"Pyramids of Mars" is one of the first Four stories I ever saw (or, really, one of the first DW ever), and granted, I was in about ninth grade, so maybe I was 13/14, but Sutekh scared the crap out of me. Not so much while I was watching, but I could not get that image out of my head later that night to save my life. It's one of the first times that ever happened to me, which is why I've become increasingly careful about the images I fill my head with. (That one doesn't really bother me now, though!)
I'm really fascinated by your reaction to "Genesis," though. It's one of those I'd most like to see again, of those I don't have on tape (which are many!). It's such a classic Who story, so I wonder why you're having so much trouble with it? Harry really bothers you? Pity, in any case--maybe come back to it later--I know I've tried books at the "wrong" time and am amazed at coming back to them a few years later how much better they've become ;)
I'd imagine the Victorians were thrilled with being able to wash anything at all--one of the Globe tours I was on in London regaled us with details of the water-soluble vegetable dyes used in Elizabethan clothing, which meant the closest you came to washing them was to air them for a while. Must've been a rather potent experience, standing in the sun for a show at the Globe! Does your book say how often they'd actually go to the trouble to wash a dress? I'd think not so often, unless you had tons of servants?
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Date: 2006-06-16 08:14 pm (UTC)I'm really fascinated by your reaction to "Genesis," though. It's one of those I'd most like to see again, of those I don't have on tape (which are many!). It's such a classic Who story, so I wonder why you're having so much trouble with it? Harry really bothers you? Pity, in any case--maybe come back to it later--I know I've tried books at the "wrong" time and am amazed at coming back to them a few years later how much better they've become ;)
I'd imagine the Victorians were thrilled with being able to wash anything at all--one of the Globe tours I was on in London regaled us with details of the water-soluble vegetable dyes used in Elizabethan clothing, which meant the closest you came to washing them was to air them for a while. Must've been a rather potent experience, standing in the sun for a show at the Globe! Does your book say how often they'd actually go to the trouble to wash a dress? I'd think not so often, unless you had tons of servants?