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Lucie Miller wants to go home for Christmas after a long time travelling with the Doctor, but instead she encounters her beloved Auntie Pat at the site of one of her first adventures with the Doctor back in Series One. When she reaches Blackpool, she's hit by a car, she lapses into a coma and finds herself in a fight for her life.The series draws upon the two previous Auntie Pat stories in am Rock and also the Zygon Who Fell to Earth and the terrible secret that the Doctor and Auntie Pat have kept from her.
The writing is good. The name for the banished Zygons (Zynog was the best you could come up with?) is silly but their concept and execution are great, and work well within the context of the story.
But it's the emotional and relationship issues that drive the story. Helen Lederer turns in a great performance as Auntie Pat and makes the character very real. Jon Glover plays down on his luck Santa that's hit the sauce. He's a great side character who provides some surprises as well as a few laughs.
Paul McGann is great at the Doctor. His care for Lucie shines through with his determination to save her. His performance his touching, as he's willing to risk his life on an insane scheme to save her. He shows his compassionate side at the end even when dealing with the enemy.
But the highlight of the story is Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller. She turns in an amazing performance with a great speech about Christmas at the beginning of the story and then her heartbreaking final scene with the Doctor at the end. This is Lucie Miller at her best and this story is a great example of why Lucie Miller is such a beloved companion, as well as a showcase of how talented Sheridan Smith is. Overall, this is a fantastic production that outshines most of new Who's Christmas specials for sheer quality and its highly recommended.
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Death in Blackpool Doctor Who The Eighth Doctor Adventures 401 Alan Barnes 9781844354016 Books Reviews
Imagine you're in the position to cast a new companion for the Doctor. You're in charge of a company that makes audio adventures. You think back to when you were a nerdy teenager, unable to persuade any member of the opposite sex to join you in your fantasy world. You remember that posh bird who was always very polite but never spent any more time with you than was absolutely necessary. You cast India Fisher as Charley Pollard. Almost by accident, that works out pretty well. Or you remember that mouthy bad girl who repeatedly told you to take a hike. You cast Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller.
Absolutely nothing wrong with Sheridan Smith as an actress but just about everything wrong with the initial conception of the character based on someone's unattainable childhood fantasy figure, rather than on 'companionability'.
It is with some relief, then, that Lucie is finally (or so we're led to believe) offloaded at the end of story one of NEDA IV (which in truth feels more like an inter-season special than a season opener). The story itself spends most of its time desperately digging itself out of the hole dug for it in the excruciating 'The Zygon Who Fell To Earth'. Though it is better than that (it couldn't possibly be worse), 'Death in Blackpool' is boring and overly sentimental with a treacly final conversation (over 'In The Bleak Winter' for heaven's sake) that is truly toe curling. (And the plot is more than a little reminiscent of the BBV story 'The Other Side').
Oh, and one more thing Zynog? I mean, Zynog?!?
Lucie Miller wants to go home for Christmas after a long time travelling with the Doctor, but instead she encounters her beloved Auntie Pat at the site of one of her first adventures with the Doctor back in Series One. When she reaches Blackpool, she's hit by a car, she lapses into a coma and finds herself in a fight for her life.
The series draws upon the two previous Auntie Pat stories in am Rock and also the Zygon Who Fell to Earth and the terrible secret that the Doctor and Auntie Pat have kept from her.
The writing is good. The name for the banished Zygons (Zynog was the best you could come up with?) is silly but their concept and execution are great, and work well within the context of the story.
But it's the emotional and relationship issues that drive the story. Helen Lederer turns in a great performance as Auntie Pat and makes the character very real. Jon Glover plays down on his luck Santa that's hit the sauce. He's a great side character who provides some surprises as well as a few laughs.
Paul McGann is great at the Doctor. His care for Lucie shines through with his determination to save her. His performance his touching, as he's willing to risk his life on an insane scheme to save her. He shows his compassionate side at the end even when dealing with the enemy.
But the highlight of the story is Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller. She turns in an amazing performance with a great speech about Christmas at the beginning of the story and then her heartbreaking final scene with the Doctor at the end. This is Lucie Miller at her best and this story is a great example of why Lucie Miller is such a beloved companion, as well as a showcase of how talented Sheridan Smith is. Overall, this is a fantastic production that outshines most of new Who's Christmas specials for sheer quality and its highly recommended.
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