Not me, still thinking about the parallels between The Mummy Speaks and The Girl Who Never Was weeks later—
Just finished The Further Adventuress and tbh I was not prepared for Heart of Orion, Nick Briggs had no right to take me Charley there emotionally and Eight being SO FREAKIN CONCERNED about Charley the whole time and “what’s the difference” and—
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I haven’t even finished The Further Adventuress–I haven’t even finished the first story in it–but already we have had
- semi-gratuitous Storm Warning references
- entirely gratuitous City of Death references
- TARDIS translation circuit lore (new, I think??)
- Eight and Charley being mistaken for a couple
- by a gorilla
- “But I am an aristo in disguise” <3
I love them and I’m very happy and I hope the rest of it lives up to this.
Also I haven’t finished it because I went and played folk music and the last song we played was “The Parting Glass” and I was reminded of how much I want somebody to make an Eight fanvid set to that, if there were, you know, any footage.
Charley being disappointed at the lack of drama preceding her beheading is one of the most Charley things I’ve ever heard