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[sebastienne]

I paraphrase because I can't remember exactly, but this is a quotation that amused me from the 7th Doctor arc "Battlefield" - at some indeterminate time not too far in the future, where England has a King and a £5 coin, an old friend of the 3rd & 4th Doctors comes out of retirement:

"I am Morgaine, destroyer of thirteen universes, bizarre arthurian sorcerer, warrior-queen of the sith, mighty beast of the eternal pit.."

"I am Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. If you surrender now, there doesn't have to be any bloodshed."

Another wonderful thing about this plot arc is the hyper-androgynous female brigadier, played by the same actress who played Deb Lister in parallel universe. Red Dwarf / Doctor Who crossover.. just let me geekwhimper quietly in the corner, now.

It's nice to be back.

Comments

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

Oh, my toes just curled in glee. That's lovely.

(Also? *driveby squish*)

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

come to the pub, if you're still in oxford?

[zeke-hubris.livejournal.com]

That was a great story, think I still have it on video somewhere from when it first aired :-)

[ex-leighwoos982.livejournal.com]

If I send you a Tardis Playset, will you have action figures to play on it with?

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

Wrong city, sadly. But instead I have to go help my mum by a Christmas tree*. That's almost as rock'n'roll?

*Something about having trees indoors makes me twitch. It just seems wrong. My mum cheerfully says if I complain about it again, she'll make me go talk to the shop's Santa.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

if it's big enough for sherlock (http://www.mcphee.com/items/11360.html) and oscar (http://www.mcphee.com/items/11449.html) to fit inside, i can see them having wonderful adventures together...

(now that's a show i'd watch! Holmes & Wilde, adventures in time!)

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

i think it is possible to rock around a christmas tree, so there must be something rock'n'roll about them.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

i love how willingly the doctor accepts "yep, ok, so a future regeneration of me must go on to become merlin". thought i suppose it gets easy to take that kind of thing, when you're a time lord.

[ex-leighwoos982.livejournal.com]

Wlide was going to be in the story behind the pixel fan-art I did for Laurie Penny.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

she is love! it also does a pretty good job of the "near future", for 1989.

and i'll mention this for your who-geek input: the way the doctor "convinces" the village types that they want to be evacuated.. makes me think of Shada & Professor Chronotis(sp.?). or is the doctor's a different type of mind skill?

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Oh, that I remember (though I've forgotten the bit you quote in the main post). That was a great bit.

Dr: Ace, I need a hole.
Ace: How big?
Dr: Oh, about two metres to a side by five metres deep.
Archaeologist: Hey...
Ace: [pulls pin out of nitro-nine can using teeth, lobs]
Dr: Run!!!!!
[There is a huge explosion]
Dr: Ace, one of these days we need to have a talk. About acceptable safety standards.
[They descend. A large dragon's-mouth shaped oojah is seen]
Dr: Now, how to get in?
[They poke around, without success]
Dr: Open up, it's me!
[Whirr, clunk. It opens]
Dr: Ah, voice recognition. Just the sort of thing I would have thought of.
Ace: Doctor... were you Merlin?
Dr: Merlin? Me? No. Or at least, not yet.

[That may be hopelessly wrong - it's from memory from when it first aired...]