The Invisible Enemy - Episode 2

So of course Leela wasn’t going to be gunned down at the beginning of this episode but the way that she survives is quite clever. The Doctor is fighting with whatever is in his mind and gives enough time to warn Leela. The action moves after a short time to a meteorite that has a massive red cross on it. Here the costumes get sillier and the words on the wall are just as silly. This episode becomes a recruitment drive as Lowe infects lots of people. It’s done in such a way that just seems rather basic and not very exciting or dramatic. The effect used is still quite good.

The sets go from dark colours at the beginning to really bright as the story moves to the asteroid hospital. The bright white walls along with the PVC costumes means that sunglasses should be provided with this DVD.

K9 makes his debut in this episode after the five minute mark. K9 is one of those creations that loved and hated by Doctor Who fans and I am personally with the latter. K9 is one of the most recognisable things about Doctor Who but for me I cant see the fascination. I think that K9 has a purpose in this story and the fact that it’s a studio based story means that he can move around quite well but beyond this story, he loses his appeal somewhat. K9 is the creation of Professor Marius (played by Frederick Jaeger). Marius is a likeable person as is someone that the Doctor and Leela can rely upon. Even though he is now a baddie, I just don’t see Michael Sheard’s Lowe character as a villain but it’s still a good performance.

The story seems to go in a slightly different direction as the Doctor and Leela get cloned, shrunk and then the episode ends with the pair going down what appears to be a plughole. It’s quite a good ending because whilst its not tense or dramatic, it is still quite entertaining so after two episodes I am still enjoying this story. There are things that don’t quite work but I think that (at the moment) I am perhaps being too hard on the show as I am judging it by 2014 standards. I don’t quite know why I am enjoying this story but I’m just going to go along with this.