Day 567: The Visitation Part 2

This story is directed by Peter Moffatt, one of the more prolific directors of Doctor Who in the first half of the 1980's. It's not his first story for Doctor Who (that would be State of Decay from the previous series), but it's interesting to note the way in which he directs things. There's a decision, for instance, in Part 1 to have the monster, and later the android, shot from their point of view, rendering their appearance hidden and upping the suspense. This is rendered pointless a minute later when we get a full shot of the android to little fanfare. The same thing happens again in this episode, except this time it occurs with a monstrous Terileptil. Once again, there's a bit of build up, then this is squandered as Moffatt fails to follow up on it. It marks him out as one of the poorer directors, at least dramatically, and does not bode well for future stories with him at the helm.