Doctor Who:
The Web Planet
By Bill Strutton
“We seem to be caught.
Trapped somehow. This is some strange phenomena. There's no power in the ship.
It's useless.”
The Web Planet isn’t one
of those stories that you go crazy over to watch again. No in fact, it is quite boring. Ok. To
be fair The Web Planet wasn’t intended to be watched in one sitting. It was in fact a serial that was to be
enjoyed weekly with the traditional cliff hanger which was a classic way to
tell a story back in the sixties for Doctor Who.
This story comprises
part of the second season of Doctor Who shows William Hartnell to be completely
comfortable in the role of the First Doctor.
In fact despite his stumbling of words he does a remarkable job with the
battle of wits with Animus. The Animus is an intelligence that has mind control
over the Zarbi and their fellow creature the larvae gun. In fact the other
creatures in this story the butterfly like Menoptera. These creatures occupy the planet Vortis
which at one time was peaceful where they all lived in harmony.
