UNIT: The New
Series: Assembled #3
Retrieval
written by
Guy Adams
So we come
to the “its not all just fanservice, honest guv” entry of the set
with no members of the old UNIT family around and our modern heroes
taking front and centre as their retired counterparts take very, very
slow bus journeys towards the Tower of London and the epic
conclusion.
That isn't
to do this episode down as filler, in fact it does a very good job if
showcasing what the modern UNIT cast bring to the table. As a bevy of
Silurian sea monsters make their way very slowly towards the UK, Kate
and Osgood make a detour to a Silurian research base UNIT has
identified off the Greek coast to see if there's anything there that
can help with the fight. Choosing the two scientific minds on the
cast, the two main characters in fact, does a lot to show how the new
science led UNIT works as opposed to the more military brand of the
old days. They go in with equipment, investigate, note that they dont
have much context for what they're finding and make the requisite
mistakes.
Not that
it's all dry investigative stuff. This story sees the return of Lt.
Sam Bishop, UNIT's international man of mystery and adventure as he
squares off against the Silurian Tiska who has been sent to
investigate the same research base. I like Sam and I want to say I'd
love to hear more from the character but I honestly think he works
better like this: swooping in for one or two episodes every series to
save the day.
For all that
I enjoyed it, I don't find myself with much more to say about the
story, in all honesty. I won't condemn it as exactly filler but it is
a significantly lighter story than the two that precede it. That's
not necessarily a problem, if the set were four hours of pure
adrenaline it would be a bit draining, it just doesn't leave me with
much to talk about.
So, on to
the epic conclusion it is.
I mean, I
could probably get some mileage from Osgood's delusions of “naked
caveman Sam” but I ship her more with Kate anyway, as cute as that
was.
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