Running Through Corridors: Rob And Toby's Marathon Watch Of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s) - Plot & Excerpts
1: The 60s) The Powerful Enemy (The Rescue episode one)R: I was expecting the Doctor to be especially abrasive in this episode, reacting to Susan’s departure by snapping at Ian and Barbara and sulking. But, rather charmingly, he instead wants to fuss over these two companions that he never wanted in the first place, joking with them and showing concern for them and treating them much as if he’s their doting aunt. It gives the impression that he desperately wants to cling to the friends he has left, and it’s the most endearing portrait of the Doctor yet – and a very touching one too, as we can see just how much he’s suffering from the expression on Hartnell’s face when he accidentally asks Susan to open the doors. Barbara’s careful response – that he could perhaps teach her how to do it instead – and his gentle willingness to do so, is pitch perfect. We’ve seen the Doctor hide his feelings before beneath bluster and complaints, but never so vulnerably as here.Not an awful lot else really happens in this story, but for once that tranquillity is rather the point, and feels reassuring after the epic crises of the last adventure.
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