tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post5421979526407895821..comments2024-03-15T00:14:51.739-07:00Comments on Classical Gallifrey: Serial 144: Mindwarp - The Trial of a Time Lord Part IIGungaDinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571959874070196405noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-24644207154565818202014-11-13T01:02:43.123-08:002014-11-13T01:02:43.123-08:00I can't say that I particularly liked Peri, I ...I can't say that I particularly liked Peri, I just felt contempt the whole time. While the authors said it wasn't meant this way, you get the feeling that she was abused by her stepfather, because Camileon reflects the way she sees him and he is very creepy there. And the way she actually fled him, risking her life. She only got into worse and worse situations. She couldn't know where she is and was confronted with that extremely creepy entity that fluctuated between a creepy android, her creepy stepfather with bad intentions and the master. She barely came to knew her host, the nice fifth Doctor, but right there in here next adventure was in quickly in the hand of the next abusive, creepy person that only viewed her as an object of his desires, and this became a running theme of her time on the show. And just at the end of that episode she was confronted with the worst incarnation of all the Doctors who definitly abused her.<br /><br />You can hear it in her voice (and I hope that is acting) and the way she reacts when she is yelled at (flinging her hands before here face, an instinctual reaction to prevent the face from being hurt by the expected violence). She made the impression of a deeply broken woman with any sense of self worth completely destroyed (which at least explains why she put up with the kind of treatment six gave her).<br /><br />I'm not the only one who interpreted her character this way either, as the expended universe (according to the Tardis Wikia) ran with it and explored it further.<br /><br />And in a way even the show and many viewers took part in exploiting her as primary eye candy without any real characterization needed. Don't get me wrong, I didn't have any problems with eg. Leela showing much skin and the people that enjoyed that, because Leela dressed that way as an expression of herself, while, if Peri was a real person that would be all about craving for a bit of positive attention.SarahAndrea Roycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627581196855835529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-57145515737867015932010-12-24T19:00:55.387-08:002010-12-24T19:00:55.387-08:00I was actually quite surprised how much I ended up...I was actually quite surprised how much I ended up really enjoying it. Apologies for the coarse language and all. It just kinda came out and I'm kinda sick of Eric Saward.<br /><br />I do, in fact, plan on reviewing The Two Doctors, and (in the current plan-scheme of things) it should be discussed early next November. The plan is to do all serials by the end and I already have an order laid out and everything.<br /><br />But yes. The short answer is yes.GungaDinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571959874070196405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789262377783653415.post-81000256204170863662010-12-23T23:49:35.405-08:002010-12-23T23:49:35.405-08:00I really love this story. I found your review a bi...I really love this story. I found your review a bit painful to read in places, but it is important to keep being critical and demand the best from those making the show.<br /><br />Are you going to review The Two Doctors at some point? I would be interested to see what you make of that one.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.com