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Post by clocketpatch on Apr 12, 2011 18:57:34 GMT
I couldn't sleep last night so I played Who-roulette and landed on the Myth Makers, which I'd never watched *er* listened to before (mostly because of the whole listening not watching thing). But it was good, especially after the Chase. Huzzah for Steven. He's just epic in it.
Vicki has one of the most random departures I've ever seen... though, at least she spent more time talking to her new boy friend than Leela did, and I guess guilt was a sufficient motive. I'm not sure One actually realized she'd run off at the end of the episode (maybe this would've been clearer with a picture?). Oh well, not the first time he's misplaced Vicki.
Is there any fic about her in Ancient Greece do you think? And... I kind of want to read Katarina fic. There's probably like two if there's one, but I still want to read it.
Oh! And the thing that struck me the most: it's a One story right? At the beginning the Doctor is mistaken for Zeus by Achilles. One protests, saying that he's just an old man, a traveller. Achilles responds by saying that Zeus takes many faces when he comes to walk among men.
Which is true in the mythology, but it made me smile and then do a double-take because ONE story. Regeneration wasn't on the books yet. Heh.
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Post by johne on Apr 12, 2011 21:45:34 GMT
Is there any fic about her in Ancient Greece do you think? I wrote one. Can't help you there, I'm afraid. She gets walk-on parts in some of my fic, but nothing really Katarina-centric. Except for that drabble in the Pairing vs Pairing thread, of course -- and possibly this.
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Post by clocketpatch on Apr 12, 2011 22:31:01 GMT
That Vicki fic hit the spot nicely, thank you!
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Post by magnusgreel on Apr 12, 2011 23:12:43 GMT
I've been a fan forever now, and I've never heard the audios of the otherwise missing 60s stories. I even have one, Marco Polo, and I haven't listened to it. It's sitting out now in plain sight waiting to be heard, after I hear the NAs I have on tape.
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Post by johne on Apr 18, 2011 0:13:35 GMT
And... I kind of want to read Katarina fic. There's probably like two if there's one, but I still want to read it. You got me curious, so I did a search on Teaspoon. It found five works (one of which I see you've already reviewed), none over 1000 words. If I included all categories, there were all of ten works. Really, it's not a lot for someone whom everyone seems to count as a proper companion. Something ought to be done about it.
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Post by Maggadin on Apr 18, 2011 21:33:19 GMT
I find it interesting that Steven calls himself Diomedes. In the Troilus and Cressida legends he was Cressida's new lover after she's sent to this Greek camp. Hmm...
Also, yes, there should be more Katarina fic. I find her perception of the Doctor interesting and believable.
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Post by lostspook on Apr 21, 2011 8:48:30 GMT
I find it interesting that Steven calls himself Diomedes. In the Troilus and Cressida legends he was Cressida's new lover after she's sent to this Greek camp. Hmm... I have been so saying this for ages. Thank you! I feel it totally justifies any Steven/Vicki fic that people can somehow manage in the limited time before she runs off with Troilus. (Not wishing to be at all unkind, but srsly, there is Steven/Dodo fic more than S/V. And Steven might even be Dodo's ancestor, so... Is there Steven/Anne Chaplette fic around, peoples need to know. And, um. Have we still got that brain bleach anywhere or have you used it all up while I wasn't around?)
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Post by lostspook on Apr 21, 2011 8:50:49 GMT
I'm not sure One actually realized she'd run off at the end of the episode (maybe this would've been clearer with a picture?). Oh well, not the first time he's misplaced Vicki. I was reading about this somewhere just lately, and while I have not seen if there is a picture, apparently it's not that One doesn't know - they go into the TARDIS to say goodbye to each other and the audience never knows what it is they say in there.
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Post by Maggadin on Apr 21, 2011 14:47:23 GMT
I did read one that had both Steven/Anne and Steven/Dodo in it. At least I think it did.
But, yes, I never really considered Steven/Vicki until I read about the whole Diomedes-thing and started to find it vaguely intriguing.
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