Helicon Prime is a story that sees the return of Jamie McCrimmon to the Doctor Who series. The character of Jamie was played by Frazer Hines from December 17 1966 to June 21 1969 with a brief appearance in the 1983 story The Five Doctors and also returned alongside Patrick Troughton in the 1985 story The Two Doctors. Frazer Hines is perhaps one of the most well loved characters in Doctor Who partly because of his innocence at not knowing what was going on due to the fact he came from 1746 and also partly because he was willing to engage with the baddies and his loyalty to the Doctor. Helicon Prime is also the first contribution from Jake Elliot and sees the second story to be directed by Nigel Fairs. Something else that is worth noting is that it occurs whilst Victoria is away on her Graphology studies following the story Fury from the Deep. It occurs during the infamous Season 6B which is a weird concept but as long as that isn’t taking to literally then the story is far more enjoyable.
This story is a quite basic who-dun nit and of course it is been solved via Jamie’s eyes. The story has a nice feel to it with a great setting and interesting music to help create a party like atmosphere and gives a greater sense of the relationship that Hines and Troughton had. Elliot has written a story that sees the plot moving at a quick pace. The addition of Suzanne Proctor as Mindy Voir who interacts very well with Hines and they have some really good scenes. It starts off with Voir looking over Jamie who had banged his head on the moors and tries to remember an adventure he had with head which is a fairly loose way of introducing a character but it is still effective.
Frazer Hines is very good in this story. He plays Jamie exactly like he did 40 years ago. What surprised me about this story is how he managed to get Patrick Troughton’s voice more or less spot on. His voice has a nice warm effect and listening to him was a joy. Normally when a companion has to do the Doctor’s voice or another companions then it tends to be a bit of a let down but in this instance it’s the exception rather than the rule. Suzanne Proctor is also very good in this story, the character of Mindy Voir was a nice one. Proctor has a nice voice and it blended in well with Hines’. Jake Elliot has written a very good script that catches the essence of that era in Doctor Who. It is nice when a story is simple in plot terms because it means that you can focus on the other elements of the story and just revel in what is perhaps the best of the Companion Chronicles so far. Hopefully he will be able to get chance to write for the regular series because I think with more time and more characters then he could write a really nice classic Doctor Who story. Either that or write another Companion Chronicle story. Nigel Fairs directs his second story and perhaps takes the advantages of the script and uses it keep the story at such a pace that you never realise how long the story has been going on for and soon it’s the end. Whereas Mother Russia was a fairly complicated story which resulted in the story struggling to get its full potential out, Fairs has managed to push the pace and excitement of this story to the max.
This story is a quite basic who-dun nit and of course it is been solved via Jamie’s eyes. The story has a nice feel to it with a great setting and interesting music to help create a party like atmosphere and gives a greater sense of the relationship that Hines and Troughton had. Elliot has written a story that sees the plot moving at a quick pace. The addition of Suzanne Proctor as Mindy Voir who interacts very well with Hines and they have some really good scenes. It starts off with Voir looking over Jamie who had banged his head on the moors and tries to remember an adventure he had with head which is a fairly loose way of introducing a character but it is still effective.
Frazer Hines is very good in this story. He plays Jamie exactly like he did 40 years ago. What surprised me about this story is how he managed to get Patrick Troughton’s voice more or less spot on. His voice has a nice warm effect and listening to him was a joy. Normally when a companion has to do the Doctor’s voice or another companions then it tends to be a bit of a let down but in this instance it’s the exception rather than the rule. Suzanne Proctor is also very good in this story, the character of Mindy Voir was a nice one. Proctor has a nice voice and it blended in well with Hines’. Jake Elliot has written a very good script that catches the essence of that era in Doctor Who. It is nice when a story is simple in plot terms because it means that you can focus on the other elements of the story and just revel in what is perhaps the best of the Companion Chronicles so far. Hopefully he will be able to get chance to write for the regular series because I think with more time and more characters then he could write a really nice classic Doctor Who story. Either that or write another Companion Chronicle story. Nigel Fairs directs his second story and perhaps takes the advantages of the script and uses it keep the story at such a pace that you never realise how long the story has been going on for and soon it’s the end. Whereas Mother Russia was a fairly complicated story which resulted in the story struggling to get its full potential out, Fairs has managed to push the pace and excitement of this story to the max.
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