The Aztecs

Premise: The travellers land in the tomb of an Aztec High Priest but accidentally cut themselves off from the TARDIS as Barbara is proclaimed as the reincarnation of Yetaxa.

Notes: This serial marks the first time in the series where it would deal with the issue of changing history with the Doctor and Barbara taking opposite sides in the argument. Carole Ann Ford took a two week holiday in the middle of making this serial, her absence was covered by short prerecorded insets. The Doctor's romance with Cameca was his first romantic entanglement of the series and his only in it's original twenty-six year run. It is a aspect which appears a lot more in the new series due to the change in the times with the audiences.

Verdict: A well done character tale with Barbara's dilemma of changing history right at the heart of it. There is a sense of impending tragedy running throughout the tale and there are moments when it is unrelentingly bleak. However, the fight scenes now seem dated 8/10