It really should, shouldn't it? Drop everything, world, until a time and place of my choosing. :D
It's a really good one, The Aztecs, obviously with many of the caveats regarding the approach to that kind of thing in that era. As you say, all of the characters get a chance to shine in different ways. The relationship between One and Barbara is front and centre again, which is always good and interesting. And yes, Ian clearly has skills. I like to think he was a cook in the army and picked it all up from paying really close attention in basic training and then helping out in school games as you say, although I'm sure if any official or semi-official media ever filled out his backstory it would turn out he was in the SAS infiltrating behind Red Chinese lines in Korea or something. If he's the same age as William Russell irl (I agree, though, he's probably meant to be a bit younger) he could even have been in WW2 - that might actually be 19-year-old Ian in The Great Escape...! He just looked twenty years older (I can't remember if his character is one of the ones the Germans shoot at the end - but even so, Ian has survived all sorts of allegedly non-survivable things in his time with the Doctor).
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Date: 2023-11-22 08:37 pm (UTC)It's a really good one, The Aztecs, obviously with many of the caveats regarding the approach to that kind of thing in that era. As you say, all of the characters get a chance to shine in different ways. The relationship between One and Barbara is front and centre again, which is always good and interesting. And yes, Ian clearly has skills. I like to think he was a cook in the army and picked it all up from paying really close attention in basic training and then helping out in school games as you say, although I'm sure if any official or semi-official media ever filled out his backstory it would turn out he was in the SAS infiltrating behind Red Chinese lines in Korea or something. If he's the same age as William Russell irl (I agree, though, he's probably meant to be a bit younger) he could even have been in WW2 - that might actually be 19-year-old Ian in The Great Escape...! He just looked twenty years older (I can't remember if his character is one of the ones the Germans shoot at the end - but even so, Ian has survived all sorts of allegedly non-survivable things in his time with the Doctor).