Watched 1967 #DoctorWho serial The Underwater Menace. Did #TheDoctor EVER leave such an unholy MESS?!
Directly responsible for the renewed flooding of #Atlantis — & dialogue clearly indicates many deaths — #TheSecondDoctor and co are reunited and depart in the #TARDIS without a thought! The Earth is saved, but the cost…
Their instrumental friends, two shipwrecked slaves and the locals — people to whom they owe their lives — are abandoned to a highly uncertain fate without a goodbye, when they’ve lost EVERYTHING. It’s been established as a plot point they’re likely to starve to death!
The whole story disappoints, with character motivation all over the place. Guest star Colin Jeavons plays a villain who, in his final scene, indicates a damascene conversion despite NO prior scenes showing him the error of his ways. The director, Julia Smith, worked wonders with TINY sets — but should have demanded script rewrites! (She went on to create #EastEnders, though, so did alright for herself!)
