[Locke]

Just finished watching Three's second adventure, 'The Silurians'. Once again probably the biggest problem is it is sloooooow. I guess to save money, pretty much the first four whole episodes are just scene after scene of people chatting in front of static cameras, and although it does a lot of world building and establishes a fun mystery, most of it loses all purpose with being as drawn out as it is.

Plus even when the show does finally get on track with itself, it then throws in a whole sub arc about an alien plague and the focus moves completely off track again. The plague becomes such a big deal, I don't even know why it wasn't just its own story, rather than awkwardly crammed into the same space as the Silurian's.

Although Three was my hero as a kid, I'm still not entirely sold on him as an adult. He doesn't get quite as upstaged by Liz this time around, but when you compare him to how badass the New Whos are (8 upwards) looking good in velvet and being good at science is a little naff really.

Perhaps the one with the most lasting impression after this serial is probably the Brigadier. His dealings with the Silurian's at the end is brutal, and a really dark way to end the serial. The serial was pretty dark in general, but I didn't expect it to go out on such a low note.

The classic Silurian design is in my opinion, hell of a lot better than the modern one (although the suits are very cheap looking, and the suit actors even cheaper) and their pet dinosaur thing and the scenes involving it are just so craptastic they are hilariously enjoyable.

Several thousand years? I guess the older Doctor's are...younger :s