Quite an important episode in the world of doctor who; it features the first appearance of colonel (in this story) Lethbridge-Stuart who would go on to become on of the best loved characters in doctor who. We also have the second appearance of the Yeti who were amazing monster as well as the great intelligence who would later come back in series 7. And what an excellent story we have here. My new second favourite Troughton story. The 'base under siege' theme which ran through most of this season works especially well here creating an atmospheric, spooky story that's great to watch with the lights out. The fact that it's set in the London underground is quite scary in itself as it is very claustrophobic as well as being supposedly very haunted, they even have abandoned underground stations hidden throughout London. They didn't actually film in the London underground, but you really can't tell this. They have created a very authentic place that is very believable, they were even sent a letter by the underground that they were trespassing on their land, that's how believable it was (although I think the fact it was black and white helped). I loved especially the scenes at the beginning of episode one, the build up of music and directing creates quite a tense build up until the scary Yeti are revealed. Episode one and two are simply amazing but towards the middle it does get a little boring, there is just too much time spent wondering around the underground! Overall great script, great set's and some really great effects such as the foam coming though the underground, it's surprisingly believable for such an ambitious story.
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An enjoyable episode with a simple yet interesting script. The story is basically the doctor meeting a thief (Michelle Ryan) who are transported through a worm hole to an alien planet (Dubai) on a bus. They then meet an alien called a Tritovore who also got there through a worm hole. It turns out it is the robotic stingrays who devour whole planets and create wormholes to got to another planet to destroy that one too. As I say it isn't overcomplicated or anything but it is really helped by the alien costumes as well as locations. Let's start with the companion (which the doctor should always have) in this one we have Lady Christina de Souza who is a thief which we discover (brilliantly) right at the beginning with her stealing a cup which comes in handy later on in the story (twice). She is a very strong character who works very well for this story, and I wouldn't have minded her staying on. Next the amazing locations. This story is one of those special rare ones that actually are filmed outside of UK (other notable stories are City of death, the angels take Manhattan and A town called Mercy.) The locations really add to the story creating a great atmosphere and it has been used well as an alien planet. Finally the costumes of the Tritovore are great same with the alien language. Also the CGI of the stingrays are really interesting with a super concept. Overall a great story with a great range of characters. To improve, the dialogue could have been written a little better but not a big problem. Also it could have had more Easter themes considering it is an Easter special but again, not a huge problem. |
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