Enlightenment

The Black Guardian Trilogy concluded with the rather impressive Enlightenment. The production itself is quite incredible for its time - a very adventurous and creative storyline, brilliantly realised by great, well-lit sets, and a superb cast.

I'm yet to go through the bonus features on the DVD - which includes a new, feature-length edit with new CGI effects, but even watching the original four parter, the original FX were quite good for the time, although I can only imagine how much better the whole thing will look, as per the previous two stories, with new visual effects.

Tegan's ample cleavage was one of the story's many highlights, along with the final showdown between the two bird-headed black and white guardians. Their costume designs were superb. Another thing, which stood out in for me, was the dimly-lit TARDIS interior - the red roundells looked superb, giving it so much more atmosphere. That was one of many fond memories of watching Enlightenment as a child.

Overall it probably ranks as one of the best Davison era stories, but I've only just scratched the surface with this new double-DVD set, so I'm looking forward to the rest of the voyage!