Review of all 3 episodes:
Dragonfire is, in my opinion, easily the best story of Season 24.
It introduces the much admired new companion, Ace. She is a fun, strong, young, female character and is a good role model for young fans. It also is a decent little story overall, much better than the rest of the season for my taste.
We get the return of Tony Selby as Sabalom Glitz and he is a charming addition. We also get Sylvester McCoy who is, as usual, entertaining and we say goodbye to Bonnie Langford as Mel.
The villain, Kane, and other cast are ok and there are no major problems really. It is still hampered by the cheesy style of this era (for example the literal cliffhanger in Part One and some over the top costumes and dialogue) so it doesn't reach the level of earlier glory years of the show in my opinion but it is mainly just a bit of fun.
It is a decent effort for this era.
My overall rating: 6.5/10.
Dragonfire is, in my opinion, easily the best story of Season 24.
It introduces the much admired new companion, Ace. She is a fun, strong, young, female character and is a good role model for young fans. It also is a decent little story overall, much better than the rest of the season for my taste.
We get the return of Tony Selby as Sabalom Glitz and he is a charming addition. We also get Sylvester McCoy who is, as usual, entertaining and we say goodbye to Bonnie Langford as Mel.
The villain, Kane, and other cast are ok and there are no major problems really. It is still hampered by the cheesy style of this era (for example the literal cliffhanger in Part One and some over the top costumes and dialogue) so it doesn't reach the level of earlier glory years of the show in my opinion but it is mainly just a bit of fun.
It is a decent effort for this era.
My overall rating: 6.5/10.