A pair of crooks have an ingenious method to rob an office and escape, one however is badly wounded. The Police have no idea who they're looking for, so they use cutting edge fingerprint techniques to track their man down.
I am just stunned more Doctor Who fans haven't given an opinion on this one.
It's a better than average episode, it's well paced, with some great characters, and a few interesting twists and turns.
Bill Fraser is great as the villainous Bingham, he always managed to cut a menacing figure, his character here is a right old rogue, you never know when he's going to turn on his fellow thief, you just know he will.
As a die hard Doctor Who fan I was excited enough to see William Hartnell appear, I was staggered to see Patrick Troughton appear. Two incredibly good character actors, it's no wonder the pair would be so well respected, and so well loved. Hartnell would have been busy with The Army Game at this time, so he'd have been a big coup for the show. Hartnell would later leave The Army Game, being replaced by Bill Fraser.
Some pretty good action sequences, including a bit of fisticuffs. There's also the usual bit of propaganda about assisting The Police.
The only gripe, they didn't half process those fingerprints quickly, I'm not too sure they'd have processed them that quickly back in 1959, but still, there are some good ideas here.
7/10.
I am just stunned more Doctor Who fans haven't given an opinion on this one.
It's a better than average episode, it's well paced, with some great characters, and a few interesting twists and turns.
Bill Fraser is great as the villainous Bingham, he always managed to cut a menacing figure, his character here is a right old rogue, you never know when he's going to turn on his fellow thief, you just know he will.
As a die hard Doctor Who fan I was excited enough to see William Hartnell appear, I was staggered to see Patrick Troughton appear. Two incredibly good character actors, it's no wonder the pair would be so well respected, and so well loved. Hartnell would have been busy with The Army Game at this time, so he'd have been a big coup for the show. Hartnell would later leave The Army Game, being replaced by Bill Fraser.
Some pretty good action sequences, including a bit of fisticuffs. There's also the usual bit of propaganda about assisting The Police.
The only gripe, they didn't half process those fingerprints quickly, I'm not too sure they'd have processed them that quickly back in 1959, but still, there are some good ideas here.
7/10.
