The Highlanders - Episode 2

The second part of this historical adventure is where it goes off the rails a bit. It’s a bit deceptive because when it starts it does so quite well. Unusually the episode starts with Polly and she gets a nice chunk of the action. I’ve commented on the fact that it seems the Doctor and Ben have been in the limelight and I’ve been worried that Polly is going to be the new Vicki or Susan. Jamie, Ben and the Doctor take a back seat in the early part and its good how after several episodes of being on the side-lines, she finally gets to be entertaining. It’s not just a small 5 minute bit of fluff but actually shows the character in a positive light. The Doctor seems to having a whale of a time with his hysterical German accent.  But apart from that he has a somewhat light episode.

This is the ninth episode in a row now that is missing from the archives. Thought I should provide a counter just in case you had lost count. As you can imagine I am waffling because it’s a bit hard to get excited when there isn’t much to get excited about.

Despite the positive start to the episode, it goes a bit dull in the last half. It’s quickly turned into a rather dull historical story which is a shame considering how much I enjoyed the first episode but whilst nothing of any note happens its far from being a disaster. It’s certainly not as bad as any of the Myth Maker episodes or even The Web Planet but that is more to do with the central characters and Jamie (not ready to call him a regular yet).