Day 200: Fury From the Deep Episode 3

Day 200! Hurrah! I was only just looking at the date today and I realised how I never actually thought that I'd make it this far in. But enough shock at how far we've made it, let's look back at the last 100 episodes and see what changes have been made. Episode 100 was in the middle of 'The Daleks Master Plan', a 12 part epic adventure that featured the Daleks flying off through time and space as they fought the Doctor. It was nice and fun, but with a horrifically dark ending, a characteristic of the production era of the time to feature horrific endings to stories, be they reasonably pleasant or otherwise. It was also firmly within the realms of science fantasy, focussing on the joys of seeing alien worlds and the horrors that lurked within, instead of searching for realism. The current story, 'Fury From the Deep' is remarkably different, as despite the fact that the Doctor and co. are fighting a weed-like menace, the story is far more realistic, featuring a setting that is more 'real' than outer space, or Ancient Egypt, being a simple oil rig. The characters have changed as well, the Doctor becoming more of a heroic figure as the actor changes from William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton. The current production team have their hearts currently set on producing some simple terrifying little science fiction adventures with a realistic tone. It's thoroughly different to what we've had 100 days previously, and it just goes to show what difference 100 days can make.