Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es
hi I'm avery, a cute lizardsquid with 3 hearts full of love!
nonbinary ░ they/she ░ australia ░ 29yo
I post: silly lizardy nonsense, world building, conlangs, doctor who
polyam, demi, open. I love affection!
hugs and cuddles and such are ok, but everything else please ask first
languages: English • Welsh (very basic)
I have a private account, ask for access!
(some old accounts:
@gwyfyndraig
@liquid_lizsquid
)
Joined Sep 2017
[Doctor Who] audio dramas | ghosts, afterlife
I just realised another thing about "The Ghosts of N-Space" that makes me like it less.
In the audio drama, the Doctor introduces "N-space" (short for null-space) as the place between here and the afterlife. Now, aside from all the problems I have with that on its own, it ignores a much more salient problem: "N-space" was already a term in the Doctor Who Universe.
N-space refers to *this* universe, in contrast to E-space (an alternate universe).
Lizardsquid, maker of noises
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Accessibility should be up there with the most important things everyone considers all the time.
Not just relegated to an afterthought or worse, treated as inconvenience.
Make everything accessible to both bodies and minds of all shapes, sizes, kinds, abilities. All the time. Forever.
If there's a way to make something more accessible, do it. If a space is inaccessible, rearrange it.
Accessibility is always important and more of it is *never* a bad thing.
money, decision (resolved)
Epi pointed out that I can spend that $36 later on, once I've gotten my finances in a better place. The opportunity to get a permanent copy isn't going to disappear anytime soon
Today's big game was Brass: Birmingham.
It's a game about the industrial revolution in the uk
It was super fun, and really hard...
Hello I played board games and it was fun
Lizardsquid, maker of noises
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antique electronic music toys for sale
hey music nerds - do any of you wanna buy my Roland MT-32 (classic low-end 80s MIDI synthesizer) or Boss SP-202 sampler (Dr Sample!)? If not, I'm gonna ebay 'em in a few days.
They each tend to go for about $150 on ebay so, like, $125 each here?
money, decision
I've got until Wednesday next week to consider this.
I have two choices:
1) spend $36 more than usual ($48), but get permanent access to something
2) spend the same as usual ($12), but only get temporary access to it
I want to do the first one (especially since in order to afford it I just need to have less junk food), but I'm not sure "spending more money to get something I can access with my subscription" is a good idea
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11
Just 2 more stories until the end of the 3rd Doctor's era.
I love Jon Pertwee's Doctor. But I am glad the era's ending and we're shifting on to someone else – I think I'd get completely sick of the 3rd Doctor if there was another entire season of him. Not because he's bad, but because I like change. I like having new companions frequently, I like having new doctors, I like having new enemies.
Which makes me worry about Tom Baker's upcoming 7-seasons-long era…
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks
I've given this story a "Don't Watch" rating, the first "Don't Watch" for the entirety of the Third Doctor's era.
Because unlike the other mediocre stories in this era, this one is not merely boring. It's also a rehash of previous stories, and has undertones (and overtones) of racism. There's absolutely no reason to watch it.
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks, by ✨David Whitaker✨
— as above
Day of the Daleks, by ✨Louis Marks✨
— the daleks are kind of masterminding things, so this does feature a bunch of non-dalek enemies
Planet of the Daleks, by Terry Nation
— Nation returns and writes a story with.... dangerous flora and fauna on a planet.
Death to the Daleks, by Terry Nation
— once again, the aliens on the planet are really dangerous
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks
The Chase, by Terry Nation
— centred around all the dangers the characters face while trying to escape the daleks
The Dalek's Master Plan, by Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner
— dangerous plants, dangerous people on Earth under Mavic Chen's employ.
The Power of the Daleks, by ✨David Whitaker✨
— this story has no dangerous flora or fauna, and it's tense and terrifying.
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks
Something that Terry Nation always does in Dalek stories is make the environment a threat, and I feel like that makes the Daleks feel weaker.
To prove this, lets look at every Dalek episode up to this one:
The Daleks, by Terry Nation
— features a very dangerous swamp full of monsters
The Dalek Invasion of Earth, by Terry Nation
— features crocodiles in sewers, zombies on the streets, and a man-eating creature at the mines
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks
I really don't like this story.
The Daleks don't feel threatening, and that feeling is amplified by the fact that lighthearted (and borderline comical) music plays every time they enter a scene.
On top of that, none of this story feels new or fresh. I don't know exactly what's going to happen, but I haven't been surprised by anything.
(except by what happenned to trap the Doctor and Sarah on the planet Exxilon in the first place)
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks (cw: racism)
maybe.... if the Peruvian Pyramids couldn't have been built by primitive man.... the most obvious explanation is that the Peruvians weren't "primitive"
Classic Doctor Who | Season 11 | Death to the Daleks (cw: racism)
(have I really made no comments about this season yet??? well, in short: the introduction to the Sontarans in The Time Warrior was great)
"The peruvian pyramids are one of the great mysteries of Earth – that no primitive man could have built such a structure. Well now we've solved it! [It was aliens]"
wow....
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*makes a snuggle pile with everyone who favourites or boosts this post*
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hi I'm avery, a cute lizardsquid with 3 hearts full of love!
nonbinary ░ they/she ░ australia ░ 29yo
I post: silly lizardy nonsense, world building, conlangs, doctor who
polyam, demi, open. I love affection!
hugs and cuddles and such are ok, but everything else please ask first
languages: English • Welsh (very basic)
I have a private account, ask for access!
(some old accounts:
@gwyfyndraig
@liquid_lizsquid
)
Joined Sep 2017
