I’m done now and just what the ■■■■ I love this!!
Darkel is finally gone, she has so ■■■■■■■ deserved she’s such a good villain, I absolutely despise her, Brax is back but now he’s leaving again?! That’s so mean but still he’s so ■■■■■■■ cool and Matthias, I really didn’t expect him to be quite such a ruthless politician until I relistened to Appropriation yesterday just all of this is amazing!!
I’m lovinggggg everyone’s reaction to this hehe
Mindbomb is so funny because no-one expects the title to be so literal. I think it was about ten minutes after I finished the episode for the first time that I got the pun…
Why do you think I keep reacting to Mindbomb posts with the 
haha
I never go the pun orz… So thanks a bunch
I thought people might like to see the insert photos for the series. For Series 3 it just becomes a bunch of headshots so I’ve just done Fractures. Apologies for the terrible camera work.
I’m starting Reborn now!
So excited to hear you react to The Dream 
Okay, here we go: first of all, I love the concept of the Axis, and getting to see an alternate Gallifrey, and presumably more in the rest of s4 at least is so interesting, it allows for so many cool worldbuilding ideas. And how their relationships are shining here, I really hope this continues.
This one is amazing for Romana and Brax especially, starting, indeed, with that dream. I love that part it’s so interesting because it means not only is Brax in love with Romana (understandable, so am I), but he that in his ideal world, so are Leela and Narvin. And while I can absolutely see that happening in a far away future, they are so not there yet. Also I just adore Romana’s laugh. It’s pure happiness. I actually have listened to an outtake of this part before, probably even before I started to actually listen to the series at all, in which they all descend into laughter, and it makes me so happy. But I didn’t know it was from this, or that it was a dream! That surprised me. Lalla has such a beautiful laugh.
I adore the alternate Romana we get to see, first of all: Mary Tamm 
and then it is so interesting how she differs but remains the same, I was starting to think it was quite odd just how different she was until she revealed that she’d seen through them all immediately. It’s really interesting how she really isn’t any happier than our Romana, and also becomes President at the end. It appears that is an inevitability. How she got married to Andred of all people I can’t explain though. And Antonin! He reminds me a lot of the way Romana was when she declared herself Imperiatrix actually, I can see the resemblance.
Brax is very sweet to Romana throughout, I loved the way he comforted the alternate Romana but also that Romana is calling him out on the way he tricked them. And I can’t believe he’s leaving again 
he really can’t seem to stay in one place long.
Leela has an interesting role her, I think it’s very funny how they made her president here, I really think they should just try everyone at this point. And also very mean how they treated her. Loved her making K9 Castellan, that was amazing.
And Narvin. Oh Narvin. What are we going to do with you? He is so not made for this lol. He’s a coward and a terrible spy and I love him. Him losing his regenerations is so mean and the way he’s not telling the others at the end and reacting to Leela’s questions is heartbreaking. I’m very interested how that progresses, but also just, poor guy. I love him, he’s my poor little guy now. Also loved how they actually call him little at one point that’s so funny.
And here’s the complete liveblog:
It’s definitely something
So true, that outtake is pure magic
Narvin in a nutshell! That guy is head if THE spy agency <3 and if you think this sucks wait to see how bad at being a spy he is in Intervention Earth <333
SO TRUE!!! Disassembled is maybe my favourite ep in this boxset and the Interrogator General just melts me 
While I like him in s2 and 3 this episode is when I realized Narvin had become one of my favorite characters.
That makes perfect sense! I think I started to like by mid-season 2, then I listened to Damned if you Do and became obsessed with the way his mind and loyalty work, and I really fell in love with him when he got blown up for Romana in Imperiatrix (very relatable, I would also do that). But really my love for him continues to grow, he’s such a fascinating character
Yayyy Reborn! One of my favourites of the Gallifrey range and yes that is at least partially because it has Mary Tamm in it. Any Gallifrey audio with Mary Tamm or Juliet Landau in it is a real highlight.
Starting Disassembled now
Total favourite of all time for me <3
Most important thing first: Louise Jameson is an incredible actress, such amazing talent and work, she is unbelievably good in this and deserves the world
I feel like I can’t really put the rest of my feelings into proper words yet but I absolutely love this, it had me on the edge of my seat for a very long part, again Leela is incredible, the Interrogator is indeed and I will say no further on that (but again, the acting is so incredible). Colin Baker is incredible as the Lord Burner and poor Brax that ending was so sad, and him being the president’s assassin who was meant to kill the Doctor is incredible character building and I want to see more of that.
Absolutely incredible episode, definitely going to be one of my favourites as well, I think
“Disassembled” is also one of my all-time favourites 
The Interrogator makes me all weak in the knees 
It’s great on relisten too. Louise Jameson is just the bestttttt. When she does alt!Leela pretending to be real Leela, and you can completely buy that she’s distinct from real Leela… it’s just incredible
Next up, Annihilation which is a favourite of mine too!
really that’s the moment where it goes from amazing acting to absolutely incredible because I was able to tell immediately so just, those subtle differences are definitely not something many actors can do and do so unbelievably well
