The Edge of Destruction came about when a script fell through and the Doctor Who production team were left with two episodes to fill and a minuscule budget.
I thought the current theory was that Doctor Who was given 13 episodes initially and the only available scripts were four and seven episodes respectively so two episodes were needed to fill the gap (which isn't quite the same thing as a script falling through, sorry to be pedantic!).
I watched this recently. I've started watching the original series (and maybe more) in order again (ostensibly as research for a book, but really because my depression is very bad and I need the TV equivalent of comfort food which Deep Space Nine wasn't supplying; also it's easier for me to find twenty-five minutes a day than forty-five). I actually like it, although I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. I think the first three stories benefit from being watched together - there is definitely character development, albeit not smoothly. It is a weird story, though and it does leave a lot of questions unanswered. I think I just go with the weirdness and enjoy it for something unlike anything else in Doctor Who, or on TV at all, really.
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I thought the current theory was that Doctor Who was given 13 episodes initially and the only available scripts were four and seven episodes respectively so two episodes were needed to fill the gap (which isn't quite the same thing as a script falling through, sorry to be pedantic!).
I watched this recently. I've started watching the original series (and maybe more) in order again (ostensibly as research for a book, but really because my depression is very bad and I need the TV equivalent of comfort food which Deep Space Nine wasn't supplying; also it's easier for me to find twenty-five minutes a day than forty-five). I actually like it, although I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. I think the first three stories benefit from being watched together - there is definitely character development, albeit not smoothly. It is a weird story, though and it does leave a lot of questions unanswered. I think I just go with the weirdness and enjoy it for something unlike anything else in Doctor Who, or on TV at all, really.