Day 673: The Happiness Patrol Part 2

In the middle of The Happiness Patrol, something quite extraordinary happens. Within less than two minutes, the Doctor manages to disarm two snipers without fighting them whatsoever, instead through talking with them and pointing out the graveness of the act that they are about to commit. It's an amazing scene, mostly due to the performance of Sylvester McCoy, who delivers the lines with as a calm force, effectively destroying them with the power of words. It's also a scene that is definitive for the Seventh Doctor, showing him as someone who doesn't go for a route based in action, but instead one based on manipulation of his opponents, such that they will do want he wants them to. But above all of that, it's a really well done scene, and goes to show that even in the dying days of the programme, good things could still be produced.