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So yeah, I ended up doing this today. Kinda had a crap morning so... yeah.
We have now reached Season 14.
So.. Um... I had rewatch this rewatch because I'm bad at rewatching.
Also I got waaay carried away with the Liveblogging.
The Masque of Mandragora
So the theme of this ep is I Was Too Busy Doing X To Notice The Dangerous Thing.
A little slow and silly, but it has its moments- especially if you are feeling snarky.
Basically Red Glowy thing hitches a ride on the TARDIS to 15C Italy. Hijinks ensue.
This story is exactly the type chaotic randomness you watch Old Skool Who for. (And yes, I totally ship Juliano and Marco. *snicker*)
Liveblog:
Part 1:
TARDIS tour yay. We need more TARDIS tours. Was Two's control room always wood paneled? Kind of a waste in black and white.
Sarah and Four being cute together.
Nice.... FX? The shiny diamond time vortex is fun though. lol
Four: "You stay there."
Yeah that'll work.
So we've raided the costume drama closet again,
Random violence against peasants.
Is that Rasputin?
Rasputin: *prophesizes*
Crowd of random nobles: *stand around looking grim*
Rasputin: *finishes prophesizing* *grabs cape and slides away through crowd* *prophet-like*
Juliano: *disses uncle until he leaves* *randomly goes all ROYAL on Marco*
Yes Marco, Juliano's a Duke now so don't you forget it.
Uncle and Rasputin: *plot*
They are all very mad about Rasputin's prophet stuff.
TARDIS: Arrives
Sarah: oh look trees. stop angsting and have some oranges, loser.
Four: Sorry too busy angsting about Earth and glassmaking to notice Companion wanders away
Sarah: *kidnapped again*
Four: *Catches Kidnappy Monks.* too busy being heroic to notice dude with rock
Why does the mysterious red glowy sound like an old film projector. (Specifically the old janky ones we had at school)
Sheesh red glowy is a real jerk.
Four: *Angsts*
Glassmaking is apparently a subplot
Juliano: *Disses uncle and Rasputin*
I'd say Juliano really has a 'tude, but Uncle and Rasputin are way sketchy.
Rasputin: *prophet stuff*
Four: Defeats knights with an orange and a noisemaker [yes, really] and steals horse. Too busy heroing to notice guy jumping from tree and knocking him out. Maybe still wobbly from getting knocked out like five minutes ago.
Culty Kidnappers: You shall be sacrificed!
Sarah: oh right. this crap again
Doctor: Time Lords at nobles
Nobles: ROFLOL
Red glowy: murder
Part 2:
Executioner: *tries to execution with a longsword*
I don't think you can use a sword that way my dude.
Four: *Uses scarf as weapon* [dying- I mean seriously] *Leaves*
Adjacent Guards: hey why you running? *shrug* oh well lets go look that dead guy
crack military they have there
Comedy chase with a lot of stairs
Cult: *cults* *more culting around alter*
Four: *Drags Sarah off alter*
Cult(including guy literally about to get stabby): *BRB meditating* *Too busy to see anything*
Cult: I don't know what just happened but I'm angry about it.
Four: *Time Lords at Sarah.*
Sarah: "Simple I should have thought of that"
Four and Sarah: *Too busy talking about murder glowy to notice dudes with swords*
Raputin: Levels up with Red Glowy power.
Juliano and "his companion" Marco: *Diss uncle*
Juliano: Be my friend Doctor, you sound smart
Leveled up!Rasputin: *Disses Uncle*
No respect for Second Tier baddies in this story
Uncle: KIiiiiill my nephew
Leveled up!Rasputin: *Blusters in Prophet* oh fine, whatever
Four: *Time Lords at Sarah and Juliano while having a snack*
There are a lot of stairs here
Uncle: Excccccelent. [Doctor Who Bingo card time]
Juliano: Too busy enthusing about astronomy to Sarah to notice assassin knights
Sarah: What was that sound
Juliano: BUT ASTONOMYYYYYY
Sarah: Too busy running around caves looking for Four to notice Kidnap Cult.
