Mervyn Pinfield (1912–1966)

A human spaceship is trapped in orbit around a planet of telepaths.

Usually when 1960s Doctor Who is bad, it's due to the time constraints they had to work in - no time to work out the kinks or take a second take when things didn't go right. (And they do have all those problems here, in greater abundance than usual.) In this case, though, there's nothing anyone could have done to save it, short of having the writer shot. It would have been better if they'd just had the actors make it up as show more they went along. Sometimes I think they did.

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: F
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: D
Acting: F
Music: C

Enjoyment: F

GPA: 1.0/4 show less

Aliens want to turn The Doctor & company into museum displays.

It's a silly episode, and I found it very entertaining. Unfortunately the Doctor disappears from the narrative for about an episode and a half, which is a real shame as he's written and played better than usual for the era in this story.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: F
Special effects/design: D
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.3/4

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Dr who pays homage to another great sifi series Land of the Giants. The set is very simple and works well.