I don’t mind, mostly-American fanfiction writers, really I don’t. I mean, nopony gets it right at home, either. Too little of the honorifics for me, far far too much for her. Thankfully, we are no longer in an era where failing to use the correct term was a whipping offense (one very selectively enforced). But it does make you look the teeniest bit foolish in front of your brethren who do live in aristocracies when you continue to get it wrong.

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It occurs to me that I never formally introduced the two humans who are helping me with this story.

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Before I get into the last episode of Survival, I suppose I should warn you. Andrew Cartmel takes himself very seriously. It’s very easy to look at all of this, and choose to laugh at its utter pretentiousness. It was probably just a good a reason to abandon the series as any other. But I’m going to act like all of this is very serious indeed.

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For the first seven years of Doctor Who’s run, it was not felt necessary by executive producers and script editors to give him an arch-enemy. That ended with the introduction of the Master.

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I watched the entirely of the so-called “Classic” series of Doctor Who one day (1), and decided to jot down some notes on one of the serials. Not my favorite serial, or my least favorite. Not the fan favorite or least favorite, either. No, I thought I’d tackle the last episode, Survival, as a way of addressing my thoughts on the entire series. Hopefully, this will not be a higher step than I can climb (2).

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As you may have noticed, I had planned to post a rather ambitious blog post to accompany Chapter 5. I had in fact planned to delay posting Chapter 6 until that post was complete. Unfortunately, my chosen topic proved far too ambitious for me to tackle in light of the recent diplomatic crisis.

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[The following describes the aftermath of this little blog post of mine.]

NIGHTMARE MOON’S LATEST ASSASSINATION PLOT BASED ON HUMAN SNUFF FILM

Film Graphically Depicting Brutal Murder Given Eight “Academy” Awards; Ex-Monster Luna Praises It in Review

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[Editor’s Note: I found this review crumpled up in the author’s wastebasket. I do not know why she discarded it, unless perhaps she did not wish to provoke her readers with an unpopular opinion. But this is nonsense, for I know you will treat it fairly. As for myself, I may not agree with her conclusions, but I think the power of her arguments more than makes up for it. Do forgive the occasional error that crept into this first and only draft, for I truly didn’t want to

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McPoodle here. The author of “At the Inn of the Prancing Pony” showed some initial reluctance to my insistence that she publish anonymously. However, as it became closer to the time when the story would be appearing on this site, she began to realize the opportunities that anonymity affords her. In particular, the opportunity to express personal opinions without those opinions having political ramifications.

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