The Two Doctors: Part Three

The Doctor Who production team made a big play about this episode being filmed in Seville. So far they seem to be in the outskirts of Seville.

Only in this episode they manage to film in the city. Director Peter Moffatt makes a cardinal mistake. He does not show off the historic sights of the city. The action is played in the narrow streets.

The Sontarans are looking for time travel and think they have an edge. Not fathoming that the Sixth Doctor laid a trap.

The Sontarans have also been double crossed by the Androgum, then again the Sontarans planned to cheat them. The Sixth Doctor mentions that no one wants to ally themselves with the Sontarans as they are untrustworthy.

Chessene wants to transform the Second Doctor into an Androgum by using some of Shockeye's DNA. Before the transformation is finished, both men take a gastronomic tour of Seville.

To be frank it was mainly silly. It was like two different adventures trying to mesh with Baker playing it straight. The death of Oscar was unnecessary and probably largely to do with Saward than Holmes. It looked odd given that James Saxon was playing his death scene for comedic effect.

Troughton and Stratton made it the restaurant scene work as they dressed up to dine out. It was bizarre black comedy.