Once again, Dodo seems to be showing more insight into the situation than Steven, or at least more skepticism. And yet Steven calls her stupid, which never felt right for me. Although exasperated by her, Steven is very fond of Dodo, to the point that, of all the female companions he's travelled with, she's the one I tend to ship him with.
So before we had DoctorDonna, we had...this. Indeed. And I think the actor did a great job as DoctorJano, with all of Hartnell's mannerisms (at least the voice, since it's all that was saved) perfectly reproduced.
That must be what Nentari meant by "the most heartbreaking piece of surviving footage ever." Awwwww ;___;Indeed it was. :( Dodo crying and Steven's face as he looks back kill me. I think Dodo's departure would have been much more satisfying if she had decided to stay with him, rather than what we got in the next serial - but sadly Jackie Lane still had two more episodes in her contract and the powers that be decided to fulfill that minuciously
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I can understand and support Steven/Dodo, especially considering her reaction to him leaving. It seems to have a much greater impact on a companion departure when you get to see the reactions of other companions (Dodo here, Nyssa and Tegan when Adric dies, Tegan when Nyssa leaves, etc. Vicki when Ian and Barbara left was a bit different because she was happy for them that they got home safely).
Oh man...so many props to DoctorJano. That was amazing work.
I'd read somewhere that there had been plans for a sequel story when the Doctor goes back and finds that Steven has become a tyrant, but it didn't happen for some reason or another.
As tamlover mentions below, Dodo's age is usually the reason why some people don't like the thought of shipping her and Steven, while the very popular theory that she's his descendant (as it can be implied that he slept with Anne Chaplet in The Massacre and got her pregnant) also squicks some people. However, if you put those two aside there's a lot going on for Steven/Dodo, particularly, as you say, her reaction to his departure. Click here if you want to see the tracklist for a Steven/Dodo mix I made last year; the link to the mix is long gone (though I have no trouble re-uploading any of my mixes if people ask for them) but you can see from these little paragraphs I wrote in between lyrics quotes my interpretation of that pairing.
I'd read somewhere that there had been plans for a sequel story when the Doctor goes back and finds that Steven has become a tyrant, but it didn't happen for some reason or another.I'm glad it didn't. I like to keep my mental image of a future Doctor playing matchmaker and getting the two of them together again
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Well, at some point they have to spend the night at the apothecary shop, and this lead to many fans thinking, "Oh, they so did it at that point!" In the novelization, however, they sleep at the cemetery, each of them hiding in a different empty vault, and since that's the version of the story I'm familiar with, that's where my mind goes to usually when I think of ways Anne could be Dodo's ancestor - plus in the novelization Anne has a brother, Raoul, which provides another explanation why the surname "Chaplet" could have survived (i.e., Dodo descending from Raoul rather than Anne, but that still working as evidence enough that Anne had survived the massacre since she would have had to warn her relatives if they were to escape in time). However, the thought of Steven getting Anne pregnant doesn't make Steven/Dodo squicky in my mind - after all, enough centuries have passed to make the family link diluted enough (plus Aragon and Arwen in Lord of the Rings have a similar family link and nobody complains).
Same here. He seemed protective of her, but I like that he is that way about people - that he cares about them. I saw a similar thing with Katarina when he was half-dead.
Let me also say, even without the age difference, I don't think I'd ship Steven and Dodo. I just don't see any indication of romantic interest on the part of either of them. But then I'm a freak who doesn't ship any of the classic Doctors with their companions - I really do not see any indication of romantic interest there with any of them, bar possibly one comment for Romana being interested and the Doctor unresponsive. I even think Sarah Jane's feelings are big retcon.
And yet Steven calls her stupid, which never felt right for me. Although exasperated by her, Steven is very fond of Dodo, to the point that, of all the female companions he's travelled with, she's the one I tend to ship him with.
So before we had DoctorDonna, we had...this.
Indeed. And I think the actor did a great job as DoctorJano, with all of Hartnell's mannerisms (at least the voice, since it's all that was saved) perfectly reproduced.
That must be what Nentari meant by "the most heartbreaking piece of surviving footage ever." Awwwww ;___;Indeed it was. :( Dodo crying and Steven's face as he looks back kill me. I think Dodo's departure would have been much more satisfying if she had decided to stay with him, rather than what we got in the next serial - but sadly Jackie Lane still had two more episodes in her contract and the powers that be decided to fulfill that minuciously ( ... )
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Oh man...so many props to DoctorJano. That was amazing work.
I'd read somewhere that there had been plans for a sequel story when the Doctor goes back and finds that Steven has become a tyrant, but it didn't happen for some reason or another.
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I'd read somewhere that there had been plans for a sequel story when the Doctor goes back and finds that Steven has become a tyrant, but it didn't happen for some reason or another.I'm glad it didn't. I like to keep my mental image of a future Doctor playing matchmaker and getting the two of them together again ( ... )
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Let me also say, even without the age difference, I don't think I'd ship Steven and Dodo. I just don't see any indication of romantic interest on the part of either of them. But then I'm a freak who doesn't ship any of the classic Doctors with their companions - I really do not see any indication of romantic interest there with any of them, bar possibly one comment for Romana being interested and the Doctor unresponsive. I even think Sarah Jane's feelings are big retcon.
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