The penultimate episode of this
serial is perhaps the most action packed that there has been so far. It’s a
shame that its taken 100 minutes to get to this point. It’s been a real
struggle to find positive things to say and write anything near my 500 word
target about each episode. The story sees the Menoptra’s fight against the
Zarbi step up a gear. There is a lot of action that has been going on with
Barbara leading the fight from her side and Ian not exactly missing from the
action.
The thing about six part adventures
is that by the 2/3 point the story needs to shift to have any chance of being
even an average story. Thankfully Bill Strutton realises that he needs to get a
riggle on with the plot and so it feels from the very beginning that the plot
is building towards something. I still find it frustrating that the Zarbi only
communicate through that awful high pitched noise and wish that there was
something else that they could do. The Menoptra are also rather disappointing
but at least they have a voice and can communicate in a sensible way. Something
else that is lacking from this story and most immediate this episode is that
there is no incidental music. The music is there to make you feel something but
if there is nothing there then your left with whats on the screen and in this
case its not very much. I cant write a more detailed review because apart from
the odd moment I cant recall what actually happened.
The cliffhanger is visually a
stunning one. The Doctor and Vicki clutching each other whilst they get covered
in the web stuff is a great image and one that ended the episode in fine style.
Whilst the episode is the best so far it doesn’t change my opinion of the story
as a whole. It’s too long and there is way too much padding for my liking.
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