Picking up where the last story left off, the ailing Doctor mentally commands the TARDIS to follow the Daleks and ends up on Spiridon where a bunch of Daleks are in suspended animation. We see that the TARDIS has a bed in the console room. We witness how Terry Nation can reprocess, repackage and reuse almost every story he's ever written into a new Dalek casserole. The Doctor and Jo run in to a band of Thals, who are probably wearing their shammy leather from 1963 under their space suits. We do get some shiny new Daleks and a Gold Dalek with a swank flashlight on his eye stalk. This story really could have been 4 episodes instead of 6. And of course, Jo gets cozy and sweet on another man who wants to sweep her away. It's become a recurring theme on every planet the Doctor takes Jo to that she must get hit on by alien men. It's actually quite amusing watching her spurn their affections. As the penultimate story of the season, this story does bring to a close the plot lines of the Doctor's freedom, the Master, the Daleks, and setting the Doctor back on course to his pre-exile life, setting the stage for the season finale and the Doctor's next chapter.
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