strange cousin susan

I suspected weeks ago I was very possibly overdosing on Who: to wit, this incident which cemented the truth of my suspicion. I was still rather sick, but not sick enough to say sick as a dog and walked outside for the first time in days, only to see this random scene and…

the absolute first thought to cross my mind was Doctor Who, specifically The Sontaran Experiment:

I’m not making this up because I can’t; I’m simply not that creative. We happened to be outside on Wednesday and the sister had put everything back in the yard after the lawn guys had been mowed it the day before. It was our last chance to get any family pictures taken (there are not many of the sister, the niecettes, and Auntie all together in one photo), so we decided to take advantage of it. After a few shots of us and then the sister, el cunado, and the niecettes, I turned to walk back to the picnic table and saw the beach balls there on the lawn, laid out like so many transmat thingies. In my still slightly feverish state, I seriously expected any one of the TARDIS crew - or any combination thereof - to magically appear among the orbs in the sister’s backyard. Well…not really. That’s a wee bit of exaggeration, naturally, but still somewhat accurate for all that.

Another sure sign is laughing outloud at the villians because they’re just so ridiculous. I mean, really…the Nimon looked more like a Mithric sacrificial bull in drag, and the Mandrels had bell-bottomed legs. I understand it was the 1970s and all, but how seriously can anyone take villians who look like mutant refugees from late in that decade ? Those are the two most recent serials I’ve watched and actually decided mention the absolute absurdity of the villians, at least from a visual standpoint. I may have to do this on a more regular basis, since I find it so amusing.

Possibly one of the strangest and most alarming signs I’ve been watching too much Who and should branch out into other things (I’ve certainly got enough backlogged to keep me busy for quite a while, even without a job) is giving serious thought to including on the sidebar a list of companions with/who is the:

• Best/worst hair
• Best/worst wardrobe overall
• Best/worst single outfit in an episode
• Best/worst lines
• Most/least annoying attitude
• Most/least annoying overall
• Favorite overall
• Favorite of the moment

et cetera, et cetera.

This brilliant idea actually came to me as I watched The Horns of Nimon and found myself admiring Romana’s hair; not only is it a beautiful shade of blonde, but it almost always looked freshly brushed and shining, and it’s so long. I know from experience that’s almost an impossibility, well…at least with my hair, anyway, and especially at that length.

I sincerely commend her on the lack of Marcia Brady-ness to her hair, especially because it’s one length and parted in the center. Some of us are not lucky enough to have attractive cowlicks, or the ability to believe cowlicks can be a hair-fashion plus and not a total minusy minus minus.

Naturally, Romana 2 would win that category, hairbrushes…hands down, although S!J!S!’s hair improved about a billion percent between her first and last appearances. For that matter, so did her wardrobe. That, though is a post worthy of exclusivity and will definitely appear one day, complete with screen caps.

Thank goodness Romana wasn’t wearing one of those odd little hats this time around! I really don’t like them; the only hat I’ve liked on any companion is the purple and green number Romana 1 sported. Oh, and of course, I love the knit cap S!J!S! donned for The Sontaran Experiment (see the picture above-she’s so adorable!).

There were a couple more things I was going to list here, but they’ll have to wait for now. Maybe when I get around to posting them, there will be additional signs to know you’ve watched too much Doctor Who.