This title is irksome to me and many other fans of the series. Doctor Who is the name of the series, not the main character's name. I know that I sound like a nerd to the geek power, but the character is supposed to be the Doctor.
That aside, this was a pretty decent little foray. The TARDIS lands on a sprawling jungle on the planet Mechanus. Ten foot tall carnivorous fungus trees ambulate around the steamy interior held at bay by the stream of lights put in place by the city dwelling Mechanoids.
The Doctor, Ian and Barbara follow the lights to a cave and make plans to ambush the Daleks with a contraption that the Doctor threw together. Barbara is amusing pretty much doing a cowboys and indians style pow pow.
The faux Doctor is alternately played by Hartnell and another actor. I know why some shots were done with the other guy, when the two are on screen at the same time for example, but there are times when there was no clear reason why they used the other guy.
Vicki finds her way back to the others, the robot is destroyed and the Daleks proceed to destroy the travelers.
As the Daleks move in on the cave, a secret panel opens revealing a Mechanoid, the single biggest attempt to ripoff the Daleks in the series history.
As a side note my theory that Terry Nation was a foot fetishist has another piece of evidence. At one point Barbara stops and takes off her shoe to remove a small stone or some sand.
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| The Daleks as tree huggers. |
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