Day 249: The War Games Episode 6

There's a remarkably nice scene that features Troughton in this episode. Not that one though, his son, David Troughton. He is holding one of the aliens hostage, and performs his role well. He exists to be used, to be hypnotised and forced to fight his fellow resistance members. It's a well directed and written scene, in particular the end which features him shooting his captive just as his captive has taken control. It shows how tense the story is when the viewer is fully left with the impression that the story will go in a new direction after this point, and the sight of seeing the officer straighten up as he is shot comes as such a relief to the viewer that, even though the plot hasn't moved forward, we still feel just as invested in the story.