Doctor Who - Revelation Of The Daleks DVD > Reviews

Advantages: lots....
Disadvantages: a few typical Doctor Who niggles and mis-takes

...Davros has prepared for the Doctor a fate worse than death. Mark Gatiss, the creator of the BBC macabre black comedy series "The League of Gentlemen" is a self-confessed Doctor Who fan and has been contributing infrequently but always superbly to the New Doctor Who Series. Given Mark Gatiss' love for the grand guignol of his League of Gentlemen series, I think this episode particularly must have appealed to him and given him a fair degree of inspiration, ... Read review

Advantages: Well paced, Great dialogue, Many good performances
Disadvantages: May be too gruesome for some

...was the last episode of Doctor Who's 22nd season, just before the show was to be put on hold for 18 months. The first break of it's continuous run since it started in 1963, caused by unease amongst BBC executives who thought the show had become too violent. Perhaps it is fitting that Revelation of the Daleks is one of the darkest and most gruesome stories in that season and possibly the show's entire history. For those that are new to the series ... Read review

Advantages: brilliant story and special effects
Disadvantages: colin baker is'nt the real hero of the story

... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< When most people think of DOCTOR WHO I am sure the first thing that pops into there heads is the doctors brilliant enemy the mighty DALEKS and to be truthful this was the first thing that attracted me to this story because I love everything about them, forget the cylons from battle star galactica and the borg from startrek the daleks were and always will never truly be destroyed what ever happens in the stories. This is ... Read review

Advantages: Peri, Davros and the dark horror element.
Disadvantages: Some hammy acting.

I have found this story to be one of the most difficult to rate in the Dr Who series. The storyline is very good. An almost macabre, black comedy, coupled with some irritating characters. Take the story as a whole and it reads very favourably. The Tardis lands on Necros, the home of Tranquil Repose, a funeral home for the galaxy's richest people. For some strange reason there are Daleks all over the place and a mysterious character called the Great ... Read review