The penultimate episode of this story starts off with the really good cliffhanger. The Doctor manages to find himself in the 22nd century by accident and its means that we don’t see Nicholas Courtney apart from the in the reprise. The fact that the Doctor moves to the 22nd century is the natural progression of the story. The shot that is used to show what 22nd Century earth looks like is rather disappointing compared to the special edition version we get. It’s basically a block of flats which is a horrible sight but doesn’t exactly scream 22nd century. Anyway that’s the only exterior shot we get because pretty quickly the Doctor gets the scene with the controller.
The Daleks have been quite static up until now but at least we get some movement, mainly at the start but it’s better than nothing. I find it rather frustrating when they whinge about productivity being low. You would have thought by now that they would realise that they need to feed the slaves in order to get any results. Oh well it’ll come to them sooner or later.
There’s an odd that the controller doesn’t pay eye contact with one of the technicians. The controller’s behaviour is quite interesting in this episode as he continues to play the generous host when he first encounters the Doctor. This leads to the best scene of the episode is the food scene with the controller, the Doctor and Jo where the Doctor takes the controller to task much to Jo’s disappointment. I like how she’s defending the controller even though she hasn’t seen what the Doctor’s seen. It doesn’t take much for Jo to side with the Doctor and this leads to them escaping. It’s good that they have been reunited (even though its not been very long).
There’s another clever shot from Paul Bernard. It comes at the end of the Doctor/Jo/Controller scene when the Doctor’s talking and the camera pulls out before it being clear that we’re looking at a screen. It’s simple yet effective and I am surprised at how impressed I am with this effect. Then again compared to some aspects of this story it doesn’t take much. There’s a great moment where the Doctor and Jo are on a trike. It’s a typical Pertwee moment. I could imagine Jon Pertwee being impressed with the trike but Katy Manning must have been a little bit nervous.
The cliffhanger is ok but not as good as the previous. The Doctor being strapped to a table with images of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton appearing on the screen. It’s a nice way to set up the final episode and as an episode I thought that there was nothing particular special but its not a terrible story. The only time that I get frustrated with things is when the Daleks talk any to be honest they haven’t actually done anything really which is odd.
The Daleks have been quite static up until now but at least we get some movement, mainly at the start but it’s better than nothing. I find it rather frustrating when they whinge about productivity being low. You would have thought by now that they would realise that they need to feed the slaves in order to get any results. Oh well it’ll come to them sooner or later.
There’s an odd that the controller doesn’t pay eye contact with one of the technicians. The controller’s behaviour is quite interesting in this episode as he continues to play the generous host when he first encounters the Doctor. This leads to the best scene of the episode is the food scene with the controller, the Doctor and Jo where the Doctor takes the controller to task much to Jo’s disappointment. I like how she’s defending the controller even though she hasn’t seen what the Doctor’s seen. It doesn’t take much for Jo to side with the Doctor and this leads to them escaping. It’s good that they have been reunited (even though its not been very long).
There’s another clever shot from Paul Bernard. It comes at the end of the Doctor/Jo/Controller scene when the Doctor’s talking and the camera pulls out before it being clear that we’re looking at a screen. It’s simple yet effective and I am surprised at how impressed I am with this effect. Then again compared to some aspects of this story it doesn’t take much. There’s a great moment where the Doctor and Jo are on a trike. It’s a typical Pertwee moment. I could imagine Jon Pertwee being impressed with the trike but Katy Manning must have been a little bit nervous.
The cliffhanger is ok but not as good as the previous. The Doctor being strapped to a table with images of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton appearing on the screen. It’s a nice way to set up the final episode and as an episode I thought that there was nothing particular special but its not a terrible story. The only time that I get frustrated with things is when the Daleks talk any to be honest they haven’t actually done anything really which is odd.
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