Day 159: The Faceless Ones Episode 3

This story concerns itself with aeroplanes, and finds new and terrifying ways to deal with these 'flying beasties' as Jamie calls them in Episode 1. The basic mystery at the heart of this story is that people have been disappearing and the thing that connects all of them is that they have all disappeared after flying on a Chameleon Tours flight. The story is mainly about trying to figure out this mystery, and the conclusion of this episode shows us the crux of it. The pilot takes an inspector into an aeroplane, filled with young people (and this story also focusses on young people as the target for the aliens. The audience for this story is clearly being put into threat, not just a random space colony). Upon entering the cockpit, the inspector finds that it is filled with futuristic equipment, and discovers to his horror that everyone within the aircraft has completely vanished, they have been abducted by an unknown force. It brings forth this idea of fear about air travel, but in a new way. Instead of the fear being focussed on crashing, instead it is focussed on the lack of contact within the aircraft. That anything could happen within it and you would be unable to let the outside world know. Doctor Who is able to find fear, but it's also able to fight it as well