Galaxy 4 - The Exploding Planet

Back to the CD for the final part of this story and it seems like the time situation is back at the centre of the plot. Sadly as the episode is on CD I must admit that I wasn’t in the mood really to listen to this but if I am to stay on course then I would have to make the best of a bad situation. The Drahvins are still doing what they are doing which is trying to (badly) come up with their plan to steal the Chumblies ship. The Chumblies are trying to get their ship started ready to take off. The funny thing about that is they take off just before the planet is about to explode. It’s a trait in TV that is as old as storytelling.

There is a nice moment when the Drahvins see the Chumblies taking off and then they see the regulars running towards the TARDIS and try to get to them instead. Maaga is still a good character but sadly we don’t get to see if she pulls off the trick of making normal dialogue work brilliantly. There isn’t much to this story apart from getting the Chumblies ship to take off but as they only have 25 minutes they do what they need to do. When the planet does eventually blow up it would have been nice to see how this looks on TV because sadly the soundtrack doesn’t.

The end of the episode is great because it leads to the only episode in the shows history where non of the regulars appear. They are not even mentioned and it’s the prelude to the Dalek epic. Sadly that means that it’s the best thing in the episode which pretty much sums up my feelings about this episode and story. I would probably have had a different reaction to it had the entire four part run been on DVD but sadly its not the case. As a plot its