Doctor Who: Planet of Giants (1964)
Season 2, Episode 1
8/10
A really good start to Series 2.
25 October 2019
The TARDIS malfunctions, leaving the travelling quartet with a big problem.

I always thought this was a curious way to kick off the second series, would the big Dalek serial have been better, or did they want to warm viewers up first. This first episode is lots of fun, I really enjoyed it. It shows huge imagination, firstly on the part of the writer, and secondly on the part of the designers, they wouldn't have had much of a budget, but they made it work. Nice touches, including the matchbox and insects.

Some great scenes among the regulars, I particularly liked those between The Doctor and Barbara, he's softened as time has gone on.

A nice cliffhanger. 8/10
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