Doctor Who: "The Face of Evil," 1977 (the fourth story of six from season fourteen). Descendants of interplanetary explorers worship and obey a mysterious voice on the other end of a transceiver.
Directed by Pennant Roberts. Written by Chris Boucher. Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson & David Garfield.
Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent). Lots of the usual escaping-and-getting-recaptured-then-running-through-endless-corridors filler. If it was shorter by an episode or two, it would have been great.
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent). Very good for Doctor Who, though.
Acting: 3/4 (Good). Garfield actually manages to upstage Tom Baker.
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). It's an unusual story for the era, and it's fun to see them doing something slightly different. Also, Leela is awesome. I wish the current show would have the balls to give the Doctor a genuinely new companion instead of just the latest variation on Pretty But Spunky 21st Century Earth Girl.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.6/4 (Good)
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