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The Black Guardian trilogy
Friday, 18 February 2011 09:35
I only took notes for the first two episodes of "Mawdryn Undead", and it's been weeks since I watched it, so I don't remember much about the second half. I did really enjoy it, though!
( spoilers )
"Terminus" suffers due to me liking the stories on either side much more, but it wasn't that bad. (*damning with faint praise*) Nyssa's actual leaving scene was really lovely (it made me cry, but I am always crying at TV) and also, space pirates! In bubble helmets made ridiculously huge to accommodate their massive eighties hair! I could never entirely hate a story with things like that in it.
"Enlightenment" on the other hand was entirely awesome. So brilliantly weird, but not in a gratuitously wacky fashion.
( more thoughts )
So, overall, two stories I loved and one I ...didn't, so I declare this trilogy a win. I was going to say that I haven't seen many of the rest of Five's stories, but then I checked and that turns out to be a lie. I've seen most of Six's first series before too, but after that is tons of new-to-me episodes (I've never seen any of Mel's stories, for a start). Exciting! If you are me. Which I am.
( spoilers )
"Terminus" suffers due to me liking the stories on either side much more, but it wasn't that bad. (*damning with faint praise*) Nyssa's actual leaving scene was really lovely (it made me cry, but I am always crying at TV) and also, space pirates! In bubble helmets made ridiculously huge to accommodate their massive eighties hair! I could never entirely hate a story with things like that in it.
"Enlightenment" on the other hand was entirely awesome. So brilliantly weird, but not in a gratuitously wacky fashion.
( more thoughts )
So, overall, two stories I loved and one I ...didn't, so I declare this trilogy a win. I was going to say that I haven't seen many of the rest of Five's stories, but then I checked and that turns out to be a lie. I've seen most of Six's first series before too, but after that is tons of new-to-me episodes (I've never seen any of Mel's stories, for a start). Exciting! If you are me. Which I am.