Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

💫 Classic Doctor Who 💫
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Want to watch Classic Doctor Who, but only the best stuff?

Check out my guide!

https://averylychee.neocities.org/doctor-who/

Now with recommendations for 10 entire seasons!

There are a lot of Doctor Who audio dramas, and it's somewhat overwhelming to figure out where to start.

So I'm making a guide: https://averylychee.neocities.org/doctor-who/audio-guide/

It contains some advice, as well as a complete list of every audio drama, in a "Natural Listening Order".

As I listen through the audio dramas myself, I'll be providing a simple indication of which ones are really good and which ones aren't.

I wrote about my plans for this year here:

https://averylychee.neocities.org/log/#new-years-resolutions

As I mention: I've already been working towards getting myself to a place where I can do this, so I'm fairly confident that this will go ok.

The main thing I need to remember is to be flexible, and to not be hard on myself.

goodnight~

I just finished listening to Segment 1 (the BBC Radio Dramas)

Not the greatest segment., but still fairly enjoyable.

https://averylychee.neocities.org/doctor-who/audio-guide/#segment-1

With this segment, the simplicity of my recommendations is fairly obvious to me – The Ghosts of N-Space is much better than Slipback, but both get a "Maybe" rating.

Both of them aren't quite enjoyable enough to warrant a "yes".

I'd like a mastodon that copies one thing from IRC clients: the username line.

So there's a line 1/4 of the way across the screen. On the left of the line, there are the usernames. on the right of the line, there's the posts' content.

This would take up much more horizontal space than the current columns, but would save a lot of vertical space and make some things easier to process.

I'm gonna go laze around in bed, goodnight ♥

So in reality, the explanation for why the Elixir of Life is real is "the afterlife exists, but to get there you have to pass through N-space, and if you get stuck you become a ghost. This formula allows you to merge with your ghost, which means that you cannot die."

Which doesn't feel like a Sci-Fi explanation to me.

*the actual explanation given is that the formula allows someone to merge with their N-form.

Previously it was explained that N-forms are the forms people take after they die, and the forms that they use as they travel from real space through N-space to the afterlife.

it gets "worse" – one of the characters has an alchemical formula for the elixir of eternal life, and it works!

Now in Doctor Who, this generally has some kind of sci-fi explanation. But in this, the explanation is basically just "alchemy works, actually", which is really unsatisfying*.

The Ghosts of N-Space is a good story, and a good audio drama, but it doesn't really feel like Doctor Who.

an additional aside: due to the federation issues, if you've previously accepted a follow request from me, I'll be able to immediately follow you again, without you having to accept my follow

I don't even know if this is showing up in your timeline ::<

please note that the unfollowing never federated properly, so even if it looks like I'm following you, I'm probably not

a weird glitch has happenned and I've been forced to unfollow everyone from sleeping.town

you have three choices:
• if you want me to refollow you from this account, favourite this post.
• if you want me to follow from my personal account instead, send a follow request to @lizardsquid
• if you don't want me to follow you, do nothing ♥

test meow~