The old show is difficult to watch. I've been watching them on DVD (I saw some as a kid, but others were before my time). Even undoubted classics like Genesis of the Daleks are poorly-paced and involve far too much padding. There are some outstanding single episodes which are let down by the rest of the story: the first episode of The Hand of Fear, and the first few of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, for example. My personal favourite is The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a proto-steampunk story with the Fourth Doctor and Leela, but it is justifiably criticised for its one-sided portrayal of most of its Chinese characters. It's also the story that first mentions Time Agents from the 51st Century, although none appear.
I think part of the reason I avoid het entirely is because this way there is no risk of babies coming along and invading my imagination.
As I've convinced myself that the Time Lords engineered their own genomes, I think of Doctor Who fanfic as one place where mpreg might actually make sense, particularly as the Doctor and the Master are the last of their species. Still doesn't mean I want to read any sort of babyfic...
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Date: 2008-01-27 12:54 am (UTC)I think part of the reason I avoid het entirely is because this way there is no risk of babies coming along and invading my imagination.
As I've convinced myself that the Time Lords engineered their own genomes, I think of Doctor Who fanfic as one place where mpreg might actually make sense, particularly as the Doctor and the Master are the last of their species. Still doesn't mean I want to read any sort of babyfic...