Part 6 (Review for all 7 parts):
The drama and impact in this 7-part story is impressive but so too is the story idea itself with the great concept of setting events in the past, present AND future.
One aspect of the plot does not fully make sense: Why do they even need to test Jamie to "find the human/Dalek factor"? It seems an illogical plan but it there are not clear problems of a kind that annoys me. The whole story is thrilling and interesting.
Over the course of the story with its different elements a tremendous amount of absorbing entertainment is created. We have Earth in the past, Earth in the 1960s (present day of the time) and an alien planet in the future providing contrasting backgrounds to the action. There are also some fascinating characters such as Maxtible (Marius Goring), good acting especially by Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines with plenty of excitement and fun.
The quality of script writing from David Whitaker is as usual very high and nothing really lets this story down very much except the slightly questionable idea of gaining the 'human factor' from Jamie. Despite that minor 'imperfection' it is a great adventure which ends with a major event that is suitably dramatic and impacts the next 4 seasons of the show. This is a great end to series 4 leading into the superb 5th series.
My Ratings:
Parts 1, 2 and 4 - 9.5/10,
Parts 3 and 6 - 9/10,
Parts 5 and 7 - 10/10.
Overall: 9.5/10.
