tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083391022048461226.post6839831520176446185..comments2023-09-19T16:21:54.597+01:00Comments on An episode a day keeps the Daleks away.....: 244 The War Games: Episode OnePhilip Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056519803620199653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083391022048461226.post-55618669305895244942011-07-24T21:00:37.663+01:002011-07-24T21:00:37.663+01:00My love of The War Games is unbounded. I remember ...My love of The War Games is unbounded. I remember reading the Target novelisation when I was younger and absolutely loving it, owned the grainy fungus damaged VHS release and now have it again on shiny DVD disc.<br /><br />I love the sense of mystery that is set up here - the holes in peoples memories set up a certain errieness to proceedings, and for this episode we really don't have anywhere near enough information to start making intelligent guesses so it is left tantalisingly unclear.<br /><br />The cliffhanger is a cracker too - eschewing touching on the mystery we instead get the brutality of a firing squad and a summary execution for espionage. Disturbing and very much "in period". <br /><br />For some reason this story never makes me think of Blackadder. I do sometimes catch myself expecting to see Charley Bourne sitting in the trench with a brew though.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387231544072433374noreply@blogger.com