this one was pretty fun
there are some points where the production is a bit ropey, especially in episodes 1 and 4, but the story itself is fairly good
i like the structure of this one, and i think having the tardis team be in a different location in almost every episode helps to keep the story from dragging
the voord have a neat design, even if it's unclear whether they were meant to be humanoids like the other characters at this point
the way they're talked about in the first few episodes seems to imply that they're people in suits, and yartek's face is visible through his helmet, but in episode 6 he refers to the other voord as "my creatures"
it's odd
i think the story could've been a little stronger in its condemnation of the idea of a machine that brainwashes the entire planet into obeying the law
episode 2 makes effective use of pov shots to make the viewer feel uncomfortable and on edge, although that might just be my autism talking

considering they had no money, this one turned out surprisingly well
the first episode is tense in a way i quite like, and the slow realisation in episode two is quite good too
this story also serves to bridge the gap in character dynamics between the daleks and marco polo, with ian and barbara distrusting the doctor in the former and them all working together in the latter, and i think it does that well
the last scene with the doctor and barbara is particularly good for it
and we end with the gong sound with which you'll be very familiar by the end of the next story

god this story is boring
it should've been four parts, maybe five
seven is taking the piss, especially when marco polo is two stories later and actually uses its runtime well
they spend at least half of episode 6 in a cave
to be fair, marco polo did that too, but that story also had an interesting setting
don't get me wrong, this story does have some good moments
but they're buried under a mountain of padding
it's always a good sign when it feels like the story is actively wasting your time

this story drags in the middle, but is kind of fun in a slightly s**t way
i love how they tried to make susan ~*alien*~ and ~*mysterious*~ but just made her really autistic
the first episode is pretty good, although i do think there are some good moments of tension in the rest
hartnell is clearly having a lot of fun in the scene where the tribe drives kal out
and watching it after animating marco polo, the fight scene at the end of this story is quite similar to that one (shot on film, two characters fighting with cutaways to closeups of them and the other characters watching)
and it's the same director, so that's probably not a coincidence
this story has some interesting things to say about democracy and teamwork, but it does sometimes get lost in the cavemen arguing