After the very intruiging opening episode, it was down to
business and this is where I was worried that things were going to go downhill.
It’s in this episode where we get to encounter the locals. We are introduced to
the people called the Moroks. They are dressed in white who are very weary of
their surroundings which are broken. Then we meet the people who are dressed in
black who are noticeable for having two sets of eyebrows with the top lot being
more ridiculous.
There is the question as to what events led to them being in
the cabinets. They decide to spend a portion of the episode walking through
corridors and its not long before they are separated. I like how the next time
we return to Xerons the Doctor has managed to tie up one of them. It seems
quite like the Doctor that he might look like an old man he is quite sprite and
the scene is made even more humorous when his hiding spot is revealed to be
inside the Dalek seen in the previous episode. The Xerons are the nicer ones
but they are a bit limp and its easy to see why they appear to be the oppressed.
The Moroks have got hold of the Doctor and claim that they can get the
information from the Doctor because of a chair that he uses but the Doctor is
too clever for them. At this moment it doesn’t really make sense why the two
groups seem to be at odds with each other though based on what we had seen in
the episode its clear that the men in white are bad and the men in black are
good.
Ian is quite irritable which is quite unlike him. I like how
this is a different side to the character that’s quite a breath of fresh air.
Even Barbara isn’t immune from being a bit hot tempered. That’s not to say that
its all serious. There’s a lot more humour in this episode which has replaced
the mystery. Barbara seems quite concerned about Ian destroying a ‘good
cardigan’ and Ian is trying to tear it with his teeth. The problem that the
trio of Ian, Barbara and Vicki have is that all they do in this episode is walk
around a lot. Only the Doctor gets to do something different
The episode still has the feel of a mystery but some of it
has been replaced with humour. The story has never had the best of reputations
but I must say that my opinion is starting to change. I don’t think it’s a classic
story but its still enjoyable.
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