*gets kidnapped*
Part 3:
Red Glowy attacks Four with images projected on catacomb wall.
OH- that's why it sounds like a projector??
Everybody was long sword figh-ting. Even the cult monks jump in for some reason.
Cult Monks: *Cults*
Sarah: Seriously?! This crap AGAIN.
Leveled up!Rasputin: *prophesizes* Drugs Sarah
Uncle: *threatens to go murdery on minion*
Minion: Whines about giant piles of guano in the catacombs [LOL]
Sarah: Hey how come I can understand Latin/Italian/Whatever dialect is happening here.
Four: Don't worry about it. *shifty eyes* I'll explain it later. [Get out those Bingo Cards peeps]
Murder knights: *Kidnap Marco*
Uncle: *Disses Raputin *
Rasputin: *Glares in Prophet* *prophesizes*
Juliano: where's my Maarcooo.
Four: Stay here
Uncle: *Plots* *Interrogates Marco, supervillian style*
Marco: I won't talk. I'm waiting for my Juliano
Uncle: *sulks in supervillain*
Four: *sneaks*
Sarah: *stalks Four*
Juliano: wait a minute why am I the only one who stayed
Everyone grabbed by knights. AGAIN. And tossed in dungeon with Marco.
Four: I knew you were brain washed all along, Sarah because you asked about understanding languages. [REALLY? I mean. REALLY REALLY? That what you're going with,writers? *recalls google exists* Louis Marks? -1000 points Failing grade repeat Doctor Who School]
Juliano: Maaaarrrcooo
Level up!Rasputin: *Evolves*
Cult monks: BRB Napping
Four: *Time Lords at Uncle*
Uncle: Fine lets all go check out the Cult monks
Uncle to guards: Get Rasputin on my signal
Uncle to Rasputin: You suck Rasputin
Glowyfaceless!Raputin: Murder Tiem
Knights: Was that the signal?
Part 4:
Glowyfaceless!Raputin: Next?
Cult Monks: *Cults around alter*
Murder Knight: Welp it's been an hour everyone dies.
Juliano and Marco: *Bluster in Noble*
Sarah: *snarks about not having had breakfast first*
Four: pulls off disguise and grins unsettlingly.
Wait, when did he leave the cave exactly?
Four: Uncle is dead
Juliano: How did he die.
Four: Rasputin gave him a blank look. [badum tish]
Juliano: tells off Murder knights - he's in charge now
Murder knights: Cool whatevs
Marco: Juliano! let's go all medieval on that cult [lol] and show them who's boss!!!?!
Four: Yeesh Marco chill out
Four and Sarah go off to argue in Time Lord.
Juliano and Marco: *flirt in Noble* while arguing about whether to cancel Juliano's "I'm a real ruler now" Party.
Juliano: But the Cult Monks are attacking the town with their glowy death rays?!
Marco: Eh. Pagans gonna Pagan
Four: *Maths in Time Lord*
Four: *Speechifys*
Four: *Falls asleep standing up*
Peak Four basically.
Juliano: Doctor Settle our argument; should we cancel the Party?
Four: With a houseful of Nobles? In this economy? Definitely not. Sarah totes agrees.
Sarah: *rolls eyes in Companion* Yeah sure ya betcha
GlowynofaceRasputin: *Supervillians*
Lots of Four and Sarah banter and angst. Mostly missing from this story but a good scene.
Juliano and Marco: Angst together at party
Four: Trolls Rasputin with a yoyo [mark your transdementional pockets square ]
Glowynoface!Rasputin: Zaps Four with death ray.
Partiers: Party
Cult monks: Attack
Four: Defeats Glowy.
Four and Sarah: Leave
Juliano: watches them go.
Sarah: Awww Juliano looks wistful
Juliano: The Doctor no wanna be my Smart Friend?
TARDIS: vanishes
The Stats
Four unconscious X2
1) knocked out by Cult Monks with a rock (uncalled for)
2) tackled off a horse and knocked out
Companion Trauma
1) knocked out by Cult Monks
2) Kidnapped X2
3) drugged X2
4) programmed to be assassin
We have now reached Season 14.
