ext_51042 ([identity profile] daniel-saunders.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] purplecat 2017-12-23 06:06 pm (UTC)

I'm astonished! I just reached Davison in my in order viewing (watched part one of Four to Doomsday yesterday) and I'm dreading Arc of Infinity. I think the only Davison story I'm dreading more is Planet of Fire,having been sort-of won over to Warriors of the Deep on my last viewing. It's just dull. About one episode worth of plot (and cliched plot at that) stretched over four weeks. They told the author to write a story in Amsterdam and then banned him from using any of the things that Amsterdam is known for. I can understand why they wanted him to avoid drugs and prostitution and maybe tulips (just see the Vervoids!), but diamonds and famous paintings? It's like writing City of Death without the Mona Lisa. The chase is at least moderate photogenic, I suppose. And I think this is the nadir of the Time Lords, with Leonard Sachs' Borusa being a particular offender. You can almost see a young Russell T Davies thinking, "If I ever become producer, first thing I'm going to do is get rid of the Time Lords, their dull politics and their silly hats!"

Oh, and the look on the Doctor's face when Tegan rejoins the TARDIS crew is priceless! I think he'd have preferred the Ergon.

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