There's a snake in the garden of Eden!
And now we get to the "experimental" Doctor Who story, or more avant garde. Insanity. Mental breakdown. Possession. Evil. Colonization.
After sidelining Nyssa for the story (the TARDIS was over crowded), Tegan goes for a nap by the wind chimes and get possessed by the Mara. The Doctor and Adric get captured by the colonials looking to colonize the planet and take over the native peoples. Tegan unleashes evil upon the world. Adric has numerous temper tantrums. The Doctor fumbles his way through the story, reacting to the events instead of proacting. He actually gets on better with scientist Todd than any of his current companions and in retrospect would have made a far superior companion. His conversation with Todd really showed that the Doctor was essentially traveling with bickering children and he frequently was playing disciplinarian, while his banter with Todd was very adult, scientific, and non-combative.
The rest of guest cast where all in top form and gave great performances, most of which were quite over the top. While the story itself is quite deep, contemplative and again "experiment", the cast makes it work and keeps it as a classic story all these years later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinda_(Doctor_Who)
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