Episode 4, the wonderfully titled “Ctrl-Alt-Del” proves that I was completely wrong in my assessment of Kim Butler before. In an audio drama, no matter how good the script, if the central performer isn’t up to it, it’ll be a disaster. Kim Butler is up to the role of the BuffyBot and then some, creating a fully fleshed character out of what could be cynically seen as just a hilarious extended joke in the series. BuffyBot in this episode is almost reminiscent of a Data from Star Trek without the massive intelligence or self knowledge, trying to find her place in a world that she knows she doesn’t quite belong to. It’s another episode lacking a weekly monster but that doesn’t mean that it lacks the requisite dramatic impetus. Alongside Buffybot’s rise to self awareness we are treated to some story surrounding our series Big Bad, Javert (or one of? Who is this mysterious “Air?”). I haven’t mentioned how much I like Javert as a character yet as it’s really only in this episode that he gets some decent airtime. He’s a really smooth, suave leader of a vampire gang but unlike, say the Spike of S2 he’s not quite so self-assured as his image would have others believe and has these niggling uncertainties that he actually has any control over his minions. He’s a wonderful villain, perhaps not as large as life as some of Whedon’s best, but certainly more intriguing and with more depth than Adam or Glory. This extended time we’re getting with him is really making me anticipate the eventual end of season showdown. The neat twist to this episode is that we are treated to a showdown of sorts, between Javert and Buffybot that ends in the perfect anticlimax as Buffybot runs out of battery and Javert leaves thinking he’s killed the Slayer.
I’m a big fan of quotes. I love quoting writers and revolutionaries all the time – and feel like I’ve really struck gold if I find quotes from revolutionary writers or creative revolutionaries. One of my favourites at the moment, stemming from my fascination with questions around writing and politics, is of course from Karl Marx.
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