Fic: Protect and Survive

[jjpor]

Fic: Protect and Survive, Part VIII: Protect and Survive

The conclusion! Answers, though they may not be the ones the Doctor wants to hear, and a solution, of sorts; here's hoping it makes sense. More past Doctor cameos too. All of the quotations I have used as chapter headings in this fic are from the movie Dr Strangelove, and some dialogue in this part is taken from the Who stories Genesis of the Daleks by Terry Nation and Resurrection of the Daleks by Eric Saward. The Daleks belong to the Terry Nation estate. None of these things belong to me!

The link:

www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

Comments

[evilawyer.livejournal.com]

Yes! Honor Blackman! Thank you! That was bugging me, as these things do. And yes, I Diana Rigg was her replacement, in fact.

the hiatus may prove to be a serious mistake

Not the first one the BBC has ever made vis-a-vis Doctor Who, and probably not the last. Unfortunately.

I can only shake my head and wonder at what their reasoning was for doing things the way they have.

I'll bet it's at least in part to revenue on Ten's action figure sales and a brutal game of hardball with Tennant's extremely astute and adept agent. S/he must be to have gotten him the sweet deal of "finagle on your contract and still get to hang around on your terms" he got. Alas, the show itself suffers after a dramatic rebirth.

...how cool would it have been if the Journey's End regeneration had been a real one...

Cooler than a penguin's soles. And something that could have propelled the show into perpetual, money-making popularity. Time Lords are supposed to regenerate, and it would have been well for the show to remind viewers of that then and there. Oh well.

You are better person than I am about all this, I think. I don't forgive. Instead, I take it as an opportunity to grumble.

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

I don't know about a better person...easily pleased, maybe? I think I may be a little too forgiving of some of the crap that has been pulled over the last couple of years of Who, but then again, I seem to like most of the oldschool stories that most other fans think are real stinkers, so...

I mean, time will tell (pun? unintentional) as to how much harm this past year has done to the show. It remains to be seen how people will react to the new Doctor and whether he can win over some of the legions of Tennant fans. Maybe Moffat really will turn out to be the magician a lot of people thought he was before the backlash started, and maybe Matt Smith really will be the best Doctor ever. And maybe I'll win the lottery and become President of the World... XD Staying positive - that's the thing, LOL.