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Evil Brig RULES!

Advantages: Evil Brig!
Disadvantages: Standard 70's BBC special effects

...is pretty bonkers but The Doctor manages to transport himself to a parallel Earth where everything is different & everyone he knows and trusts are so different from his own Universes counterparts. I think the best thing about this story is how evil Nick Courtney manages to play without seeming too over the top. The special effects are rubbish but you get John Pertwee at his best, a Tardis that can't be used as this is part of the "confined to Earth ...

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Review of Doctor Who - Inferno (DVD)

The Third Doctor

Advantages: A new Doctor
Disadvantages: Lack of action with the Tardis

Its always exciting in Doctor Who when a new actor takes over the lead of the show. So seeing Jon Pertwee in his first story really was a pivotal point in Doctor Who history. The previous Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton, had seen ratings fall over his tenure as The Doctor and this meant that a vital overhaul was required. Troughton felt that his time was coming to an end and time to hand over to another person. This gave the producers a real ...
...called The War Games, Pertwee's Doctor has been exiled on Earth as punishment, in fact Pertwee's first scene as The Doctor has him literally collapsing out of the Tardis in woodland, only to be found and taken to hospital suffering the after effects of a forced regeneration. At the same time a series of meteors land nearby which give UNIT a reason to investigate these strange landings. As the investigations continue the trail of discovery leads to ...

Timbo3107 11.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space (DVD)

Golden Shower

Advantages: Delgado's Master
Disadvantages: The Axons aren't convincing.

...his earliest adventures, Jon Pertwee's Doctor faces off against the Axons, a single entity that has the ability to divide into the standard Who monster and a leotard, gold faced humanoid. I wanted this DVD, as the paperback was the first Doctor Who I collected, almost 30 years ago from my primary school fete for 10p. I loved the book, and this story is quite good. Not up there with classic Pertwee's such as Green Death, or The Daemons, but still ...
...are a typical early 70's Doctor Who enemy. At first they appear benevolent and generous to the humans. The incompetent MOD official Chinn, is the only one convinced that the gift of Axonite is genuine, but the Doctor and The Brigadier are not fooled. But what are the Axons real intentions? Highlights of this story, are the Master's performance, the apparent betrayal by the Doctor of all human kind. Jo Grant's knickers. The inside of the Axon ship ...

MEISTER123 15.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Doctor Who - The Claws Of Axos (DVD)

A Bone Chilling Episode

Advantages: A great terrifying story
Disadvantages: none

Doctor Who the green death is one of the more scary episodes of Doctor Who. It has a frightening monster which will keep you up at nights. The story starts when UNIT is called to Wales to investigate an incident at a coal mone. One of the miners was found dead glowing bright green. After discovering that a possible cause is the company Global Chemicals, a new oil compnay that will give out cheap oil to the rest of the world and emits almost 0% waste. ...
...meaning they are trapped. The doctor manages to get down into to the mines to find the miner dieing. Joe mean while has gone on ahead to find a horrific sight. Giant maggets, hundreds of them. The doctor manages to reach Joe but they are trapped by a landslide. After escaping the mines, the doctor discovers Global Chemicals is the cause of the giant maggets. But can the Doctor defeat the giant maggets and put a stop to Global Chemicals. But even ...

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Review of Doctor Who - The Green Death (DVD)

Improved for DVD

Advantages: It's available for a bargain price and it's littered with extras
Disadvantages: William Hartnell (the First Doctor) isn't in it very much

...in 1973. Jon Pertwee was Doctor at the time and this reunited the show with its original Doctor (Hartnell) and second Doctor (Patrick Troughton). William Hartnell was ill at the time of filming with arteriosclerosis, and that is the reason you do not see much of him in the story. But do not let that put you off. This is still a very entertaining story with 3 loveable performances from the Doctors - especially scenes which sees Troughton and Pertwee's ...
...are too devious for one Doctor alone to fight, and that's where the others come in. In its day this was one extremely ambitious story as it required far too many special effects. But somehow they pulled it off! And the restoration team have ensured it stands up on DVD today. The extras will appeal to anyone. And even if you already own the story on video and aren't convinced about upgrading to DVD, the extras really do make it worth your while. ...

mcnickle 14.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Doctor Who - The Three Doctors (DVD)