As famous, the Doctor and his companions by no means actually stopped to grieve Adric. This story basically provides them area to take action correctly. Davison and Fielding, after years working collectively and loads of sardonic DVD commentaries, are a very good pairing for this given the occasions of ‘Earthshock’ and Tegan’s tearful departure in ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’.
Jamie and Zoe
Jamie (Fraser Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) travelled with the Second Doctor till his pressured regeneration by the Time Lords. Their reminiscences of all however their first journey with the Doctor have been wiped, leaving their TARDIS travels as a set of phantom reminiscences, one thing there however past their attain.
Jamie and Zoe have been a superb TARDIS workforce. Jamie was a fiercely loyal buddy, barely put out by Zoe’s outright genius. Zoe was extremely intelligent however that was off-putting to her friends. They each discovered a house within the TARDIS with a Doctor who was an ideal foil for each of them, and each actors may very well be speaking about Patrick Troughton as a lot because the Doctor right here.
One unhappy cause for selecting Jamie and Zoe right here is just that no different Second Doctor TARDIS crew survives in its entirety. Nonetheless there are good story causes for selecting them: Jamie is ready to reminisce about Victoria in order that the late Deborah Watling is represented, for one. And, after all, their memory-wipe destiny in ‘The War Games’ (1969) is a deeply poignant one. I’m positive followers have been intrigued to see the way it was addressed. ‘The Mind Robber’ is a powerful selection for them, not least as a result of it all the time has that tantalising chance that Doctor Who by no means really left that story.
The Sixth Doctor and Peri
The Sixth Doctor was solely seen travelling with Mel (Bonnie Langford) for six episodes and she or he left after he regenerated. This, plus the style of her departure, meant Peri was the apparent pairing. Peri was being operated on to have an alien’s mind put into her physique when the Doctor was taken out of time at the beginning of ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’ (1986), and the Doctor initially believed she had been killed. Indeed, this was the unique intention, however producer John Nathan-Turner modified it on the final minute so she survived and married a warrior King performed by Brian Blessed.
Given the Sixth Doctor and Peri’s relationship, it’s an, eh, fascinating option to give attention to what occurred to Peri after this, however maybe this sequence is a part of too celebratory an occasion to delve into the tough edges of Eighties Doctor Who.
