So I listened to the Eight’n'Lucie audios. Out of order by accident. Not sure if that helped me or hindered me. When I started listening to them I was determined that I’d like Lucie. 
I didn’t like her at first. She’s very reminiscent of Tegan. Without a lot of Tegan’s good points really. At least at first. I did end up liking her. I think if the quality of the audios had been a bit better I would really like her. But there was just some bad writing in there and thus my liking of it all was lowered. Perhaps with the next season? Anyways onwards and upwards in their proper order and not the order I listened to them in.
Blood of the Daleks (1&2)
I think having the Time Lords dump Lucie on him was an interesting idea as a way to get a companion introduced that wasn’t played very well. Lucie seemed far too accepting of her circumstances despite everything. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would take things as well as she did. There were a million ways to make the Doctor more accepting of Lucie that I can’t help but feel the lack of. The Time Lords would have at least tried something, because a cooperative Doctor is much better than a sulky Doctor. Well known fact of the universe.
The story in and of itself just kinda falls flat. Again I liked the idea in theory, but there just seemed to be too many attempts at humor that just fell flat. Not the least of which was to have Red Rocket Rising survive Daleks to be converted by the Cybermen. I didn’t find that funny, though I think I was supposed to. Other than that the storyline just seemed like your stock Cybermen storyline replaced with Daleks. Thus is didn’t really work nearly as well. I mean really if Hex worked on Red Rocket Rising it could have been The Harvest.
I liked Lucie and the Doctor’s interactions more towards the end of the story, but they still just weren’t clicking for me. I think a lot of it had to do with my dislike of the story itself.
Horror of Glam Rock
Yet another interesting idea that just didn’t seem to work. Aliens communicating through music should be a really neat concept. Lucie running into her aunt when her aunt was a twenty-something should be neat. Yet it wasn’t. I kept waiting for the story to be good and for Lucie to do something and it never happened. I don’t even remember much of the story and I listened to it a few days ago. That’s how little of an impression it left. Yeah.
Immortal Beloved
This one I liked. It was an interesting concept that was played with well. It showed Lucie in a positive light and not just as a nagging person the Doctor has to take around with him. I liked the idea of the planet where people had set themselves up as the Greek Gods. I liked the cloning and Lucie’s horror at it. This was really the episode that gave Lucie a few more dimensions. So that was good. I liked that Lucie wasn’t above being really shallow about a pretty boy. Of course in retrospect this one could have been good simply because the others were so very bad. Hmmm…
Phobos
Again they managed to make something of an interesting concept. Which is a win for the writers. Lucie seems to be a bit too free about saying she’s a time traveler though. That annoyed me a bit. Discretion girl. I just finished this one and I’m really kinda angry that they didn’t just go ahead with the Drew/Hayd stuff instead of chickening out with it. It’s annoying.
But I liked the idea. I liked that the Doctor scared the fear creator with what he’s seen. I liked Lucie doing the companion thing and talking and making friends with people. I liked her experiencing things. I’m just annoyed about the Drew/Hayd thing at the end. Do it or don’t do it but don’t fucking go halfway.
No More Lies
This one won me over due to Lucie driving. Just because I can see her telling the Doctor in no uncertain terms that she doesn’t want to be stuck in space dependent on his driving so he damn well better teach her how to drive the TARDIS thank you very much. Or else she’s not getting back on at the next stop. Because she would do that. I think Lucie has been moved to the head of the Companion Most Likely to Nick the TARDIS list.
I really liked that this episode finally highlighted that Lucie is an intelligent person even if she’s a mouth on legs to use Tegan’s self description. She figured stuff out and almost saved the day till the Doctor buggered it up.
Bonus points for referencing Ramsey. I like Vortisores and now apparently the other being that live in the Vortex. I hope we see more of them.
Human Resources
This one suffered from a lot of the same problem as BotD did. It wasn’t funny when it was trying to be and an interesting idea just somehow wasn’t written well. Also there was randomness that didn’t make sense. Like when did the Doctor get a cell phone? Hmmm? That confused me. I can see Lucie making him get one, but unless I fell asleep for that part we never had a scene where she gave him one or anything. He just suddenly had a cell phone.
Also I find it hard to think that Eight wouldn’t find out who they were fighting before sabotaging things. Maybe I’m wrong there but that’s the way I see it. Also after everything else and Lucie freaks out because she should have been a dictator? Really? I’m so glad it wasn’t her in the end cause that was just stupid. Why the hell would the CIA care about a human becoming a dictator on Earth? If it went against the Web of Time then they’d be able to fix it no worries from anyone else. Otherwise why the hell would they care? I haven’t listened to the Gallifrey stuff so maybe it’s explained there.
Anyways the plot was thin at best and the characterization overall seemed off. And for all the build up with the headhunter it was a rather small pay off yes?
Overall the series suffered from a number of similar problems. Good ideas not properly written. Bad ideas as to what is funny or should be funny. Shoddy character development and plot arc payoff. I did end up liking Lucie in the end, but I think I’d have liked her a lot more if her stories had been good.
