One, if not my favorite Finale for any Season of the Show (and yes I am including the Revival Finales into the Equation).
There is a lot for me to love with this one, but let’s start with the one Thing that really has its Issues, that being the Character of Kemel. Now, I don’t think I am the most qualified Person to digest it, but I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that he does fall under a harmful Trope. While, personally, I find the Handling of him much better compared to a Character like Toberman (at least Kemel actually gets to build a Bond with our Characters), it’s still not very good to say the least.

But as for anything else, I rather love it. The Changing of Setting really helps this Serial to me, I make no Secret that I do genuienly love a lot of the 4+ Parters usually, but having a Jump in Setting does benefit this one quite a bit. In particular the finale Episodes set in Skaro are amazing, truly a shame that those are lost to time it seems.

I really enjoy seeing Two’s more scheming side in this one, having a moment of mistrust between 2 and Jamie makes for some great Drama, not to mention that Hines and Troughton play it quite well.

Victoria is a Character, where I do totally see where the Complaints are coming from, although I do defend her more than the average Viewer. Here she does very much fall under the damsel in distress trope and while Watling plays it well, I think she gets more to chew on in her own Season compared to this Story. Still, there are Aspects that I already like with her Character present here. I do like the Character of her Father, probably the strongest Supporting Character to me in this entire Story, which mind you has a pretty strong Side Character Cast already!

Oh, and the Daleks! Both threading and adorable in the same Story, while not as great as they were in Whittaker’s previous Script, they still have such a Presence to them, in particular in those final Episodes. Omega, Beta & Alpha are just adorable, the Scenes with them are just really amusing to me! Oh, and the Emperor is just a great Concept and a pretty great Design, I think the Animation of this Story got him so right from the few Clips we have of him! While I am still not sure what to make with the ‘Human Factor’ Plot, as it gave us plenty of amusing or interesting Moments.

All in all, while not perfect, in particular with how it deals with a few Characters, it’s still a Story with scale, ambition and just ends up being a very fun time for me!