From 4f8873b3ddc8db9e3f47b4b5edb6510637293f48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 14:41:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] I tried to watch Dr Who again --- .../2023-01-12-drwho-S04E15-highlanders.md | 54 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2023-01-12-drwho-S04E15-highlanders.md diff --git a/content/blog/2023-01-12-drwho-S04E15-highlanders.md b/content/blog/2023-01-12-drwho-S04E15-highlanders.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7f1718 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2023-01-12-drwho-S04E15-highlanders.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +date: 2023-01-12 +tags: +- drwho +title: 'Doctor Who S04E15: Dr Who goes to Scotland' +--- + +I skipped some episodes in the last year. +I think there were Cybermen. +There were definitely Daleks. + +## S04E15: The Highlanders (1) + +Okay I guess they're in Scotland. +This is another one of those episodes where all they could recover was +a few still frames and the audio, +so this episode is basically a slideshow. + +I'm finding it difficult to care about this, +although this new doctor has a funny hat, +which is cute. + +A lot of people are grunting in Scottish. +And there are bagpipes. + +Did I mention I'm finding it difficult to care? +I may be about to decide to skip all the Earth episodes. +And yet I'm somehow halfway through the episode already. + +The plot so far appears to be that the English and Scottish are fighting. +Some dudes named Grey and Perkins appear to be trying to do something nefarious. + +I guess one of the new companions is named Polly. +She's going to throw a rock at the British in an attempt to stop a hanging. +Oh, are they hanging the other companion? +I think the Doctor is pretending to be some official or other again. +Grey and Perkins show up and stop the hanging, +looks like they're scavenging prisoners. +The doctor cites some law to Grey, a Lawyer, and manages to not be hanged. + +The women (Polly and a Scottish woman) +are in a cave now. + +I stopped paying attention. +The women were saying it was dark. +Then somebody screamed, +and credits rolled. +I guess we're still in the "women screaming" era that Susan started. + +I am trying really hard but I just don't care. +I'm sorry. +I have a lot of things I could be doing with my time right now, +and almost all of them are more interesting than this. +