Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After Village Of The Angels

6. Why Was Peggy So Unemotional?

Doctor Who Flux Village of the Angels
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The ten-year-old Peggy was almost as chilling as the Angels. Yes, her adoptive father was clearly insufferable, but her Great Aunt Jean seemed a good sort. Yet Peggy’s reaction to their deaths was indifferent. She’s not the first creepy child in Doctor Who and she won’t be the last, but the tragedy of her story made her reactions seem unbelievable.

At a stretch, perhaps she was protecting herself emotionally given the horrors she had already suffered, but there was no bond established between her and Dan and Yaz. Unless she is revealed to have some kind of hidden agenda, and there were a couple of close-up shots that could be read that way, she is a completely plot driven character, devoid of personality and warmth.

Her older self was far more empathetic as she tries in vain to warn the vicar and others. Her role in the story was reminiscent of one the series' most loved supporting characters in Miss Hawthorn (The Daemons), but her part in the narrative still feels a little unsatisfying.

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Paul Driscoll is a freelance writer and author across a range of subjects from Cult TV to religion and social policy. He is a passionate Doctor Who fan and January 2017 will see the publication of his first extended study of the series (based on Toby Whithouse's series six episode, The God Complex) in the critically acclaimed Black Archive range by Obverse Books. He is a regular writer for the fan site Doctor Who Worldwide and has contributed several essays to Watching Books' You and Who range. Recently he has branched out into fiction writing, with two short stories in the charity Doctor Who anthology Seasons of War (Chinbeard Books). Paul's work will also feature in the forthcoming Iris Wildthyme collection (A Clockwork Iris, Obverse Books) and Chinbeard Books' collection of drabbles, A Time Lord for Change.