‘Doctor Who: Planet of Fire’ (1984)
It feels like a long old while since I’ve watched any ‘Classic Doctor Who’ for the blog; ok, July , this year just feels like it has gone on for as twice as long as normal… I was at a bit of a loose end, the other day, and figured it was time to do something about that. Scrolling through the ‘Doctor Who’ episodes on Prime Video, I thought that, instead of revisiting an old favourite, I’d take a chance on a serial that I watched back in the day but could barely remember the other day. So that is just what I did :o) And… The Doctor is enjoying the sun on a holiday island, until things get hotter than he bargained for... Rescued from the sea by Turlough, Peri Brown, brings a mysterious object to the TARDIS that her archaeologist step-father has found in a sunken wreck. When the Doctor’s robot friend Kamelion reacts to the object unexpectedly, it has bewildering consequences for the TARDIS crew. For Kamelion sends the Doctor and his friends to Sarn, a terrifyingly beautiful planet o...