The Claws of Axos - Episode 1

"Freak weather conditions." The famous line to cover the not-matching-at-all location shots of this story. It starts out rather reminiscent of "Spearhead from Space", with something approaching Earth and UNIT tracking it. I don't like Chinn at all, and I'm not meant to. Poor Jo gets almost nothing to do or say in this episode, except look pretty. The Master is revealed quite late in, as a prisoner of the newly-arrived Axons, and his quite apparent frustration is fun to see. I like the way the Doctor doesn't trust them one bit, needling them with intelligent questions. Bill Filer isn't as annoying as he's made out to be. At least not yet. The sets and interiors have a distinctly cheap feel to them, more use of CSO than is probably necessary. Location work is OK, apart from the previously-mentioned unmatching conditions.