The Savages

I must say, I really enjoyed this serial. It was something quite a bit different in comparison with the Celestial Toymaker and the Gunfighters. The Doctor and companions land on an unnamed planet in the future, where sophisticated humans living in the glorious city are using lesser humans from outside in the wild to fuel their existence. The Doctor vows to put a stop to this, and while Steven and Dodo make friends with the Savages, he is drained of his life energy which is given to the leader of the city: Jano. Jano inherits the Doctor's consciousness and smashes up the equipment used for suffering, and Steven departs the TARDIS to oversee the reconstruction of the civilization. 

You really feel sorry for the Savage humans in this story, they lead terrible lives of fear and repression, and this serial highlights the wonders the Doctor does for those who deserve them. Meanwhile, the city itself is rather impressive, and the first episode shows that the majority of it's people are simple; the two guides that show Steven and Dodo around appear to be very nice and pleasant people, whose only faults are that of their leaders who allow the cruelty to continue.

I think the plot is rather ingenious and well-thought-out in terms of how it is paced. Each character is given decent screen time and the departure of Steven is dealt with in such a way as to leave a huge smile on my face as the TARDIS dematerializes at the end of the serial. With this great story straight after another, and, in my opinion, William Hartnell doing so well as the Doctor, it's strange to think he only has a few more serials to go before his time is up.