Tag Archives: Vicki

Vicki the Mentor Companion

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Companion Tropes 36 We have arrived at the person who I consider to be the most important ever Doctor Who companion, and she is such an unusual character that there isn’t really an existing trope that will fit the bill.  … Continue reading →

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Audience Identification: First Doctor

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Question: who is the audience identification figure or figures in classic Star Trek?  Who is the pudding-brain who has to ask all the inane questions to help the audience along?  Answer: everyone.  Trek had a clever format: everyone was a … Continue reading →

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The Myth Makers

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Roger Pocock

This is not so much a historical Doctor Who story as a mythical one.  Donald Cotton’s approach is to look for the entertaining narrative within history, irrespective of any underlying facts or the lack thereof, and as such he accepts … Continue reading →

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Galaxy 4

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Roger Pocock

On a couple of lovely summer evenings in Nineteen-ninety-something I read the script of Galaxy 4, published by Titan Books.  This was my first experience of the story, and it was an immediate favourite of mine.  I still love the … Continue reading →

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The Time Meddler

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Roger Pocock

The classic series has been enjoyed as individual stories on VHS or DVD for so many years now that it is easy to forget that there were actually season finales right from the start.  Just like a modern series of … Continue reading →

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The Chase

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Roger Pocock

When the Doctor switches on the Time-Space Visualiser, it displays some historical characters, a performance by the Beatles, and then a group of Daleks on their way to kill the Doctor. This extraordinary coincidence really sets the scene for the … Continue reading →

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The Space Museum

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Roger Pocock

So far the second season of Doctor Who has shrunk the Doctor and his companions, taken them to Dalek-occupied London, dumped the Doctor’s granddaughter and picked up a girl from the future who has become his best friend and changed … Continue reading →

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The Crusade

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Has there ever been such a contrast between two adjacent stories?  We have had six weeks without seeing a human face apart from the regulars, and all of a sudden we are thrown into the middle of a Shakespearean costume … Continue reading →

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The Web Planet

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Roger Pocock

The TARDIS is nearly always a safe haven.  Up until this point, only The Edge of Destruction has been the exception to that rule, and that was because it was malfunctioning rather than any outside influence.  We have never yet … Continue reading →

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Journey into Terror

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Roger Pocock

For this Halloween special on The View from the Junkyard we are going to break with tradition and focus on just one individual episode from the classic series: the most Halloweeny episode of them all, Journey into Terror.  This is … Continue reading →

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The Romans

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Understanding what we are watching when we view the Romans depends on a lot of context.  Here are the two most important factors to bear in mind: This is Vicki’s first adventure with the Doctor, and she is the first … Continue reading →

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