Sadly the tale of Adric ends with tragedy, which does rather undercut all the griping about how annoying a companion he could be. In the middle of another ruck with Cybermen, Adric finds himself stranded on a space-ship headed directly to Earth, the controls of which are locked by a logic puzzle. Cometh the hour, cometh the geek, and Adric sets to work, finishing in good time to save the day. But does he? No.
Here’s that final scene. Weird to think you used to be able to grapple with Cybermen, eh?
Anglophenia continues their companion series with a post on Adric. [Commence small break from thinking about the Doctor’s hair in the finale pics.]
Never Forget
Poor old Adric. As Steve O’Brien said in the “Putting the Shock in Earthshock” featurette, “I think it was the older...
Oh Adric! I love him so muh-huh-huh-ch! *bursts into tears*
Anglophenia continues their companion series with a post on Adric. [Commence small break from thinking about the...
Adric is amazing. He was a bit whiny with Five, but with Four he was really quite awesome. Despite the fact that when I...