Materalising aboard the hold of a sailing ship The Doctor and Turlough are brought up top see the ship's Captain . The sailors aboard the ship have trouble remembering details of how they got on board the ship and The Doctor soon realises things are not what they seem
Enlightenment isn't a classic of the Davison era but in the context of a very disappointing season it's the best story . It's full blown fantasy and normally it's not the sort of story that appeals to me but what makes it enjoyable is the design of the sets and the costumes . In many ways it's almost like a period drama and a lot of thought has gone in to these designs . It's somewhat stagey and this is in no way a criticism though it never reaches the acting tour de force we saw in the previous year with Kinda
There is a slight problem with the casting and that is well known comedy star Keith Barron is a distraction and Leee John from camp pop group Imagination is every bit as dreadful as expected . This is down to JNT insisting on casting well known faces regardless of how suitable they were and this casting was a major factor in the death of the show . One other contentious piece of casting is Lynda Baron as Wrack . Watching her scenes in general and the ones alongside Turlough in particular you do think perhaps there might be a strong sexual subtext going on but there's a lack of on screen sexual chemistry . If this was Nuwho the production team would no doubt ensure there's plenty of estrogen and testoseron being splashed around
Not a brilliant story down to the fact that the air of mystery only works once before the cat is let out of the bag Enlightenment is entertaining , contains good model work , incidental music and brings The Black Guardian trilogy to a satisfying close
Enlightenment isn't a classic of the Davison era but in the context of a very disappointing season it's the best story . It's full blown fantasy and normally it's not the sort of story that appeals to me but what makes it enjoyable is the design of the sets and the costumes . In many ways it's almost like a period drama and a lot of thought has gone in to these designs . It's somewhat stagey and this is in no way a criticism though it never reaches the acting tour de force we saw in the previous year with Kinda
There is a slight problem with the casting and that is well known comedy star Keith Barron is a distraction and Leee John from camp pop group Imagination is every bit as dreadful as expected . This is down to JNT insisting on casting well known faces regardless of how suitable they were and this casting was a major factor in the death of the show . One other contentious piece of casting is Lynda Baron as Wrack . Watching her scenes in general and the ones alongside Turlough in particular you do think perhaps there might be a strong sexual subtext going on but there's a lack of on screen sexual chemistry . If this was Nuwho the production team would no doubt ensure there's plenty of estrogen and testoseron being splashed around
Not a brilliant story down to the fact that the air of mystery only works once before the cat is let out of the bag Enlightenment is entertaining , contains good model work , incidental music and brings The Black Guardian trilogy to a satisfying close
