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My haphazard voyage into Classic Who via Twitch marathon continues. I'm still not managing to watch most of the episodes, but enough to have an idea of what I want to see more of. Things definitely got more interesting for me again as soon as Sarah Jane showed up. I loved her in the new series and I definitely love her in the classic series as well! I had good opportunities to watch a lot of early Fourth Doctor, as the episodes coincided with the Finnish Midsummer which is a big holiday I had no particular programme for. But I have a limited ability to take in audiovisual media without feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, so I didn't watch all of the episodes I could have, then.
But, I definitely like Fourth Doctor. I can see why he's so legendary. Also, I can see he's had a lot of influence over the later Doctors; I see and hear lots of things that are familiar from the New Who era Doctors I've watched previously. I particularly feel reminded by Ten and Twelve, which makes sense as Tennant and Capaldi are the ones who've been Doctor Who fanboys when they were young.
Anyway, this week I've managed to catch some episodes with Leela, and I love her, love her. Including having a major crush on her, oh my. I wonder if, when I'm done buying Second Doctor DVDs, I'll have to buy all the Leela stories next, rather than proceed in any logical order. Though we'll see how things proceed now that we've started on Romana. I managed to catch bits of her first two stories today, and I love her madly as well.
I've ordered a bunch of Second Doctor era DVDs (including the Lost in Time which has the various existing material from lost or partly lost serials). Now I just need to find time to start watching them. Oh, and find my DVD player remote control. Finding things in my home tends to be exceedingly difficult. Except maybe if the things are books, because those I just leave everywhere and the place is swarming with them. But I digress. Anyway, I also maaaay have taken advantage of the Big Finish sale for Companion Chronicles and spent about 40 € on Second Doctor era audios, especially with Frazer Hines (Jamie) and Wendy Padbury (Zoe). Oops. Heh.
I've found Big Finish audios quite recently - in the sense of actually starting to buy them, listen to them and enjoy them; I did know about their existence before. It's all because of Torchwood. There not being enough Torchwood TV canon with all the right characters, I couldn't resist buying some Torchwood audios, have discovered that I really enjoy them, and that I've got a taste for audio drama I didn't know about because my previous experiences with audio drama were limited to Finnish radio dramas which are really not to my taste, but that's because Finnish "serious literature" doesn't tend to be to my taste. So anyway, that has made me curious to try more, and the Second Doctor era also has the problem that there isn't enough material in the TV canon (because so many episodes have been lost) so all these audios became really tempting.
Hmm, this Classic Who thing might prove to be not very good for my finances.
On the other hand, it's very good for my mood, mental state, and creativity, so I win anyway.
But, I definitely like Fourth Doctor. I can see why he's so legendary. Also, I can see he's had a lot of influence over the later Doctors; I see and hear lots of things that are familiar from the New Who era Doctors I've watched previously. I particularly feel reminded by Ten and Twelve, which makes sense as Tennant and Capaldi are the ones who've been Doctor Who fanboys when they were young.
Anyway, this week I've managed to catch some episodes with Leela, and I love her, love her. Including having a major crush on her, oh my. I wonder if, when I'm done buying Second Doctor DVDs, I'll have to buy all the Leela stories next, rather than proceed in any logical order. Though we'll see how things proceed now that we've started on Romana. I managed to catch bits of her first two stories today, and I love her madly as well.
I've ordered a bunch of Second Doctor era DVDs (including the Lost in Time which has the various existing material from lost or partly lost serials). Now I just need to find time to start watching them. Oh, and find my DVD player remote control. Finding things in my home tends to be exceedingly difficult. Except maybe if the things are books, because those I just leave everywhere and the place is swarming with them. But I digress. Anyway, I also maaaay have taken advantage of the Big Finish sale for Companion Chronicles and spent about 40 € on Second Doctor era audios, especially with Frazer Hines (Jamie) and Wendy Padbury (Zoe). Oops. Heh.
I've found Big Finish audios quite recently - in the sense of actually starting to buy them, listen to them and enjoy them; I did know about their existence before. It's all because of Torchwood. There not being enough Torchwood TV canon with all the right characters, I couldn't resist buying some Torchwood audios, have discovered that I really enjoy them, and that I've got a taste for audio drama I didn't know about because my previous experiences with audio drama were limited to Finnish radio dramas which are really not to my taste, but that's because Finnish "serious literature" doesn't tend to be to my taste. So anyway, that has made me curious to try more, and the Second Doctor era also has the problem that there isn't enough material in the TV canon (because so many episodes have been lost) so all these audios became really tempting.
Hmm, this Classic Who thing might prove to be not very good for my finances.
On the other hand, it's very good for my mood, mental state, and creativity, so I win anyway.
