Director David Maloney
Starring Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury & Frazer Hines
Score 4.5/6

The TARDIS arrives on a planet where a race known only as the Aliens have gathered soldiers from a number of different wars in Earth’s history, brainwashed them and put them to battle. Their aim is to form an invincible army from the survivors and use this to take over the galaxy.

Okay I think it was a couple of months ago when it was suggested to me that I should start reviewing episodes of Doctor Who for the Movie Boards, so here is the first review and before we get to far into things I have to point out that none of the episodes released after 2005 will be reviewed.
Now before we get to much further into things there are a few interesting facts about the episode it was originally broadcast from April 19th to June 21st 1969, was the last appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, was the last episode to be broadcast in Black and white and was the episode where the Doctor’s race, the Time Lords, was revealed.
I suppose the reason why I have chosen to only review older episodes of Doctor Who is that the production values of these episodes are really interesting, especially with what they managed to get away with back in the day. Sure some effects that they used can seem to be comical especially by today’s standards, but to a certain extent we have really been spoiled by computer generated effects. And if this episode was filmed today the episode might have had to heavily rely on computer effects (look out of for the buttons on machines that look as if they in reality magnets) and yet something so interesting was achieved with so little, to the point that I watched the 10 parts in two days without it feeling like it was a chore. It should also be noticed that the episode did that have that frantic pace that you would expect from some of the more modern adventures, which would possibly have something to do with the overall production budget.
Now I have to admit that I would probably have to watch a few more adventures featuring Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines as the companions Zoe and Jamie but there is charm about the Doctor’s companions and the Show as a whole (pre-2005) that seems to have been lost. I can’t help but think at times that the world really needs some of that charm back.