She's staying on Gallifrey because she's apparently fallen in love with Andred (Chris Tranchell). However what makes this story truly awful in my book is Leela's departure. It's not just the pathetic Vardans who go from Northern Irish wobbly tinfoil floaty things to disappointingly average humanoids in silly hats & dull uniforms it isn't the long haired, tribe of the week Timelord drop outs who live in a giant sand pit outside the Citadel it isn't the dumb ineptness of the Castellan's soldiers it isn't Tom's OTT silliness or talking to the camera it isn't the silly run around inside of TARDIS that fills up a large chunk of the final episode & it isn't even the cockney panda Sontaran Stor (Derek Deadman) who seems to be able to talk only in a sinister whisper whilst failing completely to be anything but absolutely rubbish at conquering Gallifrey. There is some excellent stuff: Tom Baker's performance in the first three episodes when we are not quite sure what he is up to Louise Jameson is great John Arnatt does a fine, dry job as Borusa & Milton Jones as the oily creep Castellan Kelner & the cliff-hanger at the end of the fourth episode is a good twist but.and this is a large BUT.fundamentally this story is absolute rubbish. Invasion of Time is one of those bad stories.
I have said before that there is no such thing as a truly perfect Doctor Who story.Ĭonversely there is not really a story without something praiseworthy, whether it be a performance, a scene here or there or even just a moment of glory. Today is the Fourth Doctor adventure The Invasion of Time. Our Doctor Who expert, Tony Cross, is journeying through all of time and space to bring us his thoughts on every available Doctor story.
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