Day 570: Black Orchid Part 1

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago when looking at Terence Dudley's previous story for Doctor Who, Four to Doomsday, that everything seemed to be relatively peaceful in its first episode. This is clearly a trend, as his next story, Black Orchid, features relatively little conflict as well, with the major plot points being Nyssa discovering her doppelgänger, the Doctor playing a game of cricket, Tegan wanting to do the Charleston, and Adric wanting to eat. There is also the small issue of some stranglings and the Doctor getting lost, but this is surprisingly minor compared to the time the plot spends focussing on Tegan's dance moves. It's actually not that bad though, as it provides a simple little piece of relaxing television, and is perfectly content to just have a little bit of fun in 1920's England. And at the end of a stressful day, there's not much else that you could want but just a bit of harmless fluff.