I'm on a mission to challenge myself to find some good in my least favourite episode from Dr Who. Creature from the Pit ranks very lowly when I list my favourites, but having not seen it for years I'm watching it with fresh eyes..... Here goes....
The first thing I'm struck by is the obvious care and time that's gone into Romana's costume. She looks something. Indeed the episode is visually rather good,the jungle looks fantastic, hugely atmospheric. The costumes generally look great, Adastra's in particular.
The best thing for me is the performance of Myra Frances, finally a villain who's matter of fact, she's not cackling maniacally or gloating, she's just getting on with her business.
On the downside, David Brierly sucked as K9, he sounded irritating and pompous, lacking any of the warm comic humour that John Leeson has in abundance.
There is something about Season17 that just doesn't work for me,Tom was given too much freedom to add in whatever he wanted, and at times it made the show very silly. Not too much evidence of that in Part one.
Overall, better then I remembered, but worse was to come.
The first thing I'm struck by is the obvious care and time that's gone into Romana's costume. She looks something. Indeed the episode is visually rather good,the jungle looks fantastic, hugely atmospheric. The costumes generally look great, Adastra's in particular.
The best thing for me is the performance of Myra Frances, finally a villain who's matter of fact, she's not cackling maniacally or gloating, she's just getting on with her business.
On the downside, David Brierly sucked as K9, he sounded irritating and pompous, lacking any of the warm comic humour that John Leeson has in abundance.
There is something about Season17 that just doesn't work for me,Tom was given too much freedom to add in whatever he wanted, and at times it made the show very silly. Not too much evidence of that in Part one.
Overall, better then I remembered, but worse was to come.