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Rewatching Doctor Who: Kinda
Jul. 19th, 2026 08:33 pmContinuing our Peter Davison era rewatch, and next this one. Which I hadn't remembered fondly, but honestly enjoyed much more than I remembered.
It's an interesting story of a base under siege from within, due to a character going mad. Then on the outside there's a mysterious supposedly primitive society. All on a strange jungle-like planet.
The first two episodes were stronger for me than the last two. A big problem in the last two for me was the acting of Adrian Mills as Aris. Though his character also wasn't particularly well written.
I much preferred the base scenes, with a tiny cast, including, amazingly, Richard Todd, but also Nerys Hughes who, like many watching, I wish had stayed on as a TARDIS companion after this.
The inside Tegan's mind (or not) scenes were incredibly trippy, but also riveting, with some great guest acting from "Reg" actor Jeff Stewart from The Bill. I was also pleased to see Mary Morris, who I especially remember as one of the Number Two actors in 1960s The Prisoner.
But it did get rather painful to watch later, though still interesting. I like what they tried, but the script needed quite a bit more work. Though I'm less annoyed by the original giant snake effect than some. By the way we are watching the Peter Davison stories with all original SFX, not new.
The making of documentary was interesting, but felt a lot like multiple people apportioning blame onto others. For example I think the scriptwriter could have written the script in a more accessible way, and he shouldn't have needed this to be pointed out, though nor should the others have let the script go through in this form. I'm really not sure how much use the script editor was.
Depending on when I hear my date for cancer surgery we may have a wait before we watch the next story. We're watching the 4-parters over a couple of Sunday evenings. And may run out of time to watch the next one fully before surgery, if I'm contacted soon, with fairly short notice.
It's an interesting story of a base under siege from within, due to a character going mad. Then on the outside there's a mysterious supposedly primitive society. All on a strange jungle-like planet.
The first two episodes were stronger for me than the last two. A big problem in the last two for me was the acting of Adrian Mills as Aris. Though his character also wasn't particularly well written.
I much preferred the base scenes, with a tiny cast, including, amazingly, Richard Todd, but also Nerys Hughes who, like many watching, I wish had stayed on as a TARDIS companion after this.
The inside Tegan's mind (or not) scenes were incredibly trippy, but also riveting, with some great guest acting from "Reg" actor Jeff Stewart from The Bill. I was also pleased to see Mary Morris, who I especially remember as one of the Number Two actors in 1960s The Prisoner.
But it did get rather painful to watch later, though still interesting. I like what they tried, but the script needed quite a bit more work. Though I'm less annoyed by the original giant snake effect than some. By the way we are watching the Peter Davison stories with all original SFX, not new.
The making of documentary was interesting, but felt a lot like multiple people apportioning blame onto others. For example I think the scriptwriter could have written the script in a more accessible way, and he shouldn't have needed this to be pointed out, though nor should the others have let the script go through in this form. I'm really not sure how much use the script editor was.
Depending on when I hear my date for cancer surgery we may have a wait before we watch the next story. We're watching the 4-parters over a couple of Sunday evenings. And may run out of time to watch the next one fully before surgery, if I'm contacted soon, with fairly short notice.
