Season24@30.
A smorgasboard of ideas tapping into an
iconic era this episode packs as much into 25 minutes as some stories do into
90. It is buzzing with concepts aplenty from an escaped alien Queen, time
travelling holidays, a machine that changes various species into whatever form
they need to be in for the holiday and a coach that is actually a spaceship.
It’s the sort of mix we might expect in a modern story but for it to turn up in
1987 in the original series is surprising. It seems clear we can trace a line
through this season from `Time and the Rani’s` final backwards look to Doctor Who as it had been in recent
memory through `Paradise Towers` sometimes frustrating mix of old and new to
this shiny example of Doctor Who as
it could be. It is a hugely enjoyable visual feast and do you know what the
weird thing is? When it was shown thirty years ago I didn’t like it!
