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Warning- Contains spoilers! Escape from the colorful horrors of modern life into a world of lo budget monochrome adventure. In a way this is the best plot twist in the entire history of doctor who- in fact, its the point where he ceases to be a 'who' at all and we find out his identity. Like us all, the Doctor must finally face his fate, and be tried for his crimes by a judiciary of unreasonable omnipotent beings. There's a great sense of nightmarish doom as he the forces of time-lord justice close in, and real despair as he faces the terrible fate of being forced to become jon pertwee. Along the way, there are some fantastic villains, apparently from a race of hypnotic opticians. That guy who used to play Mister Meeker in Rentaghost makes a great, shiny haired renegade timelord- of the morally ambiguous stripe- he wants to bring galactic peace but never tires of saying the word CRUSH! Meanwhile the hilarious yet chilly Philip Madoc provides a more clear cut death merchant, all snide smiles and cruel detachment. And there's a few other nifty turns in there, too- watch out for the evil voice-changing man, he's a good one. Of course the script is in no way tight or economical and some of the acting is pure wood- this is irrelevant. What you have here is a type of fantasy we will never see again- thrown together from string and cardboard and shot in realtime with the all thrilling adrenaline of an amateur pantomime. And yet, weaved throughout there are these fabulous ideas- about the nature of death and time and inevitability, memory and rebirth and the burden of free will. There's trippy op-art settings, wonderful sound effects, and its all shot through with that slightly subversive, hallucinatory quality, which has all but vanished from 21st century television.Read full review
The Doctor and companions land on a battlefield; it's the Western Front, 1917. It's soon clear that the war isn't the real Great War, but an elaborate re-enactment. It's a long serial, with a slight feeling of the script being scraped over more episodes than needed, but still very engaging. Watch it day by day, not in one binge. Patrick Troughton's last outing as the Doctor, essential viewing for any Doctor Who enthusiast.
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Cause it makes me feel great watching shows of the retro years great stuff even in black and white
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A good quality DVD which I received on time. Enjoyed watching it - very pleased.
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Nice little set of discs
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