Day 12: The Edge Of Destruction

Halfway through this episode, I remarked words to the effect of "What the hell am I watching?". Because, compared to pretty much everything before and after it, The Edge of Destruction is one of, if not the, weirdest episode of Doctor Who that has ever been made. The TARDIS is malfunctioning, and this is driving it's occupants insane. It's where we get to see their characters come forth, and the actors all shine here, in particular Jacqueline Hill as Barbara who gets an astounding speech to the Doctor where she shouts him down for being a complete git over the past couple of weeks, and that he should perhaps learn to stop being such a tool.

Carole Ann Ford as Susan is also able to shine here, as she returns to the unearthly nature that was seen in the first episode, except moreso in that she's able to unleash her inner nutcase and become truly unsettling. In almost every scene, she's hiding in the background, staring at the things that are going on. When she's not doing that she's either stabbing cushions with scissors, or threatening to stab Ian with scissors as well, in effect becoming the thing that's going to drive the kids behind the sofa this week, as we move on from being frightened of Daleks to being frightened of eachother.