Penultimate episode of the year and of Sarah Sutton’s time
on the show. After being surprised about how much I have not hated this story,
I was worried that it was going to go all badly wrong but that didn’t happen.
The cliffhanger from the previous episode wasn’t great and to be honest it wasn’t
dealt with in a good way. Kari saves the day but she does it in a rather over
the top way. She fires at something that bounces it and it hits Valgard. There
is a bit of fun which probably in other stories that I would have really been
annoyed with but it works in this story and its that the Doctor and Kari are
thought to be from the company that hired Valgard and his group. They are not
being treated properly and try to find out what they know. There is also a
power struggle between Valgard and Eirak with Valgard saying that if Eirak
finds them then he will be leader.Olvr seems to have matured quite quickly
after being a scaredy cat in the first episode and not being much better in the
last episode its great to see him finally man up.
Nyssa’s bad luck continues. She continues to be with the
lazars and then at one point is chained up to be picked up by the robotic wolf.
Considering that this is her final story, it would have been nice if Nyssa had
been more active in this adventure instead of being as sidelined as she seems
to have been. When she is allowed to do something she still does it quite well.
She shows the caring side which is something that has been at the core of the
character and Sarah Sutton has done this well from the very beginning.
Tegan and Turlough finally make it out of the tunnel. It’s
been quite an odd time for them because they have managed to bond yet not
change the dynamic of their relationship that much. There is a brief moment
with the Black Guardian although we only hear him but it does seem like an add
on. Out of the four regulars it seems that despite being on screen for a long
time, the Doctor doesn’t actually feel like much of a presence.
The purpose of the ship is explained some more and it implies
that the ship caused the Big Bang. This is quite a impressive idea and follows
the equally impressive yet but not as well told idea for Mawdryn Undead. As the
episode ended, it did feel like the final episode was about something and this
episode did a good job of building up to it. The cliffhanger was much better in
todays episode because it actually had some sense to it and importance to it.
As 2014 comes to an end, its good that it ends with a surprisingly good story.
As I mentioned at the start of the episode one, I have ever really held this
story high regard and whilst I wouldn’t go so far as to say this was story of
the season but I still think that this story has highly improved upon watching.
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