Hello everyone, I’m glad you could join us here at Sci-Fi Reflections! We have a very important blog today; discussing the character Ms. Jo Grant, one of the most popular and well-liked Doctor Who companions ever. I’ve been excited about writing this blog for a while, and seeing as how I have a total of zero important announcements to make today, I will begin.
Jo Grant enters into the Doctor Who world by replacing former companion Elizabeth Shaw and taking over her position as the assistant to UNIT’s scientific advisor (The Doctor). She acquires this position, not because of her skills and intellectual capacity, but, in stark contrast to her predecessor, simply because she has an important relative who has “fixed” things for her. We also learn through the Brigadier that Liz Shaw has left to continue some of her research at Cambridge. As can be expected, The Doctor becomes upset at this sudden change of assistants from a brilliant scientist to a young scatter-brained blonde. However, he doesn't have the heart to tell her that she will be of no use to him. And so the character of Jo Grant begins…
Jo seems to realize that she is lacking the typical skill set for a scientific advisor’s assistant, and since she is not as keen in areas in which Ms. Shaw was such adept, she tries to make up for it by being useful in other ways. For example, she seems to have a remarkable talent of sneaking around. Despite the fact that the Doctor always tells her to ‘stay there’, we can count on Jo to completely disobey these orders. In her first episode, Terror of the Autons, her first attempt at gathering information is a complete failure. She is caught by The Master, and nearly kills the Doctor. However, in later episodes she becomes more adept at such skills, such as in The Sea Devils when she rescues the Doctor after waltzing around a high security prison for several hours.
Despite the fact that she is slightly ditzy and scatter-brained sometimes, Jo is very sweet, enthusiastic, and sincere. Although she doesn’t completely understand the Doctor and all that he does, she has complete trust in him, even to the point of risking her life. And even though most of the time the Doctor solves everything and saves Jo’s life, occasionally Jo returns the favors and saves the Doctors’. Jo is a fun, bubbly, and outgoing companion, and is seen as one of the first “classical” Doctor Who companions. She is very fashionable, and is supposed to connect with the viewers as someone we can relate to and understand.
Appearances: 15 (Terror of the Autons-The Green Death)
Grade: B+
Is that about right, or am I lacking something of importantce? Let me know what you think, and if you have any good ideas for a notable quote for Jo, let me know. Until next time (unless of course, you believe time is relative)!!
Jo Grant enters into the Doctor Who world by replacing former companion Elizabeth Shaw and taking over her position as the assistant to UNIT’s scientific advisor (The Doctor). She acquires this position, not because of her skills and intellectual capacity, but, in stark contrast to her predecessor, simply because she has an important relative who has “fixed” things for her. We also learn through the Brigadier that Liz Shaw has left to continue some of her research at Cambridge. As can be expected, The Doctor becomes upset at this sudden change of assistants from a brilliant scientist to a young scatter-brained blonde. However, he doesn't have the heart to tell her that she will be of no use to him. And so the character of Jo Grant begins…
Jo seems to realize that she is lacking the typical skill set for a scientific advisor’s assistant, and since she is not as keen in areas in which Ms. Shaw was such adept, she tries to make up for it by being useful in other ways. For example, she seems to have a remarkable talent of sneaking around. Despite the fact that the Doctor always tells her to ‘stay there’, we can count on Jo to completely disobey these orders. In her first episode, Terror of the Autons, her first attempt at gathering information is a complete failure. She is caught by The Master, and nearly kills the Doctor. However, in later episodes she becomes more adept at such skills, such as in The Sea Devils when she rescues the Doctor after waltzing around a high security prison for several hours.
Despite the fact that she is slightly ditzy and scatter-brained sometimes, Jo is very sweet, enthusiastic, and sincere. Although she doesn’t completely understand the Doctor and all that he does, she has complete trust in him, even to the point of risking her life. And even though most of the time the Doctor solves everything and saves Jo’s life, occasionally Jo returns the favors and saves the Doctors’. Jo is a fun, bubbly, and outgoing companion, and is seen as one of the first “classical” Doctor Who companions. She is very fashionable, and is supposed to connect with the viewers as someone we can relate to and understand.
Appearances: 15 (Terror of the Autons-The Green Death)
Grade: B+
Is that about right, or am I lacking something of importantce? Let me know what you think, and if you have any good ideas for a notable quote for Jo, let me know. Until next time (unless of course, you believe time is relative)!!