Day 181: The Ice Warriors TWO

One of the most interesting characters that we meet in this story is Clent. He's the leader of the group, and prone to barking orders at anyone who'll take them, constantly checking with the computer before making any judgment, in order to get the best possible scenario for his team. However, in doing so he is blind to the other needs of his crew, and their need to do things in a different manner, such as Penley, one of his former scientists, who left the group because he was restricted by the methods that Clent was forcing upon him. Arden (another scientist) states of Clent that "he's not a proper scientist, he's an organiser. He should've been born a robot." He represents the things that restrict the world, the people who come along and organise things so that they all work in a manner that suits them. And it's appropriate that he should come across the Second Doctor, as he's the Doctor who looks at this sort of thing and brings it down (cf The Macra Terror), and indeed in any other story, Clent would be the main villain. But here, we've got other things to contend with.