Stories like this are why we watch the show. There is so much quality on display in The Dæmons with some of the most inventive moments featured in Doctor Who so far. There is so much for the actors to get their teeth into after the terrible flop of Colony in Space.

The heat force field surrounding Devil's end is typical of this stories' creativity and inventiveness. It is ambitious, novel and successfully pulled off. It keeps UNIT away from the centre of the action until the moment is perfect, but also gives them something entertaining to play with in the meantime.

Miss Hawthorne is another novel and exciting element of this story, a wonderful character. Having such an interesting woman on the show is a blessed relief (can she be in this every week?) If Big Finish did not have her back then that was a missed opportunity. To have a fascinating, morally strong and credibly portrayed white witch in one of the most sceptical eras of the show brings an much needed dynamic tension to the show.

The unusually high amount of location filming makes this show feel expensive (again, can we keep this up?!) Out of all the stuff shot on film I am in love with the documentary style cold open - this is a genius move which puts you straight into the world this story is set and makes this Doctor Who especially stand out. The television reports make the story flow nicely from one location to another giving the narrative a very natural and large scale feel.

Motorbikes! Morris dancers! The devil! There is no shortage of visual stimuli in this adventure. Visually speaking, if Colony in Space was 2% The Dæmons is 99%. There are almost too many wonderful ideas to mention (BBC Three!)

This story plays to all of The Master's strengths, never has his hypnotism and willingness to dabble with the dark side of reality ever sat so well in the show. The clandestine and shadowy individuals The Master leads in the cavern has a wonderful spirit to it. If only he had not appeared so frequently this season, this would have been yet another satisfying and surprising element of the show.

The build up to Azal's reveal is fantastic, instantly the footprints seen from the helicopter spring to mind, this moment had me very giddy with excitement. It is a small shame that the footprints are so much smaller once we hit the ground (although as we find out Azal can grow and shrink!) I feel his reveal well handled, especially when considering that the main villain of this story is more of a concept than a creature - Azal is far better a monster than we necessarily needed here.

The 'small spaceship' thing was a little strange, I'm not sure that this added too much to the script. However, the only slightly disappointing element of this story is the ending. Azal collapses and dies in a confused rage due to witnessing an act of unselfishness and self sacrifice. This a somewhat illogical ending. It is slightly irksome seeing as going into Episode Five I was expecting this to be my favourite Pertwee story so far. Alas, that accolade still lies with his debut.