You have to feel sorry for this story. The production team goes to all the trouble of trying to keep the fact that it's actually called Invasion of the Dinosaurs secret, and then it's all ruined due to a number of factors. One such factor is that halfway through, we get to see a dinosaur attack. This would be expected in stories featuring dinosaurs, that dinosaurs should appear throughout, and yet it's painfully obvious that it was at some point intended that the revelation of the dinosaur would be a cliffhanger reveal, to shock the audience into tuning in the following week to see the Doctor fight dinosaurs. Instead, it just comes across as a weak cliffhanger.
But there's more to it than just that, because any person who wants to watch this story will immediately be denied the pleasure of having the shock dinosaur reveal. This is because the dinosaurs are emblazoned on the front cover of the DVD. As is the phrase: Invasion of the Dinosaurs. And even a cursory glance at the internet will reveal other spoilers that are to come with the story. It's a sad reflection on the fact that we can't enjoy these stories any more in the ways that they were on first broadcast. We already know what is to come ahead of us and so we aren't allowed to be surprised any more. Some days I wish for amnesia, so that I can forget about what will happen and allow the story to be told to me, but this is just a pipe dream, and we must always continue on, as We've Got Work To Do.
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