Daily archives: February 21, 2016

Doctor Who continued … Almost a forerunner to The Seeds of Doom, this episode has some impressive sets.  Some jeopardy/suspense in the guise of the fake chip, and in trying to find out where the key was hidden.  A little bit rushed at the end for time again, with the […]

21. The Screaming Susan … urm, Jungle

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Doctor Who continued … For the most part, I enjoyed this one.  Clever use of editing (which must have been tough at the time on the BBC’s budget) to give us Barbara’s viewpoint as well as that of everyone else was very effective. The ending lets it down a little.  […]

21. The Velvet Web

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Doctor Who continued … The Keys of Marinus, which effectively has one goal – to give the story a random selection of environs for the following episodes. A very intriguing opening episode begins with the TARDIS landing on what appears to be a beach, only the sea is very still, […]

20. The Sea of Death

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Doctor Who continued … Marco Polo is one of the many early Doctor Who adventures that no longer exists in the BBC archives.  This telesnap version was presented on a BBC release. It’s difficult to understand why Marco Polo was a 7-part story as, in this abridged version, Marco Polo’s […]

14-19. Marco Polo

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Doctor Who continued … As someone who likes well done “bottle shows” (I’m thinking the likes of “Sapphire & Steel” here), this one comes across as a bit confusing.  In production terms and mystery, it works very well.  In providing explanations and solving that mystery, it somewhat fails.  So the […]

12 & 13. The Edge of Destruction / The Brink ...

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