there is a plot, yes!

[carmen_lj]

Watching the first two episodes of Frontier in Space for the first time in like a decade. Usually I just skip to the good shit, but I feel like I should bask in the glow of all its restored glory or something. Anyway, mostly what I remembered was them being pretty dull. Not Monster of Peladon dull, more the non-Doctor/Master bits of EoT dull, and, damn, my opinion's changed. It's great! I mean, it's not brilliant or anything and it's basically an hour of sod all happening but it's fun sod all that is pretty much a fanfic titled Five Times the Doctor And Jo Were Locked Up (While Interstellar Plottings Were Going On In The Background). And they bother to make a token effort at Diversity In The Future with a black newsreader and an Indian political prisoner and fail at killing either of them off.

Really like the world-building here too since tis cunningly neither an idealised nor dystopic future but one where the President of the Empire is elected and accountable to the people and will do everything she can to prevent another war, whilst shunting off awkward political prisoners to rot on the Moon without prospect of trial or parole. Where Earth holds an imperialistic attitude towards its colonies but will respect their legal rights; where there are decent politicans, corrupt governors and people who start wars realise that they made a right fuck-up and are rather sorry about it in the end. It's really all rather nifty and epic and stuff, even if you *can* see the wires when the Doctor's 'floating' around in space. What a flippin' shame the next six episodes are bloody Planet of the Daleks.

Elsewise I'm all booked for Gallifrey, yay. Quite a few of you lovely people are going this year, I know, which is most excellent. My only wish is For The Love Of Everything Please No Food Poisoning. That was the third least fun I've ever had.

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[evil_plotbunny]

And maybe this con I'll manage to introduce myself. :/ I am very bad at talking to strangers, but our paths have crossed at at least two cons so far. Third time's the charm, yes?

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Yes! I'm terrified of people generally, I've been much better at cons, though I blame knowing people who are all Talkative and stuff who make me interact properly sometimes.

[evil_plotbunny]

Gallifrey will be interesting this year. I know lots of people who are going so hopefully they will get me to talk to people more. :)

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

omg Frontier in Space is glorious! I refuse to believe you ever found it dull. It is funny and full of characters being wonderful. And incidentally and slightly related, there really was a fic called Five Games Jo & the Doctor Played While Sitting in Intergalactic Prisons...though it seems to have disappeared from Teaspoon now. Hrm.

[shobogan.livejournal.com]

I hate it when that happens. :( Have you tried the wayback machine?

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Heh, it's not like I didn't LOVE IT LIKE PIE after episode two and a bit.

Yes, we let people delete stories if they like. (Once we got an angry email about the number of Five stories going down and OMG HOW DARE WE HATE FIVE and it was me deleting of a couple of old fics I was all embarrassed about. I was so good at not making a tetchy reply.)

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

Damn, now I'm going to appeal to the writer with puppy eyes, because those were some really lovely stories she wrote.

[shobogan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this is definitely going on my to-watch-sooner list now. That is...always Quite Long, but.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

The last three and a half eps are GLEE. But I was always a bit hrmm before at the stuff bf the Master turned up.

[lycoris.livejournal.com]

I love Fronteir in Space. The President is just wonderful with really amazing and weird hair and an awesome accdent. It's got a lovely plot going on and I wish that Planet of the Daleks could have connected up with it a bit more - I do hope that the Doctor nipped back at some point and sorted out some of the people on the Moon prison.

(mind you, I quite like Planet of the Daleks by itself so I probably shouldn't be allowed to talk!)