"Doctor Who" The Underwater Menace: Episode 2 (TV Episode 1967) Poster

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5/10
Sadly it's not great.
Sleepin_Dragon27 February 2021
Why has Atlantis never been discovered?....

...if the residents are anything like this, perhaps it's best hidden away.

The Doctor has learned what Zaroff is up to, and confides in the most powerful man on Atlantis, meanwhile Jamie and Ben are stuck in the mines.

Polly's in danger, and the scenes on the operating table to actually look pretty grim.

Oh Dear..... It's not great, I've tried to look for the good here, but it really offers slim pickings. Part two does at least exist, and gives us a real insight into the story, unfortunately it looks pretty cheap, the costumes aren't the best.

The acting is a bit dodgy and Joseph Fürst is starting to go a little over the top, although compared to wants to come, he's still pretty tame. Pat looks like he's having fun.

Oh Dear, 5/10.
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4/10
A Fishy Tale - Disappointing and often silly this is one of Doctor Who's least successful stories.
A_Kind_Of_CineMagic21 August 2014
This 4 part story has to go down as a major failure in the series history. It takes place on Atlantis and sadly it is silly and badly produced in most respects compared to the series usual great standards. Being quite ridiculous at times it is at best camp fun but it mostly fails to maintain that fun as it is also pretty boring much of the time. The attempts at humour often fall flat and its implausible story (from writer Geoffrey Orme) is not a good idea.

A disappointing adventure in almost every respect with only the regular cast's performances and a few small elements raising it above an Atlantis like descent into total awfulness. One of the worst Doctor Who stories but with just enough fun and decent aspects to keep it above the level of a lot of the dross you see on TV.

One word in its defence, many people accuse the villain Zaroff of having an awful accent but that was the actor Joseph Furst's own natural accent!

All 4 Episodes - 4/10
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