So.. Um... I had rewatch this rewatch because I'm bad at rewatching.
Also I got waaay carried away with the Liveblogging.
The Masque of Mandragora
So the theme of this ep is I Was Too Busy Doing X To Notice The Dangerous Thing.
A little slow and silly, but it has its moments- especially if you are feeling snarky.
Basically Red Glowy thing hitches a ride on the TARDIS to 15C Italy. Hijinks ensue.
This story is exactly the type chaotic randomness you watch Old Skool Who for. (And yes, I totally ship Juliano and Marco. *snicker*)
Liveblog:
Part 1:
TARDIS tour yay. We need more TARDIS tours. Was Two's control room always wood paneled? Kind of a waste in black and white.
Sarah and Four being cute together.
Nice.... FX? The shiny diamond time vortex is fun though. lol
Four: "You stay there."
Yeah that'll work.
So we've raided the costume drama closet again,
Random violence against peasants.
Is that Rasputin?
Rasputin: *prophesizes*
Crowd of random nobles: *stand around looking grim*
Rasputin: *finishes prophesizing* *grabs cape and slides away through crowd* *prophet-like*
Juliano: *disses uncle until he leaves* *randomly goes all ROYAL on Marco*
Yes Marco, Juliano's a Duke now so don't you forget it.
Uncle and Rasputin: *plot*
They are all very mad about Rasputin's prophet stuff.
TARDIS: Arrives
Sarah: oh look trees. stop angsting and have some oranges, loser.
Four: Sorry too busy angsting about Earth and glassmaking to notice Companion wanders away
Sarah: *kidnapped again*
Four: *Catches Kidnappy Monks.* too busy being heroic to notice dude with rock
Why does the mysterious red glowy sound like an old film projector. (Specifically the old janky ones we had at school)
Sheesh red glowy is a real jerk.
Four: *Angsts*
Glassmaking is apparently a subplot
Juliano: *Disses uncle and Rasputin*
I'd say Juliano really has a 'tude, but Uncle and Rasputin are way sketchy.
Rasputin: *prophet stuff*
Four: Defeats knights with an orange and a noisemaker [yes, really] and steals horse. Too busy heroing to notice guy jumping from tree and knocking him out. Maybe still wobbly from getting knocked out like five minutes ago.
Culty Kidnappers: You shall be sacrificed!
Sarah: oh right. this crap again
Doctor: Time Lords at nobles
Nobles: ROFLOL
Red glowy: murder
Part 2:
Executioner: *tries to execution with a longsword*
I don't think you can use a sword that way my dude.
Four: *Uses scarf as weapon* [dying- I mean seriously] *Leaves*
Adjacent Guards: hey why you running? *shrug* oh well lets go look that dead guy
crack military they have there
Comedy chase with a lot of stairs
Cult: *cults* *more culting around alter*
Four: *Drags Sarah off alter*
Cult(including guy literally about to get stabby): *BRB meditating* *Too busy to see anything*
Cult: I don't know what just happened but I'm angry about it.
Four: *Time Lords at Sarah.*
Sarah: "Simple I should have thought of that"
Four and Sarah: *Too busy talking about murder glowy to notice dudes with swords*
Raputin: Levels up with Red Glowy power.
Juliano and "his companion" Marco: *Diss uncle*
Juliano: Be my friend Doctor, you sound smart
Leveled up!Rasputin: *Disses Uncle*
No respect for Second Tier baddies in this story
Uncle: KIiiiiill my nephew
Leveled up!Rasputin: *Blusters in Prophet* oh fine, whatever
Four: *Time Lords at Sarah and Juliano while having a snack*
There are a lot of stairs here
Uncle: Excccccelent. [Doctor Who Bingo card time]
Juliano: Too busy enthusing about astronomy to Sarah to notice assassin knights
Sarah: What was that sound
Juliano: BUT ASTONOMYYYYYY
Sarah: Too busy running around caves looking for Four to notice Kidnap Cult.
