The Monster of Peladon - Part Two
Gebek shows up just in time to use the sonic lance to blast a whole in the wall and free the Doctor from the cavern. Gebek offers to take the Doctor to see Queen Thalira by a secret route.
Sarah goes looking for the Doctor when she hears about the cave-in and the explosion. She gets lost. She tries to ask someone who is behind some opaque glass but they won't respond. She tries hammering on a door but it sets off a sonic protection device which gives Sarah a splitting headache and unable to do anything.
Eckersley returns in time to help Alpha Centauri find Sarah. They are returning to the control room where Eckersley works when they are attacked by Ettis. He knocks out Eckersley and forces Alpha Centauri to open the door to the armory. He threatened to kill Sarah if the armory door isn't opened.
Sarah gets captured by the Queen's guards after she is seen in the company of Ettis. She is taken to the temple. Ortron is trying to decide what to do with her when the Doctor shows up. Orton forces the Doctor and Sarah into the pit with Aggedor.
Some of this story was shot on 16mm film and some was shot on video. The quality of the 16mm film is inferior to that of the video. It was prohibitively expensive to shoot on color 35mm film which is why they shot on 16mm film, according to producer Barry Letts on the commentary track.
Not great but not awful. So far there aren't any members of the supporting cast that really stand out in my mind. I know some of what is coming.
I wanted to see all of the early Sarah Jane stories that I had not seen before. I knew that not all of them would be great. So far this one definitely falls into the not great category.
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