Now this review is going to be MASSIVE so I am doing it in sections (much like the key to time) I am going to start watching it next week and the review will follow soon, I will review each story separately in one Gigantic review, enjoy! The Ribos operation: Firstly I like the way it carry's straight on from Invasion of time, secondly I really love K9 so it was good to see the doctor pulling a brand new K9 out to carry the adventures on. The white guardian looked very mysterious and the set made me laugh because it was kind of the opposite of what you'd expect a magical guardian to have. Going back to what I said about K9 I really like the comical banter they both had when they first met Romana who I thought was very smug at first but I am growing to like her. The interior set's looked amazing but the exterior set's weren't as good i'm afraid. There is good music and acting all round. Overall a great start to a new series although there are some boring parts. The pirate planet: Firstly I noticed there was a good use of camera skills because it starts of just showing the back of the captain and not showing anything else and I thought this was very effective. The captain really did look brilliant and they really worked hard and pulled it off with his robot parts. His parrot wasn't as well made which really showed in it's fight with K9 which by the way was great TV. I am beginning to like Romana more and more now, she's becoming less smug and obviously learning from the doctor. The set's especially inside the ship looked really great, it's really showing how hard they are working on this season. There were some AMAZING explosions! Making the doctor walk the plank was really genius considering this episode is very pirate like. Lastly there is a great twist in the story but you will have to watch it yourself to find out. The stones of blood: I am noticing more and more that female characters in this series are becoming very prominent, which I think is quite a good thing. This episode is my favourite of the key to time series, it is funny, witty and a great plot. The cast is really brilliant, I loved K9 and the archaeologist. There were some great cliff hangers (literally). The justice machines looked amazing and I thought looked quite high-tech, even now. I thought the Ogri were a good concept and would have been very easy to make so would have saved money. There were great plot twists, great set's (especially in the space ship) and I loved the cameo of the Wirrn. Overall a good episode also a good episode to mark the occasion that was doctor who was 15 years old. The androids of Tara: Another really good episode, probably my second favourite so far. There is a very good plot although it can easily get confusing due to this episode is all about androids and it can be a little hard to tell who's who and where everyone is. As usual I really liked K9 in this episode, they really use him well. There was great acting from both Tom Baker and Mary Tamm. The rest of the cast were all brilliant though (I would tell you who but the names were very weird). I noticed that this episode is incredibly fairy tail, they had a castle, a king, swordfights and other things like this. The swords had a really good concept because they could zap you if touched. There was the right amount of comedy moments, some great locations like Leeds castle where they filmed it (not in Leeds) and there were great set's. Overall a good episode, to improve they could have made the androids look more realistic. The power of Kroll: Now, I hate to say it but this story has taken the title of worst episode of the Key to time series. Of course not saying it is the worst episode ever, there are some very good parts unique to this story but there are some parts where you just want to fall asleep and it doesn't keep your attention very well. Anyway now we have got that out the way, let me tell you some good things about the episode; firstly the 'swampies' (people who live in the marsh land) look very good in my opinion although I wouldn't really want to be the actor getting covered in green paint. The set's as usual with this season are brilliant although the model they used to show the rig didn't look as well but still good. A thing I particularly liked was that John Leeson who play's K9 got to play a proper character due to K9 couldn't be in the episode because of the swamps. Overall great acting, great locations but a little boring in parts. The armageddon factor: The first thing I noticed was there is some really great set's in this story, everything was beautifully made. There was great directing on the opening sequence the way they explained everything going on in the first few minutes was genius. There was quite a few comical characters in this episode which I thought was a good thing as this episode was quite dark so it was good we had some funny moments. The main dark force in this episode was the mysterious shadow who worked for the black guardian, he actually was really scary and menacing, a perfect actor to play him as well. K9 about to get destroyed was very tense and the perfect amount of tension. I didn't really understand Princess Astra or how she was a part of the key to time, or how she is going to become Romana (I haven't seen 'Destiny of the Daleks'). I really liked Romana here and Mary Tamm said she left as she wasn't being able to show Romana's full potential but I can think of lot's of examples where she is brilliant, she even got to beat someone up (kind of). I didn't really understand the end because the doctor just scattered the key through space again which makes the whole season seem kind of pointless but oh well. Overall a brilliant way to end the series and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Conclusion: I give the series as a whole 8/10. The best story is The stones of blood and the worst story is The Power of Kroll. I wouldn't really recommend watching the series all at once as there are some boring parts but it is still a brilliant series. And that is the end of the key to time review. I do hope you enjoyed it!
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
About this areaThis area will be where I write reviews on Doctor Who DVD's classic and new. The area is split up into episodes of the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and new who to make it easier for me and you to see them. Enjoy! Archives
October 2015
Categories
All
|