*gets kidnapped*
Part 3:
Red Glowy attacks Four with images projected on catacomb wall.
OH- that's why it sounds like a projector??
Everybody was long sword figh-ting. Even the cult monks jump in for some reason.
Cult Monks: *Cults*
Sarah: Seriously?! This crap AGAIN.
Leveled up!Rasputin: *prophesizes* Drugs Sarah
Uncle: *threatens to go murdery on minion*
Minion: Whines about giant piles of guano in the catacombs [LOL]
Sarah: Hey how come I can understand Latin/Italian/Whatever dialect is happening here.
Four: Don't worry about it. *shifty eyes* I'll explain it later. [Get out those Bingo Cards peeps]
Murder knights: *Kidnap Marco*
Uncle: *Disses Raputin *
Rasputin: *Glares in Prophet* *prophesizes*
Juliano: where's my Maarcooo.
Four: Stay here
Uncle: *Plots* *Interrogates Marco, supervillian style*
Marco: I won't talk. I'm waiting for my Juliano
Uncle: *sulks in supervillain*
Four: *sneaks*
Sarah: *stalks Four*
Juliano: wait a minute why am I the only one who stayed
Everyone grabbed by knights. AGAIN. And tossed in dungeon with Marco.
Four: I knew you were brain washed all along, Sarah because you asked about understanding languages. [REALLY? I mean. REALLY REALLY? That what you're going with,
Juliano: Maaaarrrcooo
Level up!Rasputin: *Evolves*
Cult monks: BRB Napping
Four: *Time Lords at Uncle*
Uncle: Fine lets all go check out the Cult monks
Uncle to guards: Get Rasputin on my signal
Uncle to Rasputin: You suck Rasputin
Glowyfaceless!Raputin: Murder Tiem
Knights: Was that the signal?
Part 4:
Glowyfaceless!Raputin: Next?
Cult Monks: *Cults around alter*
Murder Knight: Welp it's been an hour everyone dies.
Juliano and Marco: *Bluster in Noble*
Sarah: *snarks about not having had breakfast first*
Four: pulls off disguise and grins unsettlingly.
Wait, when did he leave the cave exactly?
Four: Uncle is dead
Juliano: How did he die.
Four: Rasputin gave him a blank look. [badum tish]
Juliano: tells off Murder knights - he's in charge now
Murder knights: Cool whatevs
Marco: Juliano! let's go all medieval on that cult [lol] and show them who's boss!!!?!
Four: Yeesh Marco chill out
Four and Sarah go off to argue in Time Lord.
Juliano and Marco: *flirt in Noble* while arguing about whether to cancel Juliano's "I'm a real ruler now" Party.
Juliano: But the Cult Monks are attacking the town with their glowy death rays?!
Marco: Eh. Pagans gonna Pagan
Four: *Maths in Time Lord*
Four: *Speechifys*
Four: *Falls asleep standing up*
Peak Four basically.
Juliano: Doctor Settle our argument; should we cancel the Party?
Four: With a houseful of Nobles? In this economy? Definitely not. Sarah totes agrees.
Sarah: *rolls eyes in Companion* Yeah sure ya betcha
GlowynofaceRasputin: *Supervillians*
Lots of Four and Sarah banter and angst. Mostly missing from this story but a good scene.
Juliano and Marco: Angst together at party
Four: Trolls Rasputin with a yoyo [mark your transdementional pockets square ]
Glowynoface!Rasputin: Zaps Four with death ray.
Partiers: Party
Cult monks: Attack
Four: Defeats Glowy.
Four and Sarah: Leave
Juliano: watches them go.
Sarah: Awww Juliano looks wistful
Juliano: The Doctor no wanna be my Smart Friend?
TARDIS: vanishes
The Stats
Four unconscious X2
1) knocked out by Cult Monks with a rock (uncalled for)
2) tackled off a horse and knocked out
Companion Trauma
1) knocked out by Cult Monks
2) Kidnapped X2
3) drugged X2
4) programmed to be assassin
