Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 2 starts as Dr. Bruno Taltalian (Robert Cawdron) pulls a gun on the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) & Liz Shaw (Caroline John) but when interrupted by Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) runs away & escapes, the Doctor is now convinced sabotage is taking place. Meanwhile Professor Cornish (Ronald Allen) & his team have successfully negotiated the return of Recovery 7 to Earth, back at space control it is decided to cut open the space craft & see what's inside...
This Doctor Who adventure was episode 13 from season 7 that aired here in the UK during early 1970, directed by Michael Ferguson I'm rather enjoying The Ambassadors of Death so far. The script by David Whitaker is feeling more like a 60's spy caper in the vein of James Bond rather than a Doctor Who story, there's sabotage, back stabbing, interrogation of prisoners, chases, a hijack, helicopters flying around & Government conspiracies. This makes for a refreshing change & it's been pretty entertaining stuff so far as the story unfolds, it's been revealing itself a little at a time & then there's the cliffhanger at the end of this episode where we are about to find out what exactly is inside the space capsule...
This one has had a few decent action scenes so far, there is one involving the hijacking of a big truck which is a bit choppy at times almost as if they didn't quite film enough footage although fairly impressive considering the tight BBC budget. The special effects have been surprisingly good so far as well, the model shots during Episode 1 were pretty decent.
The Ambassadors of Death has been great so far & I'm enjoying it but with another five episodes to go can it maintain it's good start?
This Doctor Who adventure was episode 13 from season 7 that aired here in the UK during early 1970, directed by Michael Ferguson I'm rather enjoying The Ambassadors of Death so far. The script by David Whitaker is feeling more like a 60's spy caper in the vein of James Bond rather than a Doctor Who story, there's sabotage, back stabbing, interrogation of prisoners, chases, a hijack, helicopters flying around & Government conspiracies. This makes for a refreshing change & it's been pretty entertaining stuff so far as the story unfolds, it's been revealing itself a little at a time & then there's the cliffhanger at the end of this episode where we are about to find out what exactly is inside the space capsule...
This one has had a few decent action scenes so far, there is one involving the hijacking of a big truck which is a bit choppy at times almost as if they didn't quite film enough footage although fairly impressive considering the tight BBC budget. The special effects have been surprisingly good so far as well, the model shots during Episode 1 were pretty decent.
The Ambassadors of Death has been great so far & I'm enjoying it but with another five episodes to go can it maintain it's good start?