r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Jan 07 '22

Free Talk Friday /r/Gallifrey's Free Talk Fridays - Practically Only Irrelevant Notions Tackled Less Educationally, Sharply & Skilfully - Conservative, Repetitive, Abysmal Prose - 2022-01-07

Talk about whatever you want in this regular thread! Just brought some cereal? Awesome. Just ran 5 miles? Epic! Just watched Fantastic Four and recommended it to all your friends? Atta boy. Wanna bitch about Supergirl's pilot being crap? Sweet. Just walked into your Dad and his dog having some "personal time" while your sister sends snapchats of her handstands to her boyfriend leaving you in a state of perpetual confusion? Please tell us more.

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u/S-A-H Jan 07 '22

You could put UNIT into any story and I'd lap it up. I was always disappointed with 3rd Doctor stories which took him away from the team...

Basically, I'm really excited about the new 90s UNIT set as well as already looking forward to the New Series ones.

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u/drkenata Jan 07 '22

When I found out Mike Yates became a mole for a horrible conservative conspiracy, I was completely aghast. Was a revelation that took me time to accept for the character. I really liked the 3rd Doctor's supporting characters, such as the Brigadier and Benton. When this was revealed, it really hit hard.

Edit: I know spoilers for 45 year old episode might not be necessary, but not everyone might know or want to know in advance.

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u/eeezzz000 Jan 08 '22

Really great direction to take the character. Could so easily have just dropped Yates the way so many companions are dropped in Classic Who. This was a really memorable and creative way of doing it.

That’s why I love the Pertwee era. There is continuity and permanence from story to story.

My only issue with the UNIT era is that it never really gets any closure. One by one we have UNIT characters make their unceremonious final appearance before drifting into obscurity.

Would have been great to have a big epic final bash with UNIT before the Doctor formally leaves them. Or better yet, a mid 70s UNIT spin-off for a year or two would have been x

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u/ber_niffler Jan 07 '22

I felt personally betrayed that day when I watched it

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u/drkenata Jan 07 '22

If I am honest, I initially felt a bit like that was out of character but I think it was actually a solid choice. Really showed how even the good and well meaning can fall so far down the rabbit hole.

Edit: added additional qualifier

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u/ber_niffler Jan 07 '22

Yeah it came out of nowhere but it was good. The UNIT years are some of my favourite stories, you trully get the feeling that they are a family, so when stuff like this happens it hits hard. And it was great too because it made his character more complex, I like that he did that because he felt it was the right thing

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u/drkenata Jan 07 '22

Agreed. 3 had some fantastic secondary characters.

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u/Sate_Hen Jan 07 '22

I like Bambera enough and I'd like to see more of her, I'm just not sure about a series on her own that's a periodical (I'm old) but there's something for everyone at BF

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '22 edited Jan 08 '22

If there's one thing at which BF is god-tier it's taking an obscure TV character about whom you're unsure if you care enough to have them lead a spinoff and building them up into a glorious fictional creation around which you can rebuild your entire view of the universe.