some decent stuff here. i like jak's design, i like the foreign culture aesthetic of the mainplaneters. i like that both sides are vil not just jak. i dont like jak being kinda creepy towards peri. i like the doctor's descion to go into the dangerous cave and to only give the cure to peri, which is something six would never do they are very different incarnations. a lot of stories like this though have way too many similiar characters that all have different wants in regards to the political situation that are hard to keep track of whether you watch it all in one go or spread out. this is a consistent problem with this medium though. the recall of the docs companions is fun; i just love seeing adric. the masters inclusion and line is very curious though. i dont know what throughline they were going for with his character. Stotz's shooting of the men who don't want to join him and morgus felt very odd, unnecessary and especially dark for the show. i guess morgus was the main villain, not just jek, but i didnt like either, and i think and equal villains thing is more interesting, even in the case where jak is only villainous at first and then gets better and close to the doc and peri. i think the way this is consistently ranked as one of the best dr who/5 stories is wild it is not that good. i have liked many others more