The Dominators - Episode 5

5.9 million people saw this final episode so it lost nearly 1 and a half million. I was impressed that the previous episode managed to get anywhere near seven million viewers. Plot wise we actually get something that looks like a plot and that hasn’t been the case before now. This story really is very dull. It was clear that they were struggling to make the story work in five episodes so what we have is four episodes of rather plodding dialogue and one episode where we get all the action. It’s a shame that we have had four episode of feeble Dulcians and squabbling Dominators.

I do like how this Doctor goes to the trouble of explaining things by drawing.  It’s done for the supporting characters but the viewer actually benefits (well I do anyway). It’s not something that William Hartnell would have done and it wont be the last time that Patrick Troughton would do this and it’s a nice way of explaining whats going on without baffling people with science. It’s not dumbing down but just including people in whats going on.

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reunite for the first time in a long time. It does feel like this is the episode where everything comes together and its where all the main action is shown. They manage to stop the Dominators from setting of their explosion. It’s the best episode for Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines in this entire story. I think that it’s because there is something for them to do and everyone seems to be flying into action. There is a moment where the Doctor is running with the bomb it is clear that it isn’t Patrick Troughton doing the running as he wasn’t there during the location filming and the problem with this is that the actor doubling for Troughton is on screen long enough to see that it isn’t Troughton. A shame really.

The Sonic screwdriver makes a return after first appearing in ‘Fury from the Deep’. However this time it becomes a blowtorch. Quite the handy weapon isn’t it? Well I know that some people dislike the Sonic Screwdriver but it’s a good tool and does work in some cases.

This would be the last time that Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln would write for the show and it’s a shame that this is their final work. They did very well with ‘The Web of Fear’ and there were things to like about ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ (though it is one of the weakest Troughtons stories). I think that they could have done more stories of the calibre of Web. Morris Barry does a fairly good job. Nothing spectacular but it’s a perfectly fine story that is directed with the usual professionalism that you would expect from him.

As an episode it’s the best of the five, though that’s not a massive achievement. The problems that were happening behind the scenes (covered on the Dominators DVD) have a huge impact on the story. There is an awful lot of negativity about trying to create a replacement (a merchandisable replacement as its referred to in the documentary) a replacement for the Doctors. The Quarks were never going to be a success (easy to say in 2013 but its true) and no matter how many times I watch this story it still baffles me how anyone thought that they were going to be a success. The first story of the sixth season isn’t a very good one but its got to get better. Hasn’t it?

The Dominators - Episode 4

The information text help out again. Apparently this episode got an extra two million viewers after the last episode. Probably because people couldn’t quite believe that a science-fiction show could be this boring. It’s a shame that after the high quality of season five (yes even with Abominable Snowmen and Fury from the Deep), I am sitting through this. There is a huge tempatation to skip this story but I must stick to the path and realise that as well as the good stories we have to sit through this stuff.

From the very beginning of the episode the Dominators are bickering. However it does step up a gear providing a brief moment of tension and no sooner has it stated than it ends. It’s mentioned in the information text that director Morris Barry liked that this friction which until this episode I didn’t understand but I have to admit that Mr Barry has a point. On the subject of Morris Barry, I must say that the direction is quite good. He does his best to make the quarry shots look interesting but he does quite well here.

I’ve just noticed that Jamie and Zoe have swapped positions. Before it was Zoe with Cully and now its Jamie. I suppose its to give a bit of freshness. It means that Cully and Jamie can do the action stuff and the Doctor and Zoe can do the brainy stuff and that is the way it should have been from the very beginning.  The change of line-up means that Jamie gets to do something decent as he gets to throw some rocks at the Quarks and do a bit of running through the quarry (a bit like Peter Davison in ‘The Caves of Androzani’). Wendy Padbury’s role has been reduced since she was reunited with the Doctor and normally that would be a bad thing but I did enjoy the scenes between the two.

The story does seem to pick up the moment one of the Dominators finally appear in the Dulkin’s chamber. This is the first time that the Dominators have done anything other than bicker with each other and show why they are suppose to be the big force in the universe. Due to the fact that I find the Dulcians to be so wet and feeble, I actually find myself cheering for the Dominators. This is the first time that I have had felt any warmth towards this story which is a shame because it’s the final episode of the story tomorrow and it just seemed to be finding its feet.

The Dominators - Episode 3

The most interesting thing about this episode is that there is no caption to indicate the episode number. That’s it. I’m starting at the top of the tree and working my way down and the story is so lifeless that its downhill all the way. It’s not even going to be that long a review because nothing of any note happens and it would be slightly better if the characters were written better.

The Doctor and Jamie spend most of the time in the capsule going from one place to the next. Jamie does very little in the episode apart from prevent Cully from destroying the Quarks. This is the second story where his actions have caused problems. He does get to do a bit of shooting towards the end but that’s about as good as it gets for Frazer Hines.

Zoe spends her time moving rocks around trying to get people to rebel against the Quarks. I hate to turn this into a fashion report but quite what they were thinking when they put Zoe in that nightie. It is like Benny Hill has designed the costume and I know that there must be a thing about ‘something for the dads’ but I am finding it an irritating factor and it was at this point that I realised that the story had lost me. Despite the best efforts of Frazer Hines and Patrick Troughton doing their comedy routine, there’s very little to enjoy.

The Dulcians are boring. They are so bad that I want some Daleks to come back from America and to exterminate everyone of the supporting cast. The Dulcians are wet and feeble and the Dominators are so useless that the Dulcians have nothing to worry about from the Dominators.

I’m beginning to lose interest in this story. The story was reduced to five episodes because there wasn’t enough plot for six episodes but actually there is barely enough for three. I really cant get that excited about a story that doesn’t allow the viewer/fan to pick a side and just wishes that the Doctor hadn’t landed on Dulkis in the first place. At the time of writing this, Episode 3 is currently in 199^th place out of 212. As a story its 40^th.



The Dominators - Episode 2

The bonus about watching the DVDs is that I can stick the information text and be a little bit more interesting when writing these reviews.  The first few minutes are given to who Norman Ashby was and how Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman came to write for the show. It also means that whenever things get a bit dull then you can entertain yourself with a bit of information. The Doctor and Jamie start the episode being held against a wall by the dreary Dominators and the mildly amusing Quarks. They are quite silly when the don’t notice that Jamie and the Doctor have come away from the wall and when they are seen by one of the Dominators they don’t really seem bothered. Apart from being a bit dull, another thing that is wrong with them that spend a lot of time bickering with each other. This is tiresome and does nothing to make them seem the villains they are suppose to be.

The Doctor and Jamie do their very best to make the Dominators think that they are stupid. They have some good scenes together and they work well together and its something that makes the second Doctor’s era what it is. It’s a simple relationship between an alien and a highlander from the 18^th Century. The only downside is that they are subjected to these stupid tests for the vast majority of the episode. Zoe is stuck with Cully who both go travelling and when they arrive at the city we are met with Bovern and his band of equally silly looking Dulkians. When Zoe does get into her new costume it does seem like Benny Hill has become costume designer for this story. Wendy Padbury has a good episode considering she’s stuck with Cully and its hard to believe that just six episodes it was hard to imagine that she could ever be likeable but Wendy Padbury has managed to pull this off and she has become part of the team.

The cliffhanger is quite good as it puts Zoe is danger with debris falling around her. It’s marginally better than the last cliffhanger but at least the cliffhangers were something to enjoy as opposed the other 99%. I am probably being too hard to this story but to be honest there’s nothing else to really take from this story as the good guys are a bit dull and the bad guys are being upstaged by a spikey fridge. That’s not a good combination.

The Dominators - Episode 1

This marks the opening episode of the sixth season and it’s the final for Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. It’s also the first for Wendy Padbury as a proper companion. There was a repeat of ‘Evil of the Daleks’ for viewers in 1968 so we get a bit of a reminder of this when we first see the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie. This season was the one that seemed to have lots of production problems.  The first seemed to be in this story as it was intended to be a six parter but got reduced to five at the last minute. This was originally written by Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln who had written the Yeti stories in the previous season and they weren’t told of this change and this was to be their last contribution to the series and also they had their names taken off. So Norman Ashby is given credit.

The story takes place of Dulkis which the Doctor has visited before and is suppose to be a planet of peace which is the same situation as the First Doctor had in ‘The Rescue’. The difference between the two stories is that this is filmed in a quarry (a classic cliché for Doctor Who) and the problem with this is that it doesn’t allow Morris Barry to do a great deal. Things don’t start well. The change between a ship landing from a glass painting to a model is rather unconvincing. It’s a shame that the first thing we see in this story is some rather lame effects even by 1960’s Doctor Who standards. Another thing that stands out was that Patrick Troughton doesn’t appear in the location filming.

The problems with this story start from the 1:35 minute mark. The two Dominators are charisma free who are boring from the very moment they are on screen. The only thing worse are the Dulcian. They should really be called Dull-cians because not only are they like a bunch of rich posh people who are trying to find something interesting to do, but they are wearing stupid ‘dresses’ and it looks like the costume budget was another thing that suffered during this season. The Quarks are probably the only thing good thing about this story and they aren’t the greatest creation. It’s like they were trying to find something that could rival the Daleks but this definitely wasn’t it.

It was something that I commented on during her debut story but it seems that Zoe has definitely developed and is the typical companion which isn’t a bad thing but she does a strange (but narratively obvious idea) where she separates herself from the Doctor and Jamie, thus allowing them to send Zoe on a different plot strand. Zoe was quite good in this and I have confidence that she will continue with this form for the rest of the season.

It’s not the best start to the sixth season and also to this story. I think that the fact that its only five episodes means that had it not being for the regulars and also the Quarks that prevent this story from being the worst that I have watched so far. In fact as I write this the first episode is currently placed in 180^th place out of 210. That puts it in the bottom 50 but as a story its currently in 40^th place (out of 44). Hopefully the next five episodes will do better but from memory I don’t think that this will be the case but at least I have got through the tough period and will be on mainly DVD’s for the next month.

The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 4

The final episode has to end the story on a high note after the previous three episodes have been very good. The previous episode ended with a close up of Klieg’s gun with the Doctor being warned to watch out. The episode basically has to do two things such as defeated Klieg and Kaftan and defeat the Cybermen. Due to the way that the story has been written this looks like it wont be an easy thing and that’s what so good about this episode.

Toberman as a Cybermen doesn’t look or act any different to before. It seems like his only purpose is to pick the Cyber Controller up and he’s been as much use to the story as he had been in the previous episodes and I feel like they could have done more with the character apart from just being the muscles of the story. The scene where Toberman picks up the dummy Cyber Controller and throws him onto the controls is rather poorly done. It’s clear that it’s a dummy when he’s in the air and its falls a bit to badly. I like the effect of the Cybermen going back into their tomb. It might have just been a simple reversing of the footage but it was effective.

There’s a nice comedic moment in this episode where the Doctor asks Jamie if he’s tied the knots tightly with Jamie being very confident before the Cyber Controller bursting out of the chamber. To be honest I think that Victoria and Jamie haven’t been quite as good as in previous episode but that’s more because they weren’t given much to do but that said what they are given to do they do it well.

Kaftan’s death was effective as she suffered a firey death. She bit the dust on the 10 minute mark and that means that Klieg is left and his death seems far more graphic without us actually seeing him die. I thought that the death of one of the Cybermen was quite graphic and it was the best death in the episode because when the Cyberman Controller dies it’s ok but not as good as the death before. Toberman’s death was a shame really but it was probably the right thing to do because if he was part Cybermen he probably wouldn’t want to be like that but it was actually quite a noble death.

I like how the ending with the Cyber Controller seemed to be one final twist before our heroes get out. It means we get one final death and the goodbye between the archaeologists and the regulars was quite sad. I do question why they left Toberman to just seemingly rot which does seem quite a weird ending to the story. That said I still think that this story is a very good one and it easily the best Patrick Troughton story that he has done so far.

The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 3

As we approach the second half of the story we finally get some things explained to us. Firstly why did the Cybermen go to the trouble of locking themselves in a tomb. Though they never explain the furniture in the main room. By locking themselves in the tomb, only the smartest would be able to get in. It’s quite a clever (if slightly convoluted) way of doing things. They want to use the cleverest of people to convert and this is basically the plot for the story. The first 10 minutes of the episode move quite quick as there is quite a daring rescue by Captain Hopper.

There’s a great scene between Klieg and Kaftan where Kaftan becomes a bit more of a villain as she does her Lady Macbeth moment when the pair are locked in the room with the dummy Cyberman.  It’s my one of favourite scenes in the entire episode. The second is the scene between the Doctor and Victoria when Victoria talks about her father and how she misses him and is worried about forgetting him. It’s the Doctor that tells her that she will remember him but in the back of her mind because of all the adventures that she will be about to embark on. There is a brief moment when the Doctor talks about his family. It’s the first time in a long since (possibly since the first episode of An Unearthly Child) that the Doctor talks about his life. It’s a great moment.

The build up to the cliffhanger is perhaps as strong as the cliffhanger itself. After the emotional and low key scene between the Doctor and Victoria, the drama gets cranked up with the Cybermats finally making their way to the main room and just as the Doctor and co think that they have given the cybermats a “full metal breakdown”, Klieg and Kaftan make an appearance. What’s so good about the ending is that it looks like the Doctor has been shot and there is a yell but the camera focuses in on the gun so there is a nice mystery about what has happened and leads to a good final episode.

This is the first time that the directing slips a bit. There’s one bit which doesn’t quite work and it’s when Toberman is fighting the Cyberman and the location where they filmed the tomb bit doesn’t blend in with the studio filming. This is made even worse when you can clearly see the strings that are about to lift Roy Stewart into the air, it seems like they are deliberately trying to draw our attention to it which is a shame. Apart from that brief moment I did think that Morris Barry directed another sound episode. As a story its still just as great as I remember it and I think that it’s the best opening story to a series in Doctor Who (so far). The writing is great, the claustrophobic setting is perfect and the supporting characters working well with the regulars are helping to make this a great Cybermen story.

The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 2

One of the things that I like about this story is apart from the fact that it’s a Cyberman story and its one of my favourites. It’s that it exists entirely on DVD and so I feel that I am enjoying it more than when I have to stick on the CD. I said in the previous episode that I remember listening to this on my cassette tape version and it was just before it was discovered in Hong Kong and I remember listening to it and trying to imagine what it would look like and my young imagination couldn’t have come up with what I would see. The tight setting of the story is one of the things that works so well in this episode.

It’s this episode where we are treated to the first glimpse of the cybermats. Compared to the ones that we have seen recently on TV they are fairly simplistic and look like they would be hitting toy shop shelves pretty soon but I think that they are quite fun. Something that didn’t strike me when watching the previous episode and that is why have the Cybermen gone to the trouble of building a table and putting stools with it? The choice of furniture is not something that you would think Cybermen wouldn’t bother with. There is a line where Hopper says that its going to take 72 hours to repair the damage and its like a sign to the viewer that the story is going to happen over a short amount of time.

The idea that the Doctor is manipulating people continues in this episode where he helps Klieg raise the hatch to the tomb. I find Patrick Troughton’s performance in this episode to be comforting. It feels like he’s having enjoying himself and gives a very good performance. Both Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling give good performances but they are somewhat overshadowed by Kleig and the Doctor.

Viner is a hysterical worrier and some might say that there’s nothing wrong with this considering the situation but I to admit that I think that it gets slightly annoying. It wasn’t so much of a problem in the previous episode but here it seemed like a big issue. He is more hysterical than Victoria should be (or at least has been portrayed recently). Thankfully he meets a grisly ending towards the end of the episode. Captain Hopper seems like the only one with any proper sense. He might come across as a bit abrupt but he is a good on screen presence. George Roubicek plays the part well and I like how he seems to see everyone else as a problem. Hopper is another solid character. Kleig continues being the villain of the story and George Pastell is brilliant from start to finish. I also think that Shirley Cooklin is in second place as Kaftan though her star will rise by the end of the story.  As a double act they are quite the piece and with the lack of Cybermen involvement take centre stage and they do well with it. There’s a nice moment when Victoria realises that the world she finds herself in now is very different to the one that she knew before she boarded the TARDIS.  When she is being served some food she must have been assuming a plate of food but is instead given a OXO cube.

The tomb set is very impressive. It’s done in two parts with the shot of the tomb being the first and then the second is the studio set. It’s edited together rather well and it all feels like one big set.  The tomb part is the more spectacular as it’s surprising that they built something so big for this show when normally they would have done it

The lack of Cybermen must have been a problem for viewers in 1967 as apart from the dummy Cyberman at the beginning we don’t see anymore Cybermen until the 20 minute mark when the temperature is raised and they start climbing down the ladder. When they do get involved its quite an impressive moment as the Cyber Controller’s entrance is easily one of the best entrances that I can remember.

This is another cracking episode and it continues to build on the good work that was achieved in episode one. We get more Cybermen (even though its left until the end) and it feels like the story is building towards something instead padding until we get to the business end of the story. Good stuff.

The Moonbase - Episode 4

The final part of this adventure starts with the image that we could get on audio and that is of an army of Cybermen walking along the moon. The sight of it is great and the music helps to create a wonderful opening impression. This is the first chance we have to look at the new Cybermen in all their glory. I still maintain the first design is the best look but there is something quite charming about the new look which has a nice mouthpiece where it opens when the words are being spoken, it was the only downside to the first design. It’s good that there more than three Cybermen in this story. If this were a Dalek story then it there would be three Daleks and several cut outs.

The Cybermen are quite resourceful as they use someone who is already infected to try and enable them to divert the relief ship from coming to the moon. Even when things go against them they still try and get into the base. The way that they are defeated is quite good as the gravitron is used against them and the effect of floating Cybermen is a rather well done one and it helps that the background is black so you cant see the string that are being used to pull them up.

I like the moment when the Doctor doesn’t do what the others when the Cybermen are about to fire on the dome. It reminds me of the moment when Hartnell’s Doctor stands defiant against a War Machine. It’s the first time that I have felt we have had the true brilliance of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor. At the end of the episode we get to see them all in their spacesuits for the first time and they are quite funny as they do look a bit silly and it just looks a bit cheap. One of the things that I think is a shame is how little the companions have to do. The most that Polly has to do is play charades with Benoit when they are trying to lower the gravitron and Ben and Jamie just have to run around.

The final scene ends with a  claw appearing on screen and this leading to The Macra Terror. It must have been a good cliffhanger at the time but I just cant help but think that it’s a bit lacklustre. It’s quite good to set up a mystery about what that Claw belongs to. As an episode it’s a very good final episode and uses every possible minute to end the story well. The regulars are good and the supporting cast is also very good here. As a four part episode I think it was just as good as I have thought of it in the past. It’s a great follow up adventure for the Cybermen and their status as second most popular villains in Doctor Who is cemented.

The Moonbase - Episode 3

It’s back to the cd for the third episode. After being impressed with the somewhat claustrophobic feel of the studio its back to try and imagine the same feeling on CD. It’s a shame really that we have to go back to the CD after enjoying the visuals from the previous episode.  The previous episode ended with the cure being found and the Cyberman ending up sneaking into the sick bay. It seems like something goods going to happen in the episode but the waiting goes on and on.

This episode is where we actually get to hear a Cyberman talk and it’s quite different from the first time we saw them. I think that the first look was best but actually the voice is much improved. Their involvement is more noticeable during part three and it seems that there are more of them. It’s great how they are quite – dare I say it – evil. Whereas in The Tenth Planet you could argue that they were at least trying to save their planet, whereas this time there isn’t the chance to make the same argument because they just seem pure evil.

The problem with this episode is that there isn’t much that happens really. In the first part of this story it’s the mystery of whats causing the plague and now that’s been solved it seems like there was an awful amount of waiting around for the Cybermen to get themselves sorted. This is the most active that Jamie has been so far. It comes at the time when Ben, Polly and Jamie try and come up with a way of defeating the Cybermen. Patrick Troughton doesn’t have much to do in this episode so its down to the companions to be the active ones and I like how there is the slightly implication that Jamie might fancy Polly and there is also a moment where Ben and Jamie let their testoerome go overboard and it seems like there might be a fight but this all takes place in one scene.

I don’t quite know whats happened but I find myself not really enjoying this episode as much. I think that the problem is that nothing really happens until the final few minutes when the Cybermen march along the surface of the moon. When episode four starts we will see this in all its glory but sadly despite the wonderful narration of Frazer Hines it’s a somewhat ordinary cliffhanger. It’s back to the DVD tomorrow for the final episode and I still maintain that there is something to enjoy about this story and think that all the elements are there for this to be another solid Cyberman story.

