tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post3868263488110650516..comments2023-03-28T04:32:18.124-04:00Comments on Witless Prattle: DOCTOR WHO: PART 5Kazekagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-75026058413417331512010-06-15T21:59:12.451-04:002010-06-15T21:59:12.451-04:00I do that sometimes myself. We're in a content...I do that sometimes myself. We're in a content-driven line, so . . .never hurts to having something ready in our pockets.<br /><br />Yes, Mel was. . . ill-starred, maybe? She didn't have the longest tenure, most likely because she was mightily annoying and contributed nothing. That was something you couldn't say of Ace.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-60755702959045708362010-06-14T22:53:13.557-04:002010-06-14T22:53:13.557-04:00You know, I was thinking the same damn thing. *lau...You know, I was thinking the same damn thing. *laughs* I'll have to put that on the list. Yes, I keep a list of topics to discuss. It's sad, really.<br /><br />Whoa, I had totally forgotten about her. I am on Wikipedia right now, and I may have to rescind my distaste for Ace. I suspect this is the character I was thinking about. Good lord.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-84787146545914939182010-06-14T17:04:07.101-04:002010-06-14T17:04:07.101-04:00. . .I sense there's a blog post for you in th.... . .I sense there's a blog post for you in this revelation, sir. :)<br /><br />Nope, after Ace was Mel, and she was, by all objective measures, utterly awful and quickly disposed of.<br /><br /> Ace was the one that pummeled the Dalek with the baseball bat. :)Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-61297807840285961462010-06-14T00:58:55.138-04:002010-06-14T00:58:55.138-04:00Definitely "Sugar Walls" Sheena. The al...Definitely "Sugar Walls" Sheena. The album "A Private Heaven" came out when I was 12 years old. So it's no surprise I was infatuated with a tiny Scottish woman singing those songs and looking like she did.<br /><br />You know, I DO remember how they wrote her out, and yeah, it was weird and muddled. And that was Ace, wasn't it? I do remember NOT liking Ace.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-63350751997211378232010-06-13T11:05:38.944-04:002010-06-13T11:05:38.944-04:00"Morning Train" Sheena Easton or "S..."Morning Train" Sheena Easton or "Sugar Walls" Sheena Easton?<br /><br />Welll . . .stay tuned for the next installment, wherein I will examine that even though Peri is annoying as all hell, they get her off the stage in a very bizarre way and also they replace her with someone even more intolerably annoying, but I'm getting ahead of myself.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-19275255048839961832010-06-13T01:35:37.683-04:002010-06-13T01:35:37.683-04:00I did qualify it by saying it was a teenage crush!...I did qualify it by saying it was a <i>teenage</i> crush! *laughs* It's been over two decades since I watched an episode with her, so I honestly have no idea how I'd feel today. But, I was obsessed with Sheena Easton as a teen too. So who knows?<br /><br />(Sarah Sutton is quite cute, though. Pictures are enough to remind me of that.)<br /><br />You know, I...didn't hate Peri. But other than Nicola Bryant being gorgeous, I have no enduring memory of anything her character did in the episodes I saw with her. Possibly, this is a good thing.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-54054307848967180642010-06-12T10:10:43.745-04:002010-06-12T10:10:43.745-04:00They hold up a little better, really--you can tell...They hold up a little better, really--you can tell the obvious changes in direction when they happen and watching several of the later episodes all in a row can get mightily depressing, but now that you can Netflix great wodges of Who at a crack, it's easier than ever to revisit.<br /><br />For real? I always knew y'all existed, but I never met one of you. *L* It's funny, because you meet plenty of folks who always crush on companions, but it's always funny to me that Peri, who was basically designed as a T & A delivery system and yet . . .<i>no one</i> will admit to liking her.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-21245304625002096522010-06-12T01:00:34.022-04:002010-06-12T01:00:34.022-04:00I think I felt similarly towards Peter Davison'...I think I felt similarly towards Peter Davison's run at the time. Since that was largely my "Fini" as far as following WHO on a regular basis, I've never taken the opportunity to revisit them. I do wonder how it would hold up for me today.<br /><br />One thing I'd like to add is that Nyssa (who debuted with Tom Baker) was one of my teenage crushes. In fact, she might have even outpointed Leela in WHO annals in that regard.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.com