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date: "2021-12-23T00:00:00Z"
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2022-08-01 16:18:29 -06:00
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2022-09-04 16:59:13 -06:00
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- drwho
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title: 'Doctor Who S01E21-26: Finding the Chips'
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2022-08-01 16:18:29 -06:00
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The Scooby gang has to find some microchips scattered around the planet,
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so a machine can be repaired to mind-control everyone into
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being peaceful.
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## S01E21: The Sea of Death
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This was the episode during which I decided to start writing this.
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It's really interesting how they kept the sort of stumbling around delivery
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of lines, rather than shooting another take. I kind of like it.
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It's like watching a play.
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LOL at the alien costume with swim flippers.
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Frickin' Susan is, disappointingly, pretty much a horror movie character.
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Just sort of blithely wandering around all over the place and screaming
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a lot. Amusingly, they just assumed it was her from her scream.
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Okay, got the main plot point. The dude needs to recover some keys so they
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can mind-control people to make everybody peaceful. I really hope they don't
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just accept this without question.
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Their mime acting could use some continuity work, LOL.
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## S02E22: The Velvet Web
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When the statue's eyes lit up and the creepy lady came out to put rocks
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on everybody's forehead, it really felt like a 1970s episode from when
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I was a kid.
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Aww yeah, brains in jars getting killed.
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## S02E23: The Screaming Jungle
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The Screaming Jungle, eh? Must be about Susan.
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For crying out loud, yep, she's screaming again.
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I read that this actress quit early on.
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I don't blame her. What a limiting role to have to play.
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Now Barbara's screaming. A statue grabbed her.
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Now she's screaming again. A net fell on her.
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Third time screaming. Some plants grabbed her.
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Apparently the scream in the jungle was mostly Barbara.
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## S01E24: The Snows of Terror
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Okay, now Ian and Barbara are cold. And a beardo has rescued them.
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Ian left for some reason,
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and Beardo's giving off some really rapey vibes.
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Oh, sure enough, he's got all their junk.
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Susan and a blonde woman are in a cave.
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I've decided I don't like Susan at all,
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her sole role appears to be screwing things up and screaming.
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Oh boy. They're all in another cave, and they're going to explore it..
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Oh, okay, we don't have to watch that. They melt some ice and...
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Susan's screaming again as some dude with a cardboard sword wakes up.
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Great, they found another key.
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## S01E25: Sentence of Death
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The Scooby gang vs. the Japanese Criminal System, I guess.
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They assumed Ian is guilty and he has to prove he's not.
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The Doctor is going to be his defense.
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I've seen this episode at least three times on Star Trek,
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and once on the Brady Bunch.
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I might skip this one.
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Oh, neat, a dude who hits his wife.
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Okay, but you know what, I dig the costumes.
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## S01E26: The Keys of Marinus
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I don't like Barbara's hairstyle, though.
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Oh, snap! What a twist! I seriously was not expecting this one.
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I mean, I probably should have, from a casting standpoint, but I'm not
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really devoting a lot of mental energy to this.
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Okay, I guess they decided the mind-control machine wasn't so great.
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Kind of a naive take but whatever, it was a pretty fun story.
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