"I have to be my own Romana"

[usuallyhats]

Happy belated birthday, the_smut_fairy!

"Warriors' Gate"!

• Aw, Adric is kind of adorable at the beginning of this one. And I rather sympathise with him, all left out from the Doctor and Romana being clever at each other.


• THE VISUALS. SO BEAUTIFUL. The stately parade of freed Tharils, that shot panning from the ship to the gateway to the TARDIS, everything in the void, the weird black and white world... LOVE.


• Such a wonderful Romana story, as is right and proper. Confusing the slavers, climbing the ladder with the shackles in her teeth (already knowing what to do), her decision at the end, just everything really. I love all the things she does with her face. She's gone from dressing up like the Doctor to just being really Doctorish in her own right, and her own way. SO MUCH LOVE.


• Oh, K9! And the Doctor's concern for him! ♥


• OK the plot is all over the place, but the atmosphere is so wonderful that I don't mind.


• I love that we have Four's original hat, coat and scarf on the hatstand in the background, it's a lovely reminder of how far we've come.


• The first episode was FULL OF AWESOME but I watched it a week ago and have forgotten most of it. D:


• "I don't know what these levers do, but they're pointing at you!" GO ADRIC GO. He loses points for willingness to abandon the Tharils, but gains them back for coming up with a solution.


• "Alright? She'll be superb." *weeps* Also, NOBLEST ROMANA OF THEM ALL.

On to lovely "Keeper of Traken"! When I have watched all the "Warriors' Gate" extras and have time and stuff. But right now I have to go and make some cake, because I have run out, and this is not a situation that should be allowed to continue.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Romana is awesome...

[usuallyhats]

Even more so than usual in this one!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Very true!

[zurcherart.livejournal.com]

Oh I really love this one. I must re-watch. When I first moved to Switzerland I turned on the TV one Saturday afternoon to BBC Prime and they were showing a re-run of Warriors Gate (part 4). I knew I'd moved to the right place :)

For me Warriors' Gate was the series' most poignant companion goodbye (to my favourite companion) until Donna's farewell (my next favourite companion). I was glad Romana got the noble send off though. Donna deserved something like it.

[usuallyhats]

It was a rather great exit. Donna's... left something to be desired. To put it mildly.

[the-smut-fairy.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[usuallyhats]

You're welcome!

[classicwhoblog.livejournal.com]

I'm going to come out and say that Adric randomly showing up with the cannon is my single favorite scene in the E-Space Trilogy. With all the flak he gets, it's so wonderful to see him having a legitimately cool hero-moment. Romana's actual departure scene bugged me for being so short and out-of-the-blue, but I have to commend her highly for being one of the only companions to leave the TARDIS because they've found a greater purpose and not because they met another man or just randomly decided to leave.

[usuallyhats]

It is a wonderful moment, I am so pleased he gets to have it!

Romana's departure is a little abrupt - when she said that the Tharils need a Time Lord, my first reaction was "...they do?" - but other than that it is rather great: she's just getting on with her life and trying to do the right thing. ♥