Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
(4 episodes, s03e01-e04, 1965)
This one’s a pretty straightforward story about blind obedience. In fact, both sides have armies of machines. The Rill use robots, and the Drahvin use genetically engineered drones. Vicki is quite smart discovering the Chumbley’s weakness. I still like her a lot more than I like Steven.
I liked the return of the non-sonic screwdriver. It makes me smile because my parents own a similar looking set. The ethereal music, composed by the same group that played on The Web Planet. The only downside to that was that the music overpowered the Rill dialogue. The reconstruction’s audio quality was lacking, but I won’t hold that against the serial in my rating.
Other negatives: The twist in who was really the aggressor/antagonist was predictable. Also, the wibbly-wobbly physics of the TARDIS still baffles me: If the explosions didn’t physically move or damage the TARDIS, how did the explosion knock the Doctor and Steven over?
Rating: 3/5 – “Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.”
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My opinion of this one shot up immensely when they discovered episode 3. It’s so boring on audio but that third episode shows some decent pacing and some neat directorial flourishes. I have a feeling that if I saw this whole thing that I’d feel a lot better about the whole serial. I still find it pretty tedious and boring though. Could Maaga be any less interesting?
Blind obedience is bad, mmkay? Just don’t to it, cuz blind obedience is baaad.
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