The Power of the Daleks - Episode 2

The second episode starts off in very creepy style. The music that runs throughout this episode helps make this episode that bit much better. There is a great deal of fear that runs in this episode as well and I like how its not long before we are reminded that the Doctor is still trying to get over his regeneration. The Doctor is still acting slightly strange and Ben is still doubtful about it whereas Polly is all but convinced. Troughton is really good in this episode. I like the moment where he says that one Dalek is enough to kill the colony.

There is a mystery about where the third Dalek has gone but its not long before we discover that Lesterson is keeping one for himself. I’m quite liking Lesterson as you know how this is going to end and even if you have never heard this story before you can clearly see this coming a mile off and if you don’t then your just not trying. The Daleks are still relatively inactive in this episode. The third Dalek gets a few moments but they are still not quite as involved in the story as I would like. It was understandable in the first episode as to why they were on the sidelines but now we want them back in.

The episode deals with the colony and the colonists but to be honest I don’t think it’s the most important part of the story because that honour goes to Patrick Troughton and his first encounter with the Daleks which is difficult to rate as apart from the final scene, there isn’t much in the way of proper interaction.  The scene where the Doctor is trying to convince everyone that the Daleks are evil is a compelling scene but its made even more compelling when the Daleks screams that he is their servant instead of exterminate. This is echoed in Victory of the Daleks and it’s a great cliffhanger, another great cliffhanger. I think that as an episode it doesn’t  quite have the same thing as the opening episode but I think that the second half makes up for the rather strolling pace that the first half had. Though with four more episodes I think that its perfectly fine to do this.