Doctor Who: "The Sensorites"

[pmcray]

"The Sensorites" is not very good. In fact - whisper it quietly - it is probably worse than "The Keys of Marinus". At least, that had a portmanteau format and, if you didn't like one setting there, there would be another along in a minute. Here we get six episodes in which almost nothing seems to happen, certainly nothing of any real interest. The

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[pauldormer]

I remember being disappointed with that story at the time, and a quick check with Wikipedia and the IMDb shows that I had my 11th birthday between episode 4 and 5. And I do recall being somewhat confused that the aliens ended up being the good guys and the humans the baddies, which was odd at the time in my experience.

[pmcray]

There are both good and bad humans and good and bad Sensorites. Interestingly, I don't think any of the humans (perhaps someone in the Commander's unit?). I was pretty sure that was going to get offed and was very glad that he didn't. I suspect that he wouldn't have made it through most later Who stories.