Why is is no one ever talks about the Sensorites? After all, there have been worse (hello The Twin Dilemma and Timelash). I guess it's just not that particularly memorable, aside from the design of the aliens themselves. I guess it just has an indifferent reputation. Which is a shame because it's not that bad; a little slow in parts and maybe two episodes too long though. Stephen Dartnell's performance as the deranged John is particularly good. And the cliffhanger to episode one is rather creepy (which goes to show that even in space you're not safe from someone wanting to wash your windows!).
But it's in the documentary we discover something really special. The writer of The Sensorites, Peter R. Newman, has always been something of an enigma; indeed The Sensorites was one of only two credits to his name. So in Looking for Peter, Toby Hadoke sets out to solve the riddle in an interesting and touching documentary. While Newman may have not had many produced works to his name, through his connection to Doctor Who he achieved a sort of immortality.
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