Day 95: Counter Plot

It is perhaps now worth mentioning our new companion, Sara Kingdom. She's been created as a response to programmes like The Avengers, with their fighting heroines who aren't content with just screaming. And, in order to show this, one of her first actions in the series is to kill Bret Vyon, under the belief that he is a traitor. Which is one way to make an entrance, I suppose. And so this episode then has two functions: to put the Doctor and Steven in Dalek based peril for them to escape from, and to make Sara more likable. This is achieved through pitting her against Steven, probably the most headstrong companion we've seen so far, a man who has witnessed Katarina, someone who he was in care of, die before his eyes, and he is going to ensure that she sees sense, because he needs her to, if they are going to survive. And through this, she is able to slowly realise what has been happening, but she still continues to fight, not wishing to believe the truth of what she did. Because Bret Vyon, the man she killed, was her brother, and she desperately needs to believe that he was killed for a greater good, and not to further the Daleks' conquest. Through all of this, we are able to warm to Sara, we are able to see that she is an interesting character, and someone who we want to see more of. And on top of all that, we are able to appreciate the fact that we haven't got another mistake like Katarina,mthis companion has a degree of potential.