The final episode of this story
starts with what Ian actually saw when he walked into the room. The Doctor is
asleep in some sort of chamber. Normally when the Doctor is in this situation
it would lead to him being written out for the next episode but as this is the
final episode of the story that is not going to happen. After spending several
moments of talking about how the Doctor was cold in the machine but was still conscious
we are reminded about the mystery of how the regulars ended up in the cabinet.
Had you forgotten about it? I know I did so it was a nice reminder. Barbara
spends the first 10 minutes of the episode doing very little before reuniting
with Vicki and the Xerons. It’s nice to have the regulars are reunited. I’ve
discovered that I actually like this foursome more than the previous.
The moment of revelation that the
regulars don’t necessarily have to change their behaviour to prevent themselves
from being in the cabinets but the others is a nice one in the story. The
revolution that Vicki helped start is what they hope will change their fortune.
The revolution itself doesn’t actually last that long and they seem to spend
more time preparing for the revolution than the fighting itself. Actually the
Xerons don’t really seem that good, try as I might I just find myself not
really caring about their petty dismay at the Moroks. Maybe if there were some
older people in the group then they might have worked more as the good guys.
Normally if I don’t like the good guys then I side with the baddies but even
the Moroks are poor. They are slightly more menacing in this episode but it’s a
bit too late.
The answer as to what caused the
different time track and the mystery of the regulars in the cabinets seemed to
be a bit of an add on but it was quite a similar answer to what caused the
problems in ‘Inside the Spaceship’. It was a satisfactory ending to the episode
and it was good how the Xerons decided to dismantle most of the things in the
museum and the Doctor takes something to put in the TARDIS which becomes
integral to the next story. The final scene must have been a surprise for
viewers in 1965. A Dalek was seen briefly in the first episode but to see one
in all its menace must have come as a shock and they would have been wanting
the next Saturday to come.
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