A nice farewell to Erimem. Which reminds me: I wonder if 1. We're ever going to see Cleopatra and wossisname from "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" again and if 2. Cleopatra, companion wasn't trying to capture some of Erimem's magic... ( )

I loved The Bride of Peladon: OK, a substantial amount of it is a retread of The Curse of Peladon, but that is probably my favourite Third Doctor story so it's not a bad start; and then we have the Osirans as in Pyramids of Mars, as well as Ice Warriors, Alpha Centauri, Aggedor, Arcturans and all. Erimem's departure is as you would expect (though we have some good misdirection) and Peri promises that she will not leave the Doctor to marry an alien king. I laughed so loud at that line that passers-by were very startled. But you also have Phyllida Law as the royal grandmother, and Jenny Agutter as the baddie, and it's generally excellent. ( )