Genesis of the Daleks was an absolute classic, one of the best Dr. Who serials across its entire run, including the reboot. It's long awaited follow up is incredibly disappointing. Perhaps Terry Nation was too preoccupied by the brilliant Blake's 7 but the return of Davros is a joke.
For a start, the new actor is no match for the fantastic Michael Wisher. No offense but he just doesn't come close. He also has less to work with. Davros is left on the sidelines in silence in his opening minutes. Inexcusable. Then he is subjected to being pushed around like a nursing home resident by the Doctor. There's no threat in that. He's lost his power and therefore his presence. His character had been stripped back to a single dimension. Also his chair does not operate as smoothly as in Genesis. You can see the actor furiously peddling. It's actually funny.
Lalla Ward does a good job of Romana. In the previous episode she actually cries while being interrogated. That's some quality acting.
The direction is sloppy at times though the location film work fares better. Some of the production design is quite good but a lot of mistakes were made here. Some people will disagree with me, but if we're honest, the overall quality of the show had already dropped off by the final Baker years, long before John Nathan Turner and Peter Davison unfairly copped the flak.