Right …
It’s official: I’ve just seen the last two episodes of Fury from the Deep … and am going to tell you all about it, tomorrow!
Frankly, it’s getting late.
I did want to do my usual thing, though: of starting my review the night I watched it.
That way … ?
I know I have to finish it!
30th October, 2020.
With that said … ?
It’s now the 30th, and I’m picking up where I left off. Very aware that I’m going to be baby sitting my nephew, this afternoon: so I want to try and get this review done as quickly as I possibly can.
Let me tell you about these last episodes.
Following on from episode four, Episode 5 shows us the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria (Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling) warning the ESGO base’s crew that the Weed is about to invade …
Meanwhile … ?
Harris realises that at least two crew members: crew members who have very good knowledge of the base … and that this members would be vulnerable to pure oxygen.
Meanwhile? Robson has been found in his cabin: and a desperate Ms Jones believes she can help him … only to realise he’s under the Weed’s control.
It’s only after that discussion … ? That getting the Doctor’s help to stop the Weed’s advance, starts to look helpful.
It’s only when Jamie notices Mr Oak and Mr Quill* hanging around … that someone realises who the Weed’s hidden agents are.
That? That confirms something else the Doctor’s thought about.
Someone has to visit the rigs where the Weed is based …
~≈😟≈~
Episode 6 picks up from the end of episode 5: showing us the possessed Robson, threatening the Doctor.
It’s only when Victoria starts screaming at what Robson has become?
That the Doctor realises … high pitched screaming can scare the Weed creatures off: AND potentially destroyed.
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria manage to flee back to base with their news: finding out exactly how difficult it is to fly a helicopter in the process …
And getting back to base to find a tape recorder!
Recording Victoria screams is the only way to stop the Weed …
~≈😀≈~
Now …
Were these two episodes good? Did they wrap the story up, well? Was Fury from the Deep a good story, all told?
Yes: these last two episodes tied off the story: and did so, very well, indeed.
The story itself?
Is a great little base-under-siege story.
You can possibly argue Troughton’s era over-did those: although the only others that spring to my mind are Tomb of the Cybermen, Moonbase and Web of Fear.
If you assume the London Underground’s a very big base!
I’m digressing.
And sill stand my point: Fury from the Deep is a great little base-under-siege story.
Beautifully told, well acted … and with a twist in the tail.
Personally?
I think Fury from the Deep is going to be enjoyed by fans and non-fans, alike …
* I can’t help but think of them as Croup and Vandamar. OK, Croup and Vandemar, Pin and Tulip, and Quill and Oak, aren’t exactly the same … but I think Gaiman, Pratchett and Pemberton were mining from the same seam.
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