Day 361: Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 2

Captain Mike Yates is a character that we've not really discussed that much on the blog. He's one of the UNIT regulars, a reliable sort who is frequently seen either in an action set-piece or hanging out with Jo Grant. Watching this episode, however, makes you realise that something is different. He's asking more questions than he usually does and you can sense that he's not asking these questions out of curiosities sake, there's an ulterior motive at work. The ulterior motive is suddenly revealed as him actually working for a group of people bringing dinosaurs to modern day London. It's a shocking moment as we see the once reliable character who we could trust instead move to the side of the enemy. Over the course of the serial, we'll discover why this is the case, but it shows bravery that we can put the regular cast out of their comfort zone and into new and different scenarios.