I have decided to go and listen to
the CD with the narration and to be honest it didn’t really make that much
difference because I found that all the pacing had gone from this episode. It seems
that this episode has become a history lesson which wouldn’t normally be a
problem but its not the most exciting moment in history. There are things that don’t
make sense such as Joanna. Erm where did she go, what happened? What was the
point of all those wonderful scenes in the previous episode? The scenes between Richard and Joanna were
the highlights of that episode and yet the fact that she isn’t here means that
the scenes were meaningless really.
After only appearing in a
pre-filmed scene it was nice to have William Russell play a more substantial
role in the story and it was actually quite a good moment but sadly the lack of
any images means that its lost to telesnaps and its not quite as good as it
could have been but that’s not down to the show itself.
The episode was a disappointing
end to what was an ok story. The episode decided to do some strange things
which just stand out for being odd and not for being important or dynamic. The
story was written by David Whittaker who is a good writer and its clear at
several points throughout this four part story that its nowhere near as bad as ‘The
Web Planet’. The lack of Joanna is what actually made this episode weak. As a four
part adventure it was just the right length and the characters that were put
into the story were in various ways were quite good but alas it’s a period of
history that I’m not keen on and so it wont be in my top 5 pure historicals.
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