shadowhive

So last night I continued the a watch of the Doctor Who season 26 blu ray with The Curse Of Fenric.

Like Battlefield, Fenric also had three versions of the eps as part of the boxset. Like Fenric, I kept with the special edition one which had been done originally for the dvd version. It’s probably the best episode of the season, even though the titular Fenric doesn’t actually appear until near the end (much like the Destroyer and Light in the previous episodes). Although there are a lot of parts to it, it feels like it has room to breath (something which is no doubt improved by having it as an extended version).

The episode is clearly a basis for some of the newer series eps, since it connects seemingly unconnected events to it. (Although both of these events are in the last two seasons.) And it’s a little timey wimey with the Haemovores and the ancient one.

Speaking of the Haemovores I thought they were a really cool design, especially the older ones that came out of the ocean. I loved all the scenes of them coming out the ocean and wandering around in the mist. The fact that the whole ep was shot on location really helped it I think.

It also showed how much of a manipulator Fenric and the Doctor could be. (Even though it’s backfired cause he kept Ace in the dark) Plus it gave some extra insight into Ace, much like the last one did which was nice. I’m gonna watch the other special features for the ep tonight.

One of these days I’ll be able to sort the gas card without having issues. Today the machine acted up while I was there and the guy wasn’t sure if it was because of the card or machine so suggested I try again tomorrow. It’s annoying. I’d go and check one of the other pay zones in Wryley but between the wind and food shop coming I think not. (And if it’s a service disruption it might be effecting those too.)

Money went in yesterday and all I’ve done is sort the Who magazine subscription though I’m not sure if it starts with the current issue or not (I’m waiting on a reply about that). I want to sort the Night Vale ticket but I’m waiting to see if xboxgamerreviews does gameblast this year. Gameblast is a weekend where gamers do charity streams for special effect, a charity that helps disabled gamers. XBGR usually gives away games for donations, but they’ve not announced anything yet. So I’m holding back money unless they do.

Anyway, I’m gonna snuggle and wait for the food shop then snuggle some more. I might write but my writing brain is slow lately.

And as I’m just about to post this I see I have a reply to that email.

Well today has been a day.

I spent the morning downstairs, since I knew we had a delivery coming I just slept there. I finished watching The Clone Wars film since I started it last night and it’s pretty good in its own way. I wonder what happened to Rotta though. And, although I liked Ziro, his inclusion felt like it was added just to get Padme in there.

Anyway, the gas run out on the boiler which meant another long walk to get it topped up. Ugh. We decided we’d go after the redelivery and, since Naryu seemed to be more lively, we’d walk her as well. That was a relief, that she’s back to her usual self.

The delivery was, as expected, for Doctor Who Season 26. I sat down and read the booklet after lunch, which was pretty fascinating as always and I put on the first disc toaster. But that’ll come later.

We head down to Wryley in hopes of topping up the card at the place I did last time and... the machine was broken. I went to the post office and they still hadn’t got there’s. So I just went in the bigger co-op and then came home, it was frustrating to be honest and I vented about it on twitter to them about it. While finding the name of the place with the broken machine Though, I found a bit of luck. The Nisa just up the road came up in the store finder so I went up and paid there. It’s the same distance as the co-op so that’s good and it didn’t show up before because they just got it, problem solved.

After lunch I finished a fic, which was based on an idea that came into my head and wouldn’t leave. Then I read the aforementioned booklet, waited for the food shop and dozed.

The rest of the the night has been borderline irritating. I was watching my usual tv and my friend got harassed on twitter for posting about waycest which became a whole thing and I blocked a load of people. It made the waycest tag active again, but full of hate. It just pisses me off that people are, like that. Not only that but they attacked me as well, using posts from over a year which was irritating as hell. Ugh

Then Silent Witness had dementia which, well, it brings back bad memories, of my nan like that. It’s a horrible thing and I’ve vowed never to go like that. I’d rather die.

After that I put on the last Who ep because mum missed the start Sunday. She ended up dozing before the end though.

I then decided to put on the first of the season 26 episodes which was Battlefield.

I’ve not watched a 7th Doctor episode in awhile, in fact I can’t remember which was the last I watched. That’s a good thing I think for these rewatches. The blu ray has, for some reason, three different versions of battlefield. I went for the special edition one which is it all edited into one thing with updated effects.

It seems appropriate to watch this episode now in a way. The 7th Doctor was a period where episodes would try and add extra mystery to the Doctor. In this episode that came in the form of the Doctor being apparently, Merlin. It’s not been a thread picked up elsewhere yet (even in the audios according to the wiki) so I guess we’ll see if that ever happens.

The story is notable for bringing back the Brigadier after not appearing since the 5th Doctor. However he spends much of the early part of the story getting there so isn’t really part of the action. Instead we get a new Brigadier who seems a bit... well she doesn’t know the doctor for one, which you think would be essential knowledge for someone in her position. It was nice though to see UNIT being more multinational and old references, like Liz Shaw and Bessie.

As to the story it’s... well, parts are interesting but it’s not the best. Morgaine is a great performance but some of the others seem a bit... I dunno. The destroyer has great make up, but is only shown at the end and doesn’t really do anything other than look menacing got most of the time.

The booklet mentions it was meant to be three episodes but was padded out to four, which means it probably would’ve worked better that way. As it is, there were a few good parts but for the most part it’s just not terribly..l memorable I guess.

I’m gonna watch the special features disc tomorrow and, next week, watch eps on Monday nights as before. For now though I’m gonna snuggle then tomorrow fic.