Of course I'm still into Stargate Atlantis (may comment on that later), but I've latched onto a new obsession. I've had a general liking for Dr. Who going back to the Tom Baker years, but never too much of a fannish interest. I liked nine when the series started up again, and wasn't very impressed with ten when they switched over. This last season I watched the episode with the Daleks in the Empire State Building, and decided to give it up all together.
END OF Series 3 SPOILERS in case there's anyone who still doesn't know.
And on a related note, I found this very interesting interview:
END OF Series 3 SPOILERS in case there's anyone who still doesn't know.
Then I saw that Captain Jack would be coming back, and had to watch - which of course led to the whole Master and end of season arc.
Oh my god! It was so awesome. Now that I see how totally fucked up this Doctor is, I find him much more interesting. Wish I'd watched the rest of the season to have more background on him. And Simm!Master is wondrously mesmerizing in his insanity. I want him back, with no new regeneration! And Jack... immortal... and the Doctor leaving him behind... and still hung up on the Doctor. (For the record, I know I will love Torchwood when I am finally able to see it.)
But what's got me all worked up is what we didn't see on screen. That year that Martha was gone, I want to know what happened! I'm so sure it was tremendously kinky, I can hardly stand it.
Okay, look. Clearly the main erotic fixation is between the Master and the Doctor. But for that whole year the Doctor is a wizened, fragile old man who can't even stand up. So I think the sadistic, control-freak Master would project his passion onto Jack as a substitute. With an edge of anger at Jack as a perceived Companion (though he does know that isn't exactly the case). And Jack is immortal.
So I see it as a year of the Master demonstrating his dominance and trying to get a reaction out of the Doctor by torturing Jack to death repeatedly. Perhaps some overt sexuality, but mostly gleeful violence - except when the Master gets distracted by other shiny things and wanders off. And Jack trying to keep his sanity and his self in tact. And how does the Doctor cope, during and after. I really want to write it, but I know how obvious and cliched it would end up being, especially as I wouldn't be able to leave it dark, but have to find some happy or hopeful ending.
There are a couple of stories already out there dealing with this - please, good writers, write more! One I admire is Flying Over Stockholm by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bioathens. It totally goes there, but with more subtlety and insight than I could manage.
Am obsessively hunting for more in this vein, please rec.
Oh my god! It was so awesome. Now that I see how totally fucked up this Doctor is, I find him much more interesting. Wish I'd watched the rest of the season to have more background on him. And Simm!Master is wondrously mesmerizing in his insanity. I want him back, with no new regeneration! And Jack... immortal... and the Doctor leaving him behind... and still hung up on the Doctor. (For the record, I know I will love Torchwood when I am finally able to see it.)
But what's got me all worked up is what we didn't see on screen. That year that Martha was gone, I want to know what happened! I'm so sure it was tremendously kinky, I can hardly stand it.
Okay, look. Clearly the main erotic fixation is between the Master and the Doctor. But for that whole year the Doctor is a wizened, fragile old man who can't even stand up. So I think the sadistic, control-freak Master would project his passion onto Jack as a substitute. With an edge of anger at Jack as a perceived Companion (though he does know that isn't exactly the case). And Jack is immortal.
So I see it as a year of the Master demonstrating his dominance and trying to get a reaction out of the Doctor by torturing Jack to death repeatedly. Perhaps some overt sexuality, but mostly gleeful violence - except when the Master gets distracted by other shiny things and wanders off. And Jack trying to keep his sanity and his self in tact. And how does the Doctor cope, during and after. I really want to write it, but I know how obvious and cliched it would end up being, especially as I wouldn't be able to leave it dark, but have to find some happy or hopeful ending.
There are a couple of stories already out there dealing with this - please, good writers, write more! One I admire is Flying Over Stockholm by
bioathens. It totally goes there, but with more subtlety and insight than I could manage. Am obsessively hunting for more in this vein, please rec.
And on a related note, I found this very interesting interview:
