As we approach the second half of the story a lot of things
happen in this episode and a familiar face makes a welcome return.
The Priest looks funny but is nowhere near as bad as the
Guardian that appears later in the episode. I am a proud Doctor Who fan and can
happily look past some things but the Guardian is something that I just cant
defend. It’s badly realised and just ruins any interest that I might have had
in knowing a bit about this planet. By
the end of the episode I found myself being more entertained with the dispute
going on between the colonists and the IMC guys. It was interesting to see who
the Master, sorry the adjudicator would side with. I suppose it wasn’t much of
a surprise really that he sided with IMC. The advantage of it going the way of
IMC is that it led to that interesting shootout towards the end of the episode.
Roger Delgado returns as the adjudicator and its funny
seeing him as a judge deciding the fate of the planet. I like the look on his
face when the Doctor and Jo walk in on the hearing. The moment that he appears,
my interest in things improves greatly. It’s good that the Doctor has someone interesting
to deal with as Dent seems to be pre-occupied with Ashe and the colonists. It’s
good that Jo and the Doctor got to reunite. It means that we get some good
scenes between the two and I love the moment before the guardian appears that
she thinks that they are going to be sacrificed.
Despite the promising first half I have to say that this was
another episode that didn’t quite hit the mark. It does feel like its moving
towards something but whether its going in the right direction remains to be
seen. The cliffhanger was another disappointing one which is a shame really
because its becoming a common theme in this story. It seems that the focus is
on the story but the cliffhangers are irrelevant. 
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