Tuesday, February 8

The Edge of Destruction

Premise: The Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara are confused and disorientated after an explosion shakes the TARDIS and the doors open to reveal only a white void.

Notes: The series was only originally granted a thirteen episode long run. With extending the Daleks to nine episodes not being an option, only two months until filming was scheduled to start and a hardly any money to spend, script editor David Whitaker hastily wrote this script in two days the reach the initial episode run of thirteen episodes. It is a rare bottle episode where all the action takes place on one set (as there was no money to build a new set) and it only features the four regulars (as there was no money to hire any extra actors).

Verdict: Nothing substantial enough to make it all that special but given the circumstances it is a decent piece of television. The story rolls along at an acceptable pace and the brief moments of physiological horror are delightful 7/10

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