One of the great things about Dragonfire is the character of Belazs. She joined the villain Kane as one of his henchmen, in part because she was young and in love with him. But then she matured, and realised what a foolish mistake she had made, but she was now stuck working with him for the rest of her life. Her story is tragic, and well crafted, but the problem is that we don't get to spend too much time on it. Hints are made towards it in Part 1, before it's fully fleshed out in Part 2. she then enacts a plan of revenge on Kane, only for it to fail, whereupon he kills her. It's dealt with so quickly that I feel as if I wish that more time were spent with the character, in particular as Patricia Quinn portrays her so well, and she is well-written by Ian Briggs. It's also a sign that Doctor Who is maturing, going for characters that have far more morally complex lives than just generic good guy or bad guy. It's something that will be explored far more over the rest of the tenure of the new script editor, Andrew Cartmel, and is certainly something that I'm looking forward to.
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