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

Previous Story: The One Doctor

A solid story, though it did drag a bit in the middle. That was definitely made up for by an excellent beginning and end though. This is a great story for Mel, the characterisation she gets is really great and she’s a very fun character to listen to overall.

Terry Molloy is a fantastic actor. I say this in just about every story he’s in but that’s because it’s so evident in every story he’s in. In this, he gets to play a warm, lovable professor at the start and it took me a bit to even recognise it was him just because of how polar opposite it was to Davros.

The Mechanoids being in this story is really funny to me, but they’re used very well. The idea of Davros also being their “creator” (although it’s not exactly like that) is a great one and parallels their real life intention of being a counterpart/successor to the Daleks. It’s also great that they get a chance to shine and the twist regarding them was horrifying.

Speaking of twists, the moment at the very end where Mel orders the Mechanoids to kill Davros was genuinely incredible and really shocking. Bonnie Langford’s performance was nothing short of amazing and that moment alone bumped up this story’s rating in my books. I do hope the consequences of this are addressed in later stories, but only time can tell on that one.

Overall, another banger for 6 and Mel.

Next Story: Catch-1782