The Mind of Evil - Part Six
The Brigadier shows up and shoots Mailer before he can shoot the Doctor. U.N.I.T. quickly takes control of Stangmoor Prison. The Brigadier puts Sergeant Benton in charge of the prison and turns his attention to finding the missing missile.
The Doctor mulls over what the Master is up to before going down to check on the machine. It has broken the collar that was holding it in check. Barnham turns out to be the key to keep it from killing anyone else. It remains passive as long as he is very close to it.
The Doctor gets a telephone call from the Master. They strike a deal. The Doctor agrees to return the Master's dematerialization circuit in return for the missile. The Doctor brings with him Jo, Barham, and the machine in the van that he drives over to the hangar where the Master and the missile can be found.
The Master gets distracted by the machine once Barnham puts it down near him. The Doctor enables the remote abort mechanism that's built in to the missile while the Master in writhing in pain. The Doctor, Jo, and Barnham try to get away by helicopter but the Master kills Barnham before taking off.
Thoughts
Toby Hadoke (moderator), Timothy Combe (director), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), and Barry Letts (producer) are on the commentary track for this episode.
I found this story, especially this final installment, to be very overloaded. It didn't need to have quite so many moving parts. It all felt very rushed towards the end.
I didn't buy the device of Barnham being the key to keeping the machine in check. It felt very tacked on at the last minute.
There are little things here and there that I enjoyed. Roger Delgado was quite good as the Master but on the whole the story didn't exactly do it for me although I'm glad I watched it. I just don't see myself watching it again.
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