The Underwater Meance - Episode 2

I was disappointed slightly today as I thought that Episode 2 had been released on DVD already but apparently it won’t be released until 2014. So for the 13^th episode in a row I am having to listen to my CD. It’s clear that Zaroff’s idea of trying to raise Atlantis isn’t necessarily a bad idea but what the Doctor objects to is the harm it will cause. The plan is hard to fault until you realise that Zaroff is barking mad and wants to show off to the rest of the world. Still hard to believe that its 1970 though. I suppose a normal person wouldn’t be focused on that and instead but instead of the two story strands going on.

Unfortunately this is where the silliness of the situation overcomes the seriousness of the previous episode. Thankfully there isn’t that much of it and what we do have instead is a perfectly fine episode which has some perfectly fine performances. It’s a shame still that we cant see it yet but with the news of a great deal of episodes found by the BBC there is hope that these episodes are found because I think that this episode would quite a enjoyable one to see. The central performances are quite good and it seems like they all have good stuff to do and the crowded TARDIS hasn’t affected anyone yet. Troughton has well and truly got the handle on the character and I’m surprised at how quickly it seems that this current TARDIS crew have become so good so quick.

As an episode its quite good but that’s because it manages to continue at the same pace as the previous episode instead of starting from a high point like in previous stories. I still struggle to review these sort of episodes because I have nothing to really look at apart from a couple of telesnaps and I am getting slightly bored of that. Thankfully we have an episode to look at tomorrow.