NAMBERJAMS

S02E07 - The Space Museum

Clothes change without changing, water glasses un-break, and there is a decisive lack of footprints and sound! That is what makes this so fantastic: It’s all about watching the crew explore and make guesses on how and why everything happens up until the first episode cliffhanger.

Obviously part one is a gem, but the rest of the story really doesn’t deserve as much ire as it receives.  It’s another first for the TARDIS crew - personal timelines! This story was fun, if not occasionally sloppy.  It is also Doctor Who addressing fatalism as only time travelers can.  The crew second guesses everything they do as they do it, and it is fascinating.

Once again The Doctor giggles his way to victory, Barbara is criminally underused, and Ian acts approximately twelve.  This story really belongs to Vicki, who starts a revolution, and saves the day simply by making friends.  That said, the Xerons need a slap upside the head. I’d be surprised if they could brush their own teeth without someone there to hold their hands. What really makes it worth it is the Moroks.  They were fantastic villains, if only by merit of how bored they seem with the job!

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On a personal note - not long ago two of my favorite tumblrs followed me and the face I made was basically the same as Vicki’s durring her water glass scene.  Hello ladies!  I am so excited you’ve allowed me to grace your dash. 

Also, apparently while sketching this one I didn’t think much of costume continuity (wibbly wobbly? no? ok.)

S02E06 - The Crusade

In which Ian is knighted, Vicki is a tomboy, The Doctor is a big softie, and Barbara is done with everyone’s shit. 

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Probably my favorite part of MoCCA was meeting the lovely ladies behind Doctor Puppet.  I was drawn in due to my near unhealthy levels of Doctor love, and was thrilled to find two of the nicest people I’ve met in ages.   

I’m always excited about meeting fellow animators/animation enthusiasts! (but then who wouldn’t be? animation is the best)  I am so glad that Alyssa seems to be doing well with her projects!  I’m super impressed (and not so secretly in love) with the work she is doing, and can’t wait for the next episode of her series to air. 

Also, Shelby - who built the TARDIS and several of the other props used in the series - is an amazing artist in her own right!  I’ve now got one of her pieces proudly splayed across one of my bookshelves.

So thanks ladies, for being so fantastic while I fan-girled at you - My social graces have never been the best, but I was genuinely thrilled to meet an independent animator and I couldn’t help but do a happy dance.

I hope I get the chance to run into you again sometime - who knows, Brooklyn isn’t really all that big, and there is always that bar with a TARDIS…

Aww thanks so much! Sorry it took so long for me to actually find this post. Love your drawings! :)

And thank you!  It was a real pleasure meeting you.  I can’t wait to see what you and those little guys have in store for us next!

Happy Anniversary, you crazy kids.

S02E05 - The Web Planet

This serial is so fantastic, I could just draw from it all day!

The aliens come across as distinctly weird - between the designs and the movement of the actors it really comes together.  The crew struggles to understand everyone they encounter.  Though the language barrier is smaller the word choices of the Menoptra and Optera leave them a bit lost.  Meanwhile the Doctor and Vicki are completely stumped on how to communicate with the beeping Zarbi (try interpretive dance!)  The only being they can clearly communicate with is a giant tentacle monster/Old One - and only then with the aid of a device that looks like an alien hair dryer! 

All this, along with the lack of any humanoids, makes the whole story feel distinctly more alien than any of the previous adventures.  I hate to pick favorites, but I’m a little bit in love with this serial.  Lovecraftian horror on an alien world of insectoids? My dream day.

Prompt 26 - Super Girl!

A little bit of Kara Zor-El can make any day better.

What is Supes saying anyways?

The Impossib(ly delicious) girl.

I’m sorry.

(I’m not sorry)

S02E04 - The Romans

(Part 2 - Ian and Barbara)

Ian and Barbara become the ultimate sloppy drunk dream team!  They are also insanely cute with each other - I can’t help it, they won me over. 

It took a long time for me to warm up to Ian, mostly because up to this point he’s generally been written as an ultra-masculine stick in the mud.  The Romans allows him to literally let his hair down for the first time; he’s even gained a sense of humor along the way.  He still gets to be a gladiator and have his hero moment, but over the weeks off screen he has considerably chilled out, making him a a much more approachable character.

Barbara may have had the weakest story this time (ugh, her Nero storyline is so gross and so overplayed even Jacqueline Hill seemed sick of it) but she won the award for best slapstick moment as soon as she knocked Ian upside the head with a vase.

S02E04 - The Romans

(Part 1 - The Doctor And Vicki)

I can’t express how excited I was after watching this slapstick serial.  Not only can the Doctor travel to any point in time and space, he’s proven himself capable of multiple genres! 

They played Vicki’s introduction as a companion rather smartly didn’t they?  Not only did the literal cliffhanger from the end of the Rescue resolve in the most hilarious way - the whole crew just hanging out enjoying what ends up being a bit of a vacation - it allowed the next story to start with Vicki already fully initiated into the group.

The Doctor is eager to impress and as giddy as a school boy throughout this whole adventure.  His laugh at the realization that he helped inspire Nero to set Rome ablaze is also a fantastic counterpoint to The Aztecs - if your interference with history isn’t intentional does it count?

I’m also just going to go ahead and say the show is going to have to try very hard if it wants to top the fight scene between the Doctor and his would-be assassin. That’s the power of music right there.