Frontier in Space: Episode Three

Episode aired Mar 10, 1973
TV-PG
24m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

560

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Jon Pertwee and Madhav Sharma in Frontier in Space: Episode Three (1973)

Adventure Drama Family Sci-Fi

The Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment at a lunar penal colony while Jo encounters an old enemy.The Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment at a lunar penal colony while Jo encounters an old enemy.The Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment at a lunar penal colony while Jo encounters an old enemy.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

560

YOUR RATING

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7Sleepin_Dragon

Very good, but this is one card that's been played too often.

The episode itself I really do enjoy. I like the development of the story, I love the scenes of The Doctor on the penal colony, it's a very interesting change, with some lovely, bold characters. It's well paced, with lots going on, some fascinating, layered character play, including the great dynamic between the president and General Williams.

My gripe here though, the use of The Master, you cannot argue with the brilliance of Roger Delgado, he's cool, manipulative, the perfect gentleman, but, they were guilty of using the character too much, there was a sense of mystery early on, wondering who exactly was attempting the ear, it's a little bit of a let down to learn it's him again. Nothing wrong with any of the acting or story, just the laziness of having him behind everything.

Still very good. 7/10

Trivia
All of Sheila's lines were removed in editing.

Goofs
At around 17m 30s, as the Master is talking to Jo, the shadow of a boom mike can be seen moving at the top of the metal cell door.

Quotes
The Master: [Sees Jo deep in thought] Penny for them, Miss Grant.
Jo Grant: You. What are YOU doing here?
The Master: To coin a phrase, I've come to take you away from all this.
Jo Grant: What are you talking about?
The Master: Surely you don't want to spend the rest of your life in here, do you?
Jo Grant: Well I'm not going anywhere with you, that's for sure.
The Master: Oh, but you are, you know. Believe it or not, I am a fully accredited commissioner from the planet Sirius IV, and you and The Doctor are two dangerous criminals being handed over into my custody.
Jo Grant: So it was you. YOU ordered those Ogrons to attack the ships and pretend they were Draconians.
The Master: But of course. Those lumbering idiots could never have thought up such a brilliant scheme by themselves.