Murder on the Vegetable Express!
After the shocking events of the last story, the Doctor now presents evidence in his defense and this time from the future. We're quickly introduced to new companion Melanie Bush d/b/a Mel, exercising the Doctor and force feeding him carrot juice. It's a far cry from Peri, that for sure. She's high energy, very perky and annoyingly chipper. She seems to work better with the Doctor than her predecessor.
The story itself is very much a Murder on the Orient Express homage with killer vegetables running amok. The Vervoids are a great monster, very much in the veil of the classics. They put some money into these costumes and it certainly shows on screen. It's a shame the Doctor commits genocide and kills them all or else they could make a fantastic return. I think an alliance between the Vervoids and the Krynoids would be a real tossed salad!
The supporting cast are pretty top notch and well defined. Of course Honor Blackman is the star of the show, as a former Bond Girl now turned Who Girl. Thankfully everybody does not die but we do end up with a compost heap of bodies. The Doctor saves the day but is then charged with committing genocide (as if he could get any bigger a punishment than forfeiting all his lives).
With only two episodes left in the season, the writers have a task before them to wrap up this season!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_of_the_Vervoids
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