to be dead at the end. But then the Master is very good to come back from being dead, so it could actually be seen as a point in favour for them being the same person.
I went and looked for fic about Two and the War chief. I find that a bit baffling.
Speaking of fanfic, my favourite fanfic ever was updated today after more than a year; Two Birds In A Cage! Yay! I can't recommend it enough. It's a very dark AU fic, taking place in the Infoverse. Newly regenerated Three has been imprisoned by the evil government to produce weapons. Needing an assistant, he gets a captured member of the resistance; SJ (Sara Jane). She's been badly tortured and mutilated and in terms of action, not much happens. But it's a pretty fantastic story about friendship and building trust and the character's are spot on. Be warned though; most of the violence and sexual abuse takes place off stage, but it's a grim and dark story nevertheless.
I’m mildly annoyed at Facebook who put up a picture that spoiled the last Doctor Who episode for me. Not that it surprised me, but I rather now know before I watch an episode.
I have re-watched The War Games. Those of you who read Diana Wynne Jones, don’t you think she must have been inspired by this one for Homeward Bounders? The main character is called Jamie and the bones of the plot is that as kind of being that isn’t human play a game with humans as pawns. Of course, Wynne Jones makes it her own story, so it’s absolutely not a DW-episode in disguise, but I think it must have given her the first idea. I wish she had written scripts for DW. She could make twisty time-plots like no other, and she was funny too.
Also, I know the War Chief isn’t supposed to be the Master, if you look to books and audios, but he is in my personal head canon. He behaves like the master, he is arrogant, smart and power hungry. He pretends to work for people in order to gain that power. He is dark, has a beard and dresses quite similar to Delgado!Master. I know, a Time Lord doesn’t have to look like a previous incarnation, the Doctor certainly doesn’t. But I think it could very well be that they could have a favourite type they return to as they regenerate anew. The original introduction of the Master contained information on him being newly regenerated and has fled from the Time Lords. And the Doctor gave up the war Chief to the Time lords, which could explain why the Delgado!Master comes to Earth and being so intent on killing the Doctor- he wants revenge.And then I find it just plain silly that the same class should produce four renegades. The Doctor, the Master, the war Chief and the Rani, that's quite a lot. Three is bad enough, it doesn’t speak well for the Gallifreyan education system. And given how alike the War Chief and the Master is, it seems even sillier.
Of course, the Doctor doesn’t seem to be as familiar him as he is with the Master, but I could also imagine this is pretend because of Reasons. And the War Chief seems to be dead at the end. But then the Master is very good to come back from being dead, so it could actually be seen as a point in favour for them being the same person.
I went and looked for fic about Two and the War chief. I find that a bit baffling.
Speaking of fanfic, my favourite fanfic ever was updated today after more than a year; Two Birds In A Cage! Yay! I can't recommend it enough. It's a very dark AU fic, taking place in the Infoverse. Newly regenerated Three has been imprisoned by the evil government to produce weapons. Needing an assistant, he gets a captured member of the resistance; SJ (Sara Jane). She's been badly tortured and mutilated and in terms of action, not much happens. But it's a pretty fantastic story about friendship and building trust and the character's are spot on. Be warned though; most of the violence and sexual abuse takes place off stage, but it's a grim and dark story nevertheless.
