Doctor Who SQUEEEE

[auroracloud]

I just watched Doctor Who S10 ep 1, and I loved it! I love love love Bill, she's amazing and bright and real and smart and curious and not afraid to ask questions! And I love Twelve, and does he have such a gorgeous office in previous seasons as well or is it just now? The story was lovely and I so look forward to seeing what Bill and the Doctor are going to be like together, especially since for once the sexual/romantic attraction aspect should be ruled out, so it'll be all the other awesome stuff instead about a curious human being introduced to all of Time and Space by an adventurous Time Lord. I'll do a more proper post later on, I hope, but I just wanted to get the first squee out right away. And I don't care how timey-wimey it's going to be to watch this while I'm also watching S5, timey-wimey is fine.

I'm so going to need Bill icons!

Comments

[trobadora]

Hee! :D

Bill really is delightful, isn't she? And I'm happy you like Twelve. (The office is new! And great, yes. :D)

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

She's wonderful! If nothing goes spectacularly wrong, I'm sure she'll end up one of my favourite companions. And yeah, I loved Twelve! I enjoyed him already in the Christmas special, but here I got to see him a bit more properly in action, so to speak. I haven't got words yet to capture what I like particularly about him, but I'm sure they'll come. So, I can safely say so far I enjoy all the NewWho Doctors. :-)

I drool over that office! Want to see more of it! I might have to rewatch this episode soon. I'm already imagining he's got the pictures of other companions stashed away somewhere, they just didn't show us all of them.

[trobadora]

I hope you'll enjoy the rest of Twelve just as much - I found him fantastic from the start, but some people thought he was too abrasive at first. (I like my Doctor abrasive sometimes; it's not like that was new.)

And yes to the pictures of other companions! They should definitely be somewhere.

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

I hope so, too! I don't mind abrasive. Makes sense he would be, at times, and I'm sure Capaldi will play it in an enjoyable way. And I don't need my Doctor to be all sunshine and roses - I don't think he ever was (sometimes feels like many of the people idolizing Ten don't notice what an asshole he could be half of the time, and the ones hating him can't forgive him for being an asshole). I look forward to seeing more of Twelve and what I think of him!

Probably he keeps some of them in the drawers, to take out in the right (or wrong) moods. Of course, I already keep imagining him taking out the picture of Jack sometimes. I'm just trying to figure out in which moods he would do it. Need to watch a bit more of Twelve before I start writing fic about that. :-D (And, well, he probably still sees Jack in reality, just might be a few decades or centuries in between...)

[trobadora]

Oh god, you are so right about Ten, and the way people can't seem to deal with all the ways he's a complete arse at times. It's total woobie or unforgivable, no nuance, no fun. *sighs*

(And, well, he probably still sees Jack in reality, just might be a few decades or centuries in between...)

Nothing will ever convince me that isn't true!

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

Yeah, nuances are the fun! I found that on the re-watch of the RTD era, I was the most interested in Ten and his development and all in S3, when he's undeniably the worst towards his companions. (I could go on a long tangent here about how fantastic is that both Martha and Jack have this same arc where they're under-appreciated by him and have their lives turned upside down because of him, and have the strength to walk away to their own lives in the end, yet still love him and are there for him when it counts. And it doesn't make me hate Ten that he's not good enough towards them, it makes me go "oh wow, this is fascinating".)

And in reality, humans are messy and hurt each other when they shouldn't and nothing works out perfect, yet we still muddle along. It's frustrating when people don't appreciate the beauty of that in fiction. Because it can be done beautifully. :-)

And yup, the Doctor and Jack are definitely still meeting in between! Hmm, Bill said the Doctor's been in that school for decades, plenty of time for adventures or for Jack to get a new angle to his office kinks. :D

[trobadora]

And it doesn't make me hate Ten that he's not good enough towards them, it makes me go "oh wow, this is fascinating".

This, ecactly! And it would be so boring (and he would be so insufferable) if he wasn't an arse sometimes.

Hmm, Bill said the Doctor's been in that school for decades, plenty of time for adventures or for Jack to get a new angle to his office kinks. :D

Oooh, I like the way you think. :D

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

And it would be so boring (and he would be so insufferable) if he wasn't an arse sometimes.

Oh yes. The show already sets him up as someone so special who (nearly) always saves the day and knows more than anyone and can travel all across time and space in a phonebox - if he was a perfectly nice person with great social skills, too, it'd be terrible. :-D

Oooh, I like the way you think. :D

Let's just say that a steady diet of Jack Harkness related fanfic (including yours :-P) helps cultivate the right kind of thinking. :-D

[trobadora]

The show already sets him up as someone so special who (nearly) always saves the day and knows more than anyone and can travel all across time and space in a phonebox - if he was a perfectly nice person with great social skills, too, it'd be terrible. :-D

Hahaha, yes. And it's also really important that it's only nearly always, because otherwise he's just got a magic get-out-of-consequences-free card, and that would be awful. (I'm still bitter about the 50th anniversary special. You haven't seen that one yet, have you?)

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

And it's also really important that it's only nearly always, because otherwise he's just got a magic get-out-of-consequences-free card, and that would be awful.

I agree. Sometimes things have to go wrong, because that's life, even for Time Lords, and also you stop being worried if they'll make it, if they always make it.

No, I haven't seen the anniversary special. I've run across some vaguely spoiler-ish things about it, but not enough to get the whole picture. I'll let you know when I get there, and if I don't like it either then we can bitch about it together. :-D

[trobadora]

I admit, I'm really interested to see your reaction. Most people had a very different one from mine, but I feel very strongly about it.

[scolaro]

I don't think he ever was (sometimes feels like many of the people idolizing Ten don't notice what an asshole he could be half of the time...

HEY! HEY! How are you talking about my wonderful... *starts counting*
Oh wait.
*My* doc was Nine.

Carry on. :P

[auroracloud.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Ten despite the fact that he's a major arse half of the time. Maybe partly because of it, keeps things interesting! But I love Nine loads as well. *glomps Nine*