"It's silly."

[usuallyhats]

I finished watching Fury from the Deep last night. A few brief thoughts on it, mostly about Victoria:

- There was a foam fight and the BBC burned it? FORSHAME.

- It is always unsettling when you are watching a recon and it suddenly starts to move. Not least because chances are what's coming up was Too Scary For Australia.

- Yay, sonic screwdriver! Being used as an actual screwdriver, and then being rendered totally unnecessary by Victoria's lock picking skills. Oh, Victoria. Don't leave!

- I did think her departure was nicely handled, though. She had some lovely scenes with Jamie, especially that last one. I loved how considerate the Doctor was of her feelings and choices, and how he hid how upset he really was at her departure. "I was fond of her too, you know, Jamie." It was a good choice to save half of the last episode for the winding down scenes, though seeing the Doctor sitting around eating a celebratory tea was a bit strange - he's usually sloped off by that point!

- Oh, that last shot of her on the beach, all forlorn. :( I will miss her.

- I keep hearing Victoria's departure referred to as an adoption, and I must admit I don't see that. She's just staying with the Harrises while she gets her bearings and decides what she's going to do next, surely? I want to know what happened to her after that. Has anyone seen/read Downtime? Is it worth tracking down?

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I've both seen AND read Downtime - I can lend you both the video and the novel if you're interested. I say both because the two are quite different. The novel is far more satisfying in terms of narrative structure and pace, and character development.

(I've only read Fury - didn't both trying to track down the recon)

[usuallyhats]

Ooo, that would be great, thanks!

It's quite a good recon, I'd recommend it - there's lots of telesnaps and quite a few clips surviving, and they've put in some stock footage and a little cgi bit too.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Welcome. I'll try and get to the PO with it next week - and your books - I should return them at the same time, really!

I'll have to track Fury down at some stage...

[usuallyhats]

Thanks! And no hurry, whenever you get round to it is fine! :)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Okie-doke!

[nwhyte]

Yes, I've seen Downtime. Victoria's not actually all that brilliant in it; but it has Sarah Jane and the Brigadier, and John Leeson (though not playing K9). I don't know of any on-line sourcing - I had to buy a rather poor quality videotape off eBay.

[usuallyhats]

That's a shame, but hopefully the Brig and Sarah will make up for it!

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

I love Victoria's depature so much. It really is the only time the Doctor has ever stuck around around after a companion decided to leave to make sure that she really had made up her mind. I think it says so much about him and his relationship with her. I mean, he pushes Susan out the door, but he stays a whole extra day for Victoria. It's just so wonderfully sad, as is the little scene between her and Jamie up on the roof. Sigh~

Downtime was really something of a let down for me. Worth watching as a fan of Classic Who, but not necessarily for Victoria's sake.

[usuallyhats]

The Doctor's so gentle and sweet with her, it's lovely. It's obvious how much he cares about her and respects her.

That's a shame. I had a quick look at the plot summary on wikipedia and thought that might be the case.

[infinitejoys.livejournal.com]

Oh God, Victoria's departure made me cry the first time I watched it. That scene with Jamie! And the Doctor! Sigh. I'm such a sap.

I Googled Downtime in hopes of finding a torrent (which I did), but I also found a link to a YouTube user who put it up a few hours ago (which is...really weird, as far as coincidences go). Here's (http://www.youtube.com/user/humphries2004) the profile.

[usuallyhats]

Me too. Oh Victoria :( She's so torn and it breaks my heart.

Thanks for the youtube link, that is a strange coincidence... persiflage_1's offered to lend me her copy, but I've bookmarked it for the future!

[wils.livejournal.com]

Was wondering where you got a copy of Fury From The Deep from? I only have the crackly audio version.