I had good memories of this story so was excited to see it get the animation treatment. It's a relatively straightforward morality tale, but it's delivered in a fun way with the Doctor being known already to this civilization and us initially only being able to guess at the conflict. The Doctor has a classic monologue that even giving up one life for progress is one life too many, an ethos that carries the show sixty years later. As for the animation, this seemed noticeably better than the previous wave of 2D animations, it seemed quite slick. Seriously, how cool is it that these episodes get this animated treatment? We're so spoiled.

I previously read the novelization and loved it, and now I love the serial as well. Possibly the most overtly political Doctor Who serial so far, which is surprising since it's from 1966.

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It was alright,hooked me me in Part 2,but last part was kind of boring,all in all - 7/10.Decent departure for Steven,animation itself was okay.

The same general idea as Galaxy 4 and even The Daleks, along with later stories I can't call to mind right now, which meant it felt a bit like a retread. I still enjoyed it though, and the background animation was really nice, though some of the character animation was subpar.

Whilst this was quite slow in parts, I really loved the premise of this. Another story that proves Doctor Who was political in the classic series. I think this was a fitting exit for Steven, but like a lot of classic who exits I wish there was a bit more build up. I am really interested in picking up the 1DA story where we meet an older Steven after this story. The supporting characters were quite memorable, and the animation was really lovely! If there was maybe one less part I would've given it at least one extra star.

Love how when a new animation releases everyone’s like this is the worst thing ever when in fact it’s the coolest thing ever

It’s a story that warms up as it goes along, but I think is fair to say is slow going. With the fairly obvious morale of the story more and more coming to the fore. The animation doesn’t do much to speed up proceedings, it’s not a very exciting presentation, but it is a definite boost to the visual appeal. Oddly the slow pace might actually suit the telesnaps though - I wonder how I’d feel about the original.

Disclaimer: A while ago, I already reviewed the Story. This Review is simply reviewing the Animation rather than the Story, if you are interested to hear I thought about the Story itself, please check out my Review of the Original Variation!

I think the Animation is pretty good and does some great Changes, I am not always sold on some creative Liberty Changes that some Animations do, *Fury from the Deep* comes to Mind, but for this one? It works wonderfully! Especially the Place where the Elders live is greatly enhanced here, which adds more to the Story. The Highlight here is easily the superb Character Animation, their Movement is so smooth and never feel off-putting. The Likenesses as well are very good, especially the one from Jackie Lane's Dodo! Hartnell looks a bit 'off' but getting his Likeness right in Animation is a tricky one, which I think only early Animations such as *The Tenth Planet* pulled off the best. I do wish we had some more Lightning like Release such as Evil had, but still all in all, I am very pleased to report that this is a very good Animation of the Story!