Review of The Underwater Menace by glass_shard
29 April 2024
This review contains spoilers
Oh. My. GOD. This is the most ridiculous Doctor Who story I've ever seen. Atlantis is real, and there's an evil doctor named Zaroff who wants to "raise Atlantis" by draining the ocean and blowing up the Earth as a result. For the achievement. And also he turns people into fish people for some reason. It's so absurd.
I've seen some vitriol online for this story that I just cannot understand; sure, it's poorly written, the plot makes no sense, and Zaroff's actor is insanely hammy, but there's a joy I get from watching the ridiculousness unfold. I have no idea how you can dislike this story.
Also shoutout to the two minute sequence of fish people randomly swimming around in episode three. It feels like abstract art and I love it.