Sue gets her claws into another four-part Pertwee. In colour. Anything could happen.
Episode One
Sue: This is definitely in colour?
Me: Oh yes, this is definitely in colour.
The story begins with a strange object hurtling through the cosmos.
Sue: It’s a bowling pin. In space. With a mushroom on top.
However, once the camera moves behind the spacecraft, Sue begins to warm to its unusual design.
Sue: Actually, it doesn’t look that bad from this angle. It’s very organic, like Kosh’s ship in Babylon 5.
But something extremely odd is travelling on this ship.
Sue: What’s with all the meatballs?
Meanwhile, back on Earth:
Sue: Is that Ronnie Barker?
Me: No, that’s Mr Chinn.
Sue: Mr Double-Chin, surely.
While the Tory MP blusters around UNIT HQ like a demented pit bull, Sue is drawn inexorably towards Jo’s outfit.
Sue: Jo looks very prim and proper this week. She may even be wearing a bra. Her skirt is very, very short but I do love her pink boots.
Me: If you keep your eyes open, you’ll see her knickers later.
Sue: Trust you to notice something like that.
And then Sue is introduced to the gift that keeps on giving, aka Pigbin Josh.
Sue: It’s Kenny Bottles!
Me: Who the hell is Kenny Bottles?
Sue: When I was a kid, probably when this first went out, Kenny Bottles would come down our street every Friday and he would collect everyone’s empty pop bottles so he could get the deposit money back from the local shop. He was the spitting double of this bloke. He had a bike as well. I would tease my younger brother, Kenny, by calling him Kenny Bottles. It used to make him cry.
Me: Ooh arrr!
As the Axon ship heads towards Earth, the military try to shoot it down. Sue isn’t happy about this at all.
Sue: I think I’m on the Doctor’s side this week. I’d be a pompous git as well if I was surrounded by these idiots.
As the story unfurls, Sue becomes quite pensive.
Sue: Has this story got a good reputation with the fans?
Me: Stop asking me that. Make up your own mind. I wouldn’t want anyone to accuse me of indoctrinating you.
Sue: I’d like to see you try.
Meanwhile, an American agent named Bill Filer continues his search for the Master (I just hope he’s not searching for the Gordon Tipple incarnation by mistake [joke copyright Tachyon TV's Claws of Axos podcast, still available from all good websites]).
Sue: Is he the American Gene Hunt?
Me: I like to think of him as the 1970s Jack Bauer.
Nicol: I certainly wouldn’t want to watch 24 hours of this!
Me: Oh hello, Nicol. Actually, you should probably stick around – this story has a particle accelerator in it.
Incredibly, Nicol is tempted by this promise and she settles down on the sofa, just in time to witness the Doctor patronising Jo.
Sue: When does feminism turn up in Doctor Who? Jo has saved the Doctor’s life several times now. He should be begging her to come with him instead of being such a sexist pig. And just when I was starting to warm to him again.
The Axon ship has buried itself deep within the Earth, and when its sphincter-like doors open, Sue raises a quizzical eyebrow.
Sue: So, the alien ship is basically a cross between a giant penis and a giant arsehole? Freud would have had a field day with this.
But if the exterior of the ship looks a bit weird, that’s nothing compared to what’s waiting for us inside.
Sue: Well, they are trying. I’ll give them that. It reminds me of the textile area in Ikea. It’s the curtains that do it, I think. Are we are supposed to be in the belly of an alien whale? It’s quite interesting, really.
And then Sue is reunited with an old friend.
Sue: Not the Master again! What are the chances of that? This is getting a bit old now.
Nicol: The gold people look like they should be standing around Covent Garden or Piccadilly Circus. They’d make a fortune.
Me: Don’t worry, a particle accelerator will be along shortly.
The Axons give humanity the gift of Axonite, a mineral that could potentially eradicate famine forever, and to demonstrate its awesome power, the Axons make a frog turn into the size of a cow.
Me: The French would love that.
Sue: That’s a bit racist.
When the Axons’ true appearance is finally revealed (if you can ignore the first few seconds of the episode that is), Sue isn’t overly impressed.
Sue: It’s an explosion in a spaghetti factory.
Episode Two
Nicol: Where’s the particle accelerator?
Me: Please, just stick with it, Nicol.
The Master and Filer decide to join forces so they can escape from their cell on the Axons’ ship.
