where my heart is

I was eager to get to this era of Who, so I went ahead and skipped to Adric's first appearance in the Full Circle serial.

Adric is great so far! He clearly has moments of annoying other characters, but in some ways, he strikes me as a better and more cranky Wesley Crusher, in that he's youngish but talented, but the writers aren't testing your patience like they do with Wesley. I actually love Wesley Crusher, but there are points that I get annoyed with him, because the writers are telling you he's so special all the time without always backing it up ... (And, as a Native person, I hate that they brought in Native stuff just to bolster Wesley's status as a special white kid.)  But Adric in Full Circle is presented more matter-of-factly, I think. I like him! And I like that he cared about Romana's well-being.

A lot of people seem to dislike him though, so I imagine he gets worse than he is here in this first serial?

The plot was fairly enjoyable, although I hated that spiders had to be involved. I know the spiders here look pretty cheesy, but it was still enough to make my skin crawl! I. hate. spiders.

As always, I have a huge crush on any version of Romana. Lalla Ward is so beautiful!

I wanted to make a post about my ships, because ... I felt like it? I have a lot of fandoms, so here I'm just going to talk about my sci-fi ones (Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars).

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Finished An Unearthly Child today, my thoughts under the cut.

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Recently I've spent my free time -- which I have a fair amount of while I'm looking for work :\ -- listening to the Eighth Doctor Big Finish audios and watching Classic Who.

As far as the audios go, I've enjoyed each one so far, and I think Charley Pollard is just such a delightful character with an awesome dynamic with the Doctor. I find myself smiling a lot when they're just bantering with each other, which is always a good sign! I've heard bad things about the next one (Minuet in Hell) but I'm going to push through it anyway. I must experience every second of Charlotte Pollard.

I've seen bits and pieces of Classic Who (mainly Fourth Doctor stuff), but I decided I wanted to watch it all the way through in the proper order. Wish me luck with that! So far I really enjoy Barbara, Ian, and Susan. The Doctor is great too, but I love seeing those three interact, whether it's Barbara worrying about Susan, or Barbara and Ian being cute together, or etc. It's a good time.