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goldyapper · 9 months

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My thoughts on Once and Future: A Genius for War

So context: As much as I am a huge fan of Doctor Who, I have barely touched upon the 7th Dr era. So when this got announced, I was intrigued as I know about 7s relationship with Davros and what he does in 'Remembrance of the Daleks' and am a huge, huge fan of big finishes take on the Time War.

I felt that Volume 4 of the 8th Dr Time War stories ended on an excellent note and that Volume 5, kind of ignored the ending and did its own thing and was a big letdown for me. So seeing that time war Davros had me so excited. I also felt that the previous stories in Once of Future did not fully use the degeneration framing device to its full advantage, and I will get round to why I think this story breaks that streak.

So my thoughts.

First off, this is excellent. This is what I wanted out of the 60th-anniversary stories. Letting them explore relationships and ideas that would just not work in the 'current' doctor era. In this story, this takes the form of actually having the 7th Dr in the time war without breaking Canon or having a convoluted reason for it to happen. The audio very smartly has the degeneration scene at the very beginning to remind listeners of the subplot but then it does not occur again until the very end, unlike the last two audios.

The Hybrid. I fully did not expect this to touch on modern who to this extent. I thought it would pull characters and locations but not lore. So when this is brought up it shocked me and then it is used to full effect as the main plot point of the story. Because of course during the time war, both sides would try to create the hybrid.

I do find it very funny that absolutely no one wants anything to do with Davros and just indulges them to their own ends. Very fitting.

Another thing that I felt the overall 'Once and Future' series hasn't quite used effectively is the degenaration effect that the doctor is suffering from. But it is used to solve the problem in this and like its, dare I say it, Genius. 7 using his unstable DNA to help create the Hybrid and it just dying is just *Chefs kiss*. These stories should be using the arc to not only tell lore-breaking stories but using it to come up with smart storytelling solutions.

However, I will point out, that the story very smartly does not have the distracting degeneration effect throughout the story but instead at the beginning, reminding the audience and at the end when the story ends on a cliffhanger. It means we really can be focused on the story at hand and it does make the story feel somewhat standalone with very little for people to know going in. Which in turn makes this a lot easier to recommend.

Overall, this is my favourite Once and Future story and my favourite Time War story since Palindrome. Easy 9/10

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mediawhorefics · 2 years

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thoughts on doctor who!! echoes of previous companions always gets me good, like billie piper as The Moment

oh i have SO much to say about doctor who rip here's an incoherent rant/list of opinions !!

i'm an rtd-era supremacist so i'm DYING with excitement over his return!!! also this 14 news ??? HELLO?????????? SO SO SO EXCITED!!!!

my first doctor was 10 and he has remained my fav through and through. tho ofc i love them all in different ways. (fun fact my beta is the one who introduced me to dw back in the day)

my top three companions are donna (MY GIRL !!!!)/rose/the ponds

yes, i am in love with karen gillan and would like a spare hand in marriage ma'am

my greatest dw heartbreak is the fact that peter capaldi is one of my favourite actors and was probably the greatest ambassador for the show and i absolutely LOATHE the writing for his era.

steven moffat IS my nemesis and i hate what he did with the show. this man should have never been a showrunner. he's good with limits and boundaries and standalone.

full offence, i hate clara with a burning passion, no shade to the actress she's very talented, but everything about that character rubs me the wrong way. from the ~born to save the doctor bullshit to the has no life outside the doctor until moffat randomly decided to half-ass giving her a career to the badly written attempts at her having feelings for 11... truly, i despite this storyline so fucking much. again ship what you like but i don't get doctor/clara AT ALL. it makes me angry just thinking about it now. and she was there for SO long UGH.

my favourite series are s4 & s5 (yes i hate moffat i love s5, its complicated). also s2 because ROMANCE!!!!!

i hate moffat writing women for obvs reasons but i do love river song. highkey as much as i love matt & alex together NOTHING beats 12/river because peter capaldi said i'm playing a whole time lord in LOVE in that one episode they had together and my fucking HEART y'all. i know i have an unhealthy crush on peter capaldi but his face when he looks at her <333 it's almost as good as ten & rose's in love and utterly devoted to each other faces.

doctor/river still don't hold a candle to 10/rose obvs that shit was it. she was IT. rip to 16 yo me watching doomsday for the first time that shit fundamentally changed me as a person. where's that deancas/tenrose comparison post ?? cut me open and that's what you'll see.

i miss rtd era side characters SO much they were SO lived in and memorable and REAL and they made the show. we lost soooo much of doctor who's heart when he left.

its cringe but i ADORE torchwood despite all of its flaws. ianto jones was one of the very first bi-adjacent characters i ever connected with and he is SO dear to me. rip to my boy it's disgusting what rtd & co did to him :((( baby's first bury your gays, i was 17 and i still haven't recovered. thank god for big finish and all the quality torchwood content they produce.

speaking of big finish... if you're a who fan who hasn't tried to expended universe, i cannot recommend the 8th doctor audios enough. he is FANTASTIC and actually one of my favourite doctors. paul mcgann is INCREDIBLE in the role and it's criminal we only have the movie and that tiny one-shot for the 50th anniversary.

@ RTD JUSTICE FOR EIGHT IN THE 60TH SPECIAL

10/donna are the best tardis team end of. that tennant/tate chemistry??? CHEF'S KISS. @ rtd fix her. @ rtd bring her back. i am no longer asking !!!!

christopher eccleston is CRIMINALLY underrated. 9 deserves SO much love. i adore him. thanks @ big finish for bringing him back to me.

matt smith was the best at playing ancient. i still don't know how he did that thing with his eyes where he looked 1000 yo but wow.

cybermen are incredibly boring and i really dislike most of their eps. i'll take 50 dalek stories over cybermen ones idc.

we never should have seen the weeping angels after blink. they've lost more and more of their appeal the more their mythology has been expended on.

i still don't understand the whole silence cult vs silence species thing and at this point, i'm too afraid to ask.

some of us witnessing the andrew garfield renaissance remember frank and his 1930s fruitiness from 2007 is all i'm gonna say.

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