Premise: The Time Lords send the Second Doctor to stop scientist Dastari's experiments but a Sontaran fleet arrives. The Sixth Doctor must help his earlier self becoming an Androgum.
Notes: Originally to be shot in New Orleans, the setting instead changed to Spain after the original proved to be too expensive. This frustrated writer Robert Holmes as it meant a substantial rewrite and took away much of the humour about the differences between Britain and America that he had originally included. BBC1 controller Michael Grade, along with many other BBC officials, criticised the cannibalistic overtones of this story. These, along with similar elements in previous serials that same year, were what lead to the show's premature cancellation, which would eventually be revised as an eighteen month hiatus.
Verdict: This strong message about eating meat is unfortunately spoiled by a high level of unnecessary violence along with a lack of interaction between the two Doctors. It was great to see the Second Doctor and Jamie back one more time and the music for this story isn't that bad at all, considering this is from the eighties 6/10
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