The Space Museum

The Space Museum, is something that could've been better than it is. The title is already intruiging itself (that has been done again in The Dalek, with the collections of alien stuff) so there are a lot to be played with. So what is a better way to accidently get into a time-shift then accidently land on a planet-turned-museum called Xeros then to see yourself as an artefact in the museum? This alone shows a great William Hartnell's era style of Doctor Who and it promises a lot. It would also intice the wider audience too, as the air of Twilight Zone is very strong.

Unfortunately when The Dimensions Of Time starts (second episode), as they get into "normal time" much the charm is lost and feels like the episode was written for the sake of it. Slowly, it becomes less of the how-to-avoid-becoming-an-artefact then turns into a whole other story about the Moroks (who claims the museum) invasion of Xeros and Xerons themselves. It is quite amusing but it's difficult to care for when the Xerons comes across as excitable teenagers with extra eyebrows that doesn't have a single idea between them to reclaim their planet. In fact, it had to take Vicki to slap about a bored computer to let them into an armory, to finally get guns to fight back with. It is also difficult to feel anything for the Moroks either, as all they are, are bored over-weight funny-looking guards with nothing better to do, now they've claimed the entire planet. The next episode is pretty much the same as the second (except with an absence of the Doctor, rumoured that Hartnell went on holiday) with a couple of reminders of becoming artefacts. The ending is typical. Not saying anymore in case of spoilers...just to do a favour because despite of the heavy faults, it's not one to dismiss.

This story could've been so much better, it feels it was written to be a comedy, a parody of the Doctor Who stories that was aired so far before it. But instead it was made to be serious, on the plot alone it would be very difficult to successfully make a four-episode story on these differences. However, there are funny moments by Doctor, as he teases the Morok's technology while they try to use it on them, which are some of my favourite scenes out of the entire Doctor Who series altogether.

7/10