Opinions
I’ve heard about this story range from it being the best Sixties story to being
throwaway nonsense. Its neither of these things yet certainly drifts closer to
the former. I think I’d only seen it once before, probably on some grainy
videotape in the days when Sixties stories were passed around fandom like rare
commodities. All I could remember was a hectic farce which it is but maybe I
appreciate that more now plus finding out it was intended to embody those
attributes makes it easier to enjoy. Like a lot of seldom seen Doctor
Who stories it pays to re-watch and discover just what makes it tick.
