Review of the Complete Story:
I'm sorry, but the Peter Davison adventure KINDA is a huge comedown compared to the heights of DR WHO that we experienced during the 1970s. It's a clichéd adventure set on a jungle planet (again), with a poor script and some frankly embarrassing performances that belong in a pantomime and nowhere else. To make matters worse, the production values are noticeably bad here, with the unconvincing jungle set a poor substitute for the good one seen in the Tom Baker serial PLANET OF EVIL.
Davison contributes a weak performance as the Doctor, a character who has little to do in this adventure. He's also saddled with a trio of poor companions: Adric is as annoying as ever, Nyssa sits the whole thing out, and Tegan is just, well, bland. Ironically, one of the worst performances comes from the Oscar nominated Richard Todd (THE LONGEST DAY), who hams it up a treat as a gruff military type (what else) who's set again our heroes from the start.
Inevitably the worst thing about the production is the story, which is way too familiar from loads of other stories to be in the least bit memorable. For once I'd like to see an episode where the Doctor and his companions aren't arrested/blamed/treated with suspicion when they arrive at a location. The writer infuses the native storyline with Buddhist theology but it all feels very juvenile and something below the standards of even children's television; an almost entire lack of action, incident, and danger combine to make this one of the very worst.