Whooooo!

[kerravonsen]

Just watched "Rose" and "The End of the World" with my nieces, and they liked it! Though T found "Rose" a bit too scarey and hid her head during the violent bits.

Since I have a day off tomorrow, I promised them we could watch an Old School Who adventure. I was thinking Tom Baker, but what adventure do y'all think would a good introduction to Old School Who?

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[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Robots of Death. Not that I'm biased, but it does have just about everything you could want in a Who episode and more :)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Not Tom, but 'Curse of Fenric'. I think it's closer in style to the new series, and bridges the gap between new and oldskool.

[jinxed-wood.livejournal.com]

City of Death? Because I'm predicatable, that way... and I've already tested it on a seven year old ( he quite likes anything with Sarah Jane in it, too!)

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Heh, I remember watching "Rose" with Izh and being all snarky about how un-scary the plastic storefront dummies and garbage bins were. Then I went for a night run a few days later, and had to run past a long row of garbage bins. I was kind of almost positive that one was going to eat me. I ran really fast.

[1-and-the-many.livejournal.com]

Depends.
Want to scare them? Go for "Stones of Blood" - this is most commonly considered one of the scariest Who stories from the 80s
Want to entertain them? Go for "Robot" - its got some sappy scenes with the robot that appeal to children
Want to educate them? Go for "Remembrance of the Daleks" - the Doctor is quirkily different and his relationship with Ace is almost platonic in this story, thus it can show to them how dramatically the Doctor changes when he regenerates

[kerravonsen]

I was considering that myself, because I have much love for the Art Deco robots and how they transform what could have been a mundane adventure into something more.

[kerravonsen]

No, don't want to scare them -- not when T found Rose too scarey.

I was considering Robot also, since it's the first Tom Baker one.

[kerravonsen]

P.S. I love that you're using icons from me, but please could you credit me in your icon comments? That way other people can find the icons if they like them too.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oooh yeah. Best robots ever, that's my honest opinion... they turned budget restraints into a plus :)

[kerravonsen]

8-)

The scariest Doctor Who episode for me when I was a child was "Seeds of Doom", because I was totally creeped out by the guy turning into a plant, not to mention the way the plants were behaving.

[1-and-the-many.livejournal.com]

Sure. I don't really know how to do the link though, which is why I never just put your name there to begin with.

And I'm going to take this opportunity to beg you to make a 3rd doctor icon again. Something where he looks properly annoyed and text saying "Back off man. I'm a scientist."

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Difficult to answer this without knowing more about your neices, and especially their ages. But you can't go far wrong with Tom Baker.

[kerravonsen]

The name alone is fine. Thanks.

And I'm still behind on my icon-making.

[kerravonsen]

T is ten years old, L just turned eighteen.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

In that case there must be a risk that what will appeal to one won't to the other. You could try "The Talons of Weng-Chiung", which is a favourite of mine.