--- Betty wrote:
Surely I can't be the only one who *likes* the aliens in "Duel"? Or even just "Duel" in general? The episode always strikes me as a nifty, subversive take-off on _Star Trek_ (whether entirely deliberate or otherwise), and the aliens are part and parcel of that.
Well, personally I loved Duel. This is partly shameless nostalgia - it was the first ep. I ever saw when I was all of eight years old. But I think it works because of the sense of unremitting bleakness. None of these people, including (as you observe) the aliens have a clue what they're doing. We also see the galaxy, in part, through a mutoid's eyes. The incidental music is great and the ep. was directed by Douglas Camfield.
However unless anyone else wants to come rallying to the episode's defence we may be joining Una and Ellynne as defenders of doomed causes.
Stephen.
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