I’ll be
honest: Dodo is pretty far down on my
companion list. I mean, she’s no Adric,
but she’s pretty far down there. Still,
these posts are about celebrating the best in a companion, and Dodo has her
good moments just like the rest. Here’s
what I picked out for her.
Finding the Key (Series 3, Episode 32 – “The
Celestial Toymaker: The Dancing Floor”)
As one of
the Toymaker’s series of games Dodo and Steven are forced to play in order to
find the TARDIS, they need to find a key to make it to their next
challenge. With the Toymaker’s
playthings providing their usual distractions, the companions think they’ve
exhausted all the possible hiding places, when Dodo pulls out some
outside-the-box thinking for the win, discovering the key inside the pie.
Playing the Last Game (Series 3, Episode 33 –
“The Celestial Toymaker: The Final
Test”)
This
one’s a tag-team with Steven, but it’s still a good moment. The last game standing between our heroes and
the TARDIS is a human board game, where each roll brings them that many squares
closer to the prize (oh, and if they step off the squares, they’ll be
electrocuted, so there’s that.) Here,
Cyril tries every dirty trick in the book to win the game for himself, but Dodo
and Steven power through his machinations, evading his most dangerous trick of
all and finally winning the game.
Maintaining Her Cover (Series 3, Episode 34 –
“The Gunfighters: A Holiday for the
Doctor”)
This is a
silly inclusion, but I’d say it’s reasonable.
It’s the Doctor who initially invents cover stories for Dodo and Steven
in the Wild West, claiming they’re traveling entertainers. In theory, it’s all well and good to pose as
such, but when the saloon patrons are hard-up for diversion, it gets a lot less
theoretical. Points to Dodo for
acquitting herself well as Steven’s pianist when they’re forced to perform at
gunpoint – talk about stage fright!
Suspecting the Elders (Series 3, Episode 38 –
“The Savages: Episode 1”)
Dodo is
the first one to twig that something is off with the Elders in this one. While she and Steven are getting a tour of
the city, she reads between the lines of the questions their guides can’t
answer, the places they won’t show her.
First chance she gets, she sneaks off to do a little investigating for
herself and finds out for sure that the Elders aren’t on the level…
Fighting Off the Scientists (Series 3, Episode
39 – “The Savages: Episode 2”)
…Because
they immediately capture her and try to suck the life force out of her (real
nice, guys.) But Dodo holds her own,
fighting them off and then keeping them in line by threatening to smash the
equipment in their lab. Nice show of
toughness, and it’s a smart way to keep them away from her until someone can
come and help her.
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