Classic!Who s6—The Invasion

[flowsoffire]

Quick-ish review this time because I don't have that much to say. It was pretty cool to see the Brigadier again, along with UNIT—the upbeat UNIT theme was quite enjoyable :) Villain-wise, Vaughn was pretty one-dimensional and megalomaniac but it was still interesting seeing his dynamic with the second-in-command Packer (Packer first being the ruthless and sadistic employee, but then he starts feeling anxious and out of his depth when he sees Vaughn growing too full of himself and out of control). Also interesting seeing Vaughn and the Doctor having to cooperate against the Cybermen at the end, and Vaughn refusing to help out of any goodness or sense of pity, but doing so out of hate for the Cybermen who destroyed his vision…

The character of Isobel was fun, seemingly girly and a bit air-headed at first glance but she was also willful and had some potential. I liked her making Zoe pose for her photos with a boa, the girls together were nice ;) There were a few girl-power moments besides, with Isobel cutting the Brigadier down to side for making a "bigoted, anti-feminist, cretinous remark." "Oh you—you man"—I died at that :D And of course, Zoe saved the day twice with her super-brain. Her messing up the bad guys' computers and figuring out how to destroy the whole Cyberman fleet were just epic. Zoeeee! ♥

Besides, Jamie clung to the Doctor a lot, Cybermen looked ridiculous a few times, lines were fun :D No news there.

Speaking of fun lines:

Isobel to Zoe after the latter fucked up the baddies' computer: "Hey, don't you think we better get out of here before somebody gets annoyed?"

Jamie to Two: "You know something? You're a clever wee chap."

Jamie: "What happens if they get the lift going before we get to the top?"
Two: "Oh, that's simple."
Jamie: "What?"
Two: "We get squashed."

UNIT guy about Zoe: "Can't we keep her on, sir? She's much prettier than a computer."

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[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Jamie: "What happens if they get the lift going before we get to the top?"
Two: "Oh, that's simple."
Jamie: "What?"
Two: "We get squashed."

Oh, well. That's...pleasant. *smacks my forehead* Oh, Doctor...you aren't very good at being comforting sometimes...

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*CACKLES* I love how the Doctor goes all 'Captain Obvious'sometimes, lol!!

*HUGS*

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Oh yes a real classic and Zoe was one of my faves from that period.

[thisbluespirit]

Zoe defeating the Cybermen's fleet is just awesome. :-) I think this is the story we first meet Benton in, too, isn't it?

Btw, I see you're enjoying the Jamie-Zoe-Doctor dynamic (it's wonderful, isn't it?) - have you ever read LilacFree's Transit of Venus? It's a lovely look at them, probably the ultimate non-sexual OT3 fic. (Though it does refer to The War Games at the end, so depending on what you know about that, you might want to save it till you reach the end of that.)