2011 TOMS TARDIS AWARD WINNER
The first part of this story has quite a lot of humour, which normally would be an issue for me but in this story I thought it was well placed. I actually like how Nicola Bryant said as Peri that she wasn’t going to do an impression of the Fifth Doctor which and there were several instances. The story sees a chain of events which we see the other side of in the latter half with the Sixth Doctor. The events of the second half see the Sixth Doctor trying to put things right and this is where some of the humour subsides and is replaced by heartbreaking drama. The story mentions a guy that Peri was going to settle down with and he’s portrayed as this nice guy but we learn from the ‘older’ Peri that he’s a bit of a b*****d as she has been involved in some domestic violence which due to Nicola Bryant’s superb performance make’s it even more heart breaking.
Colin Baker is in the unusual position of being the supporting cast member. Probably not since Zagreus nearly 10 years ago has he not being one of the main characters. If I had to pick a fault with this story and this is nit-picking of the highest order here, then it would be weather Baker was needed. That said I suppose that his involvement was needed at the very end when Peri’s story was revealed. Nicola Bryant puts in one of her best performances for quite sometime. It’s not to say that she doesn’t give great performances but this is the first time where she takes centre stage and she shines with some very funny dialogue.
For a long time in this story I wanted the explanation that I had heard this story was going to give about what really happened to Peri at the end of Trial. It was saved to the very last possible moment where it’s explained that people involved in trying to set the Doctor up were planning to assinate Peri. When the new President read over what had happened they thought living with the King was a fate worse than fate worse than death (another funny line). So they decided to do a Jamie and Zoe and wipe her memory and dump her back on Earth. This explanation might seem unoriginal but was handled very well and was a satisfying end to the production. The final few lines were really nice and it was the name of Peri’s show Worrier Queen (as opposed to Warrior Queen). A nice tie in.
PATPP is a highly enjoyable adventure. It’s brilliantly written, superbly acted and everything about it worked. The rest of the Companion Chronicles will have to work hard to beat this because in my mind it’s a very early contender for Best Companion Chronicle at this years Toms Tardis Awards.
- Best Companion Chronicle
The first part of this story has quite a lot of humour, which normally would be an issue for me but in this story I thought it was well placed. I actually like how Nicola Bryant said as Peri that she wasn’t going to do an impression of the Fifth Doctor which and there were several instances. The story sees a chain of events which we see the other side of in the latter half with the Sixth Doctor. The events of the second half see the Sixth Doctor trying to put things right and this is where some of the humour subsides and is replaced by heartbreaking drama. The story mentions a guy that Peri was going to settle down with and he’s portrayed as this nice guy but we learn from the ‘older’ Peri that he’s a bit of a b*****d as she has been involved in some domestic violence which due to Nicola Bryant’s superb performance make’s it even more heart breaking.
Colin Baker is in the unusual position of being the supporting cast member. Probably not since Zagreus nearly 10 years ago has he not being one of the main characters. If I had to pick a fault with this story and this is nit-picking of the highest order here, then it would be weather Baker was needed. That said I suppose that his involvement was needed at the very end when Peri’s story was revealed. Nicola Bryant puts in one of her best performances for quite sometime. It’s not to say that she doesn’t give great performances but this is the first time where she takes centre stage and she shines with some very funny dialogue.
For a long time in this story I wanted the explanation that I had heard this story was going to give about what really happened to Peri at the end of Trial. It was saved to the very last possible moment where it’s explained that people involved in trying to set the Doctor up were planning to assinate Peri. When the new President read over what had happened they thought living with the King was a fate worse than fate worse than death (another funny line). So they decided to do a Jamie and Zoe and wipe her memory and dump her back on Earth. This explanation might seem unoriginal but was handled very well and was a satisfying end to the production. The final few lines were really nice and it was the name of Peri’s show Worrier Queen (as opposed to Warrior Queen). A nice tie in.
PATPP is a highly enjoyable adventure. It’s brilliantly written, superbly acted and everything about it worked. The rest of the Companion Chronicles will have to work hard to beat this because in my mind it’s a very early contender for Best Companion Chronicle at this years Toms Tardis Awards.
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