Day 190: The Enemy of the World Episode 5

It's worth talking about some of the other supporting characters within this story, as they're all really very interesting. Astrid Ferrier, for instance, is your typical Emma Peel style action woman, but what makes her interesting is watching the effect that the Doctor has on her. I'm going to skip ahead to tomorrow's episode (mainly because I've already got a lot to discuss tomorrow), because there we see that she chooses to solve a problem through using her wits, instead of just resorting to violence, showing that the Doctor has made an impact on how this character goes forth into the world.

Also of note is Benik, Salamander's deputy, purely because of how insanely sadistic he is. There's a scene in the previous episode that I didn't get around to mentioning wherein a woman is shot, and he goes over to her and tortures her to get the information that he requires. He knows that she's already dead, but he also knows that he can cause her pain and make her last moments as painful as possible, just because he can. Even though he's not the main villain of this piece, he's still a remarkably nasty piece of work.