The first story featuring the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn since Pier Pressure at the beginning of the year. We are treated to a story that could pass as one of the best stories of the year. The Nowhere Place was written and directed by the marvellous Nicholas Briggs. A story carries a lot of weight when Nicholas Briggs has his name of the writer and director credits. It’s a far cry from The Sirens of Time (1999) when it was a weak story (compared to today) but nowadays it’s a very strong indication of how the story is going to be.
This story starts of quite simply enough on a starship called the Valiant where the crew having been going mad when they hear a bell. Things step up a gear when the Doctor then follows that bell to 1952 and more precisely a train. The character of Captain Oswin (played by Martha Cope) is a wonderful character because we haven’t had a character like her for quite sometime. The way she talks down to the Doctor without having any fear of retailiation from him is quite refreshing. Cope played the character very well.
The two is split into two halves really with the first two episodes taking place on the spaceship and the second half on the train. It’s the train that has the most action because its about finding the source of the bell. Then the story shifts back to the spaceship which did seem quite odd but ultimately I loved this story so much that it didn’t really matter.
Colin Baker is on usual good form in this story. His distress when Evelyn starts to hear the bell is well acted and shows how strong their relationship is. Baker also has some good scenes at the start with the Captain Oswin character who is the chalk to Baker’s cheese. Maggie Stables is also on very good form and it’s a story of two halves for her. Her role in the story really gets going after she starts hearing the bell, then it’s the drama gets cranked up and Stables plays to that brilliantly.
Once the music played for the final time I thought that this story was a truly superb story. The characters were great and well throughout and the main characters seemed to serve a purpose to the main plot. The execution of the entire story was sound and Nicholas Briggs should be applauded.
This story starts of quite simply enough on a starship called the Valiant where the crew having been going mad when they hear a bell. Things step up a gear when the Doctor then follows that bell to 1952 and more precisely a train. The character of Captain Oswin (played by Martha Cope) is a wonderful character because we haven’t had a character like her for quite sometime. The way she talks down to the Doctor without having any fear of retailiation from him is quite refreshing. Cope played the character very well.
The two is split into two halves really with the first two episodes taking place on the spaceship and the second half on the train. It’s the train that has the most action because its about finding the source of the bell. Then the story shifts back to the spaceship which did seem quite odd but ultimately I loved this story so much that it didn’t really matter.
Colin Baker is on usual good form in this story. His distress when Evelyn starts to hear the bell is well acted and shows how strong their relationship is. Baker also has some good scenes at the start with the Captain Oswin character who is the chalk to Baker’s cheese. Maggie Stables is also on very good form and it’s a story of two halves for her. Her role in the story really gets going after she starts hearing the bell, then it’s the drama gets cranked up and Stables plays to that brilliantly.
Once the music played for the final time I thought that this story was a truly superb story. The characters were great and well throughout and the main characters seemed to serve a purpose to the main plot. The execution of the entire story was sound and Nicholas Briggs should be applauded.
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