Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric: Part Two (1989)
Season 26, Episode 9
9/10
It's a wonderful second episode.
26 February 2020
Judson continues to use the Ultima machine to translate the Viking runes, Millington looks for meaning in the words. A nasty surprise is being lined up for the Soviet visitors.

This whole story is just wonderful, and this second episode continues the trend. It is very well paced, with plenty happening, highlights include the glorious sermon by Nicholas Parsons, and the wonderful moment where the haemovores rise up out of the water.

Dinsdale Landen continues to impress as Judson, as does Alfred Lynch as the sinister Millington.

I love the tone of it, it's horror, but there's always an undertone, something's about to happen. There's also a complexity, what's going on with the chess set, and why has Millington asked for the removal of all sets?

I wish they'd ended it with the haemovores coming out of the water, that would have been more effective.

Classic. 9/10
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