The Macra Terror
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The Macra Terror
Another recent fan recon, this time narrated by Colin Baker. It's going to be weird hearing Six every few seconds in this...
FINALLY! TWO'S OPENING! Well, almost, we still have to get his theme variant in here.
Are we going to be hearing that pounding heartbeat/drumbeat throughout this whole episode? #herecomethedrums
Ah, looks like Jamie's finally been cleaned up and re-clothed.
What...if I didn't know better (which I probably don't), I'd say those were...elevator chorus girls?
"Well, this is gay. Why all the music?" Having a gay old time I suppose?
Suspicious Jamie is suspicious. Also clinging. (I might be restricting the Cling Counter to serials with more surviving episodes.)
Totally not Big Brother allegory right there. Nope. Totally not.
"Oh no, you're not gonnae do that to me! I'm no' a lassie!"
"Jamie, lasses've got ya!"
Aha, and now we have the origin of Polly's pixie cut.
AHAHAHAH, oh Ben, I've never seen you look so chill before. I mean...SUNGLASSES.
"Hey mister, would you call the ladies off? I'm frightened of what they might to do me." ..................Jamie.
"But you look charming, sir!"
"That's what I'm frightened of!"
(There are no words for that last exchange. None.)
Okay, I'm pretty sure that's a telesnap of Salamander from The Enemy of the World they just used there.
NOBODY CLEANS DOCTOR TROUGHT. NOBODY.
Wow, Polly certainly seems to be fawning over Jamie. "Like a prince?" I sense impending jealous-Ben.
That was the most commanding "IT WILL BE FUN FOR ALL" I've ever heard in my life.
I don't think Ben and Polly are going to be very happy with Two for ruining their vacation.
Hang on, is it just me or is the Commander American? The accent doesn't sound completely British.
Is that a half-built rollercoaster off in the background? But I'll bet I know what those weird cries are...
Hello, Metal Gear Ray! I mean...Macra!
Ah yes, I think we know who the resident Law-Enforcing Douchebag of this serial is now.
What the controller just said was basically the non-Cybermen equivalent of "You shall be like us. You belong to us."
"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MACRA! MACRA DO NOT EXIST! THERE ARE NO MACRA!" #stop #hamtime
Oh. Brainwashed in your sleep. Lovely. Creepy.
Good ol' Jamie, he knows his evil voices when he hears them. On the other hand, WAKE UP, BEN!
I've seen the telesnaps of Ben and Polly sleeping in an icon before. I used to think it was adorable. Now I know better.
"The Doctor came into Polly's cubicle. She was fast asleep. The Doctor tried not to disturb her, but he had work to do." #notdodgyatall
To Jamie, everybody cling!
On a more serious note, s'ploding the wire doesn't seem to've snapped Ben out of his brainwashing.
Ahhhh yes, I recognize this picture.
"I take orders from no one but the Doctor!" #BAMFJamie
Ben Jackson: Now Grade-A Creeper.
OH HEY LOOK FOOTAGE! And that one telesnap of Ben and Polly looking terrified and clinging I've seen EVERYWHERE.
Well, good to know that even when he's brainwashed, Ben will still rush in and smash things trying to eat his girl.
Huh. I could've sworn that was an impending cliffhanger.
So that's what the controller really looks like. I recognize this shot, I know what's coming next.
"THEY'RE IN CONTROL! THEY'RE IN CONTROL!" ...Okay, I'll admit I wasn't quite expecting THAT.
"The strangers are being sent to you for pit labor! Put them in the Danger Gang!" That sounds like a group of punk comic book villains.
"Aye, well you don't send a lassie and an old man down to dig!"
"Old? What do you mean, old? I'm not old, Jamie!"
I think when one of your friends tells you "the voices tell me what to do," that's when you start worrying (if you aren't already).
They established a while ago that putting their masks and things on was pretty important so...why haven't they done it yet?
"No one must assume that the relative connection is constant." Then maybe you shouldn't be saying it out loud.
Good ol' Doctor, solving problems by doing science to them. Or, in this case, math.
Woah. When did the music turn 8-bit?
"Hey wait! Don't leave me down here!" You know, Polly, you could just...I dunno...follow him instead of just standing there.
Wait. Jamie. What are you wearing. Where did those silver overalls come from. (Unless that's the mining uniform...)
Awww, poor Ben doesn't know whether to listen to his own instincts or the creepy voices in his head.
"But the voices are here to help us! They are our friends!" #creepy
Jamie finds a Macra and thinks he knows a solution: bung a rock at it.
Hang on, if they're not going to pour the gas in to try and kill Jamie, then what's this "other reason" that Two speaks of?
"Because there's something trapped down there they wish to keep alive!" Ah. That's why.
Oh neat, they even got a bit of a gas effect in there!
Trapped on both sides by giant monsters? Believe it or not, I know what that feels like.
So apparently my "I made you a TARDIS, but I breakeded it" macro wasn't a picture of the TARDIS after all.
And Jamie is saved, thanks to the power of FRESH AIR!
Yikes. Hello, Unexpected Pep Rally.
HOW MUCH STEROIDS IS THEIR COACH ON.
Unexpected Jamie...WAIT. IS THIS THE SCENE WHERE HE TEACHES THE HIGHLAND FLING.
It is. Oh god yes. (but seriously, what has the coach been smoking)
Oh. Well that didn't last very long.
Oh wow. The telesnap where Ben turns Jamie over makes it look like he's about to cry.
"Jamie, I'm..." Looks like I wasn't that far off.
"This stranger would still be a danger to all of us!" STRANGER DANGER.
Want to bring down a tyrant? Just yell at his giant face on a screen.
"Stop! You're breaking the law!"
"Bad laws were made to be broken!"
The Macra seem to be in full-on "PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN" mode now.
Four minutes? What a coincidence, that's about how much time they have left in the episode.
"Ben, we've got very little time! It's all up to you!" REDEMPTION TIME!
And then there was a negative s'plosion!
Aaaaaand there's that annoying marching music from the beginning of the serial...
Aww, and just when Two gets another cool hat he has to make an escape plan to keep from becoming the next leader of the Colony.
Stealth through dance. Team Two thinks of everything.
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