The final episode has to finish the story in a satisfactory way. Carol is forced to write a note saying that she is going up to the ship but it doesn’t fool Barbara, Susan and John. Barbara finally returns and she seems to stroll right back into the action. It is clear that Jacqueline Hill has been somewhere sunny as she looks a lot more tanned than she did the last time we saw her. The spaceship must have quite the tanning booth. I like the moment when the First Elder tries to reassure Susan that no danger will come to Ian and the Doctor and then it cuts to them realising that the guns they have are useless as is the map that they were given.
After the rather atmospheric lighting that was used for some of the earlier tunnel scenes, it’s sad to notice that they lighting has been bought up a bit. Not enough to ruin it but noticeably enough. It would have helped the scene work if the lights were turned down as the sets did look quite ordinary. The Doctor and Ian encounter someone from the crashed ship. I was personally expecting just one or two people but what we get here are several of them. They are the ones that have been poisoning the Sensorites. They have been living in the caves so that the Sensorites don’t read their minds. They look like an erratic bunch.
We get our first ever reference to the Doctor and Susan’s home world. It’s a lovely description and the look on Susan’s face shows how she really wants to be back there. Then in the final scene in the TARDIS sees Susan wanting to belong somewhere seems to start the path of her departure.
There’s a nice bit of teamwork between Ian and the Doctor. Everytime there is a moment like this I am reminded of their first encounters which were anything but friendly. The partnership of John and Barbara was good as well. I thought that this was another good episode for Susan as she was quite important in the story and normally her being side-lined would have been perfectly fine because she would be annoying but here its different because she’s being used in a good way and actually contributing something. Quite why it could have been the other way around isn’t quite clear but it wouldn’t have changed how well they all worked.
When Ian and the Doctor encounter the leader of the group there is an attempt to convince them that they have won their war against the Sensorites. They had gone made and this is what led them to try and poison the Sensorites and they believed that they were at war. The humans were stunned and they disappeared onto the ship. That was basically how it ended.
There are several instances of people fluffing their lines. No one seems to be immune to a bit of fluffing. I’m not sure for the reason and normally its not really an issue but here there seems to be so much that it almost becomes amusing. The ending of the episode sees the Doctor throwing a hissy fit after the Doctor makes a joke about the Doctor not knowing where they are going and this just moments after he admits that the TARDIS has a mind of its own.
I must admit that I was slightly disappointed with this episode as I don’t think that the story gave the ending that it should have done. It seemed like they should have spent more time with the humans in the tunnel because it seems like so much time waiting to get to this moment that when they turned up it seemed rushed. The performances were good and its was nice to have Jacqueline Hill back in the story. As a six part adventure I still like it for the reasons I did when I first saw it. It’s got some good characters and some atmospheric moments. Well worth the time and effort.
After the rather atmospheric lighting that was used for some of the earlier tunnel scenes, it’s sad to notice that they lighting has been bought up a bit. Not enough to ruin it but noticeably enough. It would have helped the scene work if the lights were turned down as the sets did look quite ordinary. The Doctor and Ian encounter someone from the crashed ship. I was personally expecting just one or two people but what we get here are several of them. They are the ones that have been poisoning the Sensorites. They have been living in the caves so that the Sensorites don’t read their minds. They look like an erratic bunch.
We get our first ever reference to the Doctor and Susan’s home world. It’s a lovely description and the look on Susan’s face shows how she really wants to be back there. Then in the final scene in the TARDIS sees Susan wanting to belong somewhere seems to start the path of her departure.
There’s a nice bit of teamwork between Ian and the Doctor. Everytime there is a moment like this I am reminded of their first encounters which were anything but friendly. The partnership of John and Barbara was good as well. I thought that this was another good episode for Susan as she was quite important in the story and normally her being side-lined would have been perfectly fine because she would be annoying but here its different because she’s being used in a good way and actually contributing something. Quite why it could have been the other way around isn’t quite clear but it wouldn’t have changed how well they all worked.
When Ian and the Doctor encounter the leader of the group there is an attempt to convince them that they have won their war against the Sensorites. They had gone made and this is what led them to try and poison the Sensorites and they believed that they were at war. The humans were stunned and they disappeared onto the ship. That was basically how it ended.
There are several instances of people fluffing their lines. No one seems to be immune to a bit of fluffing. I’m not sure for the reason and normally its not really an issue but here there seems to be so much that it almost becomes amusing. The ending of the episode sees the Doctor throwing a hissy fit after the Doctor makes a joke about the Doctor not knowing where they are going and this just moments after he admits that the TARDIS has a mind of its own.
I must admit that I was slightly disappointed with this episode as I don’t think that the story gave the ending that it should have done. It seemed like they should have spent more time with the humans in the tunnel because it seems like so much time waiting to get to this moment that when they turned up it seemed rushed. The performances were good and its was nice to have Jacqueline Hill back in the story. As a six part adventure I still like it for the reasons I did when I first saw it. It’s got some good characters and some atmospheric moments. Well worth the time and effort.
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