Torchwood and Doctor Who...
Jul. 17th, 2007 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Funny how our fannish reactions change.
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But then I found I was having trouble conceptualizing that or writing it. It's as if they... broke my pairing. Destroyed my concept of it. I didn't think that was even possible. No wonder I'm still scrambling to get my post-series-3 bearings.
And everyone else seems to be squeeing about the Master, but he's part of my mixed and troubled reactions. I'm sorting it all out in my head and it's getting easier, but not as it was. I think all I need to do is get a mental handle on it and write a fic that makes it all work for me. Really, that's all.
Meanwhile... I'm still flinching. A little.
Which is why I've refocussed on Torchwood and away from Doctor Who till I get oriented again.
Re: Babbling about the Doctor and Jack, part 2
Date: 2007-08-24 12:52 am (UTC)Well, Russell T. Davies didn't invent the character. I agree wholeheartedly with you on the rest.
And the Wise Fool exists in so many different cultures, while Peter Pan does not.
"He doesn't fit in as a classic hero of our time (though he liked being compared to James Bond!)"
The third Doctor is very James Bond. His stories kinda begin to blur in your memories when you've watched many of them...They all have good bits, though.
"Now I'm feeling the urge to write historically-minded crossover fic."
You so SHOULD write it. Even a drabble is good. Doctor Who and the Doctor are made for crossovers! Especially in the realm of English literature...
Re: Babbling about the Doctor and Jack, part 2
Date: 2007-08-24 02:31 pm (UTC)No, but he's the one currently pulling the strings. I can't comment on the intentions of the previous writers because I haven't seen the old episodes.
I see the Doctor as the Wise Fool; I see Peter Pan as a sort of opposite achetype - Innocent Fool, maybe, though that phrase doesn't exactly capture it. Young Seeker, perhaps.
I do plan to do a historical story. Or two. As soon as I find the time. After all, I promised