The AB Chrysalis

This episode is extremely ambitious in concept, unusually so for year two. in fact it really made me think it might have been a year one episode, it is that good. it will grip you right from the very beginning. that alien solar system just looks so strange, there is nothing else quite like it. the aliens are humanoid but weird in breathing chlorine gas, their difference is effectively brought across. those bouncing spheres are something else, another unique concept. the orange underground set looks like something very different. and those strange marble floors. the three main actors are effective, particularly landau who gets some nice lines. the whole story feels quite epic in scope, quite ambitious, more so than usual yet it probably cost just the same. this is the perfect example of what year two might have been.