Sara Kingdom is baaaaack...
Nov. 14th, 2008 04:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceebee_eebee...so hide your Daleks. I downloaded this month's companion chronicle, Home Truths, last night and it took me a little while to figure out what I thought of it. Hence, the delayed review. In a non-spoilery thought, I have developed a massive crush on Lisa Bowerman's voice.* She was the director of this audio and was part of the special features interview at the end. The second she begins speaking I'm like a dog when you rub its belly and its back foot starts shaking. I think I might even drool on myself a bit. It's unseemly.
It was interesting. The conceit they used in order to bring Sara back (as we all know she was killed off at the end of The Daleks Master Plan) was pretty damn cool so I am totally not going to spoil that for you even if you ask me nicely. Otherwise, it was, as Lisa Bowerman stated, a ghost story. Slow, and mostly carried by the creepy atmosphere. Jean Marsh is excellent as always and I thought her Doctor was quite good. She definitely captured the essence of Hartnell's tone and delivery. But really, that's all it was. A ghost story. My favorite companion chronicles are the ones that offer some new insight into the relationship between the Doctor and that particular companion, or the ones that seem to perfectly capture the era. This didn't quite do that for me.
The one bit I really DID love was when Sara was saying how much the Doctor hated to appear foolish. She likened it to a cat being caught doing something clumsy. That's just a brilliant description of the Doctor. Particularly the First Doctor.
So, there you have it. Not bad but certainly not great.
*That isn't to say she's not pretty, because she is. But I've only ever seen a few pictures of her and have never actually SEEN her speaking. So I have a lot of trouble connecting that image to her sexy-as-hell voice or her insanely brilliant portrayal of Benny.
It was interesting. The conceit they used in order to bring Sara back (as we all know she was killed off at the end of The Daleks Master Plan) was pretty damn cool so I am totally not going to spoil that for you even if you ask me nicely. Otherwise, it was, as Lisa Bowerman stated, a ghost story. Slow, and mostly carried by the creepy atmosphere. Jean Marsh is excellent as always and I thought her Doctor was quite good. She definitely captured the essence of Hartnell's tone and delivery. But really, that's all it was. A ghost story. My favorite companion chronicles are the ones that offer some new insight into the relationship between the Doctor and that particular companion, or the ones that seem to perfectly capture the era. This didn't quite do that for me.
The one bit I really DID love was when Sara was saying how much the Doctor hated to appear foolish. She likened it to a cat being caught doing something clumsy. That's just a brilliant description of the Doctor. Particularly the First Doctor.
So, there you have it. Not bad but certainly not great.
*That isn't to say she's not pretty, because she is. But I've only ever seen a few pictures of her and have never actually SEEN her speaking. So I have a lot of trouble connecting that image to her sexy-as-hell voice or her insanely brilliant portrayal of Benny.
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on 2008-11-14 10:27 pm (UTC)I did like Jean Marsh's idea of coming back as one of the other characters she played!
But I agree, good but not great.
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on 2008-11-15 01:12 am (UTC)no subject
on 2008-11-16 05:21 am (UTC)