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never cooked in her life, spouting ingredients which she has most likely heard being mentioned before.
Victoria draws a great comfort from the Doctor’s presence, looking upon him in almost a fatherly way. She learns how to cope with her own loss following his advice. With Jamie she develops a sibling-like relationship, and is often amused by his lack of knowledge and view on women, in particular the way they dress.
Victoria is known for her screaming – indeed her reaction to any monster she meets is to scream. However, in Fury from the Deep it is discovered that the weed creatures are susceptible to high-pitched noise and so the survivors on the oil refinery hit on the idea of recording Victoria’s screams and using them as a weapon. Ironically she discovers she simply cannot scream on command, but upon seeing a weed creature again scream she does.
She becomes resigned to the random travels early on, but by the time of Fury from the Deep she comes to realise that she is tired of the endless travelling and longs for peace and happiness. She decides to remain behind in the 1970s with the Harris family, a decision the Doctor completely understands, although he does insist he remain for another night just so she can be sure. Jamie has a harder time letting go, to the point where he tries to convince her to continue to travel with him and the Doctor, but she knows she cannot. Leaving them is hard, but she knows she must do it. The last we see is an image of her on the TARDIS scanner waving goodbye.
We never hear of Victoria again, save for a mention in The Two Doctors when an older Doctor explains to Jamie that she is off studying graphology for a short time, implying that somehow she resumed her travels with the Doctor and Jamie for almost another twenty years.
An astrophysicist from an undefined point in the twenty-first century ( The War Games ) Zoe stated quite specifically that she was born in the twenty-first century, although in The Mind Robber she explained how she read The Hourly Telepress from the year 2000.
Zoe Heriot – Wendy Padbury ( The Wheel in Space to The War Games )
Zoe first meets the Doctor and Jamie in The Wheel in Space when she is working as a librarian. Highly trained in logic (which, the Doctor points out, only allows people to be wrong with authority), she is considered to be ‘all brain and no heart’ by her colleagues, especially Leo Ryan. She realises this is true and wants to feel more and not be like the students usually produced by the parapsychology teachers.
Her need to ‘feel’ expresses itself immediately upon meeting Jamie. She is fascinated by his girl’s clothing, having never seen a kilt before. This immediately annoys Jamie, and Zoe realises he is an easy target, setting the scene for much teasing and bossiness for the rest of their association. Her logical approach is called into question as she spends more and more time with the Doctor, who is the most illogical and instinctive person she has ever met. The Doctor intrigues her greatly, and when she learns about the TARDIS her curiosity is taken to a whole new level. So after being refused entry, she stows away as soon as the Doctor and Jamie’s backs are turned. The Doctor spots her, and gives her the choice; no doubt because he is still weary of the reasons behind Victoria’s departure.
Despite witnessing the Doctor and Jamie’s previous encounter with the Daleks by way of thoughts being transmitted to the TARDIS scanner by the Doctor ( The Evil of the Daleks ), Zoe elects to remain and thoroughly enjoys her first trip to the planet Dulkis ( The Dominators ). She is more than happy to assist the Dulcians, encouraging them to resist the oppressive Dominators, although she does make the usual first-traveller mistake of giving away too much information about the TARDIS and how they arrived on the planet.
When the TARDIS is removed from regular time to escape an exploding volcano, Zoe has to explain to Jamie
Victoria draws a great comfort from the Doctor’s presence, looking upon him in almost a fatherly way. She learns how to cope with her own loss following his advice. With Jamie she develops a sibling-like relationship, and is often amused by his lack of knowledge and view on women, in particular the way they dress.
Victoria is known for her screaming – indeed her reaction to any monster she meets is to scream. However, in Fury from the Deep it is discovered that the weed creatures are susceptible to high-pitched noise and so the survivors on the oil refinery hit on the idea of recording Victoria’s screams and using them as a weapon. Ironically she discovers she simply cannot scream on command, but upon seeing a weed creature again scream she does.
She becomes resigned to the random travels early on, but by the time of Fury from the Deep she comes to realise that she is tired of the endless travelling and longs for peace and happiness. She decides to remain behind in the 1970s with the Harris family, a decision the Doctor completely understands, although he does insist he remain for another night just so she can be sure. Jamie has a harder time letting go, to the point where he tries to convince her to continue to travel with him and the Doctor, but she knows she cannot. Leaving them is hard, but she knows she must do it. The last we see is an image of her on the TARDIS scanner waving goodbye.
We never hear of Victoria again, save for a mention in The Two Doctors when an older Doctor explains to Jamie that she is off studying graphology for a short time, implying that somehow she resumed her travels with the Doctor and Jamie for almost another twenty years.
An astrophysicist from an undefined point in the twenty-first century ( The War Games ) Zoe stated quite specifically that she was born in the twenty-first century, although in The Mind Robber she explained how she read The Hourly Telepress from the year 2000.
Zoe Heriot – Wendy Padbury ( The Wheel in Space to The War Games )
Zoe first meets the Doctor and Jamie in The Wheel in Space when she is working as a librarian. Highly trained in logic (which, the Doctor points out, only allows people to be wrong with authority), she is considered to be ‘all brain and no heart’ by her colleagues, especially Leo Ryan. She realises this is true and wants to feel more and not be like the students usually produced by the parapsychology teachers.
Her need to ‘feel’ expresses itself immediately upon meeting Jamie. She is fascinated by his girl’s clothing, having never seen a kilt before. This immediately annoys Jamie, and Zoe realises he is an easy target, setting the scene for much teasing and bossiness for the rest of their association. Her logical approach is called into question as she spends more and more time with the Doctor, who is the most illogical and instinctive person she has ever met. The Doctor intrigues her greatly, and when she learns about the TARDIS her curiosity is taken to a whole new level. So after being refused entry, she stows away as soon as the Doctor and Jamie’s backs are turned. The Doctor spots her, and gives her the choice; no doubt because he is still weary of the reasons behind Victoria’s departure.
Despite witnessing the Doctor and Jamie’s previous encounter with the Daleks by way of thoughts being transmitted to the TARDIS scanner by the Doctor ( The Evil of the Daleks ), Zoe elects to remain and thoroughly enjoys her first trip to the planet Dulkis ( The Dominators ). She is more than happy to assist the Dulcians, encouraging them to resist the oppressive Dominators, although she does make the usual first-traveller mistake of giving away too much information about the TARDIS and how they arrived on the planet.
When the TARDIS is removed from regular time to escape an exploding volcano, Zoe has to explain to Jamie
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