Update of things.

[elisi]

All hail the Moff and Twelve. DW magazine did a poll of best Doctor Who episodes, and well... go look!

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I posted Chapter 3 of All Breakages Must Be Paid For. <3

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The Netflix series of Avatar: The Last Airbender has an Official Teaser, and it looks incredible!

Watch on YouTube

(If writing/acting etc lives up to the visuals, it will be stunning.)

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I updated my Good Omens S2: The Big Tumblr Meta Post with yet more links! ^_^

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

Caveat that I haven't watched most of these episodes in a decade or so.
Yeah . . . Well, I've watched everything more recently than that (literally everything), but I know my judgement could be swayed if I watched this or that again right now. For example: I know that Evil of the Daleks rocked my world when I 'watched' it. Can I remember what happened in it? Ummmm . . . no. So where do I put it on a list?

I think I put it there because I really like Clara, and wanted an episode of hers, and I thought she had a really good introduction episode. I actually only remember the Clara/Owin bits of Asylum of the Daleks, but I remember being so excited to find out she wasn't a one-off character and was coming back.
It's strange how you forget how these things hit back when they first happened, but her reappearance really was fire.

But then in the longer run, there were a lot of things I disliked about Clara's arc, so her intro episode became a bit of wistful "what might have been".
*nods* I really appreciate the later parts of her run, but I admit that it's a bit of an academic appreciation, and that I enjoy watching her far more with Eleven . . .

I find it hard to pick favorites from among the less dark ones, because there are so many good, fun romps (I picked Eleventh Hour! and the Five Doctors!
Yeah, I'm working on my list now, and I can pretty immediately pick out my true favorites, and they're all really weighty. Not outright dark, but it's a pretty comprehensive list of what I think are the most important episodes for the Doctor's character development. When it comes to the fun ones, though . . . why can't I have all of them?

What are your favorite "lighter" episodes?
Eleventh Hour is probably #1. I think it's the perfect introduction to the show. Otherwise, I admit a deep love for anytime they go super camp with it: Robot of Sherwood, The Lodger, Unicorn and the Wasp, The Time Monster . . . basically the entirety of the Three/UNIT years, The Romans, the Gunslingers, Partners in Crime, Spyfall. ETA: Spearhead from Space!

[greensword]

Oh I forgot about The Lodger, I do like that one a lot although maybe not enough to make the top ten. Partners In Crime <3 <3 (I love Donna so much)

"basically the entirety of the Three/UNIT years" - one of those was on my list but it's probably the darkest of the whole Three/Unit run. it is mostly fun, especially once they swapped from Liz to Jo & Sarah Jane as companions

[promethia_tenk]

Yeah, I don't think anybody can accuse Inferno of being light entertainment. But season seven was such a different beast than the rest of Three's run--I nearly think of it as a different era.