The Moonbase - Episode 2

Today marks the 150^th day into my Doctor Who journey. It’s been a bit of a struggle in recent weeks due to the large number of episodes that doesn’t exist on video or iTunes. My enjoyment continues in episode two and this is where the story really gets going. First thing that I notice on the crew of the Moonbase is the diversity of nationalities that work here. Of course it’s a British man that runs the base but at least Hobson treats the other well and they seem to get on with him and it creates a seemingly strong environment. Hobson is unwilling to believe that the Cybermen are back. Hobson is actually better than General Cutler in The Tenth Planet. In TTP, Cutler is unlikeable because he’s more focused on his son getting back to Earth whereas in this story Hobson is concerned about the entire planet. This atmospheric

There are some things that don’t quite work in this episode. Ben and Polly have become a couple of whingers especially Ben. Polly starts of the episode by screaming. Jamie is still forced to have a fever, he gets a few moments  where he is coherent but to be honest it doesn’t amount to very much. His best moment comes when he is zapped by the Cybermen but is left moments after. Another thing are the spacesuits which will probably be a bit of a repetitive comment as we approach the rest of the Troughton era. The Doctor has some moments of comedy when he’s trying to get samples to test. It’s mixed in with quite serious moments which is what is so good about Troughton’s Doctor. He does the best out of the regulars which might not be such as surprising statement. He acts like the Doctor and he plays it perfectly but with a hint of vulnerability. The Doctor gives his brilliant speech about evil fighting against everything they believe in. Its one of the best speeches in Doctor Who. Everytime that I hear it I think it gets better and its delivered in the same way as the speech that William Hartnell gave in ‘Inside the Spaceship’. He get better when we have the fact that he solves the mystery about what’s causing the black lines and the explanation is quite good as it’s the sugar. It explains why it doesn’t affect everyone.

We get a nice model shot which gives us a great impression that this isn’t just a studio (which obviously it is). There is still a wonderful claustrophobic feel to it despite the vastness of the spaceship. The black and white filming lends a bit of atmosphere to it along with everything else.

The cliffhanger is brilliant. They go from being quite happy that they have found the source of the plague but then it turns to tension when it becomes evident that one of the people lying down is in fact a Cybermen. Quite how half a dozen people managed to miss it I’m not quite sure. However it’s a great scene and the music helps to end the episode on a high. It’s a great episode and I’m really glad that it does exist on DVD.

The Moonbase - Episode 1

I start Episode 1 of The Moonbase the day after it was revealed that 9 episodes of Doctor Who had been found in Nigeria. Sadly it isn’t The Moonbase but I’m in a good mood and I have always liked The Moonbase so it’s a good day to be a Doctor Who fan. This is the first appearance of the Cybermen since they appear in William Hartnell’s final adventure. Amazingly that was only two weeks ago. Like that story this is another of those base under siege stories that I enjoy so much. When the story moves to inside the moonbase there is a drama already in motion. It’s not being caused by the Doctor’s involvement but some other influence.

It’s easy to make the argument that this is The Tenth Planet on the moon but that in itself is not a problem. There is a difference and that is the problems that the moonbase is having. There is the illness. We are reminded several times that the Moonbase is very important to the Earth as it controls the weather and when it goes wrong then the effects on Earth are devastating. Due to the increasing number of people collapsing there is a greater sense of tension as it feels like the base is under attack in a slow but calculated way.

The usual trick of keeping a familiar villain out of shot for as long as possible is used here. It’s 18 minutes before we get an indication of the Cybermen. It must have been a surprise in 1967 and they were used well because the temptation would have been to go a bit overboard upon their return but they have popped up at the right time.

Jamie is given the short straw in this episode as he spends the entire episode asleep and rambling due to concussion. It’s a shame really as he seemed to be developing well after the previous four episodes. It means that Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills and Michael Craze get to do their thing with the regulars and Polly did seem to be playing nurse which is a waste really but the alternative is that she would be filling the screen and doing nothing in the process.

It’s a atmospheric setting opening episode. It does what an opening should do and its got the added bonus of being a base under siege story which I love. The cliffhanger was slightly disappointing as I think that when I stick episode two on the DVD tomorrow this ending might make more sense but as it is this ending is the weakest part of the episode.