This is Jon Pertwee's second outing as Doctor Who. It is a good story with some fine performances. Pertwee has comfortably settled into the part, and the two other regulars Nicholas Courtney and Caroline John, give fine strong support. There are also some notable guest appearances from Fulton MacKay, Peter Miles and watch out for a young Geoffrey Palmer. The silurians are interesting characters, as they are not actually evil, they just believe that the planet is theirs and that mankind is a threat to them. The doctor, with the help of an older silurian, aims (unsuccessfully) to be peacemaker between mankind and the creatures. The story is a good one with some genuinely frightening moments, in particular when the silurians ... Read More:
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Personally I think these two stories are long overdue for DVD release. Whilst the earlier reviewer's comments about the quality of the stories are mostly true, I think that they're missing the point - as with much late sixties and early seventies 'Who' there IS a lot of padding, however, there is also a decent amount of dialogue, and interplay between the characters that is generally missing in today's high-speed, action-oriented Doctor Who.
The (mostly) Earthbound Doctor and his UNIT colleagues have formed a tight-knit group by this stage in the series, and there is some particularly amusing badinage between The Doctor and The Brigadier and the latter and Sergeant Benton in `The Time Monster'. In one memorable scene The Brig sneers at The ... Read More:
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The plot to this film is fairly limited. Acting isnt great and the female feature is by no means a supermodel. However its a great lads film as it consists mainly of 2 giant robots piloted by 'Jox' fighting each other to the death. Brilliant to watch with a group of lads but watch it with the missus and I dont imagine you'll be seeing any action for a while
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I hate what people say about this horribly underated story. Its fantastic, funny and I love it to pieces! The Kandy man does not in the slightest remind me of Bertie Basset. He`s a brilliant villan, and him constantly screaming "GILLLBBBEEERRRTTT!!!!!!" just cracks me up. As for that loveable hound Fifi, it`s so sad when Helen A becomes a hypocrite over what happens to her pet(no spoilers here!). Ace is on top form, with the seventh doctor at his best (and you`ll cheer as he talks a man out of shooting him). A complete hoot from start to finish " The Happiness Patrol" is a memorable event in doctor who`s history.
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This was one of the first Doctor Who stories I ever wached and it had me hooked ever since. The Daleks, and darkness of the story and also the presence of the unexpected to happen make this one of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time. Its a shame the so called 'new series' of Doctor Who could take this as example of a brilliant plot and stunning special effects considering how under funded the show was. No new Doctor Who comes close to this even with the amount of money they have now to make a good Who story they don't realise that the Doctor is not human, he is origonal, witty, funny and never lets anyone get emotionally involved with him. Which is what the new series lacks in. You only have to look at the poor attempt of the Doctor's new costume to see ... Read More:
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With the advent of a visible future without a Star Trek series, (thanks for the contribution "Enterprise"!), this double episode-as a series finale'-could be construed as a bit of a cop out, well, you'd be partially correct. The plot could've been a great deal stronger and should've really allowed for the cast to return on the big screen in a strong position, just getting "Home" maybe wasn't enough, ho-hum. Anyway, the cast really get their teeth into this time travelling, destruction of the Borg(?) yarn, which twists and turns and ties up some loose ends-The Doctors name for instance.. Fun and exciting, finally see how the "Voyager" family get back, If you are a fan I don't think you'll be disappointed, a great way to while away some ... Read More:
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The Fifth Doctor is the best, by a country mile, and this is a fairly solid story from his era. The fact that Gallifrey is involved always conjurs comaparison with Deadly Assassin, but apart from THAT one, most Gallifey stories are terrible! Considering the rambling tin foil epic of Invasion of Time, this is an improvement. The story also features Omega, last seen in Three Doctors. A close inspection of Three Doctors reveals that, apart from the titular trio of Doctors, the rest was pretty poor with Omega a ranting, raving loony villain in a mask. Here, Johnny Byrne (Space:1999) contributes a story where Omega is treated in similar fashion to the space probe pilot in his screenplay for the 1999 episode "Matter of Life and Death", who also becomes anti-matter. In both ... Read More:
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This is a bit of a mixed bag of stories from 1986. By this time the original series had long past its peak and was just about ready to be rested. Colin Baker is a fine actor who gives good performances throughout these episodes. It's a pity he didn't have better storylines (and a better outfit) to work with!
The first two stories - The Mysterious Planet and Mindwarp are disappointing. Nicola Bryant's Peri makes her exit from the series at the end of episode 8 and it's all a bit of a mess. (She is later seen briefly at the end of episode 14).
The final two stories are a little better. Terror of the Vervoids is a fine suspenseful story, which for some brief moments brings back memories of some of the classic stories from the earlier periods of the show. The ... Read More:
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not just the greatest manga of all time, but possibly the greatest animated feature of all time, its pure briliance is unrivalled by any cartoon ive ever seen, i never get bored of it, and its detailed characters and storylines, revealing every detail of neo tokyo and the characters disturbing pasts are handled and drawn brilliantly, this film is amazing so go watch it!
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