Sue: It’s like they’re trapped in the world’s strangest brothel.
Chinn orders the British Army to place UNIT under arrest so he can secure exclusive distribution rights for the Axonite.
Sue: You can’t arrest the Brig! What’s he playing at? And why is this location full of ticking clocks?
And then we discover that the Master had been working with the Axons before they inevitably double-crossed him.
Sue: The Master is starting to make a habit of this. He’s very naive, isn’t he? I almost feel sorry for the daft arse.
And then Nicol starts howling with laughter when she finally sees the cyclotron (“It’s a shower cubicle!”), but it’s the meter that measures the speed of light that sends her over the edge.
Nicol: To be fair, this is way ahead of its time. This sort of science is still cutting edge today. At least the writers seem to have done some homework.
Winser, the head of research at the power complex, demands to know when the Doctor was last published.
Me: Typical academic. I’ve been to conferences like that.
The Doctor decides to investigate the properties of Axonite himself, mainly to see if he can use it to fix his TARDIS.
Sue: This Doctor never does nowt for nowt. There always has to be something in it for him.
Meanwhile, Filer struggles to free himself from the cuddly claws of Axos.
Sue: Was that Filer letting out a big fart just then, or was Dudley Simpson resting on his keyboard again?
And then, just to make things even weirder, we meet the eye of Axos.
Sue: That looks nothing like a giant penis. Not at all. Nope.
The Master begs the Axons to let him have his laser gun back so he can do their dirty work for them.
Sue: The Master has a laser gun! He’ll be asking the Axons for his ball back next.
The Master sneaks away with all the finesse of a cat armed with a laser gun.
Sue: The Master is much more exciting to watch than the Doctor. He’s having his own little adventure this week and it’s much more engaging than watching the Doctor bickering with a bloody academic.
The Axons send a clone of Filer to the power complex but the real Filer comes to the rescue and he kills his duplicate by shoving him into the particle accelerator.
Nicol: I take it all back – they haven’t got a bloody clue.
Meanwhile, the Master is busy hypnotising a young UNIT solider.
Sue: Mind control: check. When will someone fling themselves from a high wall?
Back at the complex, the Doctor places some Axonite in the cyclotron. The speed of light meter begins to rise.
Nicol: The Doctor has just created a tachyon.
Me: That’s my favourite theoretical particle.
Sue: Oooh, a very wobbly set there. That was pretty bad. That’s shoddy workmanship. One mark off.
As the Axonite starts to overload the cyclotron, Winser hurls insults at the Doctor.
Sue: What did he just call him?
Me: A stupid quack.
Nicol: I thought he called him a stupid quark.
Sue: I thought he called him a stupid twat.
The episode concludes with our heroes surrounded by spaghetti-Axons.
Sue: You know, I really like the story but the production values are letting it down a bit. I bet this one would be really good if they remade it today. Only properly this time.
Episode Three
The reprise from last week just gives Sue another opportunity to criticise the proto-Axon crawling across the floor.
Sue: You can tell it’s just some poor sod with a blanket over him.
Me: As opposed to employing a real alien, you mean?
A cushion sails harmlessly over my head.
Sue: The monsters look rubbish but their weapons are very effective. I’ll give them that.
As Chinn is bollocked by his superiors, Sue nods appreciatively.
Sue: I know that I’ve been banging on about the Doctor being a bit of a Tory but this story is very anti-establishment. The British government (who are clearly Tories) are the bad guys here. And incompetent bad guys at that. It’s swings and roundabouts, I guess, but I much prefer the Doctor in this story. Having said that, his hair is very bouffant this week. It looks like he’s just had a shampoo and set.
The Master infiltrates the Nunton Complex disguised as an army general.
Sue: Oh, that’s just rubbish. His mask looks just like him again so why even bother? I bet he isn’t called the Master because he’s a master of disguise. And Benton should be shot.
Back on the Axon ship, the Doctor refuses to cooperate with his captors. So they slowly age Jo to death in front of him.
Sue: The Doctor is terrified by the idea of having an old woman for a companion. He’s ageist as well as sexist.
And before you all write in, she’s joking.
When UNIT try to take on a spaghetti-Axon – and fail – Sue gives them their due.
Sue: The Axons look ridiculous but they don’t half kick arse.
The Brigadier catches the Master sneaking out of the Doctor’s TARDIS and they are forced into an uneasy alliance.
