wherein Liz remembers why she doesn't watch tv and movies

[edenfalling]

They hit me too hard, you see. It's very hard to keep any sort of emotional or critical distance -- maybe through lack of practice, or maybe because a visual experience is just more intense in some ways.

In any case, my brain and life have been hijacked by Doctor Who.

See, I'd been seeing people talk about it for three years now, and I'd sort of picked up some basic notions of the world and story and characters, and I had some birthday money and two Borders discount coupons, and I was bored... and somehow this resulted, on Saturday evening, in me buying the DVD sets of seasons 1 and 2 of the new series.

I am happily drowning. :-)

I also think I'm going to buy season 3 ASAP, and if anyone can give me pointers for where to start with the old series (all 26 years of it, my god!), I would be eternally grateful.

...

This does mean that I haven't been writing a blessed thing for the last three days, and I probably won't be much use at writing for another week or so -- brain overload -- but I'm having so much fun I can't bring myself to care. :-)

Comments

[dragonknyght.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the club. Its an addiction I have had for years. Rumor has it, that they are planning to redo the old series in season box sets. But who knows how long that might take and over how much time. The older series is currently sold in story arcs instead so sometimes you end up buying them out of order. However, if you just want to see them, I would suggest blockbuster online. If you get them one disc at a time they are pretty reasonable. They have an extensive collection of the old series. I am currently up to the third doctor. I have been trying to watch them in order.

[edenfalling]

Hmmm. Online rentals? I must look into this...

[silverblade219.livejournal.com]

Are you also going to watch Torchwood? It's a spin (somewhat centered on Jack) of that takes place in between Doctor Who seasons 2 and 3, and the last episode slightly leads up to the last 3 episodes of season 3.

[edenfalling]

I might. Actually, who am I kidding -- of course I'm going to watch Torchwood as well.

But I think I'll try renting it first. :-)

[kazeko.livejournal.com]

Nagi and Kafunnokaze.

Assuming that.. Kafunnokaze -do not always wear his coat, he got to keep his drugs somewhere right? -

Thus the harness. Because kazeko only starting dating at 18, Nagi's mother will kill me, Kazeko is a prude.. hence Nagi and Kafunnokaze is drawn somewhat older then fictionverse. * Refuse to draw 13 year old kids cuddle ><; will go to hell.

[edenfalling]

Eeeeeeeee!!! Thank you! So cute! *sparkles at you*

(Btw, if it makes you feel any better, Naga and Kafunnokaze are both 14 years old in "Guardian," since it's set a year after "Apartment Manager" ends... *angelic smile*)

[kazeko.livejournal.com]

14 is still @@...

I'm glad you liked. =)

[(Anonymous)]

This is such a cute picture! They look really happy and comfortable together.

[(Anonymous)]

Nice drawing. I like her eyes.

As for Doctor Who - I'm still working my way through the First Doctor's stuff, but if you want to skip around, I'd recommend picking up with the Fourth Doctor in 1974. He's pretty similar in personality to the Tenth, and he's (if I'm remembering this right) pretty much unanimously been voted the most popular doctor in all those 26 years. He's got about 8 years of material to go through, too.

-- Guile

[edenfalling]

I am -- and this should tell you how crazy I have gone -- seriously contemplating asking my landlords if I can hook their internet service up to my computer. Which is partly because after four years or so, I've just gotten tired of the inconveniences of public computer labs... but mostly because I want to be able to download television episodes (guess which show), watch them once, and then delete them.

...

Clearly, Doctor Who has eaten my brain.