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dbskylerWatching the BBC America special "The Women of Doctor Who" right now, and already I'm very disappointed because it's clear they're doing New Who only. It doesn't look like they're even going to mention Sarah Jane. Instead it was all Rose Rose Rose, and now that we're past the first commercial break it's Martha Martha Martha. I guess Donna will be up next, and then Amy, and then River Song, and the show will be over? Or maybe they'll do River Song, and then Amy. Ooh, suspense!
Wait a minute, Yvonne Hartman?! They're doing Yvonne Hartman now. Why? This makes no sense. Why Yvonne and not Jackie? Or Harriet Jones?
Okay, and now Idris?? I have no idea where they're going now. They haven't even done Donna yet. Are they saving Donna for later?
Okay, I guess I have to keep watching now just to see what they do next. It's still a disappointment, though. It would've been so much better if they'd started with Barbara.
ETA: Okay, they did just do Sarah. All the clips were from New Who, but they did slip in a couple of stills from the '70s.
Wait a minute, Yvonne Hartman?! They're doing Yvonne Hartman now. Why? This makes no sense. Why Yvonne and not Jackie? Or Harriet Jones?
Okay, and now Idris?? I have no idea where they're going now. They haven't even done Donna yet. Are they saving Donna for later?
Okay, I guess I have to keep watching now just to see what they do next. It's still a disappointment, though. It would've been so much better if they'd started with Barbara.
ETA: Okay, they did just do Sarah. All the clips were from New Who, but they did slip in a couple of stills from the '70s.
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Date: 2012-08-13 12:15 pm (UTC)I stand by that being a conclusive poll of what everybody would want. LOL
How can you have Cassandra but not Jackie or Harriet Jones? That is pretty rubbish. I can understand people voting for Rose, but I'm just still muttering that obviously the greatest woman of Who is BARBARA. Or Leela, or Romana, or Sarah, or Ace etc. etc. Or, really, they are all pretty awesome.
But, you know. Barbara. She was the only one who told the Doctor he was an ungrateful old man who ought to get down on his hands and knees and thank her. (And, indeed, so he should. He owes her a lot.) Plus, her cardigans are deadly weapons in the right hands. (Ian's.)
Aw. Well, DW is great, and I hope the celebrations are fun, whatever they do. But no matter how unwise it is, I really want the modern version of The Five Doctors where there are multiple Doctors and nobody cares if it is rubbish, because we are all having too much fun to complain. :-) But Eight and Eleven and Penguins, obviously.
(I'm just thinking now - if the anniversary year involves penguins in any way, shape or form, I shall be highly amused!!)