(Series 18,
Episodes 1-4)
Summary: JNT has arrived and everything gets an
update - neon logo, synth music and a new, questionable wardrobe for the
Doctor. Plus, tachyonics, based on some
real gen-u-ine science, gets an airing.
There’s a fabulous opening scene on Brighton beach where Romana accidentally kills K9 during a game of fetch. The Argolins sport crazy beehives but
suffer from dramatic rapid ageing and the tension with the lizards outside is
well built up. Luckily, there’s a
magical reset button and Argolin Mena gets every parent’s dream - a chance to
raise her son again and get it right.
Watch it because: We’re in the eighties now.
Original Air Date: 30 August – 20 September 1980.
Doctor: Tom Baker.
Companions: Romana (Lalla Ward) & K9 Mk II (Voiced
by John Leeson).
Writer: David Fisher.
Director: Lovett Bickford.
Producer: John Nathan-Turner.
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