Doctor Who (TV Series) The Invisible Enemy: Part Two (1977) User Reviews

So much better then I'd remembered it being.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 14 January 2019]

It really is still rather good at this stage, with plenty still going for it, the hospital looks pretty good (so long as nobody touches anything,) there is definitely still a real threat from whatever force, Frederick Jaeger is great as Professor Marius, and best of all we get the introduction of K9. John Lesson delivers his lines so well, he's lots of fun.

A little bit of silliness is starting to creep in,. particularly towards the end of the episode. I mentioned that the sets look nice, they needed to ensure nobody touched anything, as you see pillars and walls moving constantly, it really is a wobbly sets moment.

Parts 1 and 2 are definitely very good. 7/10

Resurrections Reunited...

[Xstal · 8/10 · 3 July 2022]

Now the evil planet has rebirthed Sorenson, as Professor Marius but with a brand new tongue, there's a robotic dog, who will become a god, and a journey to the centre of a Time Lord begun.

What is visible is the increased aim for humour and drop from the top quality of Seasons 12 to 14.

[A_Kind_Of_CineMagic · 8/10 · 12 January 2015]

Review of all 4 episodes:

This story is not awful at all but is clearly a change in general direction for the series and not a good one. The first 2 parts are not bad at all but show clearly the start of the more humour based, lightweight story writing that was forced upon the series by bosses. Parts 1 and 2 fall into what I would term as the category 'quite fun and enjoyable with plenty of good aspects but not at all outstanding by Doctor Who's very high standards': 7.5/10. Part 3 then falls quite a lot further down into the category of rather silly and disappointing by Doctor Who standards: 4/10 and Part 4 is rather too jokey and flimsy, not too bad but below the expected level for the show: 6/10.

The story is a space adventure in which the TARDIS is infiltrated by 'the swarm', an alien intelligence that wishes to spread itself across the universe. The arrival of K-9, the robot dog who becomes The Doctor's companion is notable and K-9 is enjoyable in his debut. The line saying "I hope he is TARDIS trained" and a few other moments regarding him are examples of the sillier humour creeping in though. The idea of cloning and shrinking the Doctor and Leela then wandering about inside the Doctor's body to fight the virus is overly ambitious with limitations of effects and is not convincing (an idea re-used to rather better standards in 'Into the Dalek' in 2014). This journey inside the body and the rather embarrassing giant shrimp-like swarm nucleus are the low points.

The script and production is not bad but following more than three years of such amazing high quality it stands out as less high standard. There are some decent effects such as the spaceship coming in to land in Part 1 but also some really bad effects, some funny lines and some cringe-making ones, some good ideas and some problematic ones, some good sets and costume ideas and some unimpressive costumes/make-up, some nice touches and some clumsy bits. Overall a below par adventure but not really poor.

My ratings: Parts 1 & 2 - 7.5/10, Part 3 - 4/10, Part 4 - 6/10.