"You don't kill people in this country. The cold and the wolves do that."
Brrr. Poor Ian and Barbara get rescued by Vasor the Furrier, but it's a case of out of the fridge into the freezer as the trapper makes some decidedly horrible moves on Barbara when Ian goes to find Altos. He finds he has bitten off more than he can chew (my metaphors are getting out of control) when she, well, bites him as she tries to get to the door.
Good on yer, girl!
The scene where Barbara tenderly rubs the feeling back into Ian's frostbitten hands is touching and the one where Ian does the same to Altos's legs (I'm not obsessed, I'm not) is borderline hysterical, particularly when you consider that Altos, as one reviewer rather marvellously puts it, 'is as gay as a goose'.
I quite like this episode with its caves and snow and ice soldiers and stock footage of the wolves.
Talking of stock, the music used over the rope bridge scenes seems to bear no relevance to the action and sounds like an alternative 60s ensemble playing rather loudly in the next cave. There's a bizarre moment when Susan, who screams at her own shadow, doesn't utter a peep when she's actually in real danger crawling across the three feet wide abyss.
Here's Verity watching Ray Cusick set up the 'bridge'.
I couldn't for the life of me work out why Ian and co hadn't taken the keys and the travel bracelets with them the first time until I realised that it provides a rather graphic revenge moment. Serves Vasor right, the nasty beast.
And so they pop off, out of vision again, to the next location. This one is rather inspired because Ian arrives next to a freshly murdered body and is soon bludgeoned and set up with the murder weapon. Great fun, and our anticipation is increased by...
Next episode: Sentence of Death
You know, I'd forgotten that the Doctor is supposed to be in this programme! Don't worry though, he's back next week.