Sue: I’d much prefer to see the Master working with UNIT than the Doctor. They should swap roles. I’m always slightly disappointed when we cut back to Pertwee gurning in a rubber chair.
Me: Look! It’s Jo Grant’s purple knickers!
This time the cushion hits me square in the jaw.
The episode concludes with the Master attempting to blow up the Axon ship, even though the Doctor and Jo are still inside it.
Me: You didn’t have very much to say about that episode.
Sue: That’s because I like it.
Me: Well in that case we’ll be lucky if we get a couple of sentences out of you when we reach Tom Baker.
Sue: Don’t bet on it.
Episode Four
Me: The Doctor just slapped Jo across the face. Don’t you want to say anything about that?
Sue: I missed that. All I can see is BAFTA trophies floating all over the screen. I bet this would look great if you were on some very strong drugs.
As the eye of Axos methodically spells out the plot, Sue notices a big difference between it and most of the monsters she has encountered up to this point.
Sue: The best thing about this story is the lead Axon’s voice. I can understand it, instead of it being some electronic nonsense that I can barely make out. This is much more scary. It’s so calm.
As the particle accelerator threatens to overload, the head of the power complex, Sir George Hardiman, bravely prepares to enter the chamber.
Sue: He’s going to need more than a pair of oven gloves to deal with this.
Me: It Ain’t Half Radioactive, Mum.
Sue: You know, I think the Brig has a soft spot for Yates. You can tell by the way he looks at him that’s he’s extremely fond of him.
Me: Don’t even go there!
And then Sue is thrown into confusion when the Doctor appears to make a deal with the Master.
Sue: The Doctor is just pulling the Master’s leg. He won’t just run away and leave everyone to die. Will he? Will he? Actually, I’m not sure. He has done it before.
Meanwhile, Yates and Benton are attacked by Axons on the open road.
Sue: The Axons are just a big fat mess, really. Just run them over! Good grief!
But the Axons are more tenacious than they look.
Sue: They should whip their tendrils across the road and use them like a police stingers.
With the Axons overwhelming them, Benton decides to sacrifice their Jeep by tossing a grenade into the back seat.
Sue: What a waste of a Jeep. I’d love a Jeep like that. In fact, what I’d really like is a Land Rover Defender.
Me: Put one on your Amazon wish list. You never know.
Sue: The music is really starting to drive me up the wall now. It’s like a small child has been let loose on a Bontempi organ. Dudley Simpson should put some music lessons on his Amazon wish list.
Sue becomes so involved in this story’s climax that she doesn’t say much at all. It’s only when she notices that the TARDIS seems to go where the Doctor tells it to that she decides to break her silence.
Sue: Has the Master fixed the Doctor’s TARDIS for him? That really does show the Doctor up a bit.
The Nunton Power Complex explodes (“Nice”) and then the TARDIS rematerialises, much to Jo and the Brigadier’s relief.
Sue: Does this mean the Doctor can fly his TARDIS properly now? He can go wherever he wants? It’s about time!
But no. Sadly, it seems that the Doctor is now some sort of galactic yo-yo.
Sue: Bugger.
The Final Score
Sue: I enjoyed that one. The plot was very interesting – it would definitely work again today – and the direction was pretty good as well. The special effects let it down a bit but at least they were trying something different. I didn’t mind that one at all and it didn’t outstay its welcome. I’ll give it -
7/10
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I give this a 7/10 too.
Roll on the next story
Nicol: I certainly wouldn’t want to watch 24 hours of this!
Best comment of the episode – Nicol is almost like the Brigadier, a semi-regular who pops in to destroy something in the episode before disappearing without mention
First one I’ve actually watched with you, as it were.
Freak weather and miraculously cleared roads sort of amused me.
Not him again! Not mind control again! Oh Sue, High Noon in Pyjamas and Night of the Hoofy-Socks still to come.
Oh, and wot no Monty Python reference? No quantum bubble bath even? C’mon girls!
Nobody let on to Sue that The Daemons is five episodes instead of six – just tactfully say The Claws Of Axos is the last four-parter of the season. I want to see her reaction as the story ABRUPTLY stops at part five when she’s expecting another episode to go.
Don’t know about abruptly re Quaterperm and the Pit. Seems to me to be paced such that it doesn’t have a sixth episode in it. They could have used a bigger church with more corridors I suppose.
