Battlefield: Part Two

Writer Ben Aaronovitch is having fun in reworking the Arthurian legend. While Ancelyn is leading King Arthur's army. Also getting entangled with Brigadier Winifred Bambera in a fight. Later with some flirting.

Mordred is the evil enemy of Ancelyn. He has been sent by his mother, Morgaine. She tangled with the Doctor in his guise as merlin around 12 centuries ago.

The Doctor and Ace are more interested in the architectural dig. A spaceship lying underneath.

As for Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, he is still flying around in the helicopter.

The second episode continues with the Cartmel Masterplan of a more mysterious Doctor. I actually like how the Arthurian legend has been interwoven as a galactic Doctor Who story.

The big problem is some of the acting and how the director handled it. Mordred's maniacal laughter that just went on and on. Once again Sylvester McCoy also struggles when he tries to be angry.

Morgaine is summoned to Earth by her son Mordred, and encounters The Brigadier, meanwhile The Doctor and Ace discover a strange ship underneath the archaeological dig.

Slightly improved over the last episode, and that's largely due to the scenes with The Brigadier, but it's still very clunky and too over the top.

The mystery surrounding The Doctor's true identity continues to be muddled, they imply he's Merlin, which he denies to Ace, but powerful, mythical being Morgaine is fooled? I don't get that.

I loved the scenes where Morgaine berates her son Mordred at the Graveyard, and her scene with The Brigadier was terrific, it just about takes my mind of other events.

Not too bad. 6/10