I'm melting! I'm melting!
Season 19 kicked off with the ambitious Castrovalva and through the a semi-linked narrative, the rest of the season played out at this new Doctor settled in to his new body. The loss of his companion Adric last episode was a shock to everyone and the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa are still mourning his loss at the beginning of this story. But they are quickly swept up in another one of the Master's screw ball schemes. This time two Concorde jets get sucked back in time to a prehistoric era, with some great location shooting at Heathrow Airport. And the Master insists in wearing a disguise for the first 3 episodes which generally has no point. We get to see a ghost of Adric just to rub salt in the wound. Nyssa gets some good scream time in and Tegan finally gets dropped off at Heathrow, just when she decides she doesn't want to leave the Doctor. Queue season ending cliff hanger!
After the big story of last episode, this one could be the victim of fall out. Slightly quieter and less Earth shattering, the return of the Master bookends Peter Davison's inaugural season in the same style it began. While the season had a few high points, it also had a few very lows point but generally mediocre throughout.
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