I think that
its safe to say that I am not a fan of this story. Nothing has really made me
change my opinion of this adventure. With the faults that it had, ‘The Ribos
Operation’ was a better written story because there were characters that I was
interested in and a story that was interesting. As much as it pains me to be
mean about Douglas Adams, the story so far hasn’t been anywhere near as good as
it should have been. People would be quick to point out that he was writing ‘The
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ at the same time which would explain why this
story misses the mark. I would say that he should have picked one or the other.
There are
positives about this episode. The captain doesn’t seem quite so annoying in
this episode and his reaction to the death of his parrot is quite sad. The
nurse that suddenly appeared in the previous episode seems to be more involved
in things and we suddenly seem to have a trio with the Captain, Mr Fibuli and
now the nurse. They just need K9 and Romana and they have their very own Scooby
Gang.
This episode
features one of the best scenes in the entire serial. It comes when the Captain
shows the Doctor all the planets that he has captured. The rocks that he sees
are in fact the planets and this sets the Doctor off. This sees Tom Baker give
one of his more serious performances. For a brief moment I was enjoying this
story, then its over and my reservations about this story continue.
The fight
between the Captains parrot and K9 was a little bit of fun but only because
Pennant Roberts managed to make it come together quite well.
The cliffhanger
is way better than the previous two because at least it had some tension with
it and was well performed. The Doctor falls off the plank and there doesn’t seem
to be any way that the Doctor could survive so if I were watching this for the
first time then I would say that this is a fantastic cliffhanger but having
seen it several times over the years, the best that I can say is that it’s the best
cliffhanger so far. 
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