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

Previous Story: Attack of the Cybermen

Another really great story, aside from The Twin Dilemma I've been really enjoying Colin Baker's tenure as the Doctor. This is one is steeped in political commentary with interesting implications. Sil represents some interesting ideas and could make for a good villain but I think the design and over-the-top performance puts me off a little. I feel like RTD was heavily inspired by this story for certain elements of the revival, specifically in the commentary on the media landscape and the immobile villain who requires assistants to tend to them (Cassandra).

I really like that the 6th Doctor gets some more traditionally Doctor-y moments while toppling an evil government (a favourite pastime of the Doctor). This is a much more violent story than we've been used to and while I've seen a lot of complaints regarding that I actually think it's quite good here. It's darker but I wouldn't say it's child-unfriendly which is the main thing Doctor Who should strive never to be. Overall, another good story and I hope the rest of the season will follow this level of quality.

Next Story: The Mark of the Rani