Days 556 to 559 - Logopolis

It's the end but the moment has been prepared for.

So the fourth Doctor's era finally comes to an end. Having been watching Tom Baker every day since December 2012 it actually feels like a fairly big moment.

Anthony Ainley's Master gets his first proper outing, after being a little elusive for the first couple of episodes. He's good but his performance can be a little over the top and as such he doesn't quite achieve the sinister nature of Delgado's Master from the era of the third Doctor.

We also meet a new companion, Tegan. An Australian air stewardess who wanders inside the TARDIS, after her car has a flat tyre and she mistakes the TARDIS for a real police box. She's a little whiny when she discovers that her journey to work has been ruined by stumbling into a machine that can take her anywhere in time and space! Is she out of her mind??

Nyssa from Traken also returns as a full time companion. Here she is searching for her father and some emotional scenes play out as she discovers that her father has been killed by the Master and he is now effectively walking around in his corpse. Now that's got to piss you off! On top of this, the Master's plans end up destroying Nyssa's home planet of Traken when his plans back fire and he ends up destroying a good chunk of the universe. Everyone has an off day I guess.

Throughout this story the Doctor is haunted by a man dressed in white who seems to follow him wherever he goes. After having a conversation with this mysterious watching (a conversation that we don't hear) the Doctor seems to realise that his days are numbered. This, combined with some real sombre music gives the story a very grave feel about it.

When the Doctor's time finally came to an end, plummeting to his death, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional. This was further exacerbated when the Doctor receives visions of all his previous companions calling out his name. I had to hold back a little tear! It's at this point that we realise that the Watcher is in fact a future shadow of the Doctor himself as the spectral form merges with the dying Doctor and the fifth Doctor is born!