Season 7@50. An episode mostly devoted to searching
for the wounded reptile, part 3 consolidates the story without adding a lot to
it. This works well due to the sweep of the search that we’re shown. These were
the days when Doctor Who appeared to
look expensive and expansive hence a helicopter is deployed to fly around
moorland and there are even shots from it looking down over a substantial
number of searchers. The production
marshals this so confidently with director Timothy Combe determined to show us the
widest views and there is even a confident parping theme accompanying the
search. Doctor Who has rarely seemed
so solid and real as it does in these scenes.
