The business with the Kamelion Master and Peri is quite
interesting. There is another fun scene where Peri says that she can shout just
as loudly as anyone else. With the amount that Peri has to endure just in the
first few minutes of this episode would send most people mad. She also has a
rather torrid time when she slips down a steep bank. As far as debuts go, Peri
has had the toughest one. She must have run around most of Lanzarote during the
course of this episode.
One of the few things that this story has going for it is
the small matter of what is happening to Turlough and Kamelion. I have been
more interested with Kamelion in these two episodes than the first time
Kamelion appeared. There is a mystery because we see Kamelion Master and yet we
see the Master in another room. The
mystery of Turlough’s past continues with Turlough revealing that he is a
chosen one. Turlough is taken to a ship that he believes belonged to his
father. Why couldn’t more effort have been put into his backstory before this
story. It’s one of the many frustrating things about this period of the show.
I still cant be bothered with the inhabitants of Sarn. They don’t
seem have bothered to come up with any mode of transport to get around. They
are all quite suspicious of the fire which is fine but its not enough to carry
a story. Peter Wyngarde seems to be playing Timanov like he’s a character from
a Shakespeare play. Sadly this story isn’t as interesting as any of the Bard’s
plays.
The Master acts like some sort of American Preacher and its
fun to see Ainley do this. The fact that we have waited until the latter stages
of this episode is somewhat annoying bearing in mind how little the story has
grabbed me so far. Again, this episode works because of the location filming. At
the half way stage I find myself being somewhat disengaged with what I am
seeing in this story. I think that despite the best efforts of Fiona Cumming and
her excellent location footage this story seems to be continue the trend that
this season which is rather inconsistent.
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