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Davies also showed his versatility when he presented an edition ofPlay Schoolin its final year.

Next cameBreakfast Serials, which Davies both wrote and produced.

Though seemingly set in the present, the series is determined to look unusual.

The set-up resembles a Teutonic version ofTime Team, with only the most Aryan archaeologists preferred.

Sadly, the rather obvious bulky blond wigs rather undermine these opening scenes.

Can Marcie convince the Behemoth not to instigate Eldritchs destructive plan?

Indeed, Marcie Hatter is even referred to in the epilogue of DaviesDoctor WhonovelDamaged Goods.

Davies explored several adult themes, often pushing what was acceptable on television at 5pm in the afternoon.

Cant then took Davies new idea to his bosses and, thus,Century Fallswas commissioned.

Davies wanted to explore a favourite archetype: the dark sinister English village.

When he planned a possible second series ofDark Season, one of the concepts he investigated was psychic twins.

The serial owes much to the folk horror genre.

The serial also evokes memories of several serials from the 70s.

Davies, keen to reinvent classic ideas, manages to weave all these concepts together into a broadly-satisfying whole.

That said, Davies teases and often wrong-foots his audience with twist upon unexpected twist.

Teenager Tess Hunter (Catherine Sanderson) is shy and self-conscious.

Together, they investigate the villages notorious infertility problem: no child has been born there since 1953.

He also has an ultrasound picture of Mrs Hunters unborn child but how and why?

Naismith has a particularly sinister subordinate called Julia, who thrives on being as enigmatic as everyone else.

Century Fallsis an emotive serial with much to say about both loneliness and emptiness.

Cants visuals are, as anyone familiar with his work might expect, both impressive and memorable.

The flames which appear in the waterfall and the wonderful golden mask being especially well achieved.

Yet there remains in these serials a great sense of what had gone before.

Both serials have their share ofDoctor Who-style moments and indeed formerWhoactors.