2 thoughts on “The Wrath of the Iceni (Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures)”
Leela meets Boudica This is a proper historical adventure with the Fourth Doctor and Leela.I really enjoyed this two-part audio adventure! `The Wrath of the Iceni’ is a real good piece of character drama between the Doctor and Leela that’s about the rule and consequences of changing history. It’s the third story of the Doctor and Leela adventures in Big Finish audio with Tom Baker and Louise Jameson and it’s definitely one of their best. It’s a moving and character-driven story of where Leela meets Boudica, warrior queen of the Britons during the Roman occupation.I’ve met Louise Jameson who plays Leela in `Doctor Who’ at conventions. When I asked her to sign the CD covers for and `Energy of the Daleks’ at a convention, I told how much I enjoyed listening to these two adventures. Louise mentioned that her favourite out of the stories she’s done with Ton Baker on audio was `The Wrath of the Iceni’ by John Dorney. I managed to listen to the story afterwards at home, and I understood why it was Louise’s favourite since it’s a bold story about her character and John Dorney writes for Leela so well.When I met Louise again at a convention in Swansea 2013, I asked her to sign the CD cover of `The Wrath of the Iceni’ for me and I’m very glad I did. This is a story that focuses on Leela’s savagery and warrior instincts that’s being put to the test when meeting Boudica. I was really impressed with this story as it kept my interest throughout. It’s s definitely a rare pure historical adventure with Tom Baker’s Doctor.The story has the Doctor and Leela arriving in Norfolk, c. 60 AD, during the Roman occupation of Britain. They bump into Boudica, warrior queen of the Britons. The Doctor discovers they’ve arrived before the events of a truly brutal massacre on the Romans by Boudica and her Iceni tribe. When the Doctor tells Leela about Boudica, she admires the queen and what terrible things she’s been through and seems to think she’s a good woman. But the Doctor tells her that Boudica isn’t, and insists that he and Leela leave. But Leela wants to stay and help Boudica in the fight against the Romans. Will the Doctor be able to save his savage friend or save history instead?Now I’m going to be perfectly honest with you, I never heard of Boudica before. Nor did I know much about the Roman occupation of Britain apart that the Romans had invaded and conquered it. But after watching a segment of `Horrible Histories’ with Boudica and discovering this audio drama, I got to learn more about who Boudica was. She’s certainly a formidable and one of the most pretty violent historical characters to discover in a `Doctor Who’ story. Her violent tendencies are explored and explained as to why she hates the Romans so much in terms of what she suffered with loss of her family and her resilience to fight for her people’s freedom. Boudica’s the perfect historical character for Leela to meet, since they both share things in common with fighting and being warriors. But John Dorney does a terrific story in turning the character relationship on its head by making Leela witness some of the horrible things Boudica does and reacting to it with such animosity.This is one of Leela’s strongest outing in a `Doctor Who’ story. I really like how Leela’s savagery and warrior instincts are touched upon and how it changes round in John Dorney’s script since we as an audience take those traits of her character for granted. Leela is really the noble savage in this story as she’s being taught by the Doctor as was the original intention in the TV series by Phillip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes. Leela at first seems to admire Boudica for being a warrior queen and what she’s doing in her fight against the Romans. She becomes sympathetic towards Boudica about what she’s been through in her past with the Romans. There’s obviously tension and friction between the Doctor and Leela in this one, as Leela doesn’t seem to listen to the Doctor about Boudica and abandons him to join her in her fight against the Romans. But gradually she becomes horrified by what Boudica does during the Roman massacre and finds herself fighting the warrior queen in protest of the horrible things she’s doing. Leela seems to be saying nasty threats to the Doctor when he’s tied up in the tent with Bragnar. But it turns out she’s slipping a knife to him to cut himself free when saying these things, and it’s portrayed very well in the audio. I really like how Louise plays Leela in this story and it’s clear she puts a lot of thought into the character and is a very warm-hearted person.Tom Baker as ever is great as the Doctor in this story. This is a different type of story he’s doing here as it’s a pure historical instead of a monsters running-down corridors adventure story. Tom does the dealing with history scenes very well as he’s…
Leela meets Boudica This is a proper historical adventure with the Fourth Doctor and Leela.I really enjoyed this two-part audio adventure! `The Wrath of the Iceni’ is a real good piece of character drama between the Doctor and Leela that’s about the rule and consequences of changing history. It’s the third story of the Doctor and Leela adventures in Big Finish audio with Tom Baker and Louise Jameson and it’s definitely one of their best. It’s a moving and character-driven story of where Leela meets Boudica, warrior queen of the Britons during the Roman occupation.I’ve met Louise Jameson who plays Leela in `Doctor Who’ at conventions. When I asked her to sign the CD covers for and `Energy of the Daleks’ at a convention, I told how much I enjoyed listening to these two adventures. Louise mentioned that her favourite out of the stories she’s done with Ton Baker on audio was `The Wrath of the Iceni’ by John Dorney. I managed to listen to the story afterwards at home, and I understood why it was Louise’s favourite since it’s a bold story about her character and John Dorney writes for Leela so well.When I met Louise again at a convention in Swansea 2013, I asked her to sign the CD cover of `The Wrath of the Iceni’ for me and I’m very glad I did. This is a story that focuses on Leela’s savagery and warrior instincts that’s being put to the test when meeting Boudica. I was really impressed with this story as it kept my interest throughout. It’s s definitely a rare pure historical adventure with Tom Baker’s Doctor.The story has the Doctor and Leela arriving in Norfolk, c. 60 AD, during the Roman occupation of Britain. They bump into Boudica, warrior queen of the Britons. The Doctor discovers they’ve arrived before the events of a truly brutal massacre on the Romans by Boudica and her Iceni tribe. When the Doctor tells Leela about Boudica, she admires the queen and what terrible things she’s been through and seems to think she’s a good woman. But the Doctor tells her that Boudica isn’t, and insists that he and Leela leave. But Leela wants to stay and help Boudica in the fight against the Romans. Will the Doctor be able to save his savage friend or save history instead?Now I’m going to be perfectly honest with you, I never heard of Boudica before. Nor did I know much about the Roman occupation of Britain apart that the Romans had invaded and conquered it. But after watching a segment of `Horrible Histories’ with Boudica and discovering this audio drama, I got to learn more about who Boudica was. She’s certainly a formidable and one of the most pretty violent historical characters to discover in a `Doctor Who’ story. Her violent tendencies are explored and explained as to why she hates the Romans so much in terms of what she suffered with loss of her family and her resilience to fight for her people’s freedom. Boudica’s the perfect historical character for Leela to meet, since they both share things in common with fighting and being warriors. But John Dorney does a terrific story in turning the character relationship on its head by making Leela witness some of the horrible things Boudica does and reacting to it with such animosity.This is one of Leela’s strongest outing in a `Doctor Who’ story. I really like how Leela’s savagery and warrior instincts are touched upon and how it changes round in John Dorney’s script since we as an audience take those traits of her character for granted. Leela is really the noble savage in this story as she’s being taught by the Doctor as was the original intention in the TV series by Phillip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holmes. Leela at first seems to admire Boudica for being a warrior queen and what she’s doing in her fight against the Romans. She becomes sympathetic towards Boudica about what she’s been through in her past with the Romans. There’s obviously tension and friction between the Doctor and Leela in this one, as Leela doesn’t seem to listen to the Doctor about Boudica and abandons him to join her in her fight against the Romans. But gradually she becomes horrified by what Boudica does during the Roman massacre and finds herself fighting the warrior queen in protest of the horrible things she’s doing. Leela seems to be saying nasty threats to the Doctor when he’s tied up in the tent with Bragnar. But it turns out she’s slipping a knife to him to cut himself free when saying these things, and it’s portrayed very well in the audio. I really like how Louise plays Leela in this story and it’s clear she puts a lot of thought into the character and is a very warm-hearted person.Tom Baker as ever is great as the Doctor in this story. This is a different type of story he’s doing here as it’s a pure historical instead of a monsters running-down corridors adventure story. Tom does the dealing with history scenes very well as he’s…
History Divides The Fourth Doctor & Leela 0