Doctor Who in Paris! J'adore!
The Doctor and Romana take a jaunt to Paris for a holiday! Little do they know that the last surviving member of the Jagaroth in the guise of Count Scarlioni is trying to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre so he can sell it and 6 copies to make money to fund his time travel experiment to get back to the beginning of the human race and avert the destruction of his space craft. Hilarity ensues.
After a hasty regeneration last story, the Doctor and Romana II seem to have settled into a comfortable new relationship. Romana is actually quite adorable in her school girl outfit. Tom as the Doctor drinks up the Parisian culture like a fine table wine. Julian Glover as Scarlioni/ Scaroth is a James Bond level villain that relishes every line he delivers. In the annals of Doctor Who history, I must say that Glover is far and away one of the best villains ever. The banter between him and Baker is classic. I have to give a special shout out to Catherine Schell who portrayed the Countess. Her performance was sublime and delicious yet vulnerable and conflicted as she realized what her husband really was. Of course the script having been written for the most part by Douglas Adams shines through and through. For so many reasons, the City of Death is a perfect storm of a classic story that has aged so well like a fine wine.
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