Burn wrote:An episode set in the 60's so they're dressing accordingly.
Indeed. I do forget at times how Nu Who does like to toy with different outfits a lot more than Classic used to.
Meanwhile,
I am very backdated with Big Finish. Mostly due to being really forgetful. So with a bit of free time today, I thought I'd listen to a recommended one-off story I bought in a sale:
The basis for the brilliant 9th Doctor episode, Dalek. That and it was initially a 6th Doctor story, was all the foreknowledge I had of this. It is considerably darker than I was expecting. I've heard quite a few BF stories, largely in isolation, at this point. I wasn't expecting a story that matched the tone of Spare Parts to be so readily available. Also, almost as good.
Not a fan of the 6th Doctor. I've only seen him onscreen. Colin Baker's run didn't endear me to him. As I've heard and now appreciate, Big Finish has done much to improve upon his onscreen characterisation. I found him more engaging here, than Davison's 5th Doctor in Spare Parts. His companion not being Peri, did catch me off guard. Evelyn is actually a really counterpart to 6. There is something between the two of them that mirrors the dynamic between Barbara and the 1st Doctor. Which I think would have worked a lot better onscreen than Peri's "relationship".
This is a really messed up storyline. Not just on the overt danger of a Dalek invasion. But musing on the consequences of "what happens after" the Doctor saves the day. The part the show normally skips over. It gets suitably timey-wimey by part three. Which, to it's credit, leaves the listener to connect the dots without explaining itself via exposition.
Now for the hot take: I'm not really a fan of Daleks. I'm the Cybermen fan. I "get" them. I don't really have a similar vibe for Davros' Nazi-allegory pepper pots. That said, this is probably the first Dalek story since it's onscreen adaptation, that I really enjoyed. It's a 9/10 for me.