Whilst I was pleasantly surprised by the Invisible Enemy, I was ultimately let down by Image of the Fendahl.

I think Tom Baker was definitely not used properly in this story - Dull, boring and serious. He got a few silly moments, such as offering the jelly baby to the Fendahl Skull, but apart from that, there wasn't much to go off. However, when it needs to be serious, his tone matches it so well - the way he respects Stael's wishes and lets him kill himself so he doesn't become a Fendahl is something truly dark and I did not expect that at all! You can tell the rift between the Doctor and Leela still healing from the Fourth Doctor Adventures, with the Doctor still scolding her every now and then. Despite this, Leela still gets to be the action hero and is immensely entertaining throughout. Poor K-9 gets sidelined already - I was hoping for more from his second story.

So the Fendahl were the main reason I was excited for this story - They obviously warranted a return in Big Finish's eyes against both the Eighth Doctor and Torchwood! But they don't actually show up properly until the final part - something I've noticed in Williams' stories so far. I guess he's trying to focus the monsters on their stories rather than their designs - but in this case, I think the design is better than the monster (The slug thing, not the gold lady) because I just didn't get what they wanted - they were killing some people for... some reason, and then wanted to turn other people into slug monsters... somehow... I don't know if there was something I missed, I just was letdown.

Back to Earth - *again*! This cosy little village with the church reminded me of Foe From The Future, and I wonder if the series had originally planned to film there in the first place. Because a lot of it was on location, the camera quality was a bit poorer, something which can't really be helped because it's 1977 but you get my point. I do think that the Priory itself was also dull and bland, because there was nothing that made it stand out.

Were there any proper special effects in this story? I don't think so, aside from the transformation which was just a fade. Whilst I think this is because Williams is trying to make it story-based instead of visuals-based, it means that there's nothing that makes it distinguishable from other stories.

You can tell that I'm not a fan of this story. This does make me think that this is probably the worst season of Tom's run due to its forgettable and subpar stories (Apart from Fang Rock and Invisible Enemy), but I'll continue on and I'll hopefully be proven wrong.