So my meanderings through the show’s history bring me to the curate’s egg that is Dragonfire. Like many shows from the 1980s I am not sure if I ever watched this at the time - I know I tried to like the Seventh Doctor despite my misgivings and did see several stories, I genuinely don’t know if I ever saw this one.

Having watched it I had a general sense of familiarity but it certainly didn’t make any impression on me if I did see it on transmission. It is only looking back I am able to take a more measured view of the key elements - this was the story that waved goodbye to Mel and said hello to Ace. We even had a return of Sabalom Glitz as well as a new villain, naff guns. a laser monster, a philosopher guard and a milkshake bar, and all this crammed into a mere three episodes!