This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Silver Nemesis

An absolutely brilliant serial. Fitting to close out such an absolutely brilliant season. McCoy and Aldred are on top-form and I really cannot overstate how good a pairing they are. The direction and camerawork of this story really stands out to me. In the hands of the wrong director this could've easily been really ridiculous and difficult to take seriously.

There's a lot of odd elements to this story that seem like they shouldn't work together but they absolutely do. Clowns, werewolves, norse Gods and a colonial explorer all come together to make something really unique and impressive. Speaking of the norse Gods, the Gods of Ragnarok were really cool. They were built up really effectively with the sinister family in the audience and that whole sequence where 7 faces them down while doing magic tricks was a joy to watch. Their defeat was a bit underwhelming though.

For probably the first time in Classic I really can't get enough of it. It's a shame that I've only got 4 serials left after this because they had something really good going on here.

Next Story: 1963: The Assassination Games