So this story is one that is never going to rank highly in
my Doctor Who ratings but at least this story is consistent, consistently bad
but at least it was consistent. The problems with this episode continue from
the previous episodes and that there is a lot of talking and stuff happening
but I would be at a loss to explain what I thought happened. What I would say
about this episode is that there was one thing that I did actually like. You
might want to have a sit down for a moment but there was something more substantial
that the cliffhanger to write about.
The thing that was a positive for this episode was the
development of Adric. He does seem to be back to the Adric that we saw in ‘State
of Decay’ because he’s quite conniving and not a team player. I thought that
this was something that worked well in the favour of adding some conflict
between the four regulars. Unfortunately, Nyssa is the one that’s given the
short straw in this serial and suffers the fate of being put under. She only
becomes useful towards the end asking the Doctor for his sonic screwdriver and
a pencil.
The purpose of what Monarch was doing is explained but to be
honest I was so distracted from the story that I neither understand nor care
really about what was going on. The thing about Monarch is that he likes to act
like the big man but the moment that he is questioned by Enlightenment and
Persuasion then he throws a bit of a hissy fit. That’s slightly frustrating
although I would say that the visual of the three of them in the chamber is quite
good and that’s the only reason for having those scenes in it.
It’s another poor episode and the sooner that I finish
watching the next episode the better so I can get on with some better stories.
The commentaries of the Peter Davison DVD’s are fantastic if you get the chance
to listen to them because they rip these stories to shred (some warrant it more
than others) and I was so bored with this story that I was tempted for a while
to actually listen to that instead.
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