Day 657: Time and the Rani Part 4

If there's one consistently good thing in Time and the Rani, it's Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. His performance as the Doctor is one which will evolve as the series continues, but for the moment, his character is a light and fun figure, dashing about and saving the day from all the troubles that occur within it. It's a stark contrast to Colin Baker's first outing, where the Doctor was immediately unlikeable, here McCoy's Doctor is charming, if a little nutty. The best example of this, in my opinion, comes when he finds himself up against a Tetrap partway through this episode. Immediately grabbing the nearest defensive object to hand, he points an umbrella at the Tetrap with a degree of threat. When the Tetrap is then attacked and stunned by Mel, the Doctor looks at the umbrella with a degree of quiet bemusement. It's not a large comedic moment, but it endears one to the character, and goes towards making a well rounded character in the form of the Seventh Doctor.