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Doctor Who Diaries — Earthshock Part 3
Earthshock would see Adric’s character leave the show. This doesn’t happen in this episode, but in part 4. Here, we see the beginning of this transition though, with Adric and the Doctor captured by the Cybermen on the freighters bridge. Finally, the Cybermen are out in the open and making their plans known.
This episode has some interesting characterisation for the ships captain, who is generally more interested in profit than her crew, and we also get some background about the important events going on, on Earth. It seems that Earth is at a centre of a conference which should result in a new alliance against the Cybermen. If successful, it will result in a formadable challenge to the Cyber-Empire. We never get to see any of that though. This story is about an attempt by the Cybermen to derail those talks by destroying the Earth, without anyone knowing that it was them.
Adric’s Record
The Doctor manages to get us into trouble yet again. This time we are accused of murder. We didn’t do it of course, but that’s not the point. We’re escorted to the bridge where we meet the captain. She’s a horrid woman, more interested in money than the well-being of…
