Day 238: The Space Pirates Episode 1

You want to know why Troughton is so good? Why Jamie and Zoe are some of the best companions that we've ever had, and will ever have? Because they can make things interesting. The Space Pirates takes an interesting way of starting the adventure, by waiting 15 minutes for the TARDIS to arrive. Those 15 minutes rank as some of the dullest in the history of Doctor Who. It doesn't help that this epsode no longer exists in the BBC archives and I'm watching a reconstruction to compensate for this fact, but it just draws to attention how unexciting this episode is. Things happen but there's a lack of emotion that can engage the audience making it dull. So very, very dull. When Troughton and co. turn up, they're able to inject some life into this story, but it's too little too late as we realise just how dull this is going to be.

And now, the drinking game! I don't like to talk about episodes before I've watched them, however reputation states that The Space Pirates is going to not get more interesting. So take a drink every time you read the word 'dull' over the next six days. I'm sorry in advance for your liver.