roph ob ic ▁m ood ... ". ▁He ▁lik ens ▁En light en ment ▁to ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Stanley ▁Kub rick , ▁saying ▁"... it ▁felt ▁grand , ▁it ▁felt ▁lon ely , ▁and ▁yes , ▁it ▁felt ▁ep ic ." ▁On ▁re app ra ising ▁the ▁story ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁magazine ▁following ▁its ▁release ▁on ▁DVD , ▁Gary ▁Gill att ▁was ▁equally ▁as ▁eff us ive , ▁calling ▁it ▁"... one ▁of ▁Doctor ▁Who ' s ▁fin est ▁serial s ." ▁ ▁He ▁highlight s ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁Keith ▁Bar ron ▁as ▁Captain ▁St ri ker ▁as ▁being ▁" a ▁master ▁class ▁of ▁under - st ated ▁men ace " ▁and ▁" p itch ▁perfect ", ▁ju xt ap osing ▁this ▁with ▁the ▁over - the - top ▁p antom ime ▁villa iny ▁of ▁Ly nd a ▁Baron ▁as ▁Captain ▁W rack , ▁with ▁the ▁two ▁capt ains ▁bal ancing ▁each ▁other ▁out ▁perfectly . ▁ ▁Writing ▁for ▁the ▁Radio ▁Times , ▁Mark ▁Bra xt on ▁was ▁less ▁en am oured ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁performances , ▁suggesting ▁that ▁Baron ▁and ▁Valent ine ▁Dy all ▁turn ▁in ▁' ham my ' ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁their ▁characters , ▁while ▁Le ee ▁John ▁"... m akes ▁heavy ▁weather ▁of ▁the ▁simplest ▁activities : ▁hel ming ▁the ▁ship ▁seems ▁to ▁require ▁the ▁most ▁b izar re ▁post uring ." ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁mixed ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁story ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁saying ▁that ▁" En light en ment ▁has ▁prom ising ▁components ▁that ▁come ▁together