Finished 'The Sea Devils' and it was very good. After having been put off watching Pertwee's Doctor (Probably watched him the least out of the lot) by his silly haircut, his silly clothes,

and me always associating him more with the brilliant and comic Wurzel Gummage,

I have to say I'm totally won over. It's the way he fixes weak willed human officials with his steely and withering gaze that I liked best. He's got a fine line in dry humour and his fencing duel with The Master was ace:

(FYI the Lightsabers aren't in the original show)

The plot was a bit slow to get going but rapidly accelerated towards an action packed conclusion. All the 16mm location footage and battle scenes courtesy of The Royal Navy were impressive but kinda underlined the cheap looking interior scenes shot on video. Delgado is great as The Master, very calm, very evil and quite serious... the exact oposite of Simm's take really (Still prefer Ainley's mischievous interpretation). Although he was upstaged by Robert Walker's ruthless politician character, who managed to seem more evil just by ordering sandwiches with a smile.

Now started watching Pertwee's first serial 'Spearhead from space'. It looks fabulous having the unique privlege of being shot entirely on film (Not video and film, as was standard). Plus this has the added bonus that all the location sound has the echo of reality lending the show a documentary realism. I always get a little jolt of excitement when a new Doctor picks out his wardrobe. I knew it was coming when a random guy hung a silk cape on the back of a door.