Day 357: The Time Warrior Part 2

This story marks a return for historical adventures for Doctor Who, as we go back in time to the Middle Ages and fight knights in castles and such. The historical was abandoned as a premise because they were found to be unpopular with viewers (a shame, as they were actually rather good) but the production team has come up with a way of making them more interesting: introducing science fiction elements to the story. It's something that we've seen before, most notably in The Time Meddler, however this time the science fiction is slightly more overt as an alien walks the walls of the castle, kidnapping scientists to fix his spaceship. All in all, it's interesting as we get a new dimension in storytelling. Stories that have previously been confined to the basic ideas (modern day invasion, futuristic alien planet, historical drama/comedy) can now intermingle, to produce new concepts for us to witness. We'll certainly be seeing more of the pseudo-historical in the future as it is refined more as a genre and new ways in which it can develop are shown to us.