The Two Doctors saw the return of Patrick Troughton and
Frazer Hines to reprise their roles as the second Doctor and his companion
Jamie McCrimmon alongside Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown. In this
episode the Sixth Doctor has a vision of his previous self being put to death
at the hands of a Sontaran so Peri and her Doctor home in on Patrick
Troughton’s whereabouts and race to save his life?
The Episode is partially based in a very 80s Neon and chrome
space station and partially based in a grand manor house estate in Spain where
Dastari and Chessene (a genetically enhanced Androgum) are conducting time
experiments with the help of the Sontarans which are threatening the very
fabric of time itself. It’s always fun to see a Doctor interact with himself
and this is the third time that Patrick Troughton returned to his role for a
one off episode so it must have been very exciting for the audience at the time
who had seen him interact with all of the other Doctors in turn. However there
isn’t actually a lot of interaction between the Two Doctors in this episode at
all something I was really quite disappointed about.
For a large part of the episode Patrick Troughton is a
prisoner of Dastari and his cronies and when he is eventually set free he has
been injected with cells from the hideous Androgum Shockeye so he is hardly
himself. Even though I didn’t get to see the witty exchanges that I wanted from
these two doctors it was quite amusing watching Two take on the traits of the
androgums, and he really looked like he was enjoying himself as he shovelled
piles of food into his mouth.
One of the very real downsides of this episode was the fact
that neither the characters or the writers seemed to be 100% sure of what
direction the story was taking, in fact several of the characters including Dasteri
have several changes of heart throughout the episode which lead to some
slightly confusing story tangents including the stabbing of a very pompous man
named Oscar that the sixth Doctor has gotten to know since his arrival in
Spain.
Jamie played the part of the parent, it seemed as he
followed after the Sixth Doctor and Peri who it appears are still at war with
one another even after 3 serials. All he
really wanted was to find his Doctor and get back in the Tardis and away from
this place. I feel that Frazer Hines slipped back into his old character very
well, dreadful accent, kilt and all.
All in all I would say the true highlight of this episode is
the remarkable nature of Peri’s cleavage. Her assets manage to steal the show
almost every time she is on screen and they have the unparalleled ability to
stay in her top regardless of what kind of running, climbing or crawling she
has to undertake.
All in all we give this episode a 2.5/5
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