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« on: August 07, 2011, 01:41:29 am »


Ian Chesterton was one of Susan Foreman's teachers at Coal Hill School, London. He was intrigued by her advanced scientific knowledge, and in talking with another of her teachers, Barbara Wright, found that he was not the only person who had noticed the strange knowledge of this pupil. One evening, as school was finishing, Ian and Barbara decided to follow Susan home. They were concerned about her, and curious. When they saw Susan enter I.M. Foreman's junkyard in Totter's Lane, the two school teachers became more concerned for her safety. Following her inside the yard, the two discovered a police box sitting incongruously among the junk. When they discovered that Susan was inside, they barged their way in and Ian discovered something he could not believe.

Ian provides the series with an action-oriented figure, able to perform the physical tasks that the elderly Doctor can not. His concern, above all, is for the safety of the TARDIS crew, and in the early stories he often takes issue with the Doctor's habit of placing the group in harm's way just to satisfy his own curiosity. The chemistry between Barbara and himself is also evident, although the nature of their relationship is never made explicit in the television series.

Ian shows a surprising breadth of skills throughout his tenure with the Doctor. He manages to create fire, rides a horse, knows how to fight with swords and is knowledgeable about pressure points that can paralyze an opponent. He is also fiercely protective of Barbara, going on a lone mission to rescue her from Saracens in The Crusade. In that story, he is also knighted by King Richard I of England as "Sir Ian of Jaffa". After many travels, Ian and Barbara eventually use a Dalek time machine to get home, albeit two years after their disappearance.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2011, 01:47:20 pm »

I always like Ian, but for me he felt like a bit of a spare part in this story
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2011, 10:34:55 am »

I'd have to agree. Though I would say that this is one of very few occasions where his character feels like a bit of an add on
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2011, 06:03:02 pm »

I don't think he was a spare part here. There wasn't a lot of story to go around really and the focus was more on Vicki and Bennet for the larger part, but I think Ian was as active as he ever is in this one
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2011, 07:00:38 pm »

Yes, I think Ian was fine for a story that wasn't particularly focused on him.
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2011, 02:36:45 pm »

Considering the length of the story and where the focus was, I think Ian was used well enough here. He didn't feel like a spare part to me
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2011, 03:11:24 pm »

Me neither - ok he didn't get to go off & do his own thing in this story, but it is a very short one. He was good at what he did have.
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2011, 11:47:26 am »

Perhaps I was a little quick to say spare part. It's just that even with the size and length of the story, to me he seemed to take more of a backseat than the others
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2011, 06:10:25 pm »

I thought he was fine. He didn't have a lot to do, but it wasn't as if he was hanging around for a 6 episode run standing in the background. It was only 2 episodes after all
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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2011, 11:18:22 am »

In the stories leading up to this Ian had never really taken a backseat, so even if he had in this I don't think it would have been too much of a big deal. There is no point writing loads of stuff for someone to say or do if it doesnt advance the story in any way
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« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2011, 07:44:29 pm »

He still manages to look handsome and dashing so that's enough for me Tongue
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