Maius Intra Qua Extra

So I just relistened to the first audio of series 1, and DT sounds completely different. His voice has deepened over the years and there's not much he can do about it (same with Peter Davison - his audio Doctor doesn't sound like his TV Doctor, but there's a good 25-year gap between them), but there's a big difference between series 1 and series 2. It really felt like he didn't make as much of an effort to recapture his Doctor in this second series.

Maybe "mocking" wasn't the best term. I just felt like that a lot of the humor in the episode hinged on making fun of the Doctor's abilities. Of course the Chevalier would mock the Doctor during the swordfight - that's standard repartee - but Rose brought up the Doctor's lack of swordfighting ability at least twice, despite the fact that he actually didn't do badly against the best swordfighter in the world (and, if you think about it, he proved his abilities with the Sycorax). And then there was the whole thing about being mistaken for an opera singer. It just seemed odd to me.