tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post3031864229383564393..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: The Great Space Elevator written by Jonathan Morris and directed by Nigel FairsDoc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-11299805419318588602015-10-15T18:38:00.633-07:002015-10-15T18:38:00.633-07:00I think the reason that people are more forgiving ...I think the reason that people are more forgiving of Victoria's faults than they are of other companions is that her travels with the Doctor were involuntary. She didn't get in the TARDIS to have adventures, she got in it to avoid getting murdered by Daleks. Because she didn't choose to go adventuring, the fact that she messes up and breaks down while adventuring is more sympathetic.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661002375460378958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-51229942855330662872015-07-21T02:36:35.469-07:002015-07-21T02:36:35.469-07:00Just reheard this one. On the one hand, I loved th...Just reheard this one. On the one hand, I loved the poetic and beautiful descriptions of travelling up the space elevator. It's always been a concept that fascinated me, but thus far, the only authors I've seen to deal with it are very hard sf writers with an incredibly dry writing style like ARthur C Clarke in The fountains of Paradise. <br />Victoria's description of the changing earth was lovely indeed as was her vivid account of the earth from space, I also totally agree with you on the troughton physical comedy and bouncing around in foam. <br /><br />On the other hand, once we get up to the station, it did rather feel as if the plot was standing still, indeed never mind Jamy and the Doctor's rather adorable (if sexist), protective attitudes towards Victoria, Tara basically was just there to get possessed, and the possession and the creature were pretty quickly dealt with. <br />In a lot of ways, this feels more like an artistic impression of a scientific concept than an actual story, an older lady remembering sights from her youthful travels, indeed I do confess I feel a little sorry for Debra Watling in that her voice has clearly aged far more than some of her fellow actors, (my own voice teacher says it's more common in women), meaning that though her acting and her emotions are there, this feels far more like being told the story by an older Victoria, rather than, as with what happens with the other companions, beginning as their older self recounting the story but then being swept away with the adventure, here, I never lost the sense of this older character. <br />Whether this is to do with Ms Watling's voice, or whether this is just because Victoria (other than her rather lovely curiosity and thirst for exploring in tomb of the cybermen), was never a particularly strong character anyway I don't know. <br /><br />I will admit Victoria has never got up my nose half as much as Susan, even though character wise they often had the same purpose. Maybe it's the fact that as a girl from very much the era where women were seen and not heard, (as opposed to an advanced civilization), or maybe it's just her rather lovely liking for exploration, something which was stated with Susan but never occurred completely I don't know. <br /><br />Either way, whatever I think of Victoria, Watling's performance or anything else, I can't deny this has some lovely set peaces, albeit the narative felt rather flimsy over all. darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-82849770471624773172013-02-09T10:55:36.545-08:002013-02-09T10:55:36.545-08:00She's an odd one, Victoria. Oddly forgiven for...She's an odd one, Victoria. Oddly forgiven for her foilbles and fondly remembered and yet she barely did anything of note! Doc Ohohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-43669228619268392772013-02-06T00:42:33.546-08:002013-02-06T00:42:33.546-08:00Just listened to this and really struggled with so...Just listened to this and really struggled with some of (most of) the science. I think I will be rating it much less highly than you!<br /><br />You make good points about the character of Victoria<br /><br />Tony Joneshttp://redrocketingrising.comnoreply@blogger.com