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Post by sparacus on Sept 9, 2012 10:59:30 GMT -5
One of the most underrated stories in my view. It never seemed to do very well in DWM polls. Yes its Graham Williams but its still a great gothic horror style story.
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 9, 2012 18:35:00 GMT -5
It's underrated because it's an ill-thought out quatermass rip off that sidelines the Doctor and reveals that
- the number 13 being unlucky
- race memory
- evolutionary leaps
- ghosts
- second sight
- salt being special
- the dark side of man's nature
- the primal fear of snakes
- deja vu
- the asteroid belt
- the depleted ozone layer on Mars
- all human civilization and achievement
- and many many more
were all caused by ONE alien. How contrived is that?
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Post by sparacus on Sept 10, 2012 13:36:21 GMT -5
The main point is that it was a story which had the right sense of mystery and horror elements that epitomise classic early Tom Baker Doctor Who. Before it went downhill in seasons 16 & 17.
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Post by thecoordinator on Sept 10, 2012 17:37:06 GMT -5
Scott Fredericks is a dirty sod. That is all.
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 10, 2012 18:23:24 GMT -5
Pah! Season 15 is infantile, psuedo-satirical crap! Season 17 has stories about industrial disputes, child murder, drug smuggling, mind-rape, suicide... as well as higher ratings than the rest of Doctor Who put together! Season 16 pioneered the story arc as well as character-driven material that didn't rely on shoddy monsters like the Fendahl to pad out four episodes!
Doctor Who had been Gothic for four years - that's longer than three Doctors! It was time for a change, and it went forwards instead of bottom-feeding 'let's go back to the Pertwee era' feebleness! INNOVATION! IMAGINATION! THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF DOCTOR WHO!
Without it, Doctor Who would never have got out of Totter's Yard.
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Post by sparacus on Sept 11, 2012 12:49:33 GMT -5
Scott Fredericks is a dirty sod. That is all. I have no idea as to why Scott Fredericks might be "a dirty sod". I didn't notice any dirty soddery going on in Image of the Fendahl. |
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 11, 2012 18:35:11 GMT -5
He tied up Adam Colby and stripped him to the waist at gunpoint in front of twelve yokels...
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