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

Previous Story: The Demon Song

While the two-parters so far have been really consistent, the four-parters have been struggling a bit. This story just really doesn't warrant it's length. It could EASILY have been about an hour shorter and it would have made it so much better. It's not terrible though, just disappointing.

The plot is vaguely like a spy thriller, set in the sleepy town of Incherton-on-Sea. I did actually quite like the setting, it was fairly quaint but it wasn't exactly anything unique. The alien plot was also pretty weak, although the idea that they were tracking the Doctor down for "future crimes against the galaxy" was an interesting one.

Noonan continues to do a great job as the First Doctor and he has a great dynamic the American spy character. Past all that though, there really isn't much to say about this one. It's not one of Briggs' worst but it's nothing I'm keen to relisten to any time soon.

Next Story: Fugitive of the Daleks