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I mean what is that weird love manipulation thing going on with the Master?

Also they massively under-utilised Darth Vader’s actor by having him be the Minotaur.

I really hate this one. It is a crystallisation of everything I dislike about the Pertwee years. The deafeningly unfunny antics involving Bessie, the Master doing the Brig's voice, the Doctor's building of "TOMTIT"...all horribly indulgent and totally unentertaining. And that's before any of the actual story even starts! The actual story being some nonsense in "Atlantis", with apparently no awareness that Doctor Who has explained Atlantis twice already. The Kronovore is a dreadful creation. There's not many stories with quite so little to recommend them. An awful, boring mess.

Screw it, I can't think of any significant flaws for this one, and I'll never understand why it has the reputation it does. After what on the whole was a pretty disappointing season (and especially after the utter dirge that is The Mutants), something like this, whose sole purpose seems to be cramming as many ambitious and out there ideas as it can into 2 and a half hours, was sorely needed, and comes as a blessed relief. Sure, it may not all fit together as a cohesive whole as it probably could have, and there are significant portions of it that don't make even the slightest bit of sense, but given the sheer unrestrained imagination on display, I'm willing to forgive it for that. It was the kind of thing that the show could only gotten away with once, and I'm glad they took this opportunity and ran with it. A truly underrated gem.