Story Title: The Aztecs
Episode Count: 4 Series: 1 Story No: 6
Doctor: 1st Companions: Ian, Barbara & Susan
Date(s) Watched: Monday 29th December 2008
After the slog fest that was Marco Polo I really wasn’t holding out much hope for this one. However I was pleasantly surprised. The main cast were all on top form, even Susan although to be fair she wasn’t in it much. The sets looked authentic (even though the spread of the city was sadly only a print) and the music was rather fitting. Autloc, Tlotoxl & Cameca were played well by their respective actors and even the support cast weren’t too bad either.
The plot bumbled along at a nice pace and the story never got dull, there was some nice scenes between The Doctor & Barbara, especially concerning the morality of human sacrifice at the beginning of Episode 2. One moment I liked in particular was when Cameca though the Doctor had proposed to her via the cocoa beans, Hartnell’s expression was great a played convincingly. I also liked the fight between Ian & Ixta at the end.
In fact there wasn’t really anything negative about the story, just a shame we didn’t have more parts of the city (of which could be seen in the background) filmed in, then again there was the budget to think of..
Overall Rating: 4/5 – Nice historical and the right length, Susan isn’t that irritating in this one but then again she’s not in it much
Episode Count: 4 Series: 1 Story No: 6
Doctor: 1st Companions: Ian, Barbara & Susan
Date(s) Watched: Monday 29th December 2008
After the slog fest that was Marco Polo I really wasn’t holding out much hope for this one. However I was pleasantly surprised. The main cast were all on top form, even Susan although to be fair she wasn’t in it much. The sets looked authentic (even though the spread of the city was sadly only a print) and the music was rather fitting. Autloc, Tlotoxl & Cameca were played well by their respective actors and even the support cast weren’t too bad either.
The plot bumbled along at a nice pace and the story never got dull, there was some nice scenes between The Doctor & Barbara, especially concerning the morality of human sacrifice at the beginning of Episode 2. One moment I liked in particular was when Cameca though the Doctor had proposed to her via the cocoa beans, Hartnell’s expression was great a played convincingly. I also liked the fight between Ian & Ixta at the end.
In fact there wasn’t really anything negative about the story, just a shame we didn’t have more parts of the city (of which could be seen in the background) filmed in, then again there was the budget to think of..
Overall Rating: 4/5 – Nice historical and the right length, Susan isn’t that irritating in this one but then again she’s not in it much
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