Sally said...
But Vila's an interesting case in this question - the 'sudden' appearance of the adult, grimmer, slightly menacing Vila in 'Gold' can be jarring, but if one recalls, the potential *was* always there, in his very first scenes in 'The Way Back'.
Being a rabid Vila fan, these occasional flashes of a quite different side to Vila fascinate me. My favourite reason for that almost sinister tone in his voice when he's talking about his conditioning in the first episode is that he's been playing on that to keep the other prisoners slightly uncertain about him and thus less likely to give him hassle.
Leia