A nice two part historical story set during the events of the industrial revolution. The Doctor faces another rogue Time Lord in the form of the Rani played by Kate O'Mara.
The Rani is a great character. She could so easily have just been a female version of the Master but she is not completely evil like him. I mean she can be pretty nasty but she always has a reason for doing it. She is basically a ruthless scientist who doesn't care who gets hurt during her experiments.
The Rani is on Earth to extract a fluid that she needs for her experiments that can only be found in the human brain. Unfortunatley it has the side effect of making the humans that she has taken the fluid from turn insanely violent. As such she chooses moments in Earth's history when she can perform these procedures without arousing too much suspicion. For example here she is using the Luddites and their smashing of any new machinery as cover for her experimentation.
The Master is also back, with pretty much no explantion as to how he survived the events of Planet Of Fire! His role in this story is simple. He is not so much after the conquest of the Earth this time but simply wants to see the Doctor dead!
The Master disguises himself as a scarecrow at the start of the story for no reason what so ever! His plans are as convoluted as ever! Even the Rani comments on it when she is wondering what he is up to she says:
Rani:- "It'll be something devious and over complicated. That man would get dizzy if he walked in a straight line"
The story was filmed at the surroundings of the Ironbridge Gorge museum which is somewhere I've actually been! I didn't know Doctor Who had filmed there when I first visited as this visit was about 20 years ago so most likely before I'd ever seen an episode of the show but I'd love to revisit it now.
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