Doctor Who fans when the series was first starting out it was only commissioned to last nothing more then thirteen episodes. Well with the first two serials lasting four and seven episodes and with no word of the series being picked up for more episodes the Doctor Who team still had to produce two episodes to wrap things up and so then join me as I review the episode that is infact the shortest classic Doctor Who serial ever made with the serial in question being called simply just "The Edge Of Destruction" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when the TARDIS crew find themselves knocked out they have to find out what is wrong with the TARDIS before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good which was truly shocking given just how many characters this episode has and yet it's plot is still very well told and is at times quite scary as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is William Hartnell as The Doctor , William Russell as Ian Chesterton , Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman. That's right this episode only stars the four main leads of the show which is I believe something that hasn't happened since this episode and for the live of me I can't see why since it's a fast a cheap way to produce an episode of the show and to this episodes credit it really does make the absolutely most out of all of four of this shows main cast of characters.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all four actors really working well of off each other and turning in some of the best performances from this shows very early years.
Unlike the rets of the show this show is set entirely within the confides of the TARDIS which was something that I actually liked. Sine we got to see more of this ship since at his point in time we had only seen one room and yet here we got to see alot more then that which makes the ship feel alot bigger then what we've previously seen which for a ship that's meant to be bigger on the inside is always going to be a very good thing indeed.
This episode gets dark pretty quick with Susan straight up trying to stab Ian and Ian trying to strangle The Doctor. Heck the only character that doesn't try to kill one of the other characters is Barbera who here acts like the voice of reason which is great since it did add some dimension to her character and it did give her alot to do in what could have been a very boring episode and the fact that it gets dark in places just goes to show you just how complex these characters can be and how great these characters can be when there written really well.
Since this episode is very early on in the shows run that also makes this episode the shows first ever cheap episode. Since like I said this show only has one major set and only features the four main leads and to this episode credit you can't really tell that this is a cheaply made episode at all since the episode itself is so good that you just don't notice just how cheap this episode is and that is something that just goes to show you just how good this show can be hen the show is working within it's very own limitations.
Even tho this episode is a really solid it's an episode that does get pretty repetitive at times and that is something that does effect this episode. Since there's only so many times that you can see the characters show distrust against each other before it starts to get boring and repetitive however this episode does have a pretty good speech from William Hartnell which just goes to show that the very idea of giving The Doctor some epic speech has been in the show since it's very beginning and it helps that the speech is also really well written by story editor and this episodes writer David Whitaker and delivered by William Hartnell.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly roughly forty five minuets. With this episode only being two episodes long which really does suit this episode since this episode really doesn't have enough story to last anything longer then two episodes and as such this episode really does last the perfect amount of time with no scene lasting any longer then what it really needs to and as such every single scene is all about pushing the plot forward with there being no filler scenes at all whatsoever.
So now then since this is a drama that means that I have to talk about the actual drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty good. With the best bit of drama being between Barbera and The Doctor with Barbera blowing up about The Doctor about the way that he's been treating her and Ian in a fantastic scene that is really the best scene in the entire episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall for an episode that was meant to be the final episode of the show should the show have not been picked up for more episodes this episode doesn't really feel like a finale but it is still a really good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.