tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post8512747956842067161..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: Resistance written by Steve Lyons and directed by Lisa BowermanDoc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-84865843002648393352015-08-05T15:07:43.684-07:002015-08-05T15:07:43.684-07:00I had little memory of this one before my relisten...I had little memory of this one before my relisten, and honestly I was surprised how good it was. I've got something of second world war fatigue as far as Doctor Who goes, indeed it sometimes feels like the Nazis are becoming the Daleks! :D.<br /><br />And yet,the atmosphere, the questions it asks, the dilemmas are all just so well put together. <br />I will confess I've never really been a fan of Ben and Polly as companions. I've got nothing against them, but when you already have Jamy to provide the bluntness factor Ben seems a bit superfluous, and other than being female and pretty and waring trendy fashions Polly really didn't have much to distinguish her (she seems far more a dollybird than any of the third doctor's companions especially compared to the likes of Zoe), I honestly wasn't sure about them. The one exception is Power of the Daleks, sinse Ben really got to play the streight man and Polly to use her brain and rationalize things, and had they related worse to the situation of the dignified old first doctor changing into a younger, scruffier and more eratic version odds are the regeneration would never have worked.<br /><br />Interestingly enough though part of the reason I liked this story is for the very fact that Steve Leons, The Doctor and Eeven Polly herself question her own lack of distinction, and Polly goes about asserting herself and asking what difference she really makes, and does so in a far less winy and more vital and integral way to the story than any of Clara's self satisfied scoldings of the Twelth Doctor ever could. <br /><br />I also love the way that the second Doctor actually notes that she was there when he needed her most and made him the man he was, and I'm pretty sure that relates to her actions in Power of the Daleks. <br /><br />So, all in all a great thumbs up from me. I actually wish this one had been a bit longer, and that Ben at least got something more to do, though on the other hand it's so unusual for Polly to be the focus and actually did succeed at giving me a far better idea of who this girl is than I ever had before, I suppose there really wasn't as much time to ask the same questions of Ben. <br /><br />Either way, another smasher for the companion chronicles, they definitely seem in gear now and rolling well if my memories of the Mahogony murders and the Magician's oath are to be believed.darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-6523614204050019762013-11-10T04:28:48.596-08:002013-11-10T04:28:48.596-08:00An underrated Tardis team, I've thoroughly enj...An underrated Tardis team, I've thoroughly enjoyed the Companion Chronicles that Polly has narrated. Just wish there were more of them.<br /><br />Something that I'd never really considered before, that if she was early 20's in 1966, then OF COURSE she would have had family members involved in the War. ejays17noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-17945071019926336902012-01-22T02:23:08.044-08:002012-01-22T02:23:08.044-08:00Just finished listening to this tale just over an ...Just finished listening to this tale just over an hour ago (my word it's hard to fall asleep when a story is good!) <br /><br />It's one of those tales that, arguably, probably couldn't be told in 1960s (and if it was, it probably would've been erased by the idiots at the BBC). I did find Ms Wills quite enjoyable to listen to.<br /><br />The only thing that bugged me about it was actually the 'extras' where half the people talking sounded as if they were in different rooms.FredCasdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764226203497022555noreply@blogger.com