Planet Of The Spiders episode three

Oh, pfft. What a swizz. All of a sudden - ping! - the Doctor's already at the retreat, and chatting to Mike and the strangely orange Cho-je. No reunion with Mike, no "Hello, old chap, how are you, sorry about frying your brain with my stolen alien sapphire, and inadvertently causing you to lose your career", etc and so forth. Just straight in at the deep end, with Cho-je spouting philosophies, and arguing about chief bad guy Lupton. No fair! I want a reunion scene. It's a nice scene for all that, with Mike trying to keep up with Cho-je's little pearls of wisdom. And doesn't Jon Pertwee have kind eyes. He smiles at Mike several times in the most endearing fashion. Oh, and Sarah skulks in the corner, being annoying. Try as I might, I cannot warm to Sarah Jane Smith. All she seems to do is pout and sigh, and do stupid things. Of all the companions to bring back thirty years later for their own spin-off, why choose Sarah Jane?!

*Sigh*

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