paulopaperbooksonly's review
2.0
Fear of the Daleks - The Companions 2
Second Doctor, "Almost no" Jamie McCrimmon & Zoe
Zoey Harriot is telling someone about her dreams. She tells him about the first time she met the Daleks with the Doctor and Jamie. This story involves mind control technology. Supposedly she was controlled by an ally of the Daleks and her mission was to kill one of two presidents in peace conference. With the help of the Doctor and the redemption of that ally they thwart the plans of the Daleks.
Basically this is a very straightforward tale with worthy mention to Zoey. Jamie is almost non-existent and the funny doctor (I think that the Second Doctor is a funny one).
Worth of hearing? I don't think so. There are so much better out there.
Second Doctor, "Almost no" Jamie McCrimmon & Zoe
Zoey Harriot is telling someone about her dreams. She tells him about the first time she met the Daleks with the Doctor and Jamie. This story involves mind control technology. Supposedly she was controlled by an ally of the Daleks and her mission was to kill one of two presidents in peace conference. With the help of the Doctor and the redemption of that ally they thwart the plans of the Daleks.
Basically this is a very straightforward tale with worthy mention to Zoey. Jamie is almost non-existent and the funny doctor (I think that the Second Doctor is a funny one).
Worth of hearing? I don't think so. There are so much better out there.
nwhyte's review
Fear of the Daleks has Wendy Padbury reprising her role as Zoe, telling her therapist about these weird dreams of Daleks and the Doctor she has been having. There is a real poignancy in Zoe having had her mind wiped by the Time Lords at the end of The War Games, and so forgetting all of her adventures with the Doctor; and the framing narrative takes that and uses it rather well. Unfortunately I think Peter Anghelides already did it better, and the narrative which is actually framed is a confused one of half-fish-shaped scientists and Daleks, with Nicholas Briggs as ever giving it his all, but it didn't quite hang together for me. Good for Wendy Padbury who does a fantastic performance with less than fantastic material, and there is a real poignancy in her line about being young again.
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