'The Daleks' (Ep 3 'The Escape')

Musings on ep 3;

• Carole Ann Ford plays the vulnerability and her confusion at the contradiction with what she's been lead to believe quite well when she first sees the dashing Alydon; "but they said you...you're perfect".
• Correct Susan, Alydon is fine!
• The Daleks having a conspiratorial chat with regard to their manipulations of their prisoners is great. They're almost whispering, as if they know they're being naughty. Kids would have lapped it up. It reminds one of the only good bit of 'Daleks In Manhattan', where a Dalek swings his eye stalk around behind him to see if he can get away with his gossiping without being overheard.
• Ganatus is a bit of a ponce, a pretty one admittedly, but a ponce nonetheless.
• The Thal men teasing Diony with their silly sexist needlings is totally irrelevant to the plot, therefore pointless and also vaguely offensive
• Susan studiously taking dictation from the Daleks for the note for the Thals is a nice touch.
• What is with her handwriting? both off the hand and on the paper?? bizarre!...but I like it.
• I love it when Susan giggles at the Daleks lack of understanding of her name "Sue-San" and one Dalek, humourless old school Ma'am with a migraine like, barks "stop that noise".
• Lovely scene with our intrepids deducting how the Daleks are powered and how to de-activate one. Hartnell is clearly relishing this scene; getting to show the Doctor exercising his powers of perception and leading and inspiring the others in using their intelligence and improvisational skills (the fake fight, the clay on the eyestalk.) Very Doctor-y!
• This is the first real evidence of genuine shared purpose and rapport for the team to date. And it's not just out of desperation, there is some real joy in the teamwork.
• Diony: (with vague detachment) "your brother, is he still afraid of the dark?", Ganatus: (with angry mince) "My brother isn't afraid of anything". Tthhooper high-camp!
• Superb and subtle facial reaction from William Russell after seeing the Dalek innards. He got it just right; not easy in a one take wonder multi-scene scenario on a Friday night in Lime Grove.