Well The Black Guardian Trilogy was a bit boring IMO. A real struggle to get through at points. It was nice to see the Brig after his retirement... and before his un-retirement... and retirement again ;-) I'd remembered the 80s Davison era fondly from my younger days but after watching all this classic era stuff in recent months, I think it might be the show at it's weakest. However I got a kick out of seeing David "The original Legolas" Collings. There is something about those voices from the BBC Radio LOTR that I find captivating.
and the radiation-suits/armour from Terminus were badass. It reminded me of Dracula's armour from the Coppola movie mixed with the still suits from Lynch's Dune. I'm sure the Dune similarity (In design and function) is a coincidence as the movie started shooting a month after the serial was broadcast and they must have already designed/built the still suits by then.
So it was time for some more of Doctor Who at it's best. So I decided to cleanse my palette with a Jon Pertwee serial 'The Ambassadors of Death'.
It's mostly high-tension drama, exciting documentary style shooting and a fantastic plot twist that I never saw coming.
The downside is that 7 episodes it feels a little stretched. I'm sure all the crossing, double crossing, assassinations and kidnaps were just to hold the story off from progressiving for an episode or two. Still it was fun while it was going on and you're never sure who can be trusted.
