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danieldwilliamThe Captain has started watching Doctor Who. This may be because if he watches Doctor Who he can stay up a bit later on Saturday night but he seems to be enjoying the show and enjoying watching it with me. So I’ve decided to record his reaction to the show and my reactions to his reactions as part of my LJ.
The first entry in this series will be a recap on the first four episodes of season eight and the status quo anti.
The Captain has watched occassional episodes of Doctory Who in the past mainly because it’s been on and I’ve been watching it. He particularly liked the episode with the dinosaurs on the spaceship.
Episode One – Deep Breath
He spent most of this episode curled up behind me on our winged chair. Not much engagement with what was going on as I recall. We were all a bit tired from The Great Navigation.
Episode Two – Into the Dalek
The Captain and Doctor Who really came alive over this episode. He was very busy explaining to his mum all the things about the Garlicks that I’d just told him, but filtered through a four year old brain. This episode provoked a fairly deep conversation with him about the nature of good and evil and whether people were naturally one or the other. Not a bad way to start watching a programme.
Episode Three – Robot of Sherwood.
The Captain likes Robin Hood so he was delighted with this episode. For a few days after he had taken to slapping his thighs. This is the only episode he’s watched again. This was a sitting on the sofa jumping around episode.
Episode Four – Listen
MLW and I weren’t going to let the Captain watch this on the grounds that a story about scary things hiding under you bed and grabbing you is not conducive to a good night’s sleep if you are four or the parent of a four year old.
By accident we put it on. The Captain thought this episode was hilarous. I mean he laughed so much that I couldn’t follow what was going on over the noise of his laughter. The bit where the Doctor drank the man’s coffee is apparantly comedy gold.
He spent most of the episode sitting behind me on the winged chair where he likes to go when he’s a bit scared. So he must have picked up some of the creepiness. Still didn’t stop him finding it hilarious. I should send an audio of him watching this episode to Moffat marked #MoffatScaryFail.
Episode Five – Time Heist
I was away this weekend so I didn’t get to watch this with him. Instead I leave you with a selection of text messages from MLW that she sent me whilst they were watching.
“You shouldn’t answer the phone as bad things happen.
“What was that thing? What was it doing to that man?” (Teller eats the man’s brains I think).
The Captain is now hiding from the “sniffer dog alien!”
“Why were they in red jackets?” (The Teller again I think)
“Why were they white?”
“Why did she say shut up? That’s a naughty word.”
Watching Doctor Who with the Captain has certainly improved my enjoyment of it.
The first entry in this series will be a recap on the first four episodes of season eight and the status quo anti.
The Captain has watched occassional episodes of Doctory Who in the past mainly because it’s been on and I’ve been watching it. He particularly liked the episode with the dinosaurs on the spaceship.
Episode One – Deep Breath
He spent most of this episode curled up behind me on our winged chair. Not much engagement with what was going on as I recall. We were all a bit tired from The Great Navigation.
Episode Two – Into the Dalek
The Captain and Doctor Who really came alive over this episode. He was very busy explaining to his mum all the things about the Garlicks that I’d just told him, but filtered through a four year old brain. This episode provoked a fairly deep conversation with him about the nature of good and evil and whether people were naturally one or the other. Not a bad way to start watching a programme.
Episode Three – Robot of Sherwood.
The Captain likes Robin Hood so he was delighted with this episode. For a few days after he had taken to slapping his thighs. This is the only episode he’s watched again. This was a sitting on the sofa jumping around episode.
Episode Four – Listen
MLW and I weren’t going to let the Captain watch this on the grounds that a story about scary things hiding under you bed and grabbing you is not conducive to a good night’s sleep if you are four or the parent of a four year old.
By accident we put it on. The Captain thought this episode was hilarous. I mean he laughed so much that I couldn’t follow what was going on over the noise of his laughter. The bit where the Doctor drank the man’s coffee is apparantly comedy gold.
He spent most of the episode sitting behind me on the winged chair where he likes to go when he’s a bit scared. So he must have picked up some of the creepiness. Still didn’t stop him finding it hilarious. I should send an audio of him watching this episode to Moffat marked #MoffatScaryFail.
Episode Five – Time Heist
I was away this weekend so I didn’t get to watch this with him. Instead I leave you with a selection of text messages from MLW that she sent me whilst they were watching.
“You shouldn’t answer the phone as bad things happen.
“What was that thing? What was it doing to that man?” (Teller eats the man’s brains I think).
The Captain is now hiding from the “sniffer dog alien!”
“Why were they in red jackets?” (The Teller again I think)
“Why were they white?”
“Why did she say shut up? That’s a naughty word.”
Watching Doctor Who with the Captain has certainly improved my enjoyment of it.
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Date: 2014-09-22 12:34 pm (UTC)This is where he sat whilst we were watching Strictly - did that frighten him?
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Date: 2014-09-22 12:39 pm (UTC)He often likes to watch television from behind one of us sitting on that chair.
He may have found the number of people in the room a little scary. Well not scary but unsettling.
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Date: 2014-09-22 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-23 09:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-23 06:06 pm (UTC)I have been watching Dr Who for about 50 years. (My brother remembers the first series, though I don't; I do however rememberwatching Hartnell.) I really did used to hide behind the sofa.
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Date: 2014-09-23 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-23 07:06 pm (UTC)The monsters I remember most as being scary are the yeti, but I think that was Jon Pertree-era.
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Date: 2014-09-23 07:45 pm (UTC)