Doctor Who (TV Series) Air Lock (1965) User Reviews

Best so far perhaps.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 6/10 · 2 March 2021]

The Doctor and Vicki are in the company of The Rills, Stephen has a decision to make, to trust The Rills or The Drahvin.

I know it's the one remaining episode, and I was able to sit down and watch it, but arguably it's been the best episode so far.

I like the way the Stephen is faced with a choice, and is still unaware as to who he can trust, and who he can't, that's what happens when you get new races, as opposed to seeing Daleks and Weeping Angels every other episode.

It has surprised me that The Drahvin never returned, we got a mention of them during The Pandorica opens. Especially now, they would fit well with The BBC right now.

It's not the greatest, but this was interesting enough, 6/10.

Galaxy 4: Part 3 - Solid story with good regular cast performances.

[A_Kind_Of_CineMagic · 7/10 · 19 August 2014]

Review for all 4 parts:

Galaxy 4 is a four part story beginning with Four Hundred Dawns.

This is a sort of run-of-the-mill adventure where the TARDIS crew are caught up in a dispute between 2 alien races. It is well acted by the regular cast and quite neatly scripted. Overall the story is presented pretty well and has some interesting ideas such as appearances proving to be deceptive. Most aspects are done effectively enough including the representation of the leader of the Rill. Maaga, the leader of the Drahvins is reasonably good but the rest of the Drahvins are rather weak. Although the Chumblies are unimpressive creations they are quite cute robots which seem now like precursors of Star Wars cute 'droids' R2D2 and BB8 and I quite like them.

The development of the Doctor's new companions continues to create interest. Steven is one of my favourite companions and Purves' performance in the part is establishing the character really well by this stage. The way the Doctor, Steven and Vicki interact and deal with situations provides quality.

The story is no classic by any means but is a pretty well executed adventure in many respects so I am not sure why it is so disliked by many fans. It is a reasonable effort I think.

All 4 Episodes - 7/10.