This story is one that introduces itself with some fascinating ideas, one such idea being the Face of Evil. The Doctor arrives on this unknown planet and is almost immediately taken away and sentenced to death. The odd thing about this is that they seem to recognise the Doctor as the 'Evil One', showing that they have possibly met the Doctor before, or someone who looks like him. This brings forth several questions for the audience, which continue as one of the natives of the planet suddenly hears Tom Baker's disembodied voice in the form of their God, Xoanon. This scene works because it draws up more questions as to the nature of this 'Evil One', representing to the audience yet more questions about the Doctor's true involvement with the story. This all comes to a head when we reach the cliffhanger, showing the face of the Doctor carved into the side of the mountain. This shows once and for all that the Doctor's prior involvement in this story will be paramount to how things will unfold, and giving a strong hook to get the audience to continue with this story. As has been shown the first part has thrown up enough questions for us to want to watch the next episode, balancing it with just enough evidence to make us feel like we have an idea of what might be going on with no real idea of the answer to the underlying questions in the story keeping the audience well and truly engaged.
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