Peri-Peri
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« on: October 10, 2011, 11:37:02 am » |
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Susan Foreman was the Doctor's granddaughter. After landing on Earth for repairs to the TARDIS, Susan enrolled at Coal Hill School in Shoreditch where her advanced knowledge of history and science attract the attention of schoolteachers Barbara and Ian. Attempting to solve the mystery of the "unearthly child," Ian and Barbara follow Susan back to the junkyard, where they hear her voice coming from what appears to be a police box. When they investigate further, they discover that the police box exterior hides the much larger interior of the TARDIS, and are whisked away on an adventure in time and space with the Doctor and Susan, against their will. Susan continued to travel with the Doctor and her two teachers until the 1964 serial, The Dalek Invasion of Earth. During the events of that story, Susan falls in love with David Campbell, a young freedom fighter in the 22nd century. However, Susan feels that she has to stay with and take care of her grandfather. The Doctor, realizing that Susan is now a grown woman and deserves a future away from him, locks her out of the TARDIS and leaves after a tearful farewell. Susan displayed less knowledge about the workings of the TARDIS than her grandfather and was even naive to dangers that existed on the planets they visited. Also while she showed knowledge beyond earth science she did not display the advanced knowledge that was seen in other people of Gallifrey. Although it has never been explicitly established whether she can regenerate (though it is usually assumed that she can), she does display telepathic ability on occasion.
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It eats you, starting with your bottom
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2011, 01:35:00 pm » |
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I usually quite like Susan, but for me she was the weak link in this story. All of them put in strong performances and the writing was fine, but there is just something I find really annoying about the character every time I watch it. I think its the whining to be honest.
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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2011, 01:40:48 pm » |
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Susan going bonkers with the scissors though is an awesome scene!
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2011, 12:51:58 am » |
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Susan seemed to be the one most affected by the weird goings-on, and vacilated between trying to patch things up and going loopy (she was great at being loopy). I liked her in this - although the less said the better about her fall when the console attacked her.
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Peri-Peri
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2011, 07:16:35 pm » |
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Susan going bonkers with the scissors though is an awesome scene!
That's one of my favourite scenes. She played crazy very well
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2011, 01:50:47 pm » |
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I think sometimes the acting with Susan was a bit naff, but in this story I really enjoyed it. When she went all mental with the scissors it wasn't overdone or hammed up, I really thought she might just kill someone. I'm not Susans biggest fan by any means but I did enjoy her in this.
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« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2011, 12:37:07 pm » |
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Although I think she put in a good performance, for the most part I found the character to be quite annoying in this story. I generally find Susan a bit hit and miss anyway though
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