The Green Death - Episode 1

Back to Earth (mostly). Trouble over in Wales, where there's a Professor Jones who looks a bit like a long-haired Christopher Eccleston. No wonder Jo tells the Doctor he reminds her of a "younger you". Nice to see the hospital porter from "Spearhead from Space" found work elsewhere, working at the mines in Llanfairfach. Stevens has a suitably 70's style office. Odd to see the Brigadier in what amounts to civilian clothes. And is he the only member of UNIT? He's the only one to go to Llanfairfach besides Jo and eventually the Doctor. Interesting scene mixing when the Brigadier and Jo get similar but conflicting versions of events. Meanwhile the Doctor gets the crap beat out of him on Metebelis 3, which is where he's wanted to go for some time. As a matter of fact, this could be our very first instance of the Doctor trying to make the TARDIS take him somewhere and actually arriving where he wanted to go. I've wondered for ages when the first time he was able to actually "pilot" the TARDIS occurred. Looks like it's here. Another interesting bit is how Jo gets all clumsy again when meeting Professor Jones, just like she was when meeting the Doctor for the first time.