This might be the greatest episode of television history. The Doctor has a nightmare… The Master is near. Lethbridge-Stewart invites The Doctor to attend a scientific presentation. The Doctor refuses, and goes off with Jo Grant to find The Master. Well, it ends up that they all come together. It seems The Master is heading this new scientific research, which does many things. It leads to humanity’s better understanding of the space-time continuum; it brings Cronus to the modern time; it helps The Master (and The Doctor following) to travel back in time to Atlantis1.
We see such beauty, such as a dude in a pure white bird costume, flap-flap-flapping his bird wings2. We see a muscle-bound man wearing a bull’s head. We see The Doctor using his coat’s red lining to act as a matador. The Doctor is good at his matador skills, with one quick karate chop, the minotaur is down. We also see some goth-Atlantians with great eye-liner.
This is a magnificent episode of Doctor Who. It doesn’t make much sense, but it’s amazing.
Next time on Doctor Who, “The Three Doctors.” Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, and of course, the original, William Hartnell.