brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (08/05/84)
I've seen praise recently for Logopolis. I'm surprised, because I found it silly, disjointed, melodramatic and overacted. Now many of the serials are that way, but this one was a bit too much. Baker was incoherent rather than irreverant, and it made a big difference. I though Sutton's acting was silly, and that brings up another question. In Logopolis, half the universe crumbles to a premature heat-death, and there's nary a mention of it in later episodes, except that Nyssa does confirm the destruction of Traken at one point. The doctor has no compunction against killing murderers (witness the Ribos Operation, and others) so I really don't see why he doesn't blow the master away for this one. I also didn't really like Castrovalva. "Keeper of Traken" was quiet good, and that may be one of the reasons why Logopolis didn't stand out. The prepared regeneration was silly and never adequately explained, either. Now don't get me wrong, I don't usually mind silly things in the show, or inconsistencies, but this was a bit much. -- Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ontario (519) 884-7473