The Moonbase - Episode 2

Only Episodes 2 and 4 of this story still exist. It's a neat little tale, typical of Troughton's era. Multi-national base under siege, this time by the Cybermen. Poor added-to-the-cast-at-the-last-minute-and-still-shoehorned-into-the-scripts Jamie is unconscious in the sickbay most of the time. Polly makes coffee. Ben seems to just kinda run around. The Doctor investigates. Patrick is really shining as the Doctor, his scenes are imbued by such varied tones of menace, fear, and silliness. The man is a joy to watch. The Cybermen look flashier than their first appearance, now they're all metal-skinned instead of cloth. We haven't heard the new voice style yet, but that changed too. The animated black lines creeping over the victim's hand was really cool. One of the guys working at the Moonbase is played by a fella who was Chief Inspector Dreyfus' assistant in some "Pink Panther" films. Next episode is Episode 4 of "The Moonbase".