Yes, I think "Inappropriate Intraoffice Liaisons (Compulsory)" is like the second chapter in the Torchwood employee handbook, straight after "Hypocritical Moral Angsting at Exactly the Wrong Moment".
You're bang on with Romana II and the teeth...I mean (and I say this as one who finds her perfectly adorable most of the time, so I find it endearing rather than offputting), they just seem to come out of nowhere as well when she smiles; I mean, they can't possibly fit in her mouth, it's like...bigger on the inside or something... In fact, it occurs to me that the only person with an even more startling/impressive set of gnashers in Who (or possibly anywhere) is...well, Four himself. There's some sort of hidden connection there, I'm sure of it... But yeah, I think Romana is a bit like the Doctor, the first one you see will be forever *your* one on some level. With both Romanas, I think the smartarse snootiness is a big part of the appeal. For me, anyway.
Talons is like some sort of checklist of story elements designed to appeal to my somewhat skewed sense of what makes a story "kewl". Casual 1970s-style racism, I'll hasten to add, isn't one of those tickboxes. I do admit to a certain uncomfortableness whenever I watch it, you know in a "if I had any moral integrity I wouldn't be watching this", kind of way. It is a bit startling to be chortling along at Litefoot and suddenly thinking "he called that Chinese bloke a *what*?!"
Nu-NIT; I like that. I like that a lot. XD Agreed; whatever way you look at it, UIT are just idiots, and not in the endearing, teamaking, accidentally-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot, sort of way Benton and co were idiots, either. At least it seems to be deliberate; certainly both the Doctor in Season 4 and the Brig in SJA seem to notice it, so it's not just me being out of step with the writers again. :D
I like that assessment of the Brig, too; in fact, if they ever did bring him back for that guest spot I was talking about above, that'd be a good angle to approach it from. Or I could just write the fanfic.
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Yes, I think "Inappropriate Intraoffice Liaisons (Compulsory)" is like the second chapter in the Torchwood employee handbook, straight after "Hypocritical Moral Angsting at Exactly the Wrong Moment".
You're bang on with Romana II and the teeth...I mean (and I say this as one who finds her perfectly adorable most of the time, so I find it endearing rather than offputting), they just seem to come out of nowhere as well when she smiles; I mean, they can't possibly fit in her mouth, it's like...bigger on the inside or something... In fact, it occurs to me that the only person with an even more startling/impressive set of gnashers in Who (or possibly anywhere) is...well, Four himself. There's some sort of hidden connection there, I'm sure of it... But yeah, I think Romana is a bit like the Doctor, the first one you see will be forever *your* one on some level. With both Romanas, I think the smartarse snootiness is a big part of the appeal. For me, anyway.
Talons is like some sort of checklist of story elements designed to appeal to my somewhat skewed sense of what makes a story "kewl". Casual 1970s-style racism, I'll hasten to add, isn't one of those tickboxes. I do admit to a certain uncomfortableness whenever I watch it, you know in a "if I had any moral integrity I wouldn't be watching this", kind of way. It is a bit startling to be chortling along at Litefoot and suddenly thinking "he called that Chinese bloke a *what*?!"
Nu-NIT; I like that. I like that a lot. XD Agreed; whatever way you look at it, UIT are just idiots, and not in the endearing, teamaking, accidentally-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot, sort of way Benton and co were idiots, either. At least it seems to be deliberate; certainly both the Doctor in Season 4 and the Brig in SJA seem to notice it, so it's not just me being out of step with the writers again. :D
I like that assessment of the Brig, too; in fact, if they ever did bring him back for that guest spot I was talking about above, that'd be a good angle to approach it from. Or I could just write the fanfic.