The third episode starts is where
any goodwill that I had for this story has well and truly gone because this is
another episode where nothing really happens. It’s so lacking in anything
resembling a plot that when the cliffhanger did come I was more surprised than
engaged with the adventure. I really couldn’t tell you what happened in this
episode because it was so lacking in life that it’s really hard to find
anything to say. It must be said that it’s not 9 episodes without seeing an
episode. There are some good things to like about this story/episode and it’s
that the regulars are settling in well. I think that Patrick Troughton does
come across as the Doctor. Even Anneke Wills and Michael Craze seem to do well
in this episode but Anneke Wills has gone backwards after the impressive
episode we got last time. Jamie is the biggest disappointment in this episode
as he should really be more involved in the story than he is considering he’s
about to join the TARDIS. Even the supporting cast don’t really seem to be
doing much and despite a bit of interest about Ben being sold into slavery it
seems like Gerry Davis is just counting down the minutes to the final episode.
I have struggled in recent days
to find something substantial to write because without being able to see it it
becomes hard to get really involved in the story but what makes it harder is
that it’s a historical and its becoming more obvious that historicals are
somewhat dull and its easy to see why they were fazed out. Episode three is
arguably the worst episode of the Troughton era so far and of series four.
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