Day 474: The Invasion of Time Part 1

This episode features a rather nice novelty: at no point in the story are we fully aware of what the Doctor is intending to do. He hides information from Leela, wandering about Gallifrey and being incredibly odd about what he's doing. We've never really seen the Doctor like this, so it makes for interesting, and occasionally disconcerting viewing, to see him act so strongly out of character. Nowhere is this more apparent than the scene where he meets with Borusa, where he will occasionally scream his lines out, as if in pure rage, and then return to a softer voice. A lesser actor would not have been able to make this scene work, however Baker makes us feel unsettled, as we see the Doctor doing things that we never really expect him to do. It's a strong opening for this episode, and gives me hope for the rest of this serial.