Writer: Glyn Jones
Original Broadcast Date: 24 April 1965 - 15 May 1965
After jumping a time track and seeing into their future, The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki attempt to change their fate, but how do you know if the next thing you do will deter your path or lead you to your death?
After two seasons Doctor Who had yet to really touch on the fourth dimension (time). The Space Museum does just that and yet simultaneously perfects the basic Hartnell episode formula.
The first episode of The Space Museum is hands down phenomenal, perfect from start to end and incredibly clever, which seems to have inspired Steven Moffat's timey-wimey scripts.The second, third and fourth episodes aren't nearly as good, but are none-the-less great. There is some fantastic incidental music, something I'd not really noticed before, and all four of our travelers are fantastic, Vicki especially who has a slight love interest in this story.
The idea of not knowing what will bring you closer to your fate is well handled, and adds its lovely own spin of the typical revolution-type plot of the Hartnell era and is resolved wonderfully with a lovely twist I didn't expect. My only issue is after one episode of no other talking parts other than the TARDIS crew, the introduction of the other races is slightly jarring and drags a bit. Other than that this serial a well-structured typical Hartnell story, with an untypical twist blended in.
9/10
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