AAAAAAAAAAAAH THE NOISES SAVE ME SAVE ME I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE THANK YOU THIS EPISODE IS OVER END OF REVIEW 0/10

Basically a good episode. The idea of a Doctor breaking away from his original companions and going to Rome with Vicki while said companions are getting captured and taken is a really good one. But there is one thing that ruins the whole episode, and it is the treatment of Barbara. From the beginning, we understand that she is the one who does everything in the quartet. But what is unacceptable, even unacceptable, is the scene of quasi-rape on the part of Nero who is a complete idiot, totally obsessed, even rapist. Yes, I destroy him. Barbara's treatment doesn't stop there since at the end of the episode, Ian treats her like a slave, making her work because she accidentally hit him in the face, which started this whole adventure . So I beg you, Doctor Who, tell me that there are not too many other episodes that are sexist to this point. Have a good evening.
3/10

I wasn't a huge fan of the episode.

So yes, at the beginning, we see a new side of Doc, after Susan left. But it's not explored enough! Rare example of an episode where the storyline isn't explored enough.

One more episode to consolidate everything would have been acceptable.

This episode is worth 6/10

The first episode with Daleks was crap, clearly, next to the incomparable The Dalek Invasion of Earth.

What an extremely good arc. We feel all the passion of Terry NATION's writing, and his incomparable pen. It's also the end of Susan's adventures, and it does us the greatest good!

7/10

And this new season starts off with a bang with a very interesting arc, namely "Planet of Giants"! I really like the concept of the investigation in a "gigantic world", until the fine team realizes that it is in fact they who are tiny. The whole story is gripping, the intrigue is thrilling... For this start of season 2, I give it a 5/5 !

And this season ends with an arc that I would call MEH.
I didn't find it exceptional, and for good reason: The arc in question is not supposed to be the end of season arc, but it was added because Donald BAVERSTOCK, the head of BBC programming, wanted extra episodes for the end of season 1.
And, in concrete terms, it's very noticeable. The pace isn't worked on enough, the script is shaky...
A big disappointment for this end of season, I put it on the same level as The Daleks.

If you remember correctly I put The Aztecs in A.
Well the series of very good episodes continues with The Sensorites.
How to say. The beginning is very promising: The Doc who lands in a ship (For the first time in the series, by the way), discovering a mind control problem, and discovering a civilization that seems peaceful but part of which finds that the arriving "humans" are belligerent: WHY NOT. In the future, it will happen, but not at the time: it's an idea.
The resolution of half-crazy humans thinking they are at war with the Sensorites explains everything: the doubt of the fourth Sensorite who himself begins to, let's not lie to ourselves, begins to lose his mind too (Stalin was his man), the poison (And not a bad resolution like yes it was the fourth Sensorite and the city administrator who put the poison blah blah blah)...
Really very good episode, let's hope that the next arc will be as good or even better...

The very good arcs follow one another, as evidenced by The Aztecs.
In addition to being fairly faithful to reality (at least, what was thought of it in the 60s), we have here for the first time the idea of ​​HAVING to not change the course of events, with a Barbara as ashamed of "corrupting" a man who believes in her, who has confidence, just for her own will, but also and above all disconcerted by not being able to help this civilization which is according to her too primitive.
She realizes in certain points what the Doctor feels when them sees us, poor primitive humans according to him.
I also like the idea of ​​this search for an episode almost exclusively focused on Barbara: Ian fights people, okay, but in the end, everything is brought back to Barbara, and in such a logical way that the episode becomes very good.
Really, episode in 6/10.

The Keys of Marinus is, quite frankly, a very good arc. The episodes follow one another, and I like this idea of a quest. Finally, the scenario is not long, and we can feel that the writers had fun. Report at trial, I don't know about you, I found it quite convincing. I was not bored watching this arc and I therefore award it the prize for the best rated classic arc of the moment with 4.5/5.

Well, well, well. You know my opinion on The DALEKS (The Daleks): Good but too long. However, with Marco POLO, in front of whom I was almost never bored, it was really good, while both had 7 parts! Concretely, the idea of ​​making an episode where the historical problems are not monsters from space, it's really good (Madame de POMPADOUR, we see you). Whereas here, although it drags because the Doc could have left with the key without Tegana delaying their escape, which by the way allowed in my opinion to conclude the Tegana arc in a really good way, well frankly the intrigues are well put together. Let's say that we don't have this "olala the liquid driver from the beginning I liked it wellwiareinzechit" which ruins the whole arc. In conclusion, well it's a good 3/5 for this episode! Why 3? Because even though the storyline is very good, I still have trouble with the recons.