Somebody tell him about the looms

[promethia_tenk]

So, literally the best thing to come out of my foray into Big Finish so far is the bonus commentary track for An Earthly Child, the episode where Eight reunites with Susan and meets her son, Alex. So Paul McGann is commentating on the episode, and at this point he's been playing the Doctor on the regular for years and he's like 'Why did I never hear the Doctor has a family before this? Is there a reason nobody told me? Do we not talk about it? Is it because nobody thinks he has sex?'

Oh, my sweet summer child. lmfao

Comments

[owlboy]

I've gone from ''looms are the worst thing to come out of the eu'' to ''looms are the best thing to come out of the eu'' recently

[promethia_tenk]

Well, obviously they are both.

[owlboy]

true, true

[promethia_tenk]

Do you have a serious reason for liking looms now, tho?

[owlboy]

I kind of like the idea that Time Lords are screwed up because they consider themselves above/beyond nature to the degree they'll go to ridiculously complex lengths just to avoid fucking, and the dr / missy are the outcast weirdo freaks because they're all sensory-hungry in ways Time Lords aren't supposed to be

i like that as a sort of cultural context for their relationship, like Missy goes on about how Time Lords are Above It All but as soon as the Dr is in the room she can't *not* touch him, and neither of them have figured out they're completely in love with each other bc a class of weird repressed quasi clone people probably doesn't even have a vocabulary for complex romantic relationships like that

[promethia_tenk]

Mmmm. 's a good point. Looms always did make rather too much sense, despite their obvious absurdity.

[owlboy]

the dr is half human tho and his mum is scottish

[promethia_tenk]

Is the Scottish bit in the EU somewhere?

[owlboy]

... probably

[promethia_tenk]

Everything is canon in the EU, somewhere?

[owlboy]

http://ileolai.tumblr.com/post/171964570399

[promethia_tenk]

Lmao.

I've always loved the supposition that his name is, like, super basic, but he's just embarrassed about it.

[kaffy_r]

I really need to get into Big Finish, don't I?

[promethia_tenk]

I've been really pleasantly surprised and pleased. And I'm just not an auditory person, so I put off trying it for the longest time. But they really do do an excellent job. It's like having more Doctor Who to consume, but without having to attempt watching old television! Because old television is bad, no matter how much Classic Who fans try to pretend it isn't. That's just facts.

Also, if there had to be a Doctor confined almost solely to audio, the universe sure did pick the right one. *fans self*

[elisi]

Also, if there had to be a Doctor confined almost solely to audio, the universe sure did pick the right one. *fans self*
You hit THAT moment then? ;)

[promethia_tenk]

Lol. In truth I've been listening in public from the get-go and it's fine. But his voice is like Matt Smith's acting: you just don't get used to it. It's continually arresting. You just sit there, feeling flushed, thinking 'goodness, that's rather nice, isn't it?' for episode after episode after episode.

[elisi]

Lol. In truth I've been listening in public from the get-go and it's fine.
Also, you don't seem the type to get flustered...

But his voice is like Matt Smith's acting: you just don't get used to it. It's continually arresting. You just sit there, feeling flushed, thinking 'goodness, that's rather nice, isn't it?' for episode after episode after episode.
Mmm interesting.

[promethia_tenk]

Also, you don't seem the type to get flustered...
Lol. I guess that's true.

Mmm interesting.
I kind of want to just keep talking about it, but I'm not sure what else to say. It's a point of interest in every episode though: oh, did I mention that Paul McGann's voice is really nice?

[flowsoffire]

XD

(The commentaries are always so cool though! :D)

[promethia_tenk]

I laughed so hard.

(The commentaries are always so cool though! :D)
It's really interesting hearing how these things get made, though I am divided between wanting to listen to them and just wanting to get on to the next episode as quickly as possible.

[flowsoffire]

Terrible dilemma, isn't it? :D