I apologise for being pedantic but a small correction about Chinn for the first episode. He’s not an MP, he’s a civil servant. The only MP to appear in the story is the Minister who he speaks to on the video phone monitor in a later episode.
Chinn, incidentally, is either highly incompetent or unlucky enough to have an unusually crafty Minister in charge of him because, in reality, it would be the Minister whose reputation and position would be on the line. A civil servant would not normally be as vulnerable to being forced out of office as a Minister in the event of a scandal affecting a government department.
Oh right. Ministers would never hound civil servants and seek to pin blame on them for poor policy judgments so as to secure their own political survival.
Silly me.
Mind you, you did say “not normally”. We could maybe do with a Department of Big Frogs right now to deal with our “economic woes” (loathsome lazy journalese phrase). Perhaps DEFROG?
He might have wanted to, the point I was thinking of was that responsibility customarily falls on the Minister. It isn’t unusual for a Minister to resign when there’s some sort of political scandal that comes within their command, whereas it’s comparatively rare for a civil servant to resign on those same occasions.
This is exactly what happened in the recent passport checks debacle (in Britain). It’s true that the minister is responsible for everything that happens in their department, but if they can pin it on a fall guy they will often survive a scandal!
ArrivalsGate is only the latest in a depressingly long list of examples (on both sides).
Ministerial hara-kiri just ain’t what it used to be…
“It’s true that the minister is responsible for everything that happens in their department, but if they can pin it on a fall guy they will often survive a scandal!”
That is certainly the case nowadays, but back when this was made ministers were generally more willing to accept that the buck stopped with them. It could be argued that the last truly honourable Cabinet resignation occurred in 1982, when Lord Carrington fell on his sword even though he wasn’t directly to blame for Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands.
Aha! But wasn’t the earth exile bit supposed to be set in the indeterminate close future (relative to early 70s, that is). Videophones, BBC3…
Let’s leave UNIT dating out of this (even the Brig and Yates’s…)!!
I just put the advanced British space programme – and the videophones – down to International Electromatics dominating the world market in electronics over 5 years in the late 60s/early 70s by using Cyber-technology (they had to ensure their products beat out all opposition, to carry out their mind-control-by-microchip plot).
Okay, but “dance or pint” aside, wasn’t there a Sarah-Jane era bit that is clearly stated to be about a decade ahead?
Maybe I’m misremembering this – can’t be sure as the Timelords confiscated my mongatron circuit when I was exiled to adulthood and forced to change my appearance…
“Mr Double-Chin, surely.” Love it!
“You can tell it’s just some poor sod with a blanket over him.”
“As opposed to employing a real alien, you mean?” Heh.
“You know, I think the Brig has a soft spot for Yates. You can tell by the way he looks at him that’s he’s extremely fond of him.” So this is Sue’s idea of the UNIT dating controversy…
Mind control, big bouffant hair (oh, you ain’t seen nothin’, yet, Honey), and The Master; this, Sue, is your future.
BTW, it’s “Ball Bag” not “Ball Back”, Neil.
I don’t know why, but this review really has me wondering what Sue is going to think of “Paradise Towers”.
I can only think that Sue’s so excited by Doctor Who’s most eye-throbbing colour so far – and, possibly, ever – after the previous black and white that she’s over-marked it. I’d put them very much the other way round. Still, it’s quite good with the sound turned down.
Pause for a moment while I sadly imagine Mr Chinn being played by Ronnie Barker, or indeed anyone who could act. Mind you, even Chinn was good in The Power of the Daleks. I wonder if this was for a bet? And I’m with Leo on his being a civil servant, obviously (the politics in this story being almost as risible as its understanding of nuclear power. Poor Nicol. You torture her), but it was an homage to Malcolm Hulke making Masters both an MP and a Permanent Under Secretary, wasn’t it, Neil?
Some great moments this time:
“This is definitely in colour?”
“Oh yes, this is definitely in colour.”
“It’s like they’re trapped in the world’s strangest brothel.”
“That looks nothing like a giant penis. Not at all. Nope.”
“The Master sneaks away with all the finesse of a cat armed with a laser gun.”
“When does feminism turn up in Doctor Who?”
It’s been and gone, but it’ll come back eventually. Just ignore everything while Barry and Terrance have their way, basically.
And Sue’s really spotted the twin problems with the Master in this period, hasn’t she?
“Not the Master again! What are the chances of that? This is getting a bit old now.”
The Master is much more exciting to watch than the Doctor. He’s having his own little adventure this week and it’s much more engaging than watching the Doctor bickering.”
Delgado would have been a tremendous Doctor, but he would no more have been cast as the Doctor then as he would now (assuming he’d been born about 50 years later …).
Axos falls into the large (very large) category of stories which score well because their ideas, both imaginative and daft, but poorly on their realisation and plotting. Even so, I quite liked it at the time and remain very fond of it now.
Well considering Fulton Mackay was nearly the 4th Doctor I see no reason why Delgado couldn´t be considered for the role of the Doctor.
He would have been an excellent Doctor, no question about it at all. And with the current series employing actors for Doctors from the same gene pool, so to speak – moderately good looking young talented actors, I think ironically if Delgado was around today he would be a breath of fresh air.
And it would take a good breaking producer of the sort that used to work on the ´classic´ series, to employ somebody like him because Delgado was all charisma and fruity voice, something which just might not get past the focus groups of today.
Oh who cares, Delgado would be great in anything.
Fulton MacKay eh? I honestly didn’t know that. A little rummage online brings to light some other interesting candidates. Michael Bentine and Jim Dale?! Ye gods…
I think the successful recipe for a Doctor was always a solid character actor that didn’t come with too many strong prior associations. Also someone with good comic instincts, but without a predominantly comedy past. So I really shake my head about ex-Goons and Carry Oners.
And yes, I know Hartnell was in Carry on Sergeant, but still.
Richard “Mr Pastry” Hearne was another candidate to replace Pertwee. Presumably he would have used custard pies to fight off his enemies…
And Micheal Bentine. We got Tom Baker’s Pottty Time instead when Graham Williams came in…
The late 70s could have been the era of Doctor What-What-What-What-What!
You silly twisted Borad, you.
Touche-type moment listeners.
I’d give an arm and a tendril to hear a Goon rip of Dr Who. Enter Davros-like schoolboy in soapbox-cart of own design surrounded by homicidal shopping trolleys… adopts meglomaniacal right-handed posture with glowing blue thing on bonce and waits to be deaded by rotten time-travelling swine.
What what what? Cardboard and string hero Bluebottle as Davros? Unthinkable!
Clearly, there’s only one man for the job – Count Jim ‘Legless’ Moriarty (Owwwwww, you’ve got to go owwwwww), and his associate, villainous cad of no fixed abode and chips, Sir Nydertype-Thynne. They’re practically the same characters anyway…
If you wish. Can we agree on Ian Marter as Harry Nice-but-Eccles?
“I step on the claaaaaams, that’s why they put me awaaaaaaaay.”
Hey – Guy Siner could bring along his “little tank” too…
Little South Croydon lass of no fixed TARDIS…
“I don’t like this thousand-year war game, it’s a rotten game. Let’s play the Jimmy Bree overacting war game. ‘Ere Harry Eccles, I’m getting a robot bow-wow for Christmas.”
Dammit, I’ve got half a mind to actually write Goonesis Of The Daleks now.
Either they watch another one PDQ, or this is going panto… bit like everything 6 and 7 ever did.
Coat and side-door + minders.
“I’d much prefer to see the Master working with UNIT than the Doctor. They should swap roles.”
You should have Sue read “Face of the Enemy”
Oh, yes – this has long been a guilty favourite of mine. Well done Sue for spotting its merits. How best to sum this one up?
Cue T-shirt: “It’s an explosion in a spaghetti factory.”
Oh, yes – that’s right.
This is the one when I really took to Delgado’s Master – what a winning marriage of character and performer. As for the Axons themselves – I always thought them a particularly good design. And, like Sue, I’d love to see them come back again with today’s values – shame about the timeloop, though.
Timeloop, schmineloop. didn’t they respray them for Seeds of Doom?
Whoa, whoa, hang on. If the tachyon is your favourite theoretical particle, why can’t you stand The Leisure Hive? And before you answer with ‘because it doesn’t make any sense’, explain Sue’s 7 out of 10 for THIS.
I’m just as surprised as you. I think the words “four parts” might have something to do with it.
Bah, it’ll be 4/10 for Genesis Of The Daleks then. And a footrub.
“I bet this would look great if you were on some very strong drugs.”
Oh yes.
This story is that rarity in Doctor Who, one that starts terribly but improves as it goes on. I really hate the first episode, especially Pigbin Josh and the tiresome antics of lazy uber-stereotype Mr Chinn, but it does start building some momentum and I especially like all the scenes with the Master aiding UNIT and bantering with the Doctor in the TARDIS. I agree with Sue that one cannot be sure if the Doctor really does intend to abandon his friends to their fate, so desperate is he by this time to get away from Earth, and this adds some edge and tension to the final minutes.
Sue seems to be coping quite well with Season 8 thus far, even if, having waited so long for the Master, she is already getting sick of him…
Yes, Sue does seem to be coping admirably with season 8. However, next up is Colony in Space. That would test the patience of John the Baptist, so I’m looking forward to hearing Sue’s thoughts on it. I haven’t even bought the DVD yet, I dislike it so much. I’ll wait for it to reach £4.99…..
Aye – “Colony in Space” is next… it’s got some great moments, but… oh, I’m looking forward to reading Sue’s responses on it as well.
I wonder why they chose for 50% of The Five Faces of Doctor Who season back in 1981 to have been duffs? (ie it included The Krotons and Colony in Space.) But I think we were so happy they were showing anything we didn’t mind.
The Five Faces season didn’t include Colony in Space…
You’re right of course. I’m getting it mixed up with something else that begins with the letter C and isn’t set on Earth.
That means the season was mostly quite good, and this isn’t going to be as good as I was expecting…
The Krotons was also the only Troughton four-parter that existed in the archives at the time.
AND it’s the first proper off-Earth Pertwee story, so there’ll be a lot riding on it in Sue’s eyes. Oh dear.
Indeed and
Worst … materialisations … evahhh.
I’m just waiting for the Gail Tilsley moment. And didn’t the underling mining bastard go on to play a hapless car-dealer in Eastenders? Eyes down for a soapy one!
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
If that’s what Sue thinks a penis looks like, I think Neil should probably go for a check-up…
What, Axos itself or the Eye of Axos? We were slack-jawed when me and my former ‘landlady’ (she hates me calling her that) saw the eye on VHS release.
The chief problem with The Implausible Axos is that it lacks any proper grounding in the ‘real’ world we know, and the benchmarks for normality are Bill Filer, Jo and Pigbin F***ing Josh. Thus, there’s nothing to offset the weirdness when Micheal Fergusson cranks it up to eleven, and the visuals are frequently telling us one thing while the story tries and utterly fails to convery another – it’s impossible, for instance, to tell whether it’s supposed to be just the cyclotron or the whole complex that goes boom at the end, neither of which stand up to scrutiny. We’re in a world where a crap civil servant whom nobody has any confindence in can spang off a nuclear missle or two when he feels like it without any international reprecussions whatsoever, and only gets a bollocking from his superiors later when they lose face over a completely different diplomatic incident; and where the output from one nuclear power station is capable of kick-starting and sustaining time travel, but the total energy from an entire planet isn’t. Did Mondas pop round for a late breakfast before Axos got here?
Good lord – Dr Who inconsistent? No!
Why do the ropes of Axos suddenly go to sleep and let Filer escape to foil his double?
How come yer average UNIT grunt gets blasted out of existence at the slightest contact with the Bolognesi and yet Benton and Yates can wrestle with them and have them hanging off jeeps without so much as a skew-whiff beret?
I’ll have Earth on toast with a side-order of fried moon and a nice steaming mug of ocean please.
At least Nicol was forgiving of the particle accelerator.
If Axos comes to Earth now I hope there’s someone around to put a bit of it in the LHC.
At least it wouldn’t *implode* then.
I liked this story, it had a great plot and moved fast. The aliens were okay until they turned into Yeti’s who had walked into a spaghetti factory… I liked the golden boys, now I know where RTD got the idea for the Angelics for Voyage of the Damned… I also liked the Doctor/Master relationship and how they teamed up work together (again)… Also, what’s up with the Master being in every episode lately? Every episode seems to have the Brigadier (and Yates) in it too, not that I don’t mind, but it’s a lot different than the earlier series with the previous Doctors, and definitely not like the nuWho…. I also loved the TARDIS stuff (finally), and the “time loop”… loved the explanation… LOL! This one was worth 8/10.
This site is GREAT! Sue’s, “It’s like they’re trapped in the world’s strangest brothel” and Neil’s reference to purple knickers both had me laughing out loud. I really hope the project resumes before I get to the end of the current reviews – it’s a my little ray of sunshine that lights up dark days.