The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 1

Good to see this story again. I hadn't really watched it since the first time it aired on my PBS station in the 80s. Yeah, I had taped it like all the other stories they aired, but my Beta tape of it was not so good, and would only play like a few seconds and then go to blank. Irritating. So it's nice to be able to watch it again. And in color! At least partially. The episode is kinda slow, but in sort of a good way, not sure how I can describe it. The oddest part is the music. During the cool docking sequence in space, we get treated to a pseudo-"Whiter Shade of Pale" kind of riff. Later we get the first instance of the Unit Theme, if they ever had one, a jaunty little number which I like. The control center feels more "real" than the last story's science base, again I'm not sure why. Love Liz's killer white boots. And hey, we get to see the TARDIS console for the first time since "The War Games"! Neat! It's outside of the TARDIS, it appears, which is weird. The warehouse fight is done really well.