Day 138: The Power of the Daleks Episode 4

The characters on the base are all incredibly interesting, mostly due to David Whitaker's writing for each character, giving each of them motivation and reasoning. This is mostly due to fill out the fact that this is a six episode serial, and it would be incredibly dull to have 6 episodes set in the same location as the one story slowly evolves over six weeks, but in being able to have well developed characters, it means that we can have several plots running at once and thus keep interest going. Compare it with the, frankly quite dull, first adventure with the Daleks, 'The Daleks'. There, we have 7 episodes that begin to sag once it begins to become clear that we're just in your average adventure serial and that each moment only serves to further the singular plot, or develop the regular characters. But here, if we have multiple plots and multiple interesting characters, then that means that there's less chance of having the serial sag. Instead of just being your basic plot of destroying the bad guys, here we have the Dalek's ploy to take over the station, while the Doctor tries to figure out what this plot is. Meanwhile, half the cast want the role of Governor of the colony, and another portion are rebels, aiming to overthrow the entire colony itself. But there's one character who is in my opinion the most interesting of the supporting cast...