Thursday 29 May 2014

Day 188: The Enemy of the World Episode 3

This episode has one of my absolyte favourite supporting characters to appear in Doctor Who: Griffin the Chef. He's a depressive Australian chef, who constantly finds things wrong with the world. He's such a good character because he's able to effectively tell the background to his character and the world that he lives in without going into exposition. He shows that the world has gone badly for him, that Salamander leads an oppressive rule and that people don't necessarily work for him with any degree of choice, by which I mean being forced to choose between a paying job and living on the streets. But the best thing about him is the way in which he deals with the concepts that he's dealt with. A soup that isn't up to scratch leads him to consider that he might be fired, or better yet, shot. But he can't get his hopes up, for they'll probably miss him. It's a fun character and makes this story yet more interesting to see play out.

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