More Doctor Who Audios: Project Lazarus
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eve11So yesterday I listened to Project: Lazarus, which is a story split between the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn, and the Seventh Doctor. It's also a sequel to Project: Twilight.
I liked this one a lot. The first 2 parts had a good number of villains and peril and betrayals and evil and action. And a lovely starting scene between the Doctor and Evelyn too :) I felt bad for poor Cassie-- if the Doctor had left me frozen and hungry in Norway and not come back for a few years, I'd've gone crazy too. Nimrod is his usual evil horrible self, and of course they lure the Doctor in and then try to force him to regenerate. *shudders* That scene, interspersed between Cassie's reawakenning from Artemis, was really well done. And I thought the last scenes between Evelyn and the Doctor (end of part 2) were just heartwrenching. The Doctor doesn't always win, Cassie pays the price. The Doctor pleading outside Evelyn's door is something I don't think you'd ever see TV!Six do-- it really made me feel for him.
Then on to parts 3 and 4 where things get really dark and gruesome, but yet also awesome. I think this is one of Sylvester McCoy's best scripts AND one of his better performances too, that I've listened to, because I found myself actually actively liking him in this, which is not my usual reaction to Seven. Of course he wasn't fooled by fake!Six (neither was I), but neither was he (or I) prepared for the lengths and awful depths of strung-out failure that the horde of Six!Clones represented. I loved how the Seventh Doctor was so unfazed, practical, hypnotic and machiavellian in this one-- I loved his casual downplay of meeting a former self he knew wasn't really him, and his detachment at the Six!Clone's disfigurement ("I'm quite certain I never lost an arm."). And I loved the scene between him and Fake!Six in the medbay.
Speaking of Fake!Six, holy cow, did Colin Baker outdo himself in this one. He was flipping fantastic, and managed to play a clone playing the Doctor and in a short lifespan, coming into his own. The Lazarus project was unspeakably gruesome and macabre, even just in audio. And the Six!Clone's pure, unbridled rage at Nimrod at the end was a sight to behold-- or erm, a sound to behear-- he knew he was dying, was worth nothing and truthfully had had nothing more than mere days of life, and it was a miserable life but he made it fucking count for something. Good for him-- I was cheering him on when Nimrod was bating him, and he turned around and was like "Do you think I'm afraid of you??!!" Hell yeah, there's a manic Six at the end of the line for you. Wow. And then of course we get the coda, because Nimrod always survives. When the last bit came on I pounded the steering wheel and yelled, "Oh, you bastard!" at Nimrod. Probably the other cars around me were a little confused.
But oh yeah, at any rate, this one goes on my list of favorites.
I liked this one a lot. The first 2 parts had a good number of villains and peril and betrayals and evil and action. And a lovely starting scene between the Doctor and Evelyn too :) I felt bad for poor Cassie-- if the Doctor had left me frozen and hungry in Norway and not come back for a few years, I'd've gone crazy too. Nimrod is his usual evil horrible self, and of course they lure the Doctor in and then try to force him to regenerate. *shudders* That scene, interspersed between Cassie's reawakenning from Artemis, was really well done. And I thought the last scenes between Evelyn and the Doctor (end of part 2) were just heartwrenching. The Doctor doesn't always win, Cassie pays the price. The Doctor pleading outside Evelyn's door is something I don't think you'd ever see TV!Six do-- it really made me feel for him.
Then on to parts 3 and 4 where things get really dark and gruesome, but yet also awesome. I think this is one of Sylvester McCoy's best scripts AND one of his better performances too, that I've listened to, because I found myself actually actively liking him in this, which is not my usual reaction to Seven. Of course he wasn't fooled by fake!Six (neither was I), but neither was he (or I) prepared for the lengths and awful depths of strung-out failure that the horde of Six!Clones represented. I loved how the Seventh Doctor was so unfazed, practical, hypnotic and machiavellian in this one-- I loved his casual downplay of meeting a former self he knew wasn't really him, and his detachment at the Six!Clone's disfigurement ("I'm quite certain I never lost an arm."). And I loved the scene between him and Fake!Six in the medbay.
Speaking of Fake!Six, holy cow, did Colin Baker outdo himself in this one. He was flipping fantastic, and managed to play a clone playing the Doctor and in a short lifespan, coming into his own. The Lazarus project was unspeakably gruesome and macabre, even just in audio. And the Six!Clone's pure, unbridled rage at Nimrod at the end was a sight to behold-- or erm, a sound to behear-- he knew he was dying, was worth nothing and truthfully had had nothing more than mere days of life, and it was a miserable life but he made it fucking count for something. Good for him-- I was cheering him on when Nimrod was bating him, and he turned around and was like "Do you think I'm afraid of you??!!" Hell yeah, there's a manic Six at the end of the line for you. Wow. And then of course we get the coda, because Nimrod always survives. When the last bit came on I pounded the steering wheel and yelled, "Oh, you bastard!" at Nimrod. Probably the other cars around me were a little confused.
But oh yeah, at any rate, this one goes on my list of favorites.
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Date: 2008-03-04 03:50 pm (UTC)PS. You've made me want to go home right now and listen to this one again.
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Date: 2008-03-04 04:08 pm (UTC)Also, I have Thicker than Water lined up in the queue, which has both Mel and Evelyn in it, and so I am looking forward to it. And I need to re-listen to AfW (and the parts that I didn't get to) so I can listen to that one :)
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