The chase is an odd story, you either absolutely love the bat crazy new take on the Daleks or its ridiculous. I'm in the middle. Dennis spooners work can be very enjoyable and offer the lighter side to traveling, it's why I love the Romans as it's a perfect balance between historical/comedy. For me his comedy is very hit or miss, here the Daleks who arent a great threat more utterly useless. Dalek comedy can be great and in later years Nicholas Briggs would capture it perfectly through voices/morals, such as the high pitch/over excited dalek in Lego dimensions. But the chase does have some unique and really exciting ideas that I'd love to see done today a with a budget. This is the moment the daleks have decided the doctor is there enemy! Chasing him through time, we get see the Daleks invade all sorts of different time/space zone and as child it would be so exciting to see Daleks Vs Frankensteins monster, invade the Mary Celeste, giant questionable squid and giant Mechaniods with flames. Low Budget is means nothing to me, as an actor that's why I love the show, because you can see the hard work of all those involved, trying to make this show work, so silly squid monsters and definitely indistinguishable doctor clone is the charm of the show. It's a shame this was never made into a third dalek film as the structure/plot of space chase would work perfectly for a movie and I admire them for giving this story a go. Plus the Mechaniods are an incredibly good design and seeing them fight one other is an excellent scene. Sadly this is the goodbye of two of my favourite companions. Ian & Barbaras exit is perfect, they both get a share of saving one another and the fact that the doctor refuses and kicks off makes this a beautiful scene to start picking at the layers. The doctor has grown fond of them but he doesn't want them to know that, Hartnell turing his back on them isn't cold, it's brilliant acting, it's showing his pain of facing them as they go. Hartnells goodbyes to his companions was so thoughtful. I loved the more joking around goodbye montage of Ian & Barbara I'm London, seeing there excitement and I loved Ian's jokes too. Ian & Barbara are some of my absolute favourite companions, new who likes to do alot emotions call backs and referencing. I'm honestly so shocked new who has never done a call back to these characters and highlighting there importance in the doctor who universe, there are the main inspiration for why the doctor became who he as, why he travels. I'd just love to see William Russell one more time.
Rating: 2/5, 5/10.
Rating: 2/5, 5/10.