Doctor Who - The Robots Of Death DVD > Reviews

Advantages: Sciece-fiction murder mystery with great sets, acting, dialogue, robots - what more could you want?!
Disadvantages: 25 years is a long time...

...a clue who or what Doctor Who is, then, firstly - shame on you! Secondly, and more usefully, I have included a brief history in my Spearhead From Space op which I won’t bother repeating here. This story from the BBC sci-fi show, was first broadcast in 1977. I was 9-years-old and I loved it. A quarter of a century later and I still love it! Tom Baker, curly-haired and long-scarfed, still playing with a (mostly) full set of marbles, is the ... Read review

Advantages: One of the best Doctor Who episodes
Disadvantages: Deserves to be a bit longer

This Doctor Who takes its place among other great episodes like: Inferno, Pyramids of Mars, Earthshock, Planet of Evil and many more. Its storyline is the archetypal clash between man and the machine which it has created, rather like Terminator, etc. Its brilliantly well done with great performances - especially from Tom Baker (of course) who I think is the best Doctor Who, close behind John Pertwee and Patrick Troughton. What distinguishes the ... Read review

Advantages: Tom Baker as The Doctor
Disadvantages: None

...4 episodes. The plot has The Doctor and Leela treated as suspects when they arrive on a craft called Storm Mine 4, which is crossing a desert planet. The crew of the planet do not do the day-to-day running of the craft, leaving this instead to a group of robots, who are programmed to not be able to harm humans. When a crew member is killed, suspicion is placed on the newcomers. One of my favourite aspects of this story is the design of the robots. ... Read review

Advantages: classic sci-fi
Disadvantages: some aging special effects

...a horrific sand storm, The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louisa Jameson) find themselves caught up in a deadly situation. Containing only a skeleton crew and a large population of servile robots the ship is a very lonely place. When one of the crewmembers is murdered The Doctor and Leela find themselves the main suspects but the Doctor suggests the murdered may not be human. Could the murdered be one of the robots…..? A sci-fi take on Murder On ... Read review