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3 June 2025
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This is an interesting season finale!
Tom is killing it as the Doctor! He's always a big kid, but heroic at the same time - You wouldn't think it'd work, but it does, and I think that's down to Tom Baker's iconic acting. Sarah's costume in the first half of the episode kind of reminded me of her outfits in SJA (But I'll get onto that series later!)
I kinda wished I'd waited on EDA Series 3, as this is my second encounter with the Krynoids, thanks to Hothouse, and I sort of knew what to expect from it. The concept is very good, and it's a bit disappointing that they haven't returned to the New Series, as there are some great ideas that could be followed up on. However, the giant Krynoid did not look very good, and it was probably something that exceeded their budget... The scenes in Antartica with the Krynoids were really creepy as you didn't know where they were, and they really should've played into that more. Chase and the other baddies' backstories could've been developed a little more as they had the time, but nevertheless, their personalities were well established and that's the most important thing.
It's nice to have a split between Antartica and England, but as I've already mentioned, I prefer Antartica just because of how intense the story felt, and I wish that they'd spent more time there. They all looked realistic, however, and I'm really impressed with how they did.
UNIT makes a return, but it's a bit anticlimactic as there's no Brig, Benton or Yates. I understand that they needed someone to fight the Krynoids, and those three aren't the only UNIT members, but they were just... eh.
I really loved this on the whole! A decent season finale, and I'm impressed with the monsters, the locations, and of course, the iconic duo that is the Doctor and Sarah